Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09


n Carmody's qualities, in planning
Johns expedition to London ne
had been considerateness itself. John.
he urged, must not dream of trying to
make the double journey IN a single
day. ~, o,o,-
solicitude. nightfall found John hurry
ing back to worcestershire IN tne
Widpeon Seven. He did not admit that
he vas nervous vet there had come
upon him something that reSemoleo
uneasiness. He had been thinking
during his ride to London about tne
neculiar behavior of Hugo on tae
1revious night. The supposition that
Hugo had found DR.. Twist OF Health,
ward Ho trying to burgle Rudge Hal
was too absurd for consideratlon' nuC
it did seem possible that ne nao SUI, SUI
nrised some sort of an attempt upoI,
the house. Incoherent as his story mao
been. it had appeared to rest upon that
s,,hstratum of fact, and John had pro-
tested against being sent to LONDON on
on errand that could have been put
through. much more simply by leVter,
at a time when burglars were IN the
neighborhood.
,rehen siors, It was unlikely, he point
ID ont that Hugo had ever seen a
yoarauder at all. But, assuming tnat
he had. and that he had pursued MN
about the garden, was 1t reasonable 10
e,,nnose that the man would return on
4he very next night? And, II ne oio
return. the mere absence OF Jonn Woulo
make little difference. unless ne Ply Ply
nosed to patrol the GROUNDS an nisIi,. .'
John, sleeping as he old over LilG sUa 49,
evar without him Rudge Han was
eNen ~ a state of defenselessness.
SturgiS the butler, it was true, must
~ acco,,nt of age and fiat feet, De IeCk-
W ooed a non-combatant, but apart from
NJ Carmody himself the garrison, Joli ia
must recollect, included tne n,ti he
Thonas @. Molloy, warrloi "a MEN
very mention OF whose na loa tren,hled
in western mining camps hao 1eni01e~
like aspens. ,.;,,,a vet John,
,,a,,;rg completed his business IN LII
don turned the Widgeon se'en 'ioAA'0
war &c often the man with the small
est stake in O venture tnat Hdo ao ,.ad
terests most deeply at neart. ooinI co o,
always suspected Uncle Les S1e ,a,fare of
Rp,Sge Hall and, as for Hugo, uiaS
,'rha S-nninded young man looKeu VI
~ - ,,lace as a sort of penltenIlaIy'
t 80, every moment he was cont.
soiIeS to spend within its walls. ~
49,, a. was left to regard Euoee M
the right Carmody spirit; tne spn %e1d
that Nigel Carmody who nao 1il0e fo nr
il for King Charles agaH LE,, s.e Pud0e
If the commonwealth. Wnele f' TSe
Va 'A concerned. John was fusSy: 4ne
ty,ouCht of intruders treaong nS &c
Ci!ss 9aoors aps;aued him. He urgeu C
SI,;Srac1 seven forward and reacneu
Tndee as the clock over the sUao'e'
W.T. The S first thing that met nus eye as
he turned in at the stable yaiu a,,SaIv
the door of the garage gaping ~ snot
open +he Dey-Mayo should have s1oo1.
The only explanation he coulo .'i LIN
- AG mos that his uncle must nave y.
Sa-ad the car after dinner lot al ca
sitio,, If some kind. To Brmms-
Ppero nrobably. The only place yoM eve Eve
vent to from Rudge after nlshViaA ""'
.John thought he could guess o %nss
must have happened. he olo N.Y. ;roseIf
ut +loa POST came to the house every
,,oorninr. and he seemed to see MISS
NSoiiov finding in its columns the an
sn,,ncsmef1t that one Of the musical
nonoedies of her native land was play.
Sno at the Prince OF Wales. NO ooupC
She had wheedled his uncle into Iak t.ls
herself and her father over there, WIFI
the result that the house was WiInous
any protection. A wave OF nI ,s,s;Oa
forward to tumbling into bed wltnout
Selav and this meant that ne must
remain I'D and keep vigil till the party
return. Well, at least he would rout
Emily out Of her slumbers.
''Hullol" said Emily sleepily In an
swer to his whistle. 'Yes2"
"Come down." called John. 49,.
There was a scrambling on me
stars; Emily boun N1s OUT ~. lu .a, a. You
back?"
"Come along"
'rWhat's up? More 1arks?"
@Dont make such beastly noise"
said John. do you know what Time
It is?"
Gle of the house. And gradually the
magic of the night began TO soIten
Johns annoyance. London had been
Stiflinely hot, and this GOODNESS was
like balm. Emily had disappeared into
the darkness which probably meant
that she would clump back up the
stairs at in the morning, having
rolled In something unpleasant, and
ruin his nights repose by leaping on
his chest, but he could not bring him
self to worry about it. A sort OF beatific
peace was upon him. 1t was almost as
though an inner voice were whispering
to him that he was on the brink OF
some wonderful experience. And what
experience the immediate future could
hold, except the possible washing OF
Emily when she finally decided to come
home, he was unable to imagine.
Moving at leisurely pace, he worked
round to the back of the house again.
"Johnnie?"
He stepped back as If he had received
a blow. It was the voice of Pat, sound
ing In the warm silence like moonlight
made audible.
els that you, Johnnie?"
John broke into little run. That
mysterious premonition had meant
something, after all. But he had never
dreamed it could mean anything so
wonderful as this.
The night was full of stars, but over
hanging trees made the spot where they
stood q little island of darkness, in
which all that was visible of Pat was
faint cleaning Of white. John stared
at her dumbly.
Pat. for her part, appeared composed.
She said:
It thought I'd come up and see how
you were getting on. What were you
doing, proving around?"
It suddenly came home to John that
he was neglecting his vigil. The thought
caused him no remorse whatever. A
thousand burglars could break into the
hall, and he would not stir a step to
prevent them.
"Oh, just walking"
''were you surprised to see me?"
eyes"
I'VE don't see much of each ottec
nowadays"
81 didn't know wasn't sure
you wanted to see me-"