Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1919 — Page 7

SATURDAY. JULY !♦, IHt.

GREEN FANCY

By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON

XtA* * “GRAUSTARK.” "THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND." THE I PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK.’ ETC. I

SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I—Thom*« K. B*mM, wealthy New Yorkw, on a vaDtlnr trip throngl Jf® w ’ England, |» cauihrb * atorm miles from hia daattnation. At a croearoada point be meets a girl In th* ■ama plight While they dlacuaa the eltuatlon an automobile, sent to meet the Sri, arrive* and Barnes la given a lift to Hart's tavern, while the girl la taken on to her destination, which she talla Barnes la a place called Green Fancy. CHAPTER ll—At the tavern Barnes falls In with a stranded troupe of “barn■tormlnr” actors, headed by Lyndon Rushcroft, and becomes interested in CHAPTER lII—As the storm grows, Bamee finds himself worrying over the safety of the girl, traveling over th* mountain roade at what he considers danaerous speed. He learns tnat Green Fancy is something of a house Of myabery. Two mounted men leave the tavera in a manner which arouses Barnes* curiosity. ’ CHAPTER TV—He meets "Miss Thackeray,” leading lady of the stranded theatrical troupe, who la acting as chambermaid. That night he la aroused by tha bringing of a dying man to the tavern, one of the two-who had ridden away a short time before. They tall of finding tha dead body of ths other man. Both had been shoe. CHAPTER V—The wounded man, registered at the tavern as Andrew Paul, dies, and Barnes la informed he must not leave until after the inquest O’Dowd and De Bo to, guests at Green Fancy, visit the tavern, apparently much mystified over the affair. CHAPTER Vl—Barnes advances Rushcroft money sufficient to release the company from its embarrassing position, thereby becoming its official backer. He visits Green Fancy, and in the grounds meets his acquaintance of the night before. finding her a girl of surprising beauty. " “Going over the grounds of last night’s affair,” responded Barnes, pausing An he entered the door he was acutely aware of on Intense stare leveled at him from behind by the landlord of Hart’s Tavern. Half way up the stairway he stopped short and with difficulty repressed the exclamation that rose to his Ups. He had recalled a significant incident of the night before. Almost immediately after the departure of Roon and Paul from the Tavern Putnam Jones had made his way to the telephone behind the desk and had called a number in a loud, brisk voice, but the subsequent conversation was carried on in subdued tones, attended by haste and occasional furtive glances in the direction of the taproom. Upon reaching his room Barnes permitted the suppressed emotion to escape his lips in the shape of a soft whistle, which if it could have been translated’lnto words would have said: “By Gad, why haven’t I thought of it before? He sent out the warning that Roon and Paul were on the way 1 And Td like to bet my last dollar that someone at Green Fancy had the other end of the wire.” Mr. Rushcroft was giving Hamlet’s address to the players, in the taproom when Barnes came downstairs at nine o’clock. A small, dark man who sat alone at a table in the corner caught Barnes* eye and smiled almost mournfully. He was undoubtedly a stranger; his action was meant to convey to Barnes the information that he too was from a distant and sophisticated community and that a bond of sympathy existed between them. Putnam Jones spoke suddenly at Barnes* shoulder. He started involuntarily. The man was beginning to get on his nerves. He seemed to be dogging his footsteps with ceaseless persistency. “That feller over there in the corner,” said Jones softly, “is a book agent from your town. He sold me a set of Dickens when he was here last time, about six weeks ago. A year’s subscription to two magazines In. By gosh, these book agents are slick ones.” "He’s a shrewd-looklng chap,” commented Barnes. “Says he won’t be satisfied till he’s made this section of the country the most- cultured, refined spot in the United States,” said Jones dolefully. “Excuse me. There goes the telephone. Maybe Its news from the sheriff.” With the spasmodic tinkling of the telephone bell the book agent arose and made his way to the little office. Barnes glanced over his shoulder a moment later and saw him studying the_register. The noire of_ his sleek head, however, suggested a listening attitude. Putnam Jones, not four feet away, was speaking into the telephone reoelver. As the receiver was restored to its hook Barnes tamed again. Jones and the book agent were examining thq register, their heads almost meeting from opposite sides of the desk. The latter straightened up, stretched his arms, yawned, and announced in a loud tone that he guessed, he’d stop out and get a bit of fresh air before turning in. “Any news?” inquired Barnes, approaching the desk after the door had, closed behind the book agent. “It wasn’t the replied Jones shortly, and immediately resumed his interrupted discourse QU books and

