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SYNOPSIS
JOI!i Sp.'! -t an-! his o.ns'n, Geoffrey
Bohun. :ii ? vncut ioning in Austria. Geoffrey
is a ? if toil portrait painter but
prefers to paint land- -ape.*. While
strolling in the forest. John hears KnIrtish
voices, and decides to Investigate.
From saf? cover he finds four men
burying a man in green livery who.
evidently, had been murdered. Pharaoh
Is the leader of the gang: the others
are Dowdrop. Hush and Bugle. Unfortunately.
John makes himself known to
the assassins by dropping a letter with
his name and address .n tt. lie tells
Geoffrey and it is chauffeur. Parley, of
his adventure. Geoffrey, realizing that
John's life is in danger, declares he
must vanish. Spencer discovers that
the livery of the murdered man corresponds
to the livery of the servants of
Yorick castle, and teils Countess Helena.
.mistress of the castle, what he
had ieen. With Geoffrey and Barley.
John starts for Annabel. i? nearby village.
CHAPTER I?Continued
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"You so In." he l. " > 1 have a
look ut tile rooms. I it: . : ley'ie
quite all right, but > i t -i mi ? li.''
I left him filling n . wa iked
to The Reaping !!
This was a pi* as.ir.t inn, standing
back from tlie road
As I entered the groat, stone tap
room, it was clear tiiat ail was not
well.
It now seemed clear that some brawl
or "other had lately disordered the
house and I began to wonder whether
the host' was absent because he had
uflfcrvd some hurt. The poor woman's
state, however, forbade my questioning
her, and indeed as soon as she saw
me, siie threw her apron over her head
and abandoned herself to her grief.
I, therefore, turned to the seullion and
asked him where his master might be.
but. the man seemed dull of compreMl
m
Agreed Him Where His Master
Might Be.
henshm and 1 had to shake him by
the shoulder before at last he muttered
that the host was upstairs.
I made my way to the staircase
which rose from the hall, and a moment
later had gained a line, broad
passage which ran the length of the
house. Since the stairs rose again, 1
was about to CO hiirher. ivhpn t-ha Ann*
of a room was opened, and the maid
who had passed me came out, wideeyed
and breathless.
"What's the matter?" I cried.
"Where's your master?"
She pointed to the room she had
left and fled downstairs.
I now began to think that the man
must be dead, for he was a mild old
fellow and not at all the sort that
drinks himself into a fury and puts
his household In fear. I walked to the
door and stood listening before I
knocked.
For a quarter of a minute I listened,
hut heard no sound, and my hand was
raised, ready to knock, when somebody
spoke?and before he had spoken
three words, I knew the answers to
the riddles which I had been trying to
solve.
1 knew why the house was disordered
and why I had not been received:
I knew why the maid was
trembling and why the housewife was
in tears: and I knew that, be they
never so pleasing, the rooms at The
Reaping Hook were not for OeofTrey
and me . . . for the voice was the
oke of Pharaoh, who was speaking
pretty fair German and was recom
The Cherokee Scout,
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By DORNFC
CHAPTER II
Plumage.
As 1 stole a way from that door. 1
know that my knees were loose, s?
often as 1 remember that my hand
was raised, ready to knock, the sweat
will start upon mv foreh?-:t.|.
1 passed down the passage a-tiptoe,
as well I might, wondering if ever hefore
two men had been at such pains
to avoid the foe, only to choose for
their harbor the enemy's camp, for
that, of course, was the use to which
he was putting the inn.
1 was halfway down the stairs,
which rose in two flights, and the doorway
of the inn was before me, when
there came to my ears the slant of the
door of a car. I believe that 1 stopped
instinctively, but almost before I could
think, a figure was In the doorway ?
a little wiry figure?and was heading
straight for the stairs.
It was my old friend, Pewdrop.
Now I saw in a Hash that unless of
I the four It was he that had been lying
in wait to identify me at Lass, I stood
.1 M-rj- iiur cnance or ueing no more
ihnn suspected as I went by.
I therefore, held on my way, and
since tie was looking down, Dewdrop
did not perceive me until he was three
steps off. And then our eyes met?
for an Instant.
