Evening star., 1924-07-21

But how?-why?" / exclaimed.
whats the filly got to do with all
this numbering business? How does
she come imp
Lady Renardsmere comes in" he
said. She's owner"
l made an effort to reckon things
You don't mean-revenge?" 1 ask
May be something of that" he as
sented. This is it, Cranage-yot
don't know, nobody knows-what
you're up against That fellow
you've Just seen knows lot more
than he's told. Queer kink in the
mans character.-that he's told you
this much: But he has told, Act"
"How?" I said. How"
straight to Miss Manson. and tell
her every word of it," he answered.
US were to watch. day and night. till
Wednesday. I'll take my share"
Il suppose you and ! could do it
between us?" / said. You by day, l
by night If that doesn't make things
safe. with all those detectives, and
the stable-lads, and all the rest of
Lets slip along TO Manson Lodge"
he said. The sooner she knows, the
better. But: Cranage -
pursuing his lips.
WHAT" / asked.
It's the Chinaman again" he an
swered. Hes at the bottom of this,
Macfarlane's given him away on this
point, butts the Chinaman, There's
some secret doings, secret knowledge
behind eVerythins-what is 1t? Seems
to me the Chinaman and this gang OF
his have been one day too late all
lthrough--too late with Holliment,
too late with Quartervayne, too late
with Neamore, too late with Penni-
thwaite, But-Macfarlane evidently
knows that though he and the other
two are Gagged. the Chinaman at
large-and has trump card up his
sleeve. What? Connected with this
race-horse and Lady Renardsmere:
And Lady Renardsmere's in the
shadows. But the iIly isn't. Come
on-let's get to Miss Manson
We walked into the dining room
at Manson Lodge as Peggle and MISS
Hepp1e were just sitting down 10
lunch. They pressed US to join them.
but we were both far too concerned
excited. in my case-to eat, and /
was impatient enough unit! Peggie
had cleared her parlormaid out OF
the room and we four were alone.
Then l told the whole tale. 1t pro-
duced different effects on its two
hearers Miss Hepple grew graver
and graver-but Peggie waxed more
and more impatient and angry
The whole things absolutely pre-
posterous," she burst out, when l had
made an end of the story. It's as
impossible that the filly can be IN
terfered with as that-as tnat-oh,
can't think of a simile: never
ever breathed has been so much look.
ed after. How could anybody get az
her? There's me. to start WITH III
worn nearly to skin and bone looking
after her. There's Bradget.-
lost flesh in his anxiety about her.
There's her own boy-lve had liter
ally to drive him away from her 10
get food and sleep. There are an
my men and lads always roundapoul'
And there are those six private oe-
Lady Renardsmere's expense, on
guard night and day,-the whole
things ridiculous. She's never put
her nose out of her box without
score of pairs of eyes being on ner,
never walked or galloped furlons
without being attended as If she were
the king going to open Parllament-
4 tell YOU. it's been and is a sheer
impossibility for anybody to get near
her, It's rot"
Not"
Peggie laid down her knife o ano
fork and looked at him. Her lace
had been all alame with undenlaoie
temper. but under Peytons steadS
gaze it regained its normal SoI1r'
mI think you're common-sense
man. Mt. Peyton. she said, in level
tones. Now, then. why do you tnlnh
it isn't rot?--when l thnk II Is ,
Because l don't regard 1t from
your angle" he answered ITS not
that pretty bit of horsefiesh on the
other side your grounds there tna.
to be got at-it's Lady Renardsmere
that's to be got at through her: inns
striking at nothing TO get ~hat ne
wants. has doubtless long since AIS
covered that Lady RenardSmere
mixed up in this thing, and mas NeIs
likely threatened her uniess nat mai
up the thing that he wants, ana ena.
he believes her. or somebody know II
10 her. to be in possession OF. noN
do you know what mayn have tran
spired, secretly. between MN .h, dnr
her. Why does she hide? And whv,
ali of a sudden. did she double ths
number of private detectives aooua
her horse? Not isn't rot. There ;
danger-as this man MaclaFl lane 'N'N
to Cranage. p.ee;e
"If I could answer that, there De
no danger" he replied. 90 HoI
know what the danger is. But II ;,,
we're YOU. I'd guard against H. SUI
further. After all. it's only for 1our
days now: do," ex
claimed Peggie. showing rene"eo
Svmntoms of Feasibility. can
fasten the creature up IN a steer sa,
or stable her in the draw ,,tions
Nobody ever took the precau.ud
that I've taken. My fathers traineu
three Derby and FIVE St. Leger WIN
nrrs in his time and he'd nave purs.
with laughter if he'd seen the w.
in which this flly has been looNeu
after Why ,,;o,
al. my dear" interrupted MISS hep-
Don't talk platitudes, Aunt Millie
the circumstances-con them.
are exceptional Inc tnins e.
ing? a whole regiment of men ano
boys round the creature.-what can
do beyond that? If only people
would be reaSonab ble@
She glanced at me, drumming Ine
table with the tips of her fingers.
and there was that in her look which
made me begin to think anew
After ALL" l said. with glance at
Peyton. It don't see what more MISS
Manson could do, The fflly's being
watched steadily; uninterrupteoiS'
"TlI tell you precisely what the ar
rangements are" interrupted Peg
gle. LAS for daytime. there's never
less than a dozen pairs of eyes either
on her or on her door: At night.
is always with her; one of the de
tectives is in the only room by
which access can be had to her box.
and two others patrol the yard out
side. What more could one do
Peyton and myself do that little.
We're willing to keep watch. alter
nateIy, from now until you take her
off to EPSON. It's Peyton's sugges-
ton
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