The Adair County news., 1921-12-27

a sealed envelope with Daddy. ia
said he might come back again, so1sH
time, but If he didn't, or couldn't, Dad
DIV was to keep the envelope and give
it to his-Mr Dudley's-represenfxS--
tive, whoever that might be-"
Talk about plots thickening! Rfs1zs
one was already as thick as molasse=s-
in the dead of winter!
"HOw were you to know this reE-e--
sentative If one should conner" / edges
In cautiously.
ST don't know" she replied singsH--
81 should suppose he would be- anirs-'
to identify himself in some way
though; shouldn't you? That Isl iE hns~
ever comes"
Sure; nothing easier, Of cOurs-5
1 agreed; andSthen, since we seenos&=
to have scraped the bottom of the CfE--
nabar dish clean I switched or TT
something else.
"When we were coming up the -Esssf
a while back, Miss Jeanne, you gzcBss-
cred the impression that was q GTszsC
man. didn't your"
Didn't you try to give me that HTs-
pressiOn?" she countered.
81 fancy l didn't have to try ys-x
hard-inasmuch as you had hssEs
spending the afternoon In AtropiZi
She forced a queer little laHgh ans
bent lower over her knitting.
"When you were in AtrOpia, did yea
see or hear anything of the other Craz,y
man,
"Is there another OneT' she asfss9-
a bit breathlessly.
81 was told so in Angels this sftsr-
noon"
as this other man a frie16 49,
yOurs?" she wanted to know.
"YOu could scarcely call him tRxf-ss
I've met him only once. He is a mkHa-
ing engineer and his name Is BuEaFe-
ton-Charles Fullerton"
II had reached up and got her piSa-
tOl out Of its holster over the Ensnss.n
to bang it of into the fireplace SAaz-
could hardly have been more startisa1
"Ch- Charles BullertOnT' she stABs-.
mered. rs Mr.. Fullerton hereT'
mot here, exactly, but he wuSs "a
Atropia two days ago. Do you H.
any chance, happen to know hinEE
"Oh, yes; Qui-Quite we'll"
Then, naturally, you know 5eaer
whether or not he is in my clsss--tseR=
crazy class, mean
Once more she let the blue syaxs
drop to her knitting, and il HHEzHz
mistaken the pretty lips were tW5stzSRr
themselves in a sort of wry smile
THE last time / saw him ha sa5sEi
me he was crazy" she admitted
isn't this delightfuli' / murmnEs6~
Fullerton is crazy and I'm egzzE=-
perhaps we are all a bit crazy Fac
| you know, Miss Jeanne, that + aax1=.
come thousands of miles to find YssEe-T
ITO find me?"-the blue eyes VITA
as round as the full moon.
Even so; you, your horse and ysgEzr-
dog. Would yOu-er-wOuld you per-
nit an exceedingly personal questieEz'
Remembering always that IT is pggE
by man who has lost his wits7 HEYE
you small brown mole on your left
shoulder
She blushed very fetchingly; sysz-.
the handsome mountain wind tnEs
wasn't brown enough to hide it
Il think you are crazy-compIelssE
crazy"
Certainly am; there hasn't bee64
the slightest doubt of it since-SsEg.
since about two weeks ago, whz3 =
started to hunt for you and a pis---
faced dog and piebaId horse"
There was silence before the fire
for a long minute and l began to sE--
afraid Daddy Hiram would come szE4S-
before anything else happened. T5z1as
she said, with more curiosity thar re-
sentiment, l thought:
How did you know about IA /.
mOle?"
"Then there is one?o I questios.spE I
eagerly.
yves"
GLORY ber' 1 chanted. you dEgEfs-
know what load you have lifted fssgn
whatever poor fragment of mind r
have Ieftr'
Again she said: 81 don't know vial
you mean.'
'Just you wait" I begged. 4 i.lzFs
lucid intervals at times; all crazy ro-sszs-
do, you know. When my next ez.s
comes along I'll explain as much 90
can-which isn't nearly as mucG Esi
you might think, at that"
1t was just at this moment that hey
father returned, so she went on VIII
her sOck-knitting while we two ul,sEz
talked bit and had bedtime smp56e-
Pretty soon | began to get sleepy
natural consequence of the StTcnu-
Gus day-and at the third yawn, whiCE4
was trying vainly to hide, DaGEzE
TwOmbly lighted a candle and offeres8
TO show me my bunk
This proved to be in the cabin 3sEs
as the blue-eyed maiden had thraEE~'
ened, and the stair was just eOz2-
mon ladder. Father Hiram left IA
the candle and had blown the light
out and rolled myself in the bIaBSetE.
before l realized that the loft msSs<
be directly over the room with fhE.
fireplace in 1t. - S---s
was so wOrkmanIy tired that z
fell asleep AMIDST at once. and wRg-
l should have awakened before mors-