The commonwealth., 1919-04-29

tall figure Of Putnam .yo,os past III
on that of a second man - !" fc
with legs crossed and ,r, f.. IS
against the porch pos, e,;.~..'. edqg
Of the entrance to the I;,,nyo q fsNa /
lures almost wholly concoa,,, his tp
broad-brimmed slouc} hat ,b.. ~ Oy IL
far down over his eyes W. '' c2G
seemed to Barnes, had snrn, 'o'
nowhere. ''s frQs y
Fierce night said Putnam L..
removing the corncob ninc ;. '0ae
lips. Then. as an aftertS msn by
"Where'd you walk from todnr,s Hlsiit
''I slept in farmhouse ~.
about fifteen miles south Of th,s s ,l,sht
1 should say '' place
s'That'd be a little wavs
East Cobb" specuIated AFR Jou ou 4
"Five or six miles,
"Goin' over into Canadae,
enc. I shall turn west. thir,.
strike for the Lake Cha,nn].in a
try" e'G s
II suppose yon've Travelled :,
smart in Enrope?'' '*l
''Qnite a Bit, Mr. .Eoncs.,'
"Any particular rart:"
e*No,:' said Barnes, SuG,|rnIv H..
ing that he was being ''punprG. >' 49,
end TO the other, Ecu might ssv"
! S'What about them countries a..
around bulgaria. tlsl lts,ui.ianta. !.
been considerable Interested il yt.
going to become nf jnc,I Il ;,c,re,
-ct> l;c'5cd. What do tucy cor ~
it, ci, ilcr wnE:''
E:~rc>s spent the norf ton n.;,~
eNna dating upon tEra fujurr of thnr
kan states. Jones f:ah liriir i
He WAS interested. and ,ranE T.
the information iEAt Barnes had ,ot,.
part. He puf1ed at his pipe no}1
his head from time 10 time. :nd oc..
S;onalfy put y leading uut sion. w.,
quite us abruptly as he ltro,!ueod II
topic he changed il.
Net many automobiles up hare NJ.
til;a o the year" he said. i ".
Il lltlc surprisc! when YOU said n
Ter had given VOC :: Iift. Where from
The CROSSROADS :; mile down. i.
came from the direction Of i'ra.
Corner and was on his WHY 10 n,
soreeore 1T Spanish tcafls. # A..
years tliaI there >aa> :: lnl>uuderstapt
ing. The driver didn't n1eet tnr iYa4
SO the person he waS A0ing aftu
walked all the way to Ike forks. NJ
happened upon each other there M
Tones, and We studied The Signna~ II
getl,er. She was Euund Tor i pnc
called Green Fancy"
Did you say she:"
Eyes. I VAS proposing to help ~
out az her prcdic1men1 When tie l.
lated motor came racing down ta
Slope
What for sort of looking lady III
shc:''
she wore 4 VEIL" said Barnes M
cinctly.
"Young:''
II bad that impression By TIE war
Mr. Homes, what and where is Gree
Fancy?''
We'll" began the landlord. luWerir.
his voice, ''it's about two mile and ;
naf from here, up the m"uiit;,in. II
house and pcopIe live in it. same :;
Any other house. That's about II
there is to say about it
WHY is it called Green FaEcy%
'Eec:luse it's . green house re
piled Jones succiDctly. Green a>
5ourd. A man uanlcd Curtis huiIr
couple O. years sI@n and he had :
scol idee about paintn' il gree
Might ha' been Z, little crazy for n
know. Anyhow, after lie ~nr il hn
shed he settled down to live in i
md from that dag to this he's neEe
oeon Off'n the place.
isn't it possii5;e that nc isn't tErr
at an?"
He's there, :,1 right. Every nov
and then he has yisitrr>-iu>t Iil
his woman tGGIy--aild sometime
they come down here foI. supper. III"
i"n't hesitate to speak Of him, :" !.
inE:; be there. Miss rN* has :.ol IL
dee that he is q ~eJ'1sse, if YOU kno'
what that is.'
Further conTar s:stion was infA
run1 q by the Irregular CHATTER Z
hor>' nnofs or ,l,.e lnacadam. -
to the left d1'! rel glow q. i~l
across 10 roadway and
mans voice call.si cut, "Wnoa da'o
ye!"
The door OF ttan >:nithy had ha''
brown open anrl >>.;ccnnn WAS l"fa
'n= forth freshly ~f,nd horses
A moment later The hnr~,s-pran.
n$. high-sririte' animals 3I.>.
'ridle bits held ~ q slr;,ppilt- hi~
came into view. Barnes ioo'.
IN the direction of ts.. steps TIN t5'
men had disappeared. Instead of -"
ping directly in front Of he steps +
smith led his chac*s.> cutie :, di~tals
beyond and into t'l,. darkness.
Putnam Jones .tl,ru0tlv changed y
'nsffi"n- He jnSi, ,itp.! hi~ ,t.,jg Ha'.
between Barnes ard tho l,ollN:lV, :;