Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-21


steFs. "You dare make NOV,
and I'll knock your heads togethe
Just remember that you're lna
End I'm sober"
He went into the next room a.
Immediately saw several (orms
der the bed lie reached down AT
ierked them out by their les
They rolled over. covering ia5
faces and sobbing with frs
Emancipated as they were aad q
dainful of pre-war parents. w@em
came to late parties IN a-bachelll
rooms they exercised strateg
slip out, not defiance.
"Oh, MIR. Oglethorpe," gasped Oh
convulsively. Don. ten on us
please"
"rve no intention Of telling on
you. You can go to the devil 10
your own way for all care. I'm
after Janet"
"She's not here"
That's what I'm going TO find
out" He opened the door OF
wardrobe and another girl lumbleG
into his arms. shrieked, and tun4
herself face downward on the
bed. But it was not Janet He ia
vestigated every corner of the
apartment and then returned to
Clavering, slamming the door be
hind him.
"She's not there, Lee" he said
leaning heavily agains; the @all
Where in Gods name is she?
don't know where to look peSt
This is her particular gang Sac
has no other intimates that know
Of. But what do know about her
anyway"
you're sure she isn't h.din
anywhere at homer"
Searched the house from top tt
bottom"
81 suppose it isn't likely tina
she's gone to any OF her aunts
Good Lord, no Shed tahe .
chance on mother, but never NlA
any Of the rest OF the family aud
she's got no money | saw TO that
D'you suppose she's ROAMING thu
streets?"
''y I'll, she can't roam Icing, legs
will i've out. PERHAPS, she's home
by low or at Mrs. Ogleiaorpe's
B er telephone"
they went out and found a Du5
lie telephone. Janet had not beer
seen nor heard from.
You don't think it's going 0 be
another Dorothy Arnold case?'
gasped 0glethorpe, who seemed
completely unnerved
'Good Heavens no, jim! Aul
she's able to take care OF herself
Nobody better. She'll give you
scare and then turn up-with her
thumb at her nose, likely. Better
come up~to my rooms and have a
drink"
"Orright. / can't go home and |
don't want to be alone anywhere
I'd go out of my senses. anything
might happen to her, and SLANT
call in the police until the last
minute. Filthy scandal"
police? Certainly not. And as
Janet is cold sober, be sure she'll
come to no harm"
A few moments later they we're
in the lift ascending to Clavering's
rooms. "Huno!" he said, as he
opened the door of his little hall
1.-THE fool maid has left the light
on" and. as Shey entered the uy
ing room, what the devil" Ciga
rette smoke hung in the air.
There was a wild Shrek from
corner Of the room, slim girl
leaped across the intervening space
like a panther. and fiinging herself
upon Oglethorpe, beat his chest
with her fists. you damned old
plumber, you old dumb-duck!"
shrieked his little daughter What
did you come here and spoil every
thing for? He'd have had to mar
ry me tomorrow if you'd minded
your own business. I'll claw your
eyes out" But her hands were
imprisoned in her fathers hard
fists, and she turned and spat st
the petrifed Clavering. 81 bate
}o1! ! hate you! But I'm going
AIRY you all the same One
]r another I'll get you.
lit to wait awhile; for hadn't
ha fun enough yet, and,rd have
precious little with you, you old
Tat tire. But when l heard that
old Zattiany woman'd got hold OF
you-and then locked up and not
able to do a t'-'8g-I thought I'd
so mad. 7 Dr. I'D my diamond
bracelet ~ ~ the window and one
Of II gaNe let ne out won't
re- Ycave been seen com.
Of her house at all hours,
hes a thousand years old and
.ody cares what she does, but
.1tended to rouse this whole house
and I'd have been so compromised
you'd have had to marry me,
You're a gentleman If you are a
damned old leftover, and you're
friend of granny's and dads. I'd
have had you tied up so tight
you'd have toddled straight down
to the City Hall"
Clavering stared at her, wonder
ing how women felt when they
we're going to have Mysteries.
What a night! And this girls re-
semblance to her grandmother was
uncanny He could see the Jane
Nslethorpe Of the portrait in Just