His surprise was his undoing.
As plain as though he had said so,
I knew that lie knew who I was and
the second he spent in staring served
my torn. As his lingers tlew to his
mouth, 1 hit him under the jaw and
leaped for the door.
Now all would have been very well
If I had not made one mistake.
1 had had the advantage of Dew
drop, for he had been standing below
me and I was the heavier man. Hut
the hall below us was (lagged and 1
wmv afraid to hit hard lest jgQ should
topple backwards and split his skull
on the ston**. And so, though the blow
was heavy, it was not heavy enough.
Lay hold of me he could not, for his
balance was gone, but as I gained the
forecourt his piercing whistle rang
out.
My cousin heard It?1 saw him. He
had his back to the inn. and the bonnet
of the Kolls was open and he was
making some adjustment, spanner in
hand. For an Instant he stared. And
then the bonnet was shut, and the
spanner was In his pocket and a pistol
was in his hand.
Hefore 1 could speak?
"Take the wheel." said Geoffrey.
"ami hack her the way we came.
There's a corner a hundred yards back.
Turn her around there and wait. Is
that their car?"
"Yes, hut?"
"Quick," cried my cousin, and
started to stroll to the inn.
As I tlun? myself Into the Rolls.
I saw Dowdrop, running towards us.
stop in iiis tracks. As Geoffrey fired,
the fellow turned and doubled, dodging
from side to side: to my amazement
my cousin began to give chase.
The engine of the Rolls was running
and I let in the clutch. Then I
lifted the car towards Geoffrey across
the road.
A closed car was standing In the
forecourt beside the door of the Inn.
As I>ewdrop whipped behind it. ray
cousin fired again. Then he turned
to see me waiting six paces nway. . . .
i nurauu was standing in tne doorway.
with a hand to his hip: as he
drew arms. Rush thrust out from hehind
him and sent him against the
Jamb. I shall always helieve that
this blunder saved Geoffrey's life.
I had never stopped the Rolls and
as Geoffrey leaped for the step I let
her go. In that Instnnt two shots were
fired, and a bnllet went by my face to
splinter the driving mirror. And then
we were flashing through the village.
Geoffrey was speaking.
"I'm much obliged, my son. Rut
another time you simply must do as 1
say. It's yon they're after, not me.
And now please put her along. I've
holed their petrol-tank, so I hardly
think they'll start: all the same I he
lleve In distance."
Twenty minutes later we gilded out
of a hy-road on to a grass-grown
track: where this curled Into a thicket,
I threw out the clutch.
"My God." said Geoffrey, and wiped
the sweat from his face. "And after
all that trouble to cover onr tracks.
Fate beats the band sometimes. And
now tell me exactly what happened."
I told him the truth.
"Colossal." aaya he. "Colossal.
There's no other word. However, there's
no harm done." He pulled out a map.
"And now let's see where we -are.
Murphy, N. C., Thursday
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)RD YATES
Wo ran through a village called Wa
gen some four miles back.'*
We were twenty-two miles from Pin
mage, and the hour was just one
o'clock.
"Tea with the goddess." he said, "at
live o'clock. What could be better?
But I don't want to wait till then. Be
sides, we must find a lodging."
?
Plumage lay more than two miles
from the high road. The farm was set
on the iloor of a fair-sized valley that
ran due west. The dwelling itself
was handsome, white and gray and
low. with shutters of olive green.
"I must try and paint that." said
Geoffrey. "The world will say It's
unnatural, but never mind."
We stole down the lane In silence
and as I brought the car to rest. Lady
Helena Yorick came out of the house,
and, behind her, a groat Alsatian, a
very beautiful hound.
Here for the first time I saw how
truly lovely she was.
I introduced my cousin and the lady
save him her hand.
"1 know your work." she said. "You
painted my mother's brother six years
ago."
"In Philadelphia/* Geoffrey said. "He
carried his head as you do and he had
the same blue-black hair."
For a moment they spoke of her
mother's American home.
"Plumage." said Geoffrey, "deserves
its beautiful name. Will you let me
paint it one day. when the battle is
done?"
