The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-06-28

outlines of a human figure as it
darted into entire obscurity beneath
the shadows of the trees at the edge
of the lawn. And that was all.
Betty, as she literally jumped into
the hall from Katherine's room, saw
nothing at first. But doors were
pulled open, timid and shrinking
guests appeared as if by magic,
frightened figures of women and the
startled and questioning visages of
men, m~aterialized from every direc-
/ ton, for the alarm had been one that
was not to be ignored. 1t was not the
sorot of thing that one hears vaguely
in sleep when one wonders even more
vaguely about the cause and rolls
over into sleep again; it was Of the
character that compels a person to
sit up and take notice. -
Bing Harvard came into Rather
ines room from his own just as she
reappeared from the balcony. He
snapped on the lights while she
crossed from the window toward him,
and she noticed Instantly without be-
traying her surprise because Of 1T,
that save for the fact that he was
without a coat, he was dressed pre-
cisely as he had been at dinner that
evening.
His quick questions also surprised
her.
"Was anyone here with your" he
demanded.
"Betty was here. We were" she
began. He interrupted her.
anybody else ;"
mo, not just now, when we heard
the shots. The senofkta had been
here earlier, but she had gone. Why
there is Betty now!" For Betty
had reappeared at the door.
7 "Come!" Betty called to them from
the doorway. ooh, Bing! I'm sc
glad that you're here. They say-oul
! there-that it came from Nine Saw
: ages ROOM"
j Bingham and Katherine followed
Betty into the hall.
They found that a group had al.
, ready collected in the corridor neal
r the entrance to the suite occupied By
! Nine. Savage and her maid, and thai
, a hush had fallen upon those whC
were gathered there.
The cause of it was at nee appar
hent for the un~mistakable sounds of
" woman sobbing could be heard from
. beyond the door, and mingled with /
were the sharp tones of Madame
! deep voice, almost masculine in tim
! bre.
Harvard tapped upon the panel, an,
~ madame's voice babe him enter.
They were close to the door into tn
hall when the cry and the shot
~ startled them. Katherine reache
y out and punched the black butte
of the electric switch, extinguishin
J. the lights in the rooms; then she star
w ed ros it to the window and on
upon the balcony-for she was con
N WINGED that the sounds proceeded frOI
nt WITHOUT the house, and believed tha
they were not far from her window
The old lady was sitting up i
bed, and she held in her right han
- "a small automatic pistol with whic
e she had been gesticulating while sE
talked to her sobbiing and frightene
=. maid, who stood facing her acroS
: the ~footboard, graspiing it with bot
hands.
Mime. Savage was a very old lad.
- it must be remembered; a very youn
- old lady, with eighty years or Their
abouts to her credit, but as youthfl
"a as ever she had been in spirit ar
thought, and her outlook upon lif
Nor was she one who had resortt
adj to artificial devices to keep herse
&c young; her natural buoyancy, and HI
ON ardent love of being in the middle
all something doing" had done that.
nd "Come ini Come in" she Gale
he out when she discovered the grou
at her door, headed by Harvar
"Im not a bit afraid to be seen
bed by all Of you. l don't wear
= wig nor do up my face and neck
an enameling mask when l retir
My goodness, Bing, did l wake up Il
whole householder"
Naturally. Have you been pra
ticing at a target, madame, or we
you shooting at your maid? And,
l may inquire, where did you get Il
~pistol?" Harvard was smiling as
put the question, for he was rea
sured. 1t had only been a scar
after all, he was thinking.
Madame replied to- the last questi'
first.
where did l get it?" she retorte
'T've always had it. Not this or
of course, but a pistol of SINE kin
I'm not used to this new-fangled CO
traption yet, and l shot three tim
when I only meant to shoot once"
"But, my dear lady, what did "
shoot at?"
"a man. There were two of the
or a man and a women. I think tn
I must have winged n of them
that. You See"
Betty interrupted impulsively.
But the scream!" she exclaim'
"That came before the pistol shots.
ooh! That Nistiine is a ninny; S
is always scared at her own shade
1t was she who did the screamil
That is what I was scolding
about, and why she is sobbing nj
just like q scared child
"But, madame, how did it happe
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