book agents. Ten minutes elapsed before the landlord's garrulity was checked by the sound of an automobile coming to k stop in front of the house. Barnes tamed expectantly toward the door. Almost immediately the car started again, with a loud shifting of geanu and a moment later the door opened to admit, not a fresh arrival but the little book agent Tarty trying to make Hornvllle tonight'* he announced casually. “Well, good night. See you in the morning.” Barnes was not in a position to doubt the fellow*B word, for the car unmistakably had gone on toward Hornvllle. He waited a few minutes after the man disappeared up the narrow stairway, and then proceeded to test hia powers of divination. He was as sure as he could be sure of anything that had not actually come to pass that in a short time the automobile would again pass the tavern, but this time from the direction of Hornvtile. Lighting a cigarette he strolled outside. He had barely time to take a position at the darkened end of the porch before the sounds of an approaching machine came to his ears. A second or two later the lights swung around the bend in the road a quarter of a mile above Hart’s Tavern, and down Came the car at a high rate of speed. It dashed past the tavern with a great roar and rattle and shot off into 'the darkness beyond. As it rushed through the dim circle of light in front of the tavern Barnes succeeded in-obtaining a brief but convincing view of the car. That glanee was enough, however. He would have been willing to go before a Jury and swear that it was the same car that had deposited him at Hart’s Tavern the day before. Having guessed correctly in the one instance he allowed himself another and even bolder guess—the little book agent had either received a message from or delivered oae to the occupant or driver of the car from Green Fancy.

CHAPTER VIII. A Note, Some Fancies and an Expedition In Quest of Facta. He started upstairs, his mind full of the events and conjectures of the day. As he entered the room his eyes fell upon a white envelope at his feet. It had been slipped under the door since he left the room an hour before. Terse reminder from the prudent Mr. Jones! His bill for the day! He picked it up, glanced at the inscription, and at once altered his opinion. His full name was there In the handwriting of a woman. For a moment he was puzzled; then he thought of Miss Thackeray. A note of thanks, no doubt, unpleasantly fulsome! Vaguely annoyed, he ripped open the envelope and read: “In case I do hot have the opportunity to speak with you tonight, this is to let yon know that the little man who says be is a book agent was in your room for three-quarters of an hour while you were away thia afternoon. You’d better see if anything is missing. M. T.” - He made a hasty but careful examination of his effects. There was not the slightest evidence that his pack had been opened or even disturbed. It the little book agent spent three-quar-ters of an hour in the room he managed most effectually to cover up all traces of his visit. Barnes did not go to sleep until long after midnight He now regarded himself as definitely committed to a combination of sinister and piquant enterprises, not the least of which was to know about the mysterious young woman at Green Fancy. The next' day he, with other lodgers in the Tavern, was put through an examination by the police and county officials from St. Elizabeth, and notified that, while he was not under suspicion or surveillance, it would be necessary for him to remain in the “bailiwick” until detectives, already on the way, were satisfied that he possessed no knowledge that would be useful to them in cieating up what had now assumed the dignity of a “national problem." O’Dowd rode down from Green Fancy and created quite a sensation among the officials by announcing that they had a perfect right to extend their search for clues to all parts of his estate, and that he was deeply interested in the outcome of their investigations. The sheriff said he would like to ‘•run over the ground a bit” that very afternoon if it was agreeable tb Mr. O’Dowd. O’Dowd stayed to dinner. (Dinner was served in the middle of the day at Hart’s Tavern.) He made a great impression upon Lyndon Rushcroft, who, with his daughter, joined the two men. Indeed, the'palavering Irishman extended himself in the effort to make himself agreeable. He was vastly Interested in the stage, he declared. As a matter of fact he had been told a thousand times that he ought to go on the stage. ... The little book agent came in while they were at table. He sat down in a corner of the dining room and busied himself with his subscription lists while waiting for the meal to be served. He was still poring over them, frowning intently, when Barnes and the others left the room. Barnes walked out beside Miss Thackeray. “The tailor-made gown is an improvement,” he said to her. He was thinking that she "was a very pretty girl, after aIL “The frock usually makes the woman,” she said slowly, “but not always the lady.” He thought of that remark more than once during tbs'course of an afternoon spent in the woods about

