The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-12
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9, RACHEL MACK

Yesterday: Awakening after has
blow in the alley, Jerry finos
himself prisoner aboard British
ship
CHAPER y
Polly Weakened at dawn anu I'M
mediately set about dreSsIn% ana
hacking. She was pleased to think
that Jerry would find her awake
and protitably engaged when III
came to knock on her door.
1t pazzled her when morning I,
came i'm earnest and ne ma" Hot
srr;vcd 10 summon her. she
fbourht, al must have mlSundcr-
stood Could he have told her 10
caII him when my trunk was
She went through the long mar
row tavern halls and down tnc
stairs into the shlic room. hc''
was = pood deal Of stir there LOT
gucsts were paying their bus anu
Getting ready to be picked up Oy
one coach or another in the SI'O'e
yard. , r.oorcr
aside and said, Where is Jerry
Whitfield, MIR. Toby? Where Is
"Whv, | couldn't say, Miss
ChelScy. Come to think OF IT, l We
not seen him this morning.
Then he's oversight. MI
Toby" Polly exclaimed. Send i
how TO his room. Quick. We're
catching the Dover coach.
Mr.. Toby made haste to com,
ply, for he was a kindly man ana
always concerned for his guests
He liked young Mr.. Whitfield. to'
all that he had discovered nm
10 be an American, and NJ
thought Miss Polly ChelSey very
appealing and mannerly. Thougt
Young Whitfield had spoken o
Miss Chelsey as "my cousin, Mr.
Tobv-a sentimental man-sool
saw there was more to 1t thar
that. He. had remarked to the
equally sentimental Mrs. Toby,
sif they're cousins, it's far dis
tant. | look to see wedding any
time now"
"Sweethearts and Americans,
Mrs. Toby had sighed, for this lat,
ter fact too she had discovered
from certain evidence. And they
want to pass for pair of EngIlst
country cousins. Don't they Know
poor dears, that young English
girl of standing wouldn't gala
Want around without q maid OF
some other female companion:
"Well, she seems lady for al
of it, Mr.. Toby had said, and ms
wife had agreed. Though there
no denying Americans have
strange ways
Since this romance so interest
ed him and his good wife, the
tavern keeper had taken notice o.
Jerry Whitfield's departure from
the public room last night witt
the Young woman in blue and tn
hackney driver. He did not Ike
the looks of it, for young Whit
field had definitely said that III
and Miss Chelsey would be leav
ing early on the Dover coach. Mr.
Toby had watched for Jerr.
Whitfield's return until l,
o'clock, when he had retired Il
his own candle-lit bedchamber ant
nightcap. -.
al dare say he's gone to nj
room by the back stairs" he tolt
Mrs. Toby. mo doubt he knows
some folk here in London AM
wanted to bid them goodby. -:
But now here was Miss Poll,
Chelsey asking for him, and tn
coach almost due E.
When the boy returned to sa,
that Mr.. Whitfield was no tin nj
room and that his bed had no
been slept in, Mr.. Toby and Poll,
looked quickly at each other. Tn
innkeeper's expression promptly
became avasive, but Polly's re
manned blank with surprise. Blu
/ don't understand" she said.
"Nor |, Miss" The man felt
wave of pity for the girl befor
him. "Mr. Whitfield paid the bI
last night, as l well recall, an
drank an ale at that table nea
the door. -. Wait! I'll send tn
porter's boy to the stable yard
He's likely out there, looking aft
er your dog"
why, yes" Polly exclaimed
That's where ne is, | reckon"
She chung desperately to thi
hope until the boy returned. Tn
dog was there, he said, as livel
as could be, but not Mr.. Whit
field. He'd not been there sine
last night. The stable boy kney
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