South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-09
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EPISODE TWELVE
Her HiEhness Intervenes


Her HiChness Iutervenes
CHAPTER I
Toward noon the wind changed
and about one o'clock q began 20
snow.
Eve. exhausted. lay on the sofa in
her bedroom. Her step-father lay
on e table in the dance hall below,
covered By a sheet from his own
bed. And beside him sat Trooper
stormont, waiting.
L was showing heavily when SIT
Lyken. the little undertaken from
Ghost Lake. arrived with several
assistants. q casket. and what he
called swell trimmings"
Long ago Nike CHnch had selected
his own mo-tuary site and had
driven a section OF ire = pipe into the
ground on a ferny knoll overlO boxing
star Pond In explanation he grim
.y remarked 20 Eve that after death
he preferred 70 be planted where he
could see that Old Harrod's ghost
didn't trespass-
Here two Of Mr. Lyken's able as
sistants dug a grave while the dig
sing was stiil good for II Nike
Clinch was 20 lie underground that
season there might be need Of haste
no weather prophet ever having
successfully forecast Adirondack
weather
Eve. exhausted by shock and a
sleepless night. was spared the more
narrowing details Of the coroner's
visit and the subsequent jaunty ac-
uvities Of Mr.. Lyken and his efficient
assistants.
She had managed 20 dress herself
in a black wool gown. intending 10
watch by Nike. but Stormont's blunt
authority prevailed and she lay
down for an hours rest.
The hour heightened into many
hours the girl slept heavily on her
sofa under blankets laid over her
by Stormont.
All that dark. snowy day she slept
mercifuIly unconscious of the pro-
ceedings below
In its own mysterious way the
news penetrated the wilderness; and
out Of the desolation Of forest and
swamp and mountain drifted the
people who somehow existed there
70 few shy. half wild young girls, a
dozen silent lank men, two or three
of Clinch's own people, who stood
silently about in the falling snow
and lent a hand whenever requested
one long-shanked youth cut hem
lock 10 line the grave; others erect
cd little fence of silver birch
around II making Of the enclosure
a plot"
A gaunt old woman from God
knows where aided Mr. Lyken at in
tervaIs. a pretty. sulzy-eyed girl
with her slovenly. ed-headed sister
cooked for anybody who desired
rourishment
When Mike was ready 10 hold the
inevitable reception everybody filed
into the dance hall Mr.. Lyken was
master Of ceremonies; Trooper Stor-
mont stood very tall and straight by
the head Of the casket.
Clinch wore a vague. indefinable
smile and his pest clothes-that
same smile which had so troubled
Jose Quirtana.
Light was fading fast in the room
when the last visitor took silent
leave of Clinch and reioined the
groups i'm the kitchen where were
the funeral baked meats.
Eve still slept. Descending again
from his reconnaissance. Trooper
Stormont encountered Trooper Ian
mis- below.
"Has anybody picked up Quin-
tana's tracks," inquired the former.
THra p ~
two state Game Protectors are out
beyond Owl Marsh The Troopers
from Five Lakes are on the Job, and
we have enforcement men along
Drowned Valley from The Scaur 70
Harrod Place
Does Darragh know"
eyes. He's I'm there with Mike.
he brought lot OF flowers from
Harrod Place"
The two Troopers went into the
dance hall where Darragh was ar
ranging the flowers from his green
houses
Stormont said quietly: "All right
Jim. bur Eve must not know that
they came from Harrod's."
Darragh nodded. How is she.
jack"
All in"
do YOU know the story?'
YES Mike went into Drowned
valley early last evening after Quin-
tana He didn't come back. Before
dawn this morning Eve located
Quintaua. set a bear-trap for him.
and caught him with the goods"
What goods?" demanded Oar
raEh sharply.
We'll she got his pack and found
Mikes watch and jewelry IN st."
What iewelry?"
The Jewels Quintana was after.
But THAI was after she'd arrived at
the Dump. here. leaving Quintana
90 set free OF the tran and beat g..
That's how met her-half
crazed going 20 find Quintana
arain. we'd found Mike ID Drowned
Valley and were bringing him out
when 7 ran into Eve I brought
rar rn-L here and called Ghost