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

Greet! Fancy. O’Dowd virtually commanded the expedition. It was he who of everything. First of all, h 4 led the party to the corner of the estate nearest the point where Pahl was shot from hia horse. Sitting In his saddle he called the attention of the other riders to what appeared to be a moat significant fact in connection with the killing of this man. “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 ridtrfg 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 to make out the crossing. He was not ■hot from the side of the road, gentlemen, but from the middle of it The bullet came from a point almost directly 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 accompany Roon to the meeting place up

O'Dowd Virtually Commanded the Expedition. '

the road. He remained near the horses. That’s how he managed to get away so quickly. It remained for the man at the crossroads to settle with him. But we’re wasting time with all this twaddle of mine. Let us be moving. There Is one point on which we must all agree. The deadliest marksman in the world fired those shots. No bungling on that score, bedad.” In the course of time the party, traversing the ground contiguous to the public road, came within sight of the green dwelling among the trees. Barnes’ Interest revived. His second view of the house increased his wonder and admiration. If O’Down had not actually located it among the trees for him he would have been at a loss to discover it, although it was immediately in front of him and in direct line of vision. De Soto was seen approaching through the green sea, his head appearing and disappearing intermittently in the billows formed by the undulating underbrush. He shook hands 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. Collier wanted me to ask you to capture Mr. Barnes for dinner tonight” “Mrs. Collier is the sister of Mr. Curtis,” explained O’Dowd. Then he turned upon De Soto incredulously. “For the love of Pat,” he cried, “what’s come over them? Why, I made so bold as to suggest last night that you were a chap worth cultivating, Barnes —and that you wouldn’t be long in the neighborhood—but to save your feelings I’ll not repeat what they said, the two of them. What changed them over, De Soto?” “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 set 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 picture. I had no difficulty in deciding that you were one and the same. The atmosphere cleared in a jiffy. It became even clearer when it was discovered that you have had a few ancestors and are received in good society—both here and abroad, as the late Frederic Townsend Martin would have said. I hereby officially present the result of subsequent deliberation. Mr. Barnes is invited to dine with us tonight.” Barnes* heart was still pounding rapidly an he made the rueful admission that he “didn't have a thing to wear.” He couldn’t think of accepting the gracious invitation — ' “It they’ll take me as I am,” began Barnes, doubtfully. “I say," 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, are 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

