Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-06-15

quiz you today. however. and you won't
be prepared"
yes I will. because you are going to
prepare me now"
II was right, you are clever. My first
name is Bob. You met my people once.
Don't forget that. You met my mother
and sister. I have no brother. My faith
er is living, but you didn't meet him.
My mother Is fair: my sister is dark. We
live on Biscayne Bay. That's enough so
that he can quiz me later and check up.
And It's not too much so you'll get
caught"
I looked at him in amazement. You
take it for granted that I am going to go
completely in cahoots with you simply
because / let you force me to introduce
you to my friends. Well, I won't be your
dupe any longer" I declared angrily.
You can't deny what you've already
said" MIR. Norton said quietly And
unless you want to be caught in a lie
for me you'd better know what to say.
All that about my folks is the truth. It's
always best to tell as much Of the truth
as possible in putting over a lie"
Are your folks respectable2"
quite"
do you know you aren't?"
mo"
We returned to Ethel and the Captain
without my promising. But, Of course,
when Captain Victory did quiz me at
dinner I said exactly what Bob had told
me to say. Box joined us casually dur
ing coffee on the terrace, drawing o chair
up as a friend would do who is sure Of
a welcome.
Mrs. Cromwell was just telling us
about your lovely home on the ocean"
remarked the captain. I had distinctly
said Biscayne Bay.
"She is mistaken" smiled Bob. Our
home is on the Bay" The terrace was
brilliantly lighted and I watched their
faces.
Il meant to say the Bay" Captain
Victory laughed at his mistake.
He led Bob to talk OF his folks without
seeming to do so, and Bob. seeming un-
aware, confirmed everything I'd said. 1t
was an education to listen to these two
clever men in a game OF wits.
Meanwhile Bob had been s%cribbling all
over a couple of envelopes.
The ocean makes me poetical," he
said. "and l ave to humor inspiration
while the fire burns or 1t goes out. Got
a notebook. Captain Victory? Give me
a couple Of blank pages. will your"
Taking a notebook from his pocket the
Captain tore out several blank pages and
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finished, read us some hideous doggerel
that he declared was inspired writing
We passed a very gay evening. and
couldn't help thinking how clever BOZ
had shown himself. So cool and indif-
ferent, yet fully aware that he was I'm.
der the surveillance OF n Of Americas
greatest detectives.
After that things happened SO fast that
it makes me dizzy to think OF them ant
disguised with myself, too. The sandy
haired man led me around as l lee
Toodles. Ethel was happy. Captain Vic.
tory had lost interest in me. Also, sht
had a secret and was about to explod.
with excitement. At bedtime she did.
I waited till she was asleep: then I go
up, dressed. went down to a phone IL
the lobby and called Bob's room. Nee
me on the veranda right away" I said
Important"
: I was shaking like a leaf when h
found me. "You didn't tell me you wer,
going to walk tomorrow" l sobbed.
why, you amazing child, I walk ever.
/ day" He took both my cold hands.
Ethel says you are to walk in broat
daylight tomorrow. Captain Victory ha
somehow discovered your plans ant
Ethel has some part In his scheme II
trap you. I'm to stick close to Ethel al
; day"
And you came down to warn mel 70,
. angel. You don't know what you've don
for me. Well, I'll fool them. I swear t.
you I'll do nothing tomorrow that yo'
| wouldn't approve"
Bob. promise me you'll never wall
9 again. I pleaded, using his first nam
without thought.
I II promise you I will never walk dis
| hnrnrnh1u ca 1npn no xJntf ara hnuv
walk" he whispered. He took me In hi
Y arms n swore again that he would lv
!. a clean, honest life. And such was tn
hold that man had on me that / believes
him.
9 1t started about the middle OF tn
afternoon. All the men guests. even tn
= old boys, were out golfing or swimmin
in the indoor pools and the ome VIII
were not doing the same were rocking i
s groups on the long verandas where tie
s was being served. 1t was the of hou
s for most of the help. Chambermaid
S went through and bellboys lounged idl
t about the lobby. A few men we're hav
q ing tea with the women. Bob was anon
: these. He had hung around me all da,
and my heart had kept up such a pound
e ing that 1t made me train sick. / hat
however, stuck to Ethel as she had com
t manded. AS long as Bob kept close t
d me / wasn't afraid Of what Captain Vic
s tory might think he was going to do.
& Ethel, who was chattering in a fearful
ly excited way. suddenly jumped to he
feet and let out an unearthly scream. ]
brought everybody within sound of he
Y voice to the veranda-bellboys, house de
h tectives, maids, what not.
IS MY pearlsl They're gonel Somebody
took them off my neck" Ethel declares
They are in somebody's pocket this mir
ute"
The stark badness of the ~accusatio
against such a group Of people threw
l. momentary blanket Of silence over tt
crowd. I couldn't understand Eth
making all that fuss over q string
beads.
The rest was a nightmare. BeaC
l In my sweater pocket. Horrible
faces. Ugly murmurs A fallir
!, away from me. Things got hazy.
ID tried to speak to Ethel. My mout
opened. No sound. l looked arour
for Bob. Gone. There we
lie things like getting into a cab.
Going n q room where policemen 81
Id around. Words about a short a
1davit.
p. And I was standing on a stool in IL
ar center OF a cell watching q friendly r.
who didn't seem to mind me at all.
1T After q million years that were real
in the same afternoon Ethel and the d
lie ~tective who'd put me In came and &
me out. In a frock OF orchid crepe, a SO
orchid hat OF stitched satin draped In
~ white veil which ioated over fluffy pin
IS. hair, she was an annoying picture
sy smart girlish loneliness. She fell on n