The Leedy Times And Herald (Leedy, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1919 Page: 2 of 8
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THE LEEDIY TIMES
“DO NOT DESERT ME!”
SynopslA — Thomas K Barnes
a wealthy young New Yorker
on a walking trip In New Eng-
land near the Canadian border
Is given a lift In an automobile
by a mysterious and attractive
girl bound for a house called
Green Fancy At Hart’s tavern
Barnes finds a stranded troupe
of “barn-storming" actors of
which Lyndon Rushcroft Is the
star and “Miss Thackeray" the
leading lady They are doing
hoter work for their board He
learns Green Fancy is a house
of mystery That night two
mounted men leave the tavern
under odd circumstances One
is brought back dying Barnes
comes under suspicion He stays
to help clear up the mystery
O'Dowd of ' Green Fancy says
that that place of mystery is not
concerned in any way Barnes
gets into the Green Fancy
grounds and sees the mysterious
girl She gives him the cut di-
rect and O’Dowd politely ejects
him from the grounds Enter
another man of mystery Ur
Sprouse “book agent”
CHAPTER VIII— Continued
“From what I hear the man Paul
was shot through the lungs directly
from in front The bullet went
straight through his body He was
riding very rapidly down the road
When he came to a point not far
above the crossroads he was fired
upon It is safe to assume that he
was looking Intently ahead trying t"
make out the crossing He was not
shot from the side of the road gen-
tlemen but from the middle of it The
bullet came from a point almost di-
rectly in front of him and not from
Mr Curtis’ property here to the left
or Mr Conley's on the right The
chances are that Paul did not accom-
pany Roon to the meeting place up
the rn i- He rcnminefl near the horses
That’s how he managed to eet awny so
quickly It remained for the man at
the crossroads to settle with tiro But
we’re wasting time with all this
twaddle of mine Let ns be moving
There is one point on which we must
all agree The deadliest morksmnn In
the world fired those shots No bun-
gling on that score bedad"
In the course of time the party trav-
ersing the ground contiguous to the
public road cam within sight of the
green dwelling among the tree
Barnes’ Interest revived His second
view of the house increased his won-
der and admiration If O’Down had
not actually located it among the trees
for him be would have been at a loss
to discover it although it was imme-
diately in front of him and in direct
line of vision
De Soto was seen approaching
through the green sea his head ap-
pearing and disappearing Intermit-
tently In the billows formed by the
undulating underbrush He shook
bands with Barnes a moment later
“I'm glad you had the sense to
bring Mr Barnes with you O'Dowd"
said he “You didn't mention him
when you telephoned that you were
personally conducting a sightseeing
party I tried to catch you afterward
on the telephone but you had left the
Tavern Mrs Collar wanted me to
ask you to capture Mr Barnes for din-
ner tonight”
“Mrs Collier Is the sister of Mr
Curtis" explained O’Dowd Then be
turned upon De Soto Incredulously
“For the love of Pat" he cried “wbat’s
come over them? Why I made so
bold as to suggest last night that you
were a chap worth cnltlvatlng Barnes
— and that you wouldn’t be long In the
neighborhood — but to save your feel-
ings I'll not repeat w hat they said the
two of them What changed them
over De Soto 7"
“A chance remark of Miss Cameron’s
at lunch today She wondered If
Barnes could be the chap who wrote
the articles about Peru and the Incas
or something of the sort and that aet
them to looking up the back numbers
of the Geographic Magazine in Mr
Curtis’ library Not only did they find
the articles but they found your pic-
ture I had no difficulty In deciding
that you were one and the same The
atmosphere cleared in a Jiffy It be-
came even clearer when it was discov-
ered that you have bad a few ances-
tors and are received in good society—
both Here and abroad as tba late Fred-
eric Townsend Martin would have
Copyright bj Dodd Mead
said I hereby officially present the
result of subsequent deliberation Mr
Barnes is Invited to dine with us to-
night" Barnes' heart was still pounding
rapidly ns he made the rueful admis-
sion that he “didn’t have a thing to
wear" He couldn’t think of accept-
ing the gracious Invitation —
“If they’ll tnke roe as I am" began
Barnes doubtfully
“I soy" called out O’Dowd to the
sheriff who was gazing longingly at
the horses tethered at the bottom of
the slope “would ye mind leading
Mr Barnes' nag back to the Tavern?
