The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-11-20


| directed his steps straight out from
the mouth of the quarry and pressed
| confidently onward In answer to
ouestIon she Informed him that there
were no fewer than twenty-five men In
| Green Fancy. all of them shrewd. reso-
lutte and formidable
81 cannot for the life Of me. see
| WHY they took chances on inviting me
| IN the house. Miss Cameron"
She was silent for a moment. ard
| whom she spoke IL WINS with great In
| tensjty. "Mr. Barnes. had your life
| I'm INV hands all the time you were M
| Green Fancy. ! shudder now when /
| think Of what might have happened
Before you were asked TO the house. I
was coolly Informed that you would
not leave Il alive IL / so much as
breathed a word To you concerning
, nv unhappy plight The first word Of
an appeal to you would have been the
signal for-for your death. That Is
what they held over me. When
smoke TO you on the couch that night.
I-oh, don't you seer Don't you see
that I wantonly. cruelty. selfshly
risked your llfe-not my own-when
-
There. there. now - he cried. con-
soiingly. as she put her hands to her
face and gave way TO sobs.
/ Forgive me-" she murnured- 81
didn't mean to be so silly"
1T helps. to cry sometimes" he said
lamely.
/ The first faint signs of day were
struggling out Of the night when they
stole across the road above Harris
Tavern and made their way through
the stable yard to the rear of the
house. His one thought was TO get
her safely inside the Tavern
The door was locked. He delivered
q series of resounding kicks upon its
stout face Revolver in hand, he faced
about and waited for the assault of
| the men VINO. he was sure, would
come plunging around the corner OF
me 1ufIdinG I'm response to the racket
Bnt there was no attack.
| At last there were sounds from |
within A key grated In the lock and |
a bolt was shot. The door flew open. |
Mr.. Clarence Dillingford appeared In
|
| hair sadly tumbled. his eyes blinking |
in the light of the lantern he held
aloft.
well. what the" Then his gaze
alighted on the lady. For the love
Of" began the embarrassed Dilling-
| ford. "What the dew ! say. can't Il
/ YOU see that I'm not dressed? What 1
| the"
Give me that lantern" said Barnes. Il
| and snafched thearticle out OF the I'M
resisting hand 'Show me the way Il
TO Mss Thackeray's- room. DilliBgford-
No time for explanations"
well. for the love Of
twill take you 10 Miss Thackeray's
room" said Barnes. leading her swift
Nv through the narrow passage. "She
viii make you comfortable for the
that is until ! am able 10 secure a
room for you Come on. Dillingford-"
Mss Thackeray was awake
Though the closed door she asked
whit on earth was the matter.
II have a friend here-a lady. VIII
you dress as quickly as possible and
take her in with you for little
whiler
There was no immediate response
from the inside. Then Miss Thackeray
observed quite coldly: II think I'd
IKE TO hear the lady's voice. IL you
don't mind / recognize yours per-
fecfly. Mr. Barnes. but | am not in the
habit of opening my"
81 euess I don't need TO DRESS" said
Miss Thackeray. and opened her door.
.Come In. please. / don't know who
vou are or what you've been up to,
but there are times when women
ought TO stand together. And what's
more. sha'n't ask any questions"
She closed the door behind the I'M
expecfed guest. and Barnes gave q
great sigh Of relief.
.say, Mr.. Barnes said Miss Thack-
erav. several hours later. coming upon
him n the hall, 81 guess I'll have to
ask you to explain a little. She's a
nice pretty girl. and all that. but she
won't open her lips about anything.
an. SAYS you will do the talking. I'm
/. mod sport, you know. and not espe-
c,sIIv inicky, but I'd hate to-"
sr5ow Is she? Is she restingf Does
she seem"
.Well, she's stretched out on my bed
~ith nv best nightie on. and she seems ,
m he doing as well as could be expect
=, y said Miss Thackeray dryly.
ssF4as she had coffee and II
~ am going after it now 1t seems
that she Is in the habit OF having IL
IN bssd. / wish 1 had her Imagination.
r would be great to imagine that all
Won have to do is to say. 1 think I'll