Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-01
By J.JEFFERsoN FARJEoN

| village. Then he looked In the
other direction-the direction taken
by Miss Marlowe when she had
| doubled back-and noticed that the
lane had an upward gradient.
He must have let out his clutch
and free-wheeled down that" he
reflected. Wanted TO be quiet,
eh?" The confoundtd little cell"
Well. what next? The door un-
der the staircase? Or Joscelyn
Narrower Joscelyn won. without
even a debate. for the one impera-
tive thing in Rupert's life now
was TO get in touch with her again,
and to stick by her until she re-
vealed the truth.
He satisfied his conscience, how
ever. by gong back to the house
and closing the front door. There
was no need to advertise his call
there 10 the world.
He was just preparing to set off
IN his q along the old mine road
when a voice hailed him from be-
hind. He turned to see Charles
rotund form speeding towards him
on the bicycle again.
Halo. Charliel" he cried. ANY
news?"
"Yes-and bad" painted Charlie.
She never turned up"
He gave the news as though he
were announcing the end OF the
world.
Well. probably she found she
couldn't get away, after all" sug-
gested Rupert. consolingly. TT
mayn't be significant.
1T Is significant" insisted
Charlie. with distress In his tone.
She proposed that appointment
herself-she wanted it-she'd have
come along, ! know. unless some
thing bad had prevented her."
In that case. old chap, why
didn't you 20 back to Moor View7-
II did" retorted Charlie, indir-
nant at his friends constant lack
OF faith in him. las a matter OF
fact. I'd hardly got inside the shou
before / decided not to wait here
but TO so and meet er, SO I wen,
out again and hired this old bike
once more, and ambled along to-
wards her house. ! didn't meet
her"
She may have come another
way"
Yes, but wait. When / got &c
ner house. I decided to 60 In bold
ly and ask for her. You see. wher
Ia left before. that rascal Brill had
been there-I ought never TO have
lett ought to have hung around
Lord. what a fool I wasl"
Nonsense" replied Rupert. WEI
put this right. whatever 1t Is. But
look here. old chap-stick your bi-
cycle in the shed. will you. aIs
then jump in the car. We've go
another job on. and you car tel
me the rest of your story enroute.'
Charlie obeyed glocmily. Then
Is the q began to move. pro-
ceeded:
Half way up the garden, I saw
the professor coming out of the
house. He seemed very excited
and so was I. We both made
rather fools OF ourselves-somehov
I was too worried to be tactful-
and ! made a bad beginning by
blurting out: Can I see your
daughter The old chap stared al
me and then astonished me by
shouting: No. you can'tl' / expect
I'd astonished him almost as much
by my silly, blunt quetsion-be-
cause, after all, I was only q
stranger they'1 Just met, and ]
must have sounded a bit peremp-
tory. However. I was In IL by now
50 held on 'Why?' I asked. 'Isn't
she here?' The question seemed Il
worry him Observation-Disclosures Il
to frighten him. He blinked. Their
glared az me like q lion, and ex.
claimed: Why shouldn't she be
here? OF course. she's herel Bu,
she can't see you-or anyone!'
what d'you make of that?"
Sounds a bit queer" replied Ru-
pert. Go On"
Then he swings round. and goes
back into the house. and slams the
door after him. And I know as
surely as ! know I've got two ewes
that she isn't in the house. and
that her fathers lying. But
couldn't march up to the door and
tell him so. could II.
Hardly. What did you ao?"
"Well, I did the obvious thing.