FARMS FOR SALE

No. i. 160 acres—This farm Iles on stone road, adjoining village with two stores, two. railroads, elevator and school; 90 acres of this farm is In wheat and remainder is In pasture, which has some timber. There are no buildings on IL The soil is a dark loam, adapted to all kinds of grain, except four acres of a small ridge of lighter soil that Is suitable for feeding yards. Price >BS. Will sell on easy terms. No. 3. 220 acres —This farm is all good deep loam soil, well tiled and all level grain land. It Iles in good neighborhood, on main pike, known as the Jackson highway, and only four miles out from this city. There Is a good sixroom house, fair outbuildings, good silo, windmill and good well and □lce shade. This farm will produce grain equal to the high-priced Illinois farms. Price >225. No. 4. 160 acres—This farm Iles three miles out from this city, on Jackson highway, and is all in cultivation- except 20 acres in pasture, it is all first-class grain land. It is well tiled and has fine outlet. There is a good new six-room house, good barn, cellar and well. Price >255. No. 5. 160 acres—This farm lies in spendld neighborhood, seven miles out on good road. It Is all good soil and In corn, wheat and oats except six acres in timber pasture. The timber is hickory and burr oak. The farm Is fenced and cross-fenced with hog wire fence. There Is a five-room house, large new baj*n, new double cribs 50 feet long, good well, windmill and tanks. Can sell on easy terms Price >IBO. No. 6. 240 acres —This farm lies in the best farming community around and is only seven miles out. It is all in cultivation except 50 acres In pasture that has some stumps and timber but well set to bluegrass. It Is all good grain land and well tiled. There are two sets of Improvements, a fair six-room house, large barn, double cribs, garage, chicken house, outside cement cellar and windmill and tanka. The other set of buildings consist of a new eight-room house with basement, an old house and small barn and nice shade. Prite >l6O. No. 7. 116 acres—This farm lies joining railroad town with pike roads, elevator, stores and good brick high school. There is a good two-story, eight-room house, fair barn, silo, garage and workshop combined, with cement floor, and a number of outbuildings, a good well, windmill and fine orchard. The farm has 75 acres in black land in cultivation and <0 acres In pasture which has some timber. There is a good outlet for drainage and the farm Is a good stock and grain farm with high school privileges. Price $125. No. 8. 81 acres —This piece of land lies on pike road 40 rods from station, stores and school. It is all good heavy grain land and all in cultivation. - There are no Improvements except deep well. This farm lies along dredge ditch which gives fine outlet for drainage. Price >IOO. No. 9. 156 acres—This farm lies on the Jackson highway, two miles from station. It Is in good neighborhood and has school across the road and fine churches within five miles of the farm. It is all black land in cultivation except 15 acres. It is fenced with cattle wire and cross-fenced. There Is three acres of bluegrass pasture at barn fenced hog tight. There is a 12-lnch tile starts on this farm for outlet for drainage. There is a good five-room bungalow, good small barn, well house, good well and new garden fence with cedar posts. Price >125. Owner might take clear property or small farm as part payment. Will sell on terms Of >4,000 down and long time on remainder. No. 10. 560 acres—This farm lies on pike road, near station and high school. It is in cultivation or pasture and has some timber in the pasture. There Is 300 acres of level grain land hi cultivation. It is fenced and cross-fenced. There is a new seven-room house. Targe barn and other buildings, windmill and tanks. Price >BS. Owner will accept clear property or smaller farm as part payment. No. 11. 40 acres—This farm lies on main road, 80 rods from the Jackson highway and half-mile from station, school, church and store. It Is on R. F. D. and telephone line. It Is level black soil and well tiled Into large ditch that pins along one side of farm. There Is a new four-room bungalow and good small barn and well. Price ■>l3s. No. 12. 100 acres—This farm lies on main road and is all level black land in cultivation except eight acres in timber, fenced hogtight for hog lot. There is a dredge ditch on the line along one end and one side that gives good drainage. There is a house ot five rooms, good barn and a number of outbuildings. A good grain farm for the low price of >9O. No. 13. 97 acres—This farm lies on the Jackson highway, six miles from this city; 80 acres Is

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in advance.” T<s Barnes he said: "We’ll send you down in the automobile tonight, provided it has survived the day. We’re expecting the poor thing to die in its tracks at almost any instant” Ten minutes later Barnes passed through the portals of Green Fancy. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