Lady Helena laughed.
"I see." she said, "that you have
been reading tlie map."
For a moment I stared. Then?
"This isn't Yorick?" I cried.
"No." said Geoffrey. "But It's on
the Yorick estate. Yorick itself Is
three miles beyond these woods."
"And six miles from Annabel," said
Lady Helena. "Bemembcrlng that. Mr
Bohun, do you still propose to stay
there?"
"No," said Geoffrey, "we don't.
We've?er?changed our minds."
"I'm glad to hear it.'* said the girl.
"Mr. Spencer is rather headstrong, and
he doesn't seem to consider that he's
rather too young to die."
Lady Helena then turned to the
bench on the lert of the door.
"Let's thrash this out." she said.
She took her sent in the middle and
we sat one on each side.
"You may take it from me." she
said, "that this is no ordinary case.
1 know what these men are out for.
and they're not going to stand any
rot. If it was my jewels, they could
have them?young Florin was above
rubies.
"nut they are not after my jewels:
they're after something which isn't
mine to give them and which they
will never get.
"Now, how d'you think they feel
about Mr. Spencer? They know that
he has the power not only to ruin
their game but to send them to prison
and death. Of course I can't answer
for them, hut if I were in their post
tlon, I'll tell you how I should feel.
I should not rest until Mr. Spencer
was dead.*'
"I'm inclined to agree." said Geoffrey.
"If you'd said as much this
morning. I should have said you were
wrong, for I think the return of his
letter was an order to him to clear
OUt. Hut now the en bo to >
Through no fault of his own he's given
them reason to think that he means
to treat this onler with all the contempt
it deserves. Now, mark you. It
wasn't his fault. We humped Into them
at Annabel. They'd made the inn there
their headquarters, and John walked
into their arms.*'
'Mv God," said the girl.
"But, as you see," said Geoffrey, "he
aiso walked out. To tell you the
truth, we had the best of the brush.
But, speaking perfectly frankly, I fear
that the damage is done. They believe
that he's out to get them, and If he
leaves the country I give you my word
I think they'll follow him out."
"You say," Lady Helena said, "that
you had the best of the brush."
"We put their car out of action.
They won't be able to move for twenty-four
hours."
"That's a start worth having. He
could be In London tomorrow If you
left Salzburg tonight"
My cousin sighed.
"My lady," he said, "for one thing,
he wouldn't go: and, for another. It
wouldn't be auy use. Their finding
that letter was deadly: It bore his London
address."
"Then what's to be done?"
"He must have his wish," said Geoffrey.
"Fate has played Into hit hands.
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and the only thing he can do is to
Stand and fight.**
Lady Helena rose.
As Geoffrey and I stood tij>?
"I'm sorry." she said coldly. "From
what Mr. Spencer told me, I fully believed
I could count upon your support.
He's very young and downright,
and he can see nothing hut red. But
I fully believed you would see that my
consent must be given before you took
on these men. The man who Is dead
was my servant, and the men are after
my goods. If you stand and fight
you will therefore be fighting my battle.
and that gives me the clear right
I to decline your help. And I do decline
it, Mr. Bohun. You cannot enter
| this quarrel without helping me: and
I do not desire your assistance. If
I London's not safe, then leave for Paris
j tonight."
"I'm damned If I'm going." said I.
Lady Helena turned upon me with
' blazing eyes.
"I beg your pardon."'
My blood was up and I gave her
back look for look.
"I said Tm damned If I'm going.'
And I'll tell you another thing. I'm
My Lady Sat Down by My Side.
damned if I'm going to be treated as
though I were seven years old."
Lady Helena did not reply. I suddenly
felt ashamed. Uneasily I turned
to my cousiu, but be had strolled down
the apron and was regarding his barn.
For a moment 1 hesitated. Then I
made my way to the farther side of
the Rolls. . . .
And there I was sitting, on the running-board,
staring on the beauty before
me and cursing my unruly tongue,
when 1 heard a step on the pavement
and before 1 could move my lady sat
down by my side.
"Where are you staying?" she said.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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