New Britain herald., 1927-04-29

ter, of course"
 The speech grated on Ned Barrons taste, but the voice cultured and the mans appearance both civil and correct.
 A clubman and gay one Barron sized him up at
 From the west" he sad with more perspicacty than
 Yep That is, Chicago. You aone?'
 As he spoke, he leaned forward to Barrons next neghbor It his wife, Madeline, and Ned leaned his own big body forward to intercept the strangers regard
 No, not alone, my wife Is With me, he said, and per haps such short sentence carried greater weight advice.
 The curtness of the speech combined with direct glance straight into the other mans carried under standing challenge and note of warning that unms akabe and definite. Only dumb brain would have failed to grasp Ned Barons intent and Garrett Folsoms brain was anything but dumb.
 Where's Roger?" he asked, turning back to his own party, who were at his right hand.
 There he is, and Caeita Valdon glanced admringly at Neville swimming with long, clean strokes toward them T know you're just dying to swim away Alr. Folsom Go ahead if you like. I'll stand guard the Duchess"
 A smile of gratitude thanked her for this and Folsom let go the rope and swam into oncoming wave But he quickly returned.
 'Its too hard me- he exclaimed laughing, while he pufed and panted for breath T must get used to by de- grees: Pm not well in condition as ought to be-"
 She had saved his place on the rope for him, and he slipped in between her and Barron again know?"
 .I know him slightly He's Mr. Barron, from New :. No reason at all. Idle curiosity. I thought him at our hotel last evening""
 Yes, they're staying there. party of several Don't you think we'd better be getting along home now? I've had about enough"
 Roger!"
 But responded to his summons and Mrs. Barn. aby began to fret
 Let's go on out anyway" She said "That's Roger all over He always clear off, just when want him most Come Mr. Folsom, help me to shore I'll have to let the rope it's full of bathers this morning. never such crowd on this beach before,
 "Oh, yes' Ca1rela said, "often and ofen But these days just before Fourth of July bring extra hordes of
 Wonderful sight" and once more Garrett Folsom gave himself over to admrng it. Ive bathed nearly every beach in Europe but of them touch this for
 Not at all exclusive though" and the Duchess gave fastidous little snif Al sorts and conditions of men,
 That's part of its charm" laughed Folsom. q like to rub shoulders with the proletarat, and then. Espe cialy when can't tell them from the patricians And who can, in the ocean?"
 Ocean Town not exclusive. It held out welcoming arms to anybody and everybody who could its prices and would behave properly.
 But spectacle enigma it invited attention and with something of the lure of crossword puzzle it intrigued the imagination of those who saw form of mental entertainment.
 One in particular tired of watching the ocean show from the cogn of vantage which was his chosen resting spot.
 The great Hotel Najusaca had, in common with it's neighborng hosteres, large deck as it called the same being an enormous veanda or platform extending
 Titus Riggs known to all his own world as Tite spent his mornings here in of the great rockers provided for
 
 bathers.
 Though not at all hermit he was not a socable sort and seldom made friends.
 His vocation that of an architect, his avocaton view quietly and unostentatousy his fellow men.
 For a holiday, he chose to come down to Ocean Town where the architecture among the worst earth.
 On this Saturday morning. Riggs sat in his great rock sumped down in a somewhat ungainy heap and watch ed, aided at times by pair of field glasses. He net looking for expecting anything to happen anything usual that is-he content just to look at the moving picture spread out before his eyes
 And then something did happen rather something had happened
 As he looked he saw people in the sea, gathering in huddle at spot.
 He saw and then another of the life guards stride to the eve1-enargng group, and he them fairly fling the bathers aside they hurried
 Riggs took up his field glasses and the guards carry from the crashing the helpless form of large in gray bathing suit and lay their burden down the beach.
 Riggs kept watching closely And then another man from the ocean and bent the stricken one
 Riggs could hear word, but he gathered from the look of fnality the face of this who made animation that the victim of cranp, whatever the rou ble was, past help.
 It was strange scene Without doubt the nvestigat- ing man doctor and had pronounced the other dead No other hypothesis could explain the helpless hope less appearance of those nearest the unconscious and other meaning could be read into the faces of the shock ed crowd.
 Not often did Te Riggs give way to curiosity.
 But in this instance he and went down the steps,