Place yovr “Want Ad” la The

in cultivation and well tiled. There Is 17 acres In pasture that has some timber on it. There is a small three-room house, large new barn, good well and tanka. This Is a bargain at >125. No. 14. 78 acres—Thfs farm la in Gillam tp. It to a good grain farm and all In cultivation except a few acres in pasture. There la a good five-room house, fair barn and a number of other buildings, lots of fruit and a good well. There is running water on the farm for stock In creek. Price >IOO. Can be sold on favorable terms. —• No. 15. 40 acres —This Is a good grain farm and all In cultivation except three acres In nice timber. It has good drainage and l*es on main road, in good neighbo rhoock The soil Is very good. There are no buildings. Price >IOO. Favorablo t terms. No. 16. The farms listed at Nos. 14 and 15 He half-mile apart and can be bought together. No. 17. 79 acree—This farm is all good grain land in cultivation except three acres In pasture that has some timber. 40“ acres is fenced hog-tlghL The farm lies in well improved neighborhood on public road, near pike. It has lots of tile and good outlet for drainage. There Is a good two-story four-room house, good new barn, good well and Is well tiled. 40 acres fenced with woven wire. Price >125. No. 18. 120 acres—This farm lies three mile* from station on main road and half-mile from the Jackson highway and In good neighborhood. It is all In cultivation except a grove of four acres. This Is mostly black soil and well Hied and has good outlet for drainage. There Is a good one-story house of five nice rooms, a good barn for eight horses and ten cows, crib and large mow, cow part and feedway has cement floors. There is a double crib, gralnary, garage chicken house and well house with cement floors. There Is a good well, windmill, tanks and lots of fruiL Can sell this farm for >lls. Owner will take some property as part payment or will sell on terms of >3,000 down and long time on remainder. No. 19. 200 acres —This Is a good farm and lies well on good road near two pikes. It has lots of tile and a good outlet for drainage The soil Is mostly black corn land. It Is all cultivated except about 80 acres In pasture, whleh Is part timber. There Is a good eight-room cement block house with cellar, large barn, good well, windmill and tanks. Owner will dell on favorable terms and might consider clear property or smaller farm.- Price >125. No. 20. 60 acres—This Is nice home In splendid neighborhood and all good wheat and oom land and is well tiled. It is all cultivated except five aares In timber used as a hog lot.- There Is a good six-room house with cellar, large barn, double cribs with shed attached, for stock, good chicken house and numerous other buildings. There is a good well at the house with windmill and water piped to tank at barn, also to tank In hog lot.* Price >175. Can make terms. No. 21. 80 acres—This farm has new house of four rooms, 14x 14, new barn for four horses, crib and mow; a good well, some fruit and large walnut trees. It Iles on crossroads and in good neighborhood, eight miles from this city and five miles from good town with elevator; 20 acres is In pasture, mostly timber land, 60 acres tillable. This Is a bargain at >75. Terms >1,500 down and long time on remainder. Might take property or livestock. z No. 22. 100 acres —This farm lies 6% miles from this city, In Marlon township, on good road. It Is all In cultivation except a few acres of nice timber. It Is good grain land and well tiled with large tile through the farm. There Is a five-room house, fair barn and other buildings. There is a good well, some fruit and thirty large walnut trees. This Is a good farm and can be bought at the low price of >135. Can make terms if desired. No. 23. 240 acres—This land has no buildings on it. It is all prairie land with deep black soil except three groves of timber, in all about 20 acres. It Is In pasture and meadow and has large ditch through it Owner will sell for >BS per acre. He might take some property or small farm. Can make liberal terms. No. 24. Owner of No. 23 will sell 80 acres or more to suit purchaser. No. 25. 120 acres —This farm lies 4n good locality, one mile from main pike, near school, and three miles from good town with elevator and ’ high school; 90 acres of this farm is deep black corn soil and has good drainage, 80 acres is in timber of which 20 acres is fenced for hogs. There is a good eight-room house, horse barn, cow barn, silo, cribs, grainary, windmill and fruit. Can sell at the low pride of >75. Terms >2,500 down and suitable time on remainder. No. 26. 300 acres—This farm

In the birth registration area of the United States 1,353,792 Infanta were born alive in 1917, representing a birth rate of 24.6 per 1,000 of population. The total number of deaths in the same area was 776,222, or 14.1 per 1,000. Both above and beneath the air chamber in a French inventor’s

