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 next2 The door UNI
der the staircase? Or Joscelyn
Marloye? ~Joscelyn won. without
even a debate, for the one impera-
tive thing IN Rupert's life now
was 10 get in touch with her again.
and TO stick by her until she re-
vcaled the truth.
He satisfied his conscience, how
ever. by gong back to the house
and closing the front Dor. 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, Charlie!" he cried. ANY
news?"
"Yes-and bad painted Charlie.
She never turned up"
He gave the news as though ne
were announcing the end Of the
world.
Wei, probably she found she
couldn't set away. after ALL" sug-
gested Rupert. co~nsolingly. TT
maynt 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
dlont you 60 back to Moor View?'
7 did" retorted Charlie. indig-
nant at his friends constant lack
oI faith in him. AS a matter on
fact. I'D hardly got inside the shop
before ] decided not TO wait here
put TO 90 and meet er, so l went
out again and hired this old bike
once more, and ambled along to-
wards her house. I didn't meet
her"
She may have come another
way
Yes. but wait. When / got TO
her house. I decided to 20 in bold
III and ask for her. You see. when
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. Wen
put this right. whatever it is. But
look here, old chap-stick your BIZ
cycle i'm the shed. will you. az
then jump in the car. We've got
another job on. and you car tell
me the rest of your story enroute."
Charlie obeyed gloomily. Then.
rs the car began to move. pro-
ceeded:
Half way up the garden, I saw
the professor coming out of the
house. He seemed very sxcited.
and so was /. We both made
rather fools OF ourselves--somehow
/ was too worried to be tactful-
and I made a bad beginning by
hurting out: Can I see your
daughter?' The old chap stared at
me and then astonished me BY
shouting: No. you can'tl' I expect
I'd astonisked him almost as much
by my silly. blunt quetsion-be-
cause. after all. I was only a
stranger they'd just met. and I
must have sounded a bit peremp-
tory. However. I was liz it by now.
SO held on. 'Why?' I asked. Isn't
she here?' The question seemed to
worry him Observation-Disclosures to
Ito brighten him. He blinked. then
glared at me like a lion, and .ex-
claimed: Why shouldn't she be
here2 Of course. she's herel But
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 AZ
surely as I know I've got two ewes
mat she isn't III the house. and
that her fathers lying. Butt
couldn't march UP 20 the door and
tell him SO. could I7-
Hardly. What did you do7"
well. I did the obvious thing.
II she wasn't In the house, she'd