Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-06-19
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER Thomas X. Barnes,
wealthy New Yorker. on q walking. trip
through New EnsIand, Is caught In q
crossroads point he meets a girl In the
same plight. While they discuss the sit
uation an automobile, sent to meet the
Harris tavern. while the girl is taken
on to her destination, which she tells
Barnes Is a place called Green Fancy.
CHAPTER n-At the tavern Barnes
falls In with a stranded troupe Of barn
storming'' actors, headed by Lyndon
Rushcroft, and becomes interested In
Them.
CHAPTER Has the storm grows.
Barnes finds himself worrying over the
safety of the girl, travelling over the
gerous speed. He learns that Green
Fancy is something of a house Of mys-
terry. Two mounted men leave the tavern
osity.
CHAPTER Vile meets Miss Thack-
cray" leading lady VI the stranded theat-
maid. That night he Is aroused by the
bringing of a dying man to the tavern.
one OF the two who a ridden away a
dead body of the other man. Both had
been shot
CHAPTER v-The wounded man. regis
tered at the tavern as Andrew Paul. dies,
and Barnes is informed he must not leave
until after the inquest. O'Dowd and De
Soto. guests at Green Fancy, visit the
tavern, apparently much mystitied over
CHAPTER vI-Barnes advances Rush
croft money sufficient to release the COM
paay ir Seeom afs f i1s af5aial sack pSs'''9an s
visits Green Fancy. and In the grounds
meets his acquaintance of the night be-
fore. finding her q girl Of surprising
CHAPTER v1I-She seems not to be
DESTROYS of recognizing him, and turns
away. O.Dowd appears n In apparently
friendly fashion escorts Barnes (who feels
he is unwelcOme) from the grounds.
CHAPTER VIII-Miss Thackeray warns
Barnes that a man stopping a, the tay,
his baggage in his absence. O'Dowd
comes to the tavern and with Barnes and
others goes over the scene Of the previous
nights shooting. Barnes Is invited to
dinner at Green Fancy.
CHAPTER kills acquaintance of the
storm Is introduced as Miss Cameron.
The makeup OF the house party. particu-
larry a man introduced to him as Loeb"
and the number of menservants about he
place. somewhat astonishes Barnes.
"And frightened you" he said;
"whereupOn you vanished like the
mushroom that is gobbled up by the
predatory glutton."
He had thrilled ut the sound of her
voice. 1t was the low, deliberate voice
of the woman of the crossroads. and,
as before, he caught the almost i'm
perceptible accent. The red CLEAN
from the blazing logs fell upon her
shining hair; it glistened like gold.
She wore a simple evening gown Of
white, softened over the shoulders and
neck with a fall Of rare valenciennes
lace. There was no jewelry-nOt ever
a ring on her slender, tapering fingers.
Mrs. Collier, the hostess, was an ell
derby, he~avy-featured woman, decid.
eddy Overdressed. Mrs. Van Dyke,
her daughter, was a of thirty,
tall, dark and handsome in a bold,
dashing sort of way. The lackadaisi-
cal gentleman with the mustache
turned out to be her husband.
my brother Is unable to be with
Us tonight, Mr.. Barnes" explained
Mrs. Collier. 'Mr. O,DOwd may have
told you that he is an invalid. Quite
rarely is he well enough to leave his
room. He has begged me to present
his apologies and regrets to you. An
other time, perhaps, you will give him