The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-07
BLACK OXEN :: By Gertrude Anterior

drive UP here, but. il you had gone
off for the day, wait until you re-
turned. / don't see how you can
avoid him."
mo, you are right. I shall have
to see him-but what excuse can
give Lee? He must know the
truth. and he'll want to go with
u.s. .
Plans
i've thought of that. I'll tell
him that Trent is sending up some
important papers for you to sign,
and as some one is obliged to go
to Huntersville to check up the
provisions that will arrive on the
train tomorrow, I've told Trent's
clerk to wait there, as prefer to
see to the other matter myself. I
-I-hate to deceive Lee"
80 do I, but it cannot be helped.
Did he bring me up here to get
me away from Hohenhauer?"
Mr.. Dinwiddie's complexion sud.
denly looked darker in the light of
the solitary candle. ''Well-you
Sec
I suspected it for moment and
then forgot it. No doubt it is the
truth. So much the more reason
why he should know nothing about
the mans following me. Why
should he be made uneasy-per-
haps unhappy? But what excuse
to go off without him?"
'"They have a Ford down there.
I'll tell them to send that. With
the provisions there'll be no room
for four people.
THAT will answer. And I'll
give Hohenhauer a piece of my
mind"
But, Mary; you don't suppose
that one of the most important
men in Europe, with limited time
at his disposal, would take that
journey unless he had something
very important indeed to say to
you? Not even for your beaux
yeux, should think, or he'd have
asked Trent to get him an invita-
ton to spend several days at the
camp. I must say I'd devoured
with curiosity"
Mary shrugged her shoulders.
I'm too sleepy for curiosity. What
time must we start?"
About nine. II the car gets here
on time. It takes two hours to
come up the mountain, and they'll
hardly be induced to start before
seven. I'll tell Larsing to tele-
phone at six
TITS now eleven. We have eight
hours for sleep. Good night, and
believe that am immensely CRATE
full. You've arranged it all won
derfully."
She stamped her foot as Mr..
Dinwiddie silently closed the door.
"Moritz! What does he want?
Why has he followed me here? But
he has no power whatever over
my life, so why should I care
what he wants? But that
th1s-th1s-should be interruptedr'
She undressed without calm and
slept m
CHAPTER Lv.
The flight next morning proved
simpler Of accomplishment than
she had anticipated. The men
were going to a neighboring lake
to fish, Larsing having excited
them with the prospect of abund-
ant trout; and why fish in your
own lake when you may take a
tramp of several miles through
the woods to another? They
begged Clavering to go with
them, and as men cannot exist
for long in the rarefied atmos-
phere of the empyrean without
growing FESTIVE. he was, feeling
rather let down, and cherished q
sneaking desire for q long day
alone with men.
But he told Mary that he did
not want to go out of their woods
and down to that hideous village
for any such purpose as to watch
her sign papers, and he stood on
the landing waving his hat as she
and Mr.. Dinwiddie crossed the
lake in the motor boat to the
waiting Ford. FOR once his in
buttons failed him, and he