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FRI0AY M6UNiNfti DECEMBER 21, 192.1
Tim OREGON STATESMAN,.. SALEM; OREGON
C1U.HD HUGE
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A ele Garrison's New Phase' of
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, CHAPTER E2 ; '
THE 'STARTLINQ NEWS BESS
DEAN GAVE MADGE AT THE
; . , inn.
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As the realization came to me
that the hidden mysterious rolce
I had heard , In . the f reservoir
grounds was that of the man who
calls himself Smith, -who had later
Attempted to throw the blame for
the attack n -Trooper .Crowley,
1 turned to Col. Travers In frantic
haste Jto undo the error Into, which
the failure to function of my us
ually .unerring, memory had led
me. v.-'" "l'i- (."'.' . "
In my antagonism toward Smith
ray fury, at his insolence and, arro
Kance, t had, given him a warning
which might give him a chance to
escape justice. f I J,;; ' :r-xi
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"Smith was the man in the res
ervoir grounds!" I cried. "1 know
it now. It was hls.voice I heard.
beyond a doubfc. , Please telephone
to your men at the inn to "have
him held xat ' once, s for I am
afraidhe thinks we know.". 7
Col,, Travers rushed toward the
door turning only to ask;
. "You are sure?" t
"Absolutely! Hurry! I'll ex
plain when ' you ' come, back."
Back to the Inn. 1 !
He was gone but a minute or
two, and when he returned there
was a constraint, in his ;manner
which had not been there before.
"Hastings will get in touch
with the men tt the inn," he said,
and I knew the reason for his
manner. , . ; , ?
, "Capt,, Hastings . has told you
that it was tar' own folly which
warned him," I said.
That is too strong a word," he
replied with perfunctory eourteay.
"No, it isn't,". I returned with
a bitterness of spirit which I knew
would long be with me. To. think
that I had allowed, he insolence
of. this Smithy to goad me Into so
glaring an indiscretion!
"My memory never played me a
trick like that before," I went on
futiiely enough. "But his .voice
was so cleverly disguised" (
"He js i one of the best mimics
commercial st.
j .
in, the world," Col. Travers inter
rupted. "so don't blame yourself
on that score. . Tour only slip was
the little taunt you gare him, but
that was a thoroughly, feminine
and.. therefore," , forgivable- pro-
ceeding,, -
He smiled indulgently, end
longed to slap him. I think be
read my displeasure, for his face
suddenly grew serious.
"Please don't ; let this trouble
you, Mrs. Graham,; he said. "He
cannot have gone far if he did
start; and-" ' . t
CapU, Hastings . rushed through
the door which the colonel had
left open.? '
"Somethinx has happened to
the telephone out here," he said
"I can't get the Inn.",
"We must reach there as quick
ly as possible, then.! Col. Travers
replied. "If he looked at me.
and I seized the look, interpreted
it Joyously. . , -
i "I can 'drive you back in no
time," I said. "My car is a splen
did hill climber, and it has plenty
of gas, oil and water."
Where Is Dicky? ;
"Good! Hastings, you stay here
to see if Crowley recovers con
sciousness. Get a full statement
from . him it he does stressing
the identification of Smith. Come
down here with it whea you . get
it if I haven't given you different
orders beforehand. Now, (Mrs.
Graham, we'll pick up the " man
who came with you, Mr.".
: "Cosgrove," I supplied.
. "Ah, yes! I didn't catch it be
fore. We'll start1 at once if you
don't mind. , ; . ' X"
"Mind!" ! ejaculated, and I
think he understood the frantic
wish which was mine for strenu
ous action to atone for my folly
In. giving 'the ;warning inadvert
ent though it-was, to Smith.
. Thankful,' indeed, was I on that
return Journey for the wonderful
moonlight which made the road
almost as safe to travel as day
lisht. ' Thankful, also, that the
hour gave us the winding thor
oughfare to ourselves. Neither
CoL' Travers nor Mr. Cosgrove
spoke at all, evidently fearing to
distract . my , attention for a sec
ond, and I sent the big car along
the road at a pace at which" X
would have shivered at any other
time. .. ,
' Yet, concentrated as I was on
the management of the car, two
thoughts obsessed me every inch
of the way." One was the keen
humiliation I felt for my childish
yielding to temper in the taunting
of the man named Smith.
The other, no less vivid, was the
remembrance of Dicky's assidu
ous attention - to Bess Dean dur
ing the stirring events at the inn.
It was she whom he was assidu
ously shielding fnpm all discom
fort, all chance of rudeness, while
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The zest I had felt In playing
a role in the drama staged at the
inn changed to the dust-and-ashee
which a Thespian failure knows
most. poignantly. " V :
And then we had reached the
Inn, to find an excited group of
babbling people in front. . Bess
Dean, with Ted and Fred, stood
a little apart, and when they saw
the car they rushed forward.
