The Yale expositor., 1919-06-19
CHAPTER VIII-continued.

From what hear The man Paul
was shot through the lungs. directly
from In front. The bullet went
straight through his body. He was
riding very rapidly down the road
When he came to a point not far
above the crossroads he was fired
upon. 1t is safe to assume that he
was looking intsntly ahead, trying TO
make out the crossing. He was not
shot from the side of the road, gen.
tlemen, but from the middle of it. The
bullet came from a point almost d.
rectly in front OF him, and not from
Mr.. Curtis property here TO the left
or Mr.. Conley's on the right. The
chances are that Paul did not accom-
pany Room to the meeting place up
the road. He remained near the horses.
That's how he managed to get away so
quickly. 1t remained for the man at
the crossroads to settle with him. But
we're wasting time with all This
twaddle of mine. Let us he moving.
There is one point on which we must
NIL agree. The deadliest marksman in
the world fred those shots. No bun
Cling on thai score, bedad."
In the course OF time the party, trav-
erSing the ground contiguous to the
public road, came within sight of the
green dwelling among the trees.
Barnes interest revived. His second
view of the house increased his won
der and admiration. If 0'Down had
not actually located 1t among the trees
for him he would have been at loss
70 discover II. although 1t was imme-
diately in front of him and in direct
llne of vision.
De Soto was seen approaching
through the green sea, his head APP
pearing and disappearing intermit-
tently In the pillows formed by the
undulating underbrush. He shook
hands with Barnes a moment later.
"I'm glad you had the sense to
bring Mr.. Barnes with you, O'Dowd,"
said he. "You didn't mention him
when you telephoned that you were
personally conducting a sightseeing
party. / tried to catch you afterward
on the telephone, but you had left the
Tavern. Mrs. Collier wanted me TO
ask yon to capture Mr.. Barnes for din
ner tonight"
"Mrs. Collier is the sister OF Mr..
Curtis" explained O'Dowd. Then he
turned upon De Soto incredulOusly.
"For the love of Pat" he cried. whats
come over them7 Why, / made so
bold as to suggest last night that you
were a chap worth cultivating, Barnes
and that you wouldn't be long in the
neighborhoOd-bu to save your feel
ings I'll not, repeat what they said, the
two of them. WHAT changed them
overs De Soto7
"a cha ice remark OF Miss Cameron's
at lunch today. She wondered II
Barnes could be the chap who wrote
the articles about Peru and the Incas,
or something Of the sort, and that set
them 10 looking up the back numbers
of the Geographic Magazine In Mr..
Curtis library. Not only did they find
the articles but they found your pic
ture. / had no difficulty in deciding
that you were one and the same. The
atmosphere cleared In a jlffy. II be-
came even clearer when II was discov-
cred that you have had few ances-
tors and are received In good society
both here and abroad, as the late Fred
eric Townsend Martin would have
said. I hereby officially present the
result Of subsequent elaboration. Mr..
Barnes is invited to dine with us to-
night"
Barnes heart was still pounding
rapidly as he made the rueful admis-
sion that he "didn't have a thing to
wear" He couldn't think of accept
sng the gracious lnvitntion-
eff they'll take me as l am" began
Barnes, doubtfully. 4
Il say" called out o'Dowd to the
sberir, who was gazing longingly at
me horses tethered at the bottom Of