Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-10

':Y0u need not take salt, he sald
9~''nly.
81 shah he delighted" assentsd.
- loTt e:rht DEL Jc!; / suprose7"
not about l .rplore you" Jan
answered earnestly. SANDY sHql
c.foh you some trout this afternoon.
an3 they must be served to the sec.
ord Say quarter to eight, please
Il will be punctual." promised.
I SPENT the afternoon wandering
about the MOOR, inspecting the
golf links snd speaking on the
telephone. Puuetu4lly at twenty
minutes to eight passed up the
Ions, neglected drive and presented
myself at the front door of the som.
ber-looking house. The summons ".
harsh bell was answered almost
Immediately by an immaculate but
Ter. Janet, from the ctE1.r end 1T
tho cool white haIe cG1ne forward to
meet ma The dinner was well
cooked. the champagne was excet.
lent; and my host. with twinkle in
his eyes, called my attention TO the
fact that 1t was opened in my pres
euce. As soon as the last course
was concluded. Janet led the way
out onto the tagged terrace, where
table was already arranged with dea.
sert and coffee.
you are brave man. Sir Nor.
man." my hostess said abruptly.
Why" I asked.
sfVnyy Iy0nuJ--ar5 xy0lf a1npafLaT
l once killed a man-although you
don't altogether know why" she
went on softly. How do you know
that have not within me the max
!ngs OF a modern Lucrezia? / have
read quite a good deal about poisons
Il may be said even to have studied
the subject-and you have delivered
yourself into my hands"
why should you poison me?"
argued. Il win do both you and
your husband the credit to believe
that you don't bear malice. Revenge
| Is senseless sentiment"
My host leaned forward in his chair.
His face was solemn and hrooding.
you have things against me dat.
ing from far back" he said.
! I nodded.
But am in the same position az
Scotland Yerd," ] reminded him.
For those things l have no case
! For those misdemeanors of which l
suspect you in the past, / could at
the present moment go only so far
as to procure a warrant charging
yoa with feloniously wounding a 20.
lice inspector. For the rest. sus.
pect, but have no proof"
You suspect what?" he asked.
I shook my head.
There are limits to my candcr," !
protested mildly. You must admit
that / am not secretive or unduly
aloof, inasmuch as | dine az your
| table, discuss your peccadilioes and
pass on, like an ordinary guest.
| What | may suspect OF the past /
| keep to myself. am your enemy,
and you know 1t. If 1t pays you to
attempt to murder me, / imagine
you will try"
Janet would desert me If / did"
he declared with a grim smile. "She
| finds these little conferences with
YOU so inspiring"
She looked at me with that won
derful smile Of hers. She was a little
way behind pillar, and her face
was hidden from her husband.
Il do not like to hear you say that
we are enemies" she mur1nursd. IL
would rather think that we are like
the soldiers who fight in two oppos-
posing armies. We fight because It
is our duty. So we are enemies be-
cause it is our duty. Even that does
not interfere With personal fellngs."
That is true" / admitted cure.
lessly. Il could never absolutely
dislike man who played such good
soft as your husband"
And what about meg" she de-
manded.
| You drive me to be obvious" l
replied. "No one could possibly dis
| like a person who contributed to the
beauty of the world"
She laughed softly
Why, you are a courtier, Sir Nor
man." she declared. Your compll-
ments and the perfume OF those
roses and the flavor of the Benedlc-
tine are getting into my head. / be.
gin to picture you as the serpent who
has crawled into this Utopiau para.
Jiso."
Talking about golf" her bus.
band interviewed in a harsh tone,
what about a game, Sir Norman?
/ WIZ you play me tomorrow morn.
lng?"