The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-08-09

pressed it,, to pay his respects, as,
indeed, he was in the habit of doing
whenever opportunity offered.
His real purpose was, of course, in
response to Tom Clancy's suggestion,
and give Mr.. Conrad Belknap what
Rushton called "the o~nce-over," which
is to say, to have an opportunity to
observe the man carefully, to recall, if
possible, n memory of him of the
past, or, failing that, to provide a
memory of him for future occasion;
for Rushton possessed to a large ex-
tent what in police p~arlance is known
as the camera eye"
Second. A stranger came to My
quest in the early evening" tall,
soldierlike figure of a man, who might
have been handsome of feature but
for a terrible Disagreement of his
face caused by a livid scar that ex-
tended from the top of his forehead
above the left eye, across the bridge
of his nose, past the right corner OF
his mouth to which it appeared to m
part a sardonic twist, and thence on,
under the right cheek bone until it dis
appeared beneah his collar.
His hair was abundant and Of the
wilderness of fresh milk, although his
brows were coal black. If you OBJ
served him when his back was toward
you, you would have placed him any
where from thirty to forty-five, and
Drematurely white; but if in the next
breath he turned to face you, and you
had noticed the scar, and the lines be-
tween his eyes and radiating from
their corners, you would have ampli-
fled your own statement with, "any-
where from forty-five to sixty, but
with an extraordinary physique and
bearing"
!, He arrived, also, so it would appear,
:. en- passant-like Rushton, which is to
J, say that one of Harvards friends
| who was also a banker, with whom he
! was motoring, stopped for a short call
in passing.
? The call did not extend beyond 20
: minutes, but nevertheless it seemed to
: have left a marked impression, par
| ticularly in regard to Mr.. Carruthers
l A different one, too, it appeared, with
each Of the inquest guests to whom
he was presented.
: When it came to an end-when Bing.
l ham and. his banker friend, having
: concluded their conference, returned
5 to the veranda, and the latter an
4 nounced to Carruthers that they haC
5 better be on their way, and the TIVE
had got into the car to depart-Binl
I called out, suddenly, and with ever
d outward appearance that a hap!
s. thought had just occurred to him:
"Wait a moment, Salisbury, l hav
got an idea" and he half turned hi
s head and shot a smiling glance at hi
It wife before he added:
S "When we came down to Myques
e it was our intention to have a serie
o of week-ends throughout the summer
y but this one has developed into
/ house party instead" Bing ha
y again turned his back toward tn
group on the veranda and was aC
i dressing only his banker friend, bu
he spoke with a ~distinctness that reI
d dered every word he uttered plain I
IL all.
! Il am q bit seedy, myself, and a
Z though l shall probably drive I'M
I the city now and then just to loC
n things over, | nave decided to sts
in down here this week-and possib
To next week also-for a little vacati(
and rest, and I'm going to ask Clani
nd to do the same. He'll Go it, too. To
r. nearly always does what I sugge:
al But the thing that I'm getting at
this: Why Can't you and Mrs. Saul
he bury Join us, for this week anyho
he and bring Mr.. Carruthers alons
sr- Eli? Just say that you will, a
ia come along down as early as possit
ok tomorrow"
so Katherine, who after greeting Sau
va bury and his companion had wi
drawn from the group and was how,
ex- ing in the background, listened to !
sed husbands unanticipated announ,
to- ment in unconcealed amazement-
ach fact which Belknap was quick to
en- tlce as he shot a glance at her bene;
ISL half-drooped eyelids.
He left his chair and strolled ca
on lessly toward her with ears lie,
ur- to catch Saulsbury's reply, and
knew that Katherine was waiting
Ter it as eagerly as he was, although
lrly could not gues swhat her interest
ady it might be.
+. But Katherine acted quickly,
ing cepting Bing's cue, and acting III
ner it as he threw another quick gla
iONSL AAS S-AOQlQC1 III ucI QlICCJlOils
ana Before Belknap could get to he
1ery before Morton Saulbury had OPT
1t tunity to respond to the invitation
and cordially given, she stepped quiC
eak, forward and down the steps to
good husbands side.
"Do, Mr.. Salisbury" she said
agile shall be delighted to have Mi
and with US, and-she permitted her
to rest for a moment to rest upon
SAID, SCARED vision Of Daniel Carruthe
low. II am sure that Mr.. Carruthers
find it possible TO come with you,
'ause l heard him say only a moment
to Miss Loring, that he is idling
you time with you because he had fl
you that he has a months time on
own hands with nothing to do"
my IT fear that | am too busy just
'hen, to accept for myself, Mr.. Harvs
-tlon, Salisbury replied, smilingly,
roth there is no reason why Miriam
hope, come, nor why Dan Carruthers
him. come with her. Eli, DAM? You
H. ~ Al TU1