Is the best grain farm we have. It is black land, all cultivated except small grove of nice timber. It la well tiled and Hee on Jackson highway close to this city. There is a good large house, large barn, silo, cribs and lota pt bog fence. This la a real corn, wheaU oats and clover farm. Price >276. Can make terms. No. 27. 120 acres—This piece of land is level and black soil, 40 acres Is In cultivation and 80 acree in pasture. There are no improve* ments except fences. The pasture has scattering timber on it but makes good pasture and if cleared would be good grain land. It Hee on pike road and has good outlet for drainage. Can sell for >55 on favorable terms. Might consider property or livestock as part. No, 28. 80 acres —All nice black prairie land In cultivation except 5 acres timber. It lies on mala road, near station, school and church. Has fine outlet for drainage. Price >75. No. 29. 83 acres —This land lies on main road, near school, churches and station; 35 acres in grain and remainder timber P*®“ ture. Large barn and other buildings, and well. 10,000 feet of lumber on place. Easy terms. Price >55. No. 80. 40 acres—This farm lies near station, with stores, tworoom school, three churches and In good neighborhood. It is all level black grain land in cultivation and has good outlet for drainage. There is a five-room house, small barn, chicken house, good well and lots of fruiL Price >BS. Can make favorable term*. Np. 31. 80 acres —This farm lies eight miles from this city in west Jordan tp. It Iles on main road near pike and In good neighborhood; 70 acres of this farm is good land and in grain or gras* and i* good grain land. There 1* 10 acres of lighter soil. There Is a five-room house, fair barn and several outbuildings, well, lots ot fruit and nice shade. There Is 160 rods of hog fence. Owner will sell this farm for the low price of >BS. Terms >3,000 down and long time on remainder. No. 82. 160 acres —This is a good farm and a nice home. There is a six-room house, good barn, double cribs, hog house, chicken house and good well. Buildings new and all painted; 100 acres is well tiled and nice level black land in grain. It is all black land except 20 acres in timber pasture. It has lots of woven wire fence with cedar post*. Owner will sell on favorable terms or will take clear property or smaller farm a* part payment. Price >125. No. 33. 40 acres—This is an unimproved piece of land. It 1* fenced and used as pasture; 25 acres In black prairie land in grain, and 15 acres is in timber. It Ilea on public road, in good neighborhood and mile from pike. Price >SO. Owner will sell on terms of >SOO down and long time on remainder. Might take livestock as first payment. No. 34. 100 acres—This farm Iles on main road and is all deep black prairie land except three acres of young timber In one corner. It Iles joining large ditch that gives good outlet for drainage. The bouse on this farm was burned. There is an old barn, gralnary, silo and good well. Owner will sell on terms of >B,OOO down and long time remainder. Price >llO, No. 35. 160 acres —This farm lies on the Jackson highway and is a bargain at the price; 120 acree of this farm Is good grain land, and remainder lighter soil. It is all cultivated except small pasture. There Is a six-room house, barn and other buildings, fruit and good well; has R. F. D., telephone and near school. Price >135. Owner will sell on terms of >6,000 down and good time on remainder. Might take small farm or clear property. , No. 36. 160 acres—This tract of land Iles on pike road, 2 % mile* from good town with church, high school and bank. It Is level to gently rolling. It Is all timber pasture except 15 acres In cultivation. There is a five-room house, barn and good well. The buildings are old but habitable. Price >45. Owner would accept clear property as first payment or sell on easy terms. No. 37. 100 acres—This tract of land lies four miles from good town, on main road, and one mile from pike. It is fenced but ha* no other Improvements on it. It is all timber pasture and is level to gently rolling. Price >46. Owner will accept clear property as part payment or sell on easy terms. No. 38. 161 acres—This land lies in Saskatchewan, Canada, five miles from the Great Northern, railroad and is. all smooth, productive prairie land In meadow. Price >5,000. Owner will trade for land here and assume or pay cash difference. No. 39. 40 acres—Thia farm has no buildings but Ues on pike in sight of the court house and is all in grain and well tiled, and is as good grain land as any in the county. Price >2OO.

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