There was a malicious lltle gleam
in. the girl's eyes which belled
her apparent solicitude.
Oh, Madge," she said, f'l don't
know how to tell you ! Dicky
went after the man named Smith
to thrash him for something he
said to me, and neither has come
back." . .
CHAPTER 63
THE SERVICE COL. TRAVERS
ASKED OP MADGE
!CoI. Travers' sprang to the
ground before I stopped the car,
aad at Bess Dean's excited words
turned on her swiftly. ;
" that right?" he demanded.
"Is Smith gone? Here Raynor!
Jones!"
He gave 'the call for the troop
ers even as he questioned her, and
the men came running j toward
Mitt- , ; , . . " .
, "Yes," she responded. "Mr.
Graham knocked him down be
cause of a name Smith called me,"
she achieved : a becoming ? blush.
"He wanted Smith to stand ,up
and "fight,; but like most ; bullies,
Smith ran away and- "
," Which direction?" he inter
rupted her curtly, and she had the
quickness to see that she was an
noying him by her loquacity, ;
"Into the woods there!" She
lifted her hand, pointed to the for
est back ( Of the Inn, and waited
for the officer's, next question.
; But : he evidently was : through
with her. His next words were
commands .like bullets. .
, "Raynor take, two men with
you you; can trust, and ;track
Smith down. , I'll get; more help
here as soon as I can get In touch
with Kinkston. - Arm your ; help
ers, and get him . dead or alive,
preferably living however, Jones!"
: i. "Yes, sir." A tall, picturesque
youth saluted as the trooper ad
dressed as Raynor singled out two
men from the excited loungers
about the Inn and disappeared in
the forest back of the house. From
the looks on the faces of the men
selected I guessed that they would
have an especial seat In hunting
down the man named Smith. . His
would be the fate of most tyrants
dreaded and fawned upon for their
poweT. ' -
"Find old. Kronish for me and
bring him here." '.-;) ;;
"Take Me to Her."
while " his superior . officer went
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from man to man of the group
before the inn, questioning each
closely. But. at Jones's return,
alone, : his face darkened.
"Kronish Is nowhere to be
found, sir," the young trooper re
ported. "I've been in every pos
sible 'place in the house. He's
gone." - v '
"Where's his wife?" ..
"Wringing her hands and mut-
tefing to herself ! I can't get any
thing put of her. She's hysteri
cal."! "Take me to her."
He walked perhaps three steps
in the wake of young Jones, then
turned abruptly to , the . car In
which I still sat; bewildered, stun
ned by the news which Bess Dean
had given me concerning Dicky.
Dicky had been so occupied with
Bess Dean's ; smiles and chatter
that he had not observed the In
solent treatment which the man
Smith had accorded me, but at
some real or fancied insult, to her
he had made a scene, and had fol
lowed a furious, perhaps desper
ate man to what?
My heart quaked with the pos
sibilities that might lie out there
In the forest where my husband
had gone.. , ;. ,.' , v ,,
"Mrs. Graham! Please!" -
' I came to myself with a start,
and realized that ' Col. Travers
must' have called : me more than
once. .
"YeaV I returned. "You must
pardon me. I " . '
"Will you come with me, please.
at once?", he said, holding out his
hand to help me from the car.
Madge Summons Courage.
I accepted his aid mechanically
and, wondered vaguely as I walked
beside him where h"e was ; taking
me, what he wanted f ane,; to . do.
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"No man can handle an excited,
hysterical, old woman," he said.
"I want yoa to find out from Mrs.
Kronish when she last saw her
husband.' Use any means you
wish. I will be right here if you
need me. She is in there, Jones
says." He pointed to a closed
door at our right.
WHh a mighty effort I pulled
myself together as I walked to
ward, the closed door, trying to
put all thought of Dicky out of my
mind. ; For the time I was a sol
dier under Col. Traver's orders,
and -I hugged the thought with
the chance to atone for my idiocy,
at least in part.
Through the door came the
souad of laughter and sobbing,
and I recognized the unmistakable
hysteria. Without ceremony I
pushed the door open. I found
myself in a spotless kitchen with
a table in the middle of it, seated
there, was the swaying figure of
a Woman with an apron thrown
oyer her face. Two other women
were trying" half-heartedly to pull
the apron away, and I touched
each on the shoulder and' signall
ed them authoritatively te leave
the, room.
; They obeyed instantly I guess
ed that they knew I was represent
ing' the officer. When' I was left
alone. with Mrs. Kronish' I stooped
and took the twisting hands' of the
old woman in my own,' held them
so firmly that sLe' couid not
squirm away,-and snook 'the apron
from her face.
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