The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-11

Come in." she ordered again. lit
tie sharply.
tie came In and she closed the door.
I'm sopplng wet. I'll drip all over
tile floor"
'What are you going to do2 You'll
be arrested, you know" She stood
straight and slim rs boy. and the
trank direeiness of her gaze had
boys sexless Inconsistencies.
There came to them from outside
the tap-tan-lap-tap OF policemans
night stick rattling on the curbstont.
Hes calling help"
i can explain how II happened"
mo. lie wouldn't understand. They'd
find you guilty.
To manservnnt standing In the
background The y.ung woman spoke
Jenkins. have Nora clean up the floor
and the steps outside. And remember
i don't wait the police to know this
gentleman Is here"
"Yes. MSS
Come" said the girl to her guest
Clay followed his hostess to the
stairs and went up them with her. but
he went protesting. though with a
chuckle of mirth. "He sure ruined my
clothes a heap. | amt fit to be seen"
The suit he had been so proud of
was shrinking So that his arms and
legs stuck ont like signposts. Tie
color had run and left the FOODS u
peculiar DEMONSTRATING overall blue.
She Iii eas-log In u small library
den.
Just minute, please"
She stepped briskiy from the room.
In her MANNER WAS IL crisp decision. in
her poise u trim galantry that won
him instantly.
I'll bet she'd do to ride WITH" he
told himself In current western
idlon.
When size came back II was to take
him to dressing room. A complete
change of clothing was laid out for
him on couch. A man whom Clay
recognized as II ynlCt-he had seen his
duplicate In the moving picture thea
iers at Tucson-was there to supply
bis needs and attend to the tempera-
ture of his bath.
Stevens will look after YOU" she
said; when you are ready come back
to daas den."
His eyes followed to the door her
resilient step. Once, when he was a
boy, he had seen Ada Rehan play In
LAS You Like IT. Her acting had en-.
tranced lin. This girl carried him
back to that hour. She was bcyish as
Rosalind, woman in every motion of
her slim and lissom BODY.
At the head of the stairway she
paused. Jenkins was moving hurriedly
up TO meet her.
Its policeman. miss. 'E's come
a1out the-the person that came in,
and 'e's talkin' to Nora ON the .tebs
Shes a-jollyln' i'm, as you might say.
miss
His sou. !, mistress nodded. She
swept the hall with the eye of gen
eral. Swiftly she changed the position
of II Turkish rug 50 as to hide u spot
on the polished floor that had been
recently scrubbed and was still moist.
Then she opened the door and saun-
tered out.
Does the officer want something.
Nora?" she asked lnnocently, switch
ing the end of crop against her rid.
ing-boots.
"Yes. miss. There's been rufIian
batin' up Swedes an tyin' 'em to posts.
This officer thinks he came here" ex-
plaihed Nora.
Does he want to look In the house?"
Yes, miss
Then let lin come In" The Young
took the responsibility on her
Own shoulders. She led the police |
m N into the hall. Il don't really see |
how he could have got In here without
some of us seeing him. officer"
mo, ma'am. | don't see how ha |
could The patromal scratched his |
red head. THE janitors Swcde. |
anyhow. He jist guessed 1t. came |
to make sure nv it. I'll be sorry fer
troubling yuh, miss"