He Is stopping to dinner And while
I think of It nre you satisfied Mr
Sheriff with the day’s work? If not
you will be welcome again at any time
If ye'll only telephone a half minute
In advance” To Barnes he said : "We’ll
send you down in the automobile to-
night provided it has survived the
day We’re expecting the poor thing
to die in its tracks at almost any In-
stant" Ten minutes later Barnes passed
through the portals of Green Fancy
CHAPTER IX
The First Wayfarer the Second Way-
farer and the Spirit of Chivalry
Ascendant
The wide green door set far back
In a recess not nnllke a kiosk was
opened by a man servant who might
easily have been mistaken for a waiter
from Delmonico's or Sherry’s
“Say to Mrs Collier Nicholas-that
Mr Barnes is here for dinner” said
De Soto “I will make the cocktails
this evening"
Much to Barnes’ surprise — and dis-
appointment— the interior of the house
failed to sustain the bewildering effect
produced by the exterior The en-
trance hall and the living room into
which be was conducted by the two
men were singularly like others that
be had seen The latter for example
was of ordinary dimensions furnished
with a thought for comfort rather than
elegance or even good taste The
conches and chairs were low and deep
ojnJ " a® If - Intended 'for
mpn only and they were covered with
rich gay materials the hangings at
the windows were of deep blue and
gold the walls an unobtrusive cream
eolor almost literally thatched with
etchings
The stairs were thickly carpeted At
the top bis guide turned to the left
and led the way down a long corridor
They passed at least four doors be-
fore O’Dowd stopped and threw open
the fifth on that side of the hall There
were still two more doors beyond
"Suggests a hotel doesn’t It?" said
the Irishman standing aside for
Barnes to enter “AH of the sleeping
apartments ere on this floor and the
baths and boudoirs and what not The
garret is above and that’s where we
deposit our family skeletons Intern
our grievances store our stock of
spitefulness and hide all the little
devils that must come sneaking up
from the city with us whether we will
or no Dabson" addressing the man
who had qnletly entered the room
through the door behind them "do Mr
Barnes -will ye and fetch me from
Mr Dc Soto's room when you've fin-
ished I leave you to Dabson's tender
mercies The saints preserve ns!
Look at the man's boots 1 Dabson
get out your brush and dauber first of
all He’s been floundering In a bog"
The Jovial Irishman retired leaving
Barnes to he “done" by the silent
swift-moving valet Dabson was young
and vigorous and exceedingly well
trained He made short work of "do-
ing” the visitor barely fifteen mln-
ntes elapsed before O'Dowd’s return
Presently they went downstairs to-
gether Lamps had been lighted many
of them throughout the house A fire
crackled in the cavernous fireplace at
the end of the living room and grouped
nbout Its cheerful grateful blaze were
the indies of Green Fancy
The girl of his thoughts wns there
standing slightly aloof from the oth-
ers but evidently amused by the tule
with which De Soto was regaling
them She was smiling Barnes saw
the sapphire lights sparkling in her
eyes and experienced a sensation that
was wofuliy akin to confusion
But everything went off quite natu-
rally He favored Miss Cameron with
an uncommonly self-possessed smile as
he gave her hand to him and she in
tarn responded with one faintly sug-
gestive of tolerance although It cer-
tainly would have been recorded by a
lesa sensitive person than Barnes as
"ripping"
In reply to hla perfunctory “delight
and Company lap
ed I’m sure etc" she said quite clear-
ly: “Oh now I remember I was sure
I had seen you before Mr Barnes
You are the magic gentleman who
sprang like a mushroom out of the
earth early yesterday afternoon"
"And frightened you" he said
"whereupon - you vanished like the
mushroom that is gobbled up by the
predatory glutton"
He had thrilled at the sound of her
voice It was the low deliberate voice
of the woman of the crossroads and
as before be caught the almost Im-
perceptible accent The red gleam
from the blazing logs fell upon her
shining hair It glistened like gold
She wore a simple evening gown of
white softened over the shoulders and
neck with a fall of rare Valenciennes
lace There was no Jewelry — not even
a ring on her slender tapering fingers
Mrs Collier the hostess was an el-
derly heavy-featured woman decid-
edly overdressed Mrs Van Dyke
her daughter was a woman of thirty
tall dark and handsome In a bold
dashing sort of way The lackadaisi-
cal gentleman with the mustache
turned out to be her husband
"My brother Is unable to be with
us tonight Mr Barnes” explained
Mrs Collier "Mr O'Dowd may have
told you that he Is an invalid Quite
rarely Is he well enough to leave his
room He has begged me to present
his apologies and regrets to you An-
other time perhaps you will give him
the pleasure he Is missing tonight"
De Soto's cocktails came In 'Miss
Cameron did not take one O’Dowd
proposed a toast
"To the rascals who went gunning
for the other rascals But for them
we should be short at least me mem-
ber of this agreeable company"
It was rather startling Barnes’
glass stopped half way to his lips An
instant later he drained It He ac-
"Come and 8lt Beside Me Mr Barnes”
She Called Out Gayly
cepted the toaRt as a compliment from
the whilom Irishman and not aa a
tribute to the prowess of those mys-
terious marksmen
The table In the spacious dining
