Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-05-06
SYNOPSIS.
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SYNOPSIS.
aul American playwright confides to his
friend, Bob Singleton, the fact that. in
;s e by the genius of q young actress
who, whom he had seen in London, he has
with the thought that she should interpret
che leading character. This girl, Violet
-pewing, has disappeared and Searles re-
9Isss to ALLOW Ut the play to be produced
si1as just returned dnvalided) from France.
where he had been serving in the aviation
corps. His. uncle. Raymond Bashford,
riage a short time before his death, While
on visit to Japan. He left Singleton a
comparatively small amount Of money
and the privilege of residence in the
the-sound. Connecticut. Mrs. Bashford is
believed to be travelling in the Orient. The
household at Barton Is made up Of elderly
employees Of the birmingham, q New York
the terms of his will these people are to
have q home at Barton for the rest Of
their lives; Singleton goes to Barton, TAX
Larkspar." Theirs he fnds TIE f he
strangely upset, some of its members be-
Ding suspected by their comrades of pro-
G ermanism. Antoine, head of the estab-
&A0AAACASs AlIu IIlttI ll&3 mas DG0n
perPlexed by the somewhat mysterious
visits of a stranger, apparently for
eigner, seeking Mrs. Bashford. Antoine
has formed the male members Of the
of the premises. florence. high official Of
the trust company handling Bashford's
CHAPTER 1I.-Singleton reads Searles'
play, and thinks highlySof it. In his tenn
.porary absence Mrs.. Bashford and a
female companion arrive. Next day SIN
-gleton meets his aunt and is astonished at
tive person about his own age. At lunch
.eon he meets Mrs. Bashford's companion.
"a Mrs. Farnsworth. They are somewhat
panions; MrS 5; BashfoTd ana Singleton
Bob" Informed of the visits Of the for
-eigner which had so disturbed Antoine,
Terrence. on a business visit to Barton,
Informs Singleton that, he has doubts of
Alice" being Mr.. Bashford's widow. Sim
mains unconvinced. finally telling his
friendsthat an official Of the state depart
nent, Raynor, has been making inquiries
about the two women.
took it from her and balanced /,
u NV fingers. |, was a heau1ifu
.,ie,.e nf Workmanship with the sin:
pies, carvings on The ivory PANELS.
He couldn't have seen it ;,nywher
before tonight" observed Alice mus
ingiy. ',n fact. | hadn't used il nj al
for year. Ii was really by lnistak,
rl,,' my maid put it into my trun'
~ hen Went to Japan. didn't wan
4" risk breaking ii again. so I've heel
.lrryin" 1t in handbag. The las
day we were in Toxic | think had i;
III our sitting room in the hotel, t,
make sure it wasn't Jammed into the
trunk again. We had good many
<mIlers--a number Of people came in
~ bid us good-by. but I'm sure Coun,
niontani was not among them. and 1t
would have been Impossible for him to
see il at any other time"
"Oh there is nothing disturbing in
the counts interest in sthe thing" said
Mrs. Farnsworth with an air of dis
missing the matter. IF it were Jade
trnket Inscribed with Chinese mys-
teres. you might imagine that it would
he sought by some one-I have heard
of such things-but Alice's fan has no
su'h history"
1--WE weren't very hospitable." said
Alice. II might have asked Count
Montani to dine with US tomorrow !:
and we might even have put him up
for the night in this vast house."
Not with Antoine on the premises ~
exclaimed. "Antoine is convinced
that the man is what we call in Amer
lea q crook. And Antoine takes his
responsibilities very Seriously
While was breakfasting at the
garage the next morning Antoine ap-
appeared and. waiting until Flynn was
out of hearing, handed me a slip of
paper.
That's q New York automobile
NUMBER" he said. ut was on the tag
of that machine the party came in last
right. heard him saying, sir. as how
he had motored up from the Elkton
Inn at Stamford. Visitors from SIAM
ford would hardly send in to the city
for a machine"
babe him wait while I called the
Elkton by telephone. No such person
as Giuseppe Montani had spent the
night there or had been a guest Of the
house within the memory Of the clerk.
Antoine's chest swelled at this confir-
matiI> of his suspicious.
IF tn man returns, treat him as
you did last night-as though he were
entitled to The highest consideration"
"He won't come back-not the same
way" said .Antoiae. HE mentioned
. the Elkton just to throw you of. The
next you hear Of him Mill be quite diff
ferent."
'You mean. he'll come as Surglar?".
'That's what's in my mind, Mr.. Sin
gleton. Everything seems very queer,