The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-02
Eoening Story
On the Trail of GIennon.
BY JANE OSBORN.


answered 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"
For no reason especially" lied
Dorothy. "Of course know you don't
go in for analyzing characters the way
L do. but he's been coming to see you
so often and"
Pm not az all sure he comes just
to see me-" smiled Alicia. You can
have him if you want
Thanks awfully." snapped Dorothy.
You needn't treat me like a child.
Don't 1 notice how you and he are
I've eyes in my head. But what do
you think of him
''Oh. I think he is talIish and broad
shouldered' with a taste for gray
tweed and green neckties andT-'
'Piffle," calculated Dorothy, and
then. Whats the usei'
With that the younger sister, with a
second effort to appear casual, took a
folded afternoon paper that she had
been sitting on from its hiding place,
rose, walked TO the fireplace and neat
ly deposited it above the Mazing 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 been coming out from
the city to the True home with con-
siderable frequency ever since.
In the afternoon paper that was
now blazing up the chimney was a
scare heading that had attracted Dor
othy'S attention to an account of
culprit whose real name was Glennon
but who went by a half dozen or so
aliases. Hence her curiosity concern
ing Mr.. John Brown. Culprits seeking
aliases. reasoned Dorothy, would al
ways select some name like John
Brown or Henry Smith-colorlesS
names that would suggest no family
relationships in particular. The paper
had described Glennon as a profess
sional heart-breaker. He was now
wanted by the police for having made
away with $500 that he had 'bor-
rowed" from young woman in the
city whose heart he had won as a
means of gaining confidence. A dozen
other young women in different parts
of the country were ready to make
similar charges. In some cases he
had disappeared with valuable
jewelry.
1.-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 apear against him" That is
what the paper said. Dorothy had
nodded her head affirmatively. John
Brown was certainly entirely fas-
The night after Dorothy's discovery
she lay awake for many hours making
plans that were deep and full of con-
Germ for Alicia. It 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 it 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. If Alicia
felt that it 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 it
appear that Glennon, alias for the
time John Brown, was really her ad-
mirer-
She would encourage him, see him
as much as possible and watch him
for suspicious actions. This was not
especially easy for Dorothy. She was
pretty enough, and she knew it in a
vague way, but she had never been
a hoy girl and 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 after the rest
of the True family were lost in
slumber.
Mr. Brown called the next evening
1t appeared that Alicia or Mrs. True
had asked him to dinner. Unfortu-
nately for her plans, thought Dorothy,
she had not been told of Mr.. Browns
expected presence or she would have
,17a f.,fo Ia T1Nr1 "a
evening frock- AS it was, she came in
from the country club after he had
arrived and had to appear at DINNER
still in her boyish sport clothes. She
and sprightliness of manner make up
for the lack of winsome clothes
Dorothy realized that she was IN
m MEASURE succeeding even before din
ner was over, She realized that Mr..
Brown was watching her; that often
he laughed with a mingling of amuse-
ment and admiration when she talked.
Once she noticeddhat Alicia'S eyes and
his met and there seemed to be an
exchange of message between them.
For a moment after this Dorothy felt
a suspicion of what one more schooled
in the game of love would have recog-
nized as Jealousy. OF course Dorothy
felt fascinated by the stranger, but
this would not deter her from playing
her heroic role like a true heroine
When the evening in the True draw
ing room was half spent Dorothy was
a little surprised when the fascinating
Mr.. Brown made his way to her side
and said. soto voce. Suppose you
come out for a little run in the
country. I brought my car tonight
there's a fine moon. Do you think
your mother would let us2''
Tt was easily arranged with Mrs.
True. and Dorothy went to her room
for her cape. Alicia Dorothy heard
the alleged Mr.. Brown say as she was
of you" Dorothy fingered on the
stairs and heard the whispered con-
versation in the hall below. I'm
sorry, but could you let me have
five-spoti till tomorrow? I left my
wallet in the office and I may run out
of gasoline. Don't let Dorothy know
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