room was one of those long narrow
Italian boards unmistakably antique
and equally rare Sixteen or eighteen
people could have been seated with-
out crowding and when the seven took
their places wide Intervals separated
them No effort had been made by the
hostess to bring her guests close to-
gether as might have been done by
using one end or the center of the
table The serving plates were of sil-
ver Especially beantlful were the
long-stemmed water goblets and the
graceful champagne glasses They
were blue and white and of a design
and quality no longer obtainable ex-
cept at great cost The esthetic
Barnes was not slow to appreciate the
rarity of the glassware and the chaste
beauty of the serving plates
The man Nicholas was evidently the
batler despite his Seventh avenue
manner He was assisted In serving
by two stalwart and amazingly clumsy
footmen of similar Ilk and nationality
On seeing these additional men serv-
ants Barnes began figuratively to
count on his fingers the retainers he
had so far encountered on the place
Already ha bad seen six all of theta
powerful rugged fellows It struck
hku as extraordinary and In a way
significant' that there should be eo
many men at Green Fancy
Much to his disappointment he was
not placed near Miss Cameron at
table Indeed she wns seated os far
away from him as possible There was
a place set between him and De Soto
for symmetry’s sake Barnes con-
cluded In this he was mistaken
they had barely seated themselves
when Mrs Collier remarked
“Mr Curtis’ secretary usually Joins
us here for coffee lie hos his dinner
with my brother and then poor man
comes in for a brief period of relaxa-
tion When my brother Is In one of
his bad spells poor Mr Loeb doesn't
have much time to himself”
Loeb the private secretary came In
for coffee He was a tall spare man
of thirty pallidly handsome with
dark studious eyes and featnres of an
unmistakably Hebraic - cast as his
name might have foretold His teeth
were marvelously white and bis slow
smile attractive More than once dur-
ing the hour that Loeb spent with
them Burnes formed and dismissed a
stubborn ever-recurring opinion that
the man was not a Jew Certainly he
was not an American Je— His voice
hla manner of speech hi every-action
stamped him as one born and bred in
a land far from Broadway and its
counterparts If a Jew he was of the
east as It Is measured from Rome —
the Jew of the' carnal Orient
And as the evening wore on there
came to Barnes the singular fancy
that this man was the master and not
the servant of the house! He could
not put the ridiculous Idea out of his
mind
He was to depart at ten The hour
drew near and he had had no opportu-
nity for detached conversation with
Mias Cameron lie had listened to her
bright retorts to O’Dowd’s sallies and
marveled at the ease and composure
with which she met the witty Irish-
man on even terms
Not until the very close of the eve-
ning and when he had resigned him-
self to hopelessness did the opportu-
nity come for him to speak with her
alone She caught his eye and to bis
amazement made's slight movement
of her head unobserved by tbe others
but curiously imperative to him There
was no mistaking the meaning of the
direct Intense look that she gave him
She was appealing to him as a
friend — as one on whom she could de-
pend I
The spirit of chivalry took posses-
sion of him Ills blood leaped to the
call She needed him and he would
not fall her And it was with diffi-
culty that he contrived to hide the
exaltation that might have ruined ev-
erything! While he was trying to Invent a pre-
text for drawing her apart from the
others she calmly ordered Van Dyke
to relinquish his place on the couch
beside her to Barnes
"Come and sit beside me Mr
Barnes" she called out gayly "I will
not bite you or scratch you or harm
you In any way Ask Mr O’Dowd
and be will tell you that I am quite
docile I don’t bite do I Mr O'Dowd?"
“You do" said O’Dowd promptly
“You do more than that You devour
Bedad I have to look in a mirror to
convince meself that you haven’t swal-
lowed me whole That’s another way
of telling you Barnes that she’ll ab-
sorb you entirely"
For a few minutes she chided him
for hla unseemly aversion He was
beginning to think that he had beyn
mistaken In her motive and that after
all she wns merely satisfying her van-
ity Suddenly and as she smiled Into
his eyes she said lowering her voice
slightly :
"Do not appear surprised at any-
thing I may say to you Smile as if
we were uttering the silliest nonsense
So much depends upon It Mr Barnes”
Barnes “bound forever”
makes suggestions to the
girl that promise excite-
ment I'iU Life CUMlitUbu)
Staving Off Old Age
Among many other extraordinary
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Interesting planet may be mentioned
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advised people to eat every day four
pounds of bananas steeped In sweet-
ened whisky and that of a professor
la ths University of Pennsylvania who
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"Well" said his companion look-
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and leaped Into the woods and dis-
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Bradshaw, A. C. The Leedy Times And Herald (Leedy, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1919, newspaper, May 22, 1919; Leedy, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1756480/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.