The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-08-16

prefer that e should be left that way.
L have neveifhad occasion yet to see
unwlsdom in-lour Katherine's judg-
ment.V Is. -
The senator sighed, plainly re-
lieved, and as they started on again,
remarked:
81 think, Bingham, after breakfast,
Ill try that Erinrhawss of yours
that Irish hunter"
"Do, father. He's a wonder, real
ly. You'll like him-only, he isn't
gated like one of your Kentucky
horses. He is Hellol Now what
do you suppose is taking Julius off
for a cross-country ride at this time
of day all by himself? Some errand
for Katherine, doubtless"
He had seer julius in the act of
taking a fence beyond the pasture be-
hind the paddock-saw him for an in
slant only before he disappeared from
view, and thought no more about it.
Black julius, however, was not on
an errand for his mistress, although
he was, most certainly, bound upon
one which he thoroughly believed to
be definitely in her interest.
JULIUS O1Q AAOb Inc OOAAlaQ OClhAARP
had not liked him from the moment
of his arrival at Myquest-had taken
one of those instructive dislikes-to the
man which are characteristic of the
loyal and faithful colored folks of the
South whenever a person is inimical
to those they serve appears.
He had kept a furtive eye upon Bel
KNAPP from the first. He had seen and
taken mental note of as many trivial
incidents as had Betty Clancy, or
Tom, or Bling himself; not the same
ones, perhaps, but as many, or more;
and his devotion to his mistress had
made him, even more surely and more
? quickly than the others, determine in
tuitively that the man was a fly in
the ointment of that hpuse party, and
that Katherine disliked him-and for
some inexplicable reason, feared him
or dreaded him-or at least would be
glad to be rid of his presence at My
{ quest.
/ 1t had so happened that Julius was
talking to the butler at the moment
, when the telephone call from Wash.
: ington came over the wire, and while
= the butler was gone to ummon Bal
KNAPP, julius had not hesitated to plug
+ the switchboard in such a manner
Q that by making haste to his own cot
I tage he would be able to "listen-in'
5 to a part of the conversation that wa
To follow, at least.
n If julius had been thoroughly verset
in contemporary~slang he would havl
said that he did it because he consid
e cred it an opportunity TO "get a lin
v on Belmont's curves"
Anyhow, he made the most of il
and although he did not hear the be
ginning of the talk, he did hear mucl
of it, and although h edid not get tn
line on the curves that he might hav
! wished for, he did discover that
Il friend or an associate of Belknap's i
I Washington was warning him agains
the appearance at inquest of a ma
whom they both had good reason t
fear and that Belknap was requisite
to meet a messenger at a stated tim
and place the following morning, VIII
d would impart such further informatio
p: on the subject as was not wise t
discuss by telephone
If Julius had heard enough to max
d. him want to hear more. Also he b'
lieved that the appointed place We
m such as to afford him every oppol
at tunity to do that very thing if pnl
" he could get to it before Belknap a
ar rived.
There are still in existence in var
" Gus places on Long Island the pictu.
I'd esque ruins of two-century old Gar
more) saw and grist mills, some
~ them tide-water mills, some of the
nd otherwise, which the owners of Il
an estates upon which they are situate
ct have preserved for their ~picturesqu
at ness. The telephone-made rende
vous was at one such, and was on Il
k inquest estate.
To get to it by following the hig
it ways las Belknap had been directs
over the wire), was a ~oundabo'
EN- route that covered three miles
ng more; by the route that julius selei
in ed, over fences, Through by-lanes, al
nd across fields, the distance was bare
lie a mile.
Thus, he did get there first, so tn
IN he had ample time to tether his mou
Ter where it would not be discovered, al
ID to creep into the ancient edifice a.
IS conceal himself before either of t
lat parties TO that arranged interview
lat rived.
lat He was we'll hidden, where he COZ
hear without fear Of discovery, VIII
Beiknap, WHIP was the first of the t.
Lps to arrive, appeared.