, 1922-03-16
On the Trail of
Clennon
BY JANE OSBORN
! 1922. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicat,

thy was the younger of the two pretty
True girls-the brown-haired, blue
eyed sister who went In for athletics
and wore boyish clothes.
II don't know as l had thought
yet" severed Alicia True, two years
older than Dorothy, the sister with
light hair and languid brown eyes,
with a taste for domesticity. "Why do
you ask Z"
For no reason especially" lied
Dorothy. "Of curse l know you don't
go In for a~nalyzing characters the
way ! do, but he's been coming to
see you 80 often and"
I'm not at all sure he just
to see me-" smiled Alicia. You can
have him If you want"
Thanks awfully," snapped Doro-
thy. you needn't treat me like a
child. Don't l notice how you and he
are always exchanging glances. L
guess I've eyes in my head. But what
do you think of him-?"
"Oh, / think he is talllsh and broad
~shouldered, with a taste for gray tweed
and green neckties and"
GlIut, tJuCululeu DOTOlhyr anu
then, whats the use!"
With the younger sister, with a
second effort to appear casual, took a
folded afternoon paper that h had
been sitting on from its hiding place,
rose, walked to the fireplace and neat
ly deposited 1t above the blazing logs.
Alicia was too intent on the needle
work in her hands to wonder why
Dorothy had burned the paper or to
comment on her curiosity concerning
Mr.. Brown, the young man whom they
had recently met at a dance in town.
and who had beer coming out from
the city to the True home with consid-
cradle frequency ever since.
In the afternoon paper that was now
blazing up the chimney was a scare
heading that had attracted Dorothy's
attention, to an account of a culprit
whose real name was Glennon, but
who went by a half-dozen or so aliases.
Hence her curiosity concerning Mr..
John Brown. Culprits seeking aliases,
reasoned Dorothy, would always Sc
lect some name like John Brown or
Henry Smith-colorless names that
would suggest no family relationships
In particular. The paper had de-
scrlbed Glennon as a professional
heart-breaker. He was now wanted
by the police for having made away
with $500 hal he had borrowed"
from a young woman in the city whose
heart he had won as a means of gain
ing confidence. A dozen other young
,.-a,nap Ia dIffarapt porfo Of fha .o,,p-
try we're ready to make similar
charges. In some cases he had dis
appeared with valuable jewelry.
"The young man is fairly tall. well
built and of singularly fascinating ap-
pearance and manner-or at least this
is the opinion of the young women
who will appear against him." That
is what the paper said. Dorothy had
nodded her hand afirmatively. John
Brown was certainly entirely fascinat-
ing, conceded Dorothy.
The night after Dorothy's discovery
she lay awake for many hours making
plans that were deep and full Of con
cern for Alicia. II would be a mis-
take to tell Alicia, because she would
never keep the secret. John would
know that he was suspected and es-
cape. The important thing was not
only to protect Alicia from falling
deeply In love with the culprit-if this
were possible-but to get sufficient
evidence against him to make 1t posi-
BILE to arrest him before he suspected
that he had been discovered.
This could be done, Dorothy decided.
by getting him to transfer his atten-
lions from Alicia to herself. IL Alicia
felt that II was Dorothy Instead Of
herself for whom he cared she was
not the sort of sister who would inter-
fere. So Dorothy decided to make 1t
appear that Glennon. alias for the time
John Brown, was really her admirer.
She would encourage him, see him
as much as possible and watch him
for suspicious actions. This was not
especially like Dorothy. She was pref
ty enough, and she knew II I'm a vague
way, but she had never been a boy
girl n she was ignorant of the
first principles OF coquetry. Still she
would play the role.
How proud Alicia and her parents
would be OF her when she caught the
villain In the act and thus saved her
sister from being another OF his vic
tins and revenged the others whom
he had wronged. No wonder Dorothy
lay awake that night hours inter the
rest OF the True family were lost In
slumber.
Mr.. Brown called the mex evening.
II appeared that Alicia or Mrs Trne