Evening star., 1919-11-30
BY SEWELL FORD


says Mr.. Flavelle. "As for me. I have
the right. I am Of the family. II you
shall Interfere
We'll. what then?" says I. gettin' q
little warm under the collar.
Il must go to the officer Of the pc.
lice." says Flavelle.
what do you say. Sully?" says I.
Shall we stick by your friend and run
the risk. or turn him over to
Frenchy?"
Sully amt long decidin He takes
Heysoo by one hand and pulls him
over on our side. back of me.
go to it. Flavelle." says I. "We'll
take chance But. meanwhile. I'm
goin' to try calm up the youngsters
mother, and If you care to stick
around until"
Bah" says Flavelle. and goes of
mutterin'.
ihank you. sin" says Heysoo, step.
PIN up manly and shakin' hands. Il
am glad he has gone"
And you amt afraid Of what he'll
tell mother?" asks.
Heysoo says he amt. In fact. what
ne wants most is to gA back home
ana tell her all about 1t himself. in.
ciudin' the borrowed jewel and Fla.
veiie's sister. do you know" SAYS
me- I don't believe there was any
sister waiting. He had never said
anything before about having a sis.
ter. Perhaps mother will know.
though"
AS II didn't seem just right to turn
MIN loose by himself. with Flavelle
still hangin' round. I gets out tho
roadster and we all three piles in
haVin' run the little red bug into our
garage to be collected later. And 1t
turns out that where Heysoo lives is
on the old Pintard place, which is n
"hale or an estate up in the hills
Dack or Portchester. IT'S a run of O.
dozen miles or SO and by tho time we
swings In between the big stone gates
Suily and Heysoo has got pretty we'll
acquainted.
you come some Saturday and stav
over until Monday morning" hears
Heysoo tellin' him. Wen have lots
OF Iun-tennis. or skating. If the lake
Is frozen. and then bathing in the salt
water pool"
Eh!' says I. Salt water I'D here.
dozen miles from the soundr'
oh. yes. sir" says he.
% mas one more item to add to the
hst or queer tales Heysoo has sprung
On US. We begins to get things
Strengthened out as soon as Heysoo
is handed over to mother. She's kind
OF dashing locker. but sort of odd
una foreign. Also she's mighty glad
to see the boy again.
we could find you nowhere" saws
sne. "And then when we discovered
tnat Mr.. Flavelle had disappeared.
"lph all his luggage. we knew not
what to think. He sent his trunk
away secretly last, night"
Ihen there wasn't any sister"
says Heysoo. "He was after this"
and ne pulls out the jewelry.
what" gasps mother. "The Boli.
yer opal. The scoundrel! Oh. how
much we have to thank you for. air"
and she turns to me.
Sully's idea mostly" says +. HE
spotted this F1avelle party from the
,nrst. But there's two or three things
I'm still puzzled about. Heysoo's name.
Tor instance. I suppose there's more
to It,"
'Oh. yes" says she. ut is Jesus
Pedro y Castro Tallamancha."
That's some name" says I. "And
he was telling us about being born in
the clouds. What about that"
above the Clouds" says Mrs. Tai.
lamancha. "At Condor's Nest. That's
in Ecuador. you know; our villa on
the mountain"
Il see." says I. South America,
amt it?"
She mods. But we have lived In
the chateau In Champagne" she goes
on. Until the war Then we camo
here. to walt That was five years
ago. and my boy has forgotten his
Spanish. forgotten his French. Next
month. too, his father comes from
Paris to take us back. He knows
the English but little, so what will
he say If his son cannot speak with
him? 1t Is odd, Is 1t not?
'IIeysoo." says I, stickin' out my
hand. Il take it all back. You were
giving 1t to me straight on every
count. I'll even take your word for
the saltwater pool. Pumped up from
the Atlantic, I expect"
"Rut no." saws motbar U0pa rnuot