The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-02
THE DAILY
SFIORTSTORY
On The Trail Of Glennon.
81 JANE OSBORN.
'etHU THAT do you think Of Mr..
wv Browne" Dorothy True

pretty True girls the brown.
haired, blue.eyed sister who went
IN for athletics and wore boyish
clothes.
II don't know as had thought
vet" answered Alicia True, two
years older than Dorothy. the ais.
Eers with light hair and ianguId
brown eyes, with a taste for domeS.
ticity. "why do you Ask"
For no reason especially" lied
Dorothy. "0t course / know you
don't go in for Analysing charac.
ters the way do, but he's been
coming to see you so often and"
Elm not at all sure he comes
sust to SEQ me-" smiled Alicia. You
can have him II you want"
Thanks awfully," snapped Doro-
thy. "You needn't treat me like q
child. Don't l notice how you and
he are always exchanging glances.
y 4 guess I've eyes i'm my head. But
what do you think Of him@"
soh, i think he is tallish ant
broad shouldered, with taste for
EtaY tweed and green neckties
SndEp
SPiffle,r calculated Dorothy, and
then, whats the use!"
With that the younger sister, with
q second effort to appear casual.
took a folded afternoon paper that
she had been sitting on from its
hiding place, rose, walked TO tho
fireplace, and neatly deposited II
above the blazing logs.
Alicia was too intent on the nee,
dlewofk in her hands to wonder
why ID Dorothy had burned the paper
OTTO comment on her curiosity con,
corning Mr.. Brown, the young man
whom they had recently met at q
dance In town, and who had been
cptnipg out from the city to the
True home with considerable FIRE.
quency ever since.
lin the afternoon paper that was
now blazing up the chimney was a
SCARE heading that had attracted
Dotothys attention to an account
OF al culprit whose real name was
GIennon, but who went by a half
dozen or so aliases. Hence ner cur;
3osity concerning Mr. John Brown.
Gulprits seeking aliases, reasoned
Dorothy, would always select some
name like John Brown or Henry
smith colorless names that woull
suggest no family relationships in
partcular. The paper had de-
scftbed Glennon as professional
heartbreaker. He was now want
ed by the police for having made
away with $500 that he had "bor-
rowe" from a young woman In the
city whose heart he had won as D
means OF gaining confidence. A
aoEen other young women In differ
GIT parts of the country were ready
70 make similar charges. In soms
cases ho had disappeared with val.
uabie jewelry. .sv,stt
II sThe young man Is fairly tall.
well built and of singularly fascin
9ating appearance and :nanner-or
OF least this Is the. opinion OF the
young women who will appear
Rgainst him." That is what the
paper said. Dorothy nan nodded
her head aftirmattvely. John
Brown was certainly entirely fas,
cfnating, conceded Dorothy.
The night after Dorothy's discov
9ery. she lag awake for many hours
making nlans that were deep and
full OF concern for Alicia. 1t would
he q mistake to tell Alicia, because
she would never keep the secret,
Thin IUnuId I.pnuy Nhot bc y,-o =, sac
pected and escape. The important
thing was not only to protect Alicia
from falling deeply in love with the
cllprlt-if this were possible-but
70 get. sufficient evidence against
him to make It possible to arrest
him before he suspected that he
had been discovered. {
This could be done, Dorothy de-
eided, by getting him to transfer
Ibis attentions from Alicia to her.
SELF. II Alicia felt that It was Dor:
ithy instead Of herself for whom he
cared she was not tho sort OF sis.
Ter who would interfere. So Dor.
pthy decided to make i@appear that
Glennon, alias for the time John
Brown was really her admirer.
SShe would encourage him, see
him as much as possible and watch
him for suspicious actions. This
was not especially easy for Doro.
Thy. She was pretty enough, and
She knew 1t in n vague way, but
Bhe had never been hoy girl" and
she was ignorant Of the first prln.
ciples Of coquetry. Still she would
play the role.
How proud Alicia and her par.
sents would be OF her when she
caught the villain in the act ann
thus saved her sister from being
another OF his victims and reveng.
I'D the others whom he had wrong,
ed. No wonder Dorothy lay awake
that night hours after the rest OF
the True family were lost In slum,
ber.
Mr.. Brown called tho next eve.
ming. II appeared that Alicia OF
tlrs. True had asked, him to din.
ner. Unfortunately for her plans,
Thought Dorothy, she had not been
told Of Mr.. Browns expected pres.
ence or. she would have changed
into her most becoming home eve,
i; nlng frock. AS 1t was, she came in
frpm.the country club after he had
arrived and had to appear at din.
ner still In her boyish sport clothes,
She determined, however, to let
her charm and sprighLliness OF
nahner make up for the lack OF
winsome clothes.
Dorothy realized that she was in
D measure succeeding even before
dinner was over. She realized thai
Air. Brown was watching her, that
often he laughed with mlngiins
Reimbursement and admiration when
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