Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1919 — Page 7

SATURDAY, JULY 26, ifllfl.

GREEN FANCY

By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON

A«thr if "GRAUSTARK." THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND." THE prince of GRAUSTARK." etc

Csomsb* by Dadi Mood and Company, Im. SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I—Thomas K. , Barnes, ■wealthy New Yorker, on a walking trip through New England, is caught in a Storm miles from hie destination. At * crossroads point he meets a girl in ths game plight. While they discuss ths situation an automobile, sent to meet the girl, arrives and Barnes is given a lift to Hart’s tavern, while the girl is taken on to her destination, which she tells Sarnes is a place called Green Fancy. CHAPTER IT—At the tavern Barnes falls in with a stranded troupe of “barnBlng” actors, headed by Lyndon :roft, and becomes interested in CHAPTER in—As the storm grows, Barnes finds himself worrying over the ■Kfety of the girl, traveling over the fnountaln roads at what he considers dangerous speed. He learns tnat Green Taney is something of a house of mystery. Two mounted men leave the tavern tn a manner which arouses Barnes' curiosity. CHAPTER IV—He meets ”Mlss Thackeray,” leading lady of the stranded theatrical troupe, who Is acting as chambermaid. That night he is aroused by the bringing of a dying man to the tavern, one of the two who had ridden away a Short time before. They tell of finding the dead body of the other man. Both had been shot CHAPTER V—The wounded man, registered at the tavern as Andrew Paul, dies, and Barnes is informed he must not leave Until after the inquest. O’Dowd and De Boto, 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. CHAPTER Vll—She seems not to be pesirous of recognizing him, and turns ?.way. ‘O’Dowd appears and in apparently riendly fashion escorts Barnes (who feels he is unwelcome) from the grounds. CHAPTER Vlll—Miss Thackeray warns Barnes that a man stopping at the tavern, ostensibly a book agent, had searched his baggage in his absence. O'Dowd comes to the tavern and with Barnes and others goes over the scene of the previous Hight’s shooting. Barnes is Invited to dinner at Green Fancy.

CHAPTER IX. The First Wayfarer, the Second Wayfarer and the Spirit of Chivalry Ascendant. The wide green door, set far back In a recess not unlike a kiosk, was iopened by a man servant who might easily have been mistaken for*a waiter from Delmonlco’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 disappointment—the interior of the house failed to sustain the bewildering effect produced by the exterior. The entrance hall apd the living room into .Which he was conducted by the two 'men were singularly like others that he had seen. The latter, for example, was of ordinary dimensions, furnished With a thought for comfort rather than (elegance or even good taste. The (couches and chairs were low and deep land comfortable, as if intended for men 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 tolor, almost literally thatched with etchings. j The stairs were thickly carpeted. At the top bls guide turned to the left end led the way down a long corridor, fl'hey passed at least four doors before 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. “All of the sleeping (apartments are 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 bur grievances, store our stock of iSpltefulness and hide all the little E evils that must come sneaking up rom the city with us whether we will br no. Dabson,” addressing the man Who had quietly entered the room through the door behind them, “do Mr. Barnes, will ye, and fetch me from Mr. De Soto’s room when you’ve finished. I leave you to Dabson’s tender inercles. The saints preserve us! Look at the man’s boots! Dabson, get out your brush and dauber first of tai. He’s been floundering in a bog.” The jovial Irishman retired, leaving Barnes to be “done” by the sllept, iswlft-movlng valet. Dabson was young pnd vigorous and exceedingly well trained. He made short work of "doling” the visitor; barely fifteen miniates elapsed before O’Dowd’s return. Presently they went downstairs together. Lamps had been lighted, many bf them, throughout the house. A fire jerackled in the cavernous fireplace at the end of the living room and grouped Sbout its cheerful, grateful blaze were tie ladles of Green Fancy. The girl of his thoughts was there, standing slightly aloof from the others, but evidently amused by the tale (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 wofully-akin to confusion. But everything went off quite naturally. He favored Miss Cameron with

an uncommonly self-possessed smile MS she gave her hand to him, and she In turn responded with one faintly suggestive of tolerance, although it certainly would have been recorded by a less sensitive person than Barnes as “ripping," ■ Id reoly to his perfunctory “delight-

She Was There.

ed, I'm sure, etc.,” she said quite clearly:.“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, he caught the almost Imperceptible 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 elderly, heavy-featured woman, decidedly overdressed. Mrs. Van Dyke, her daughter, was a woman of thirty, tall, dark and handsome in a bold, dashing sort of way. The lackadaisical 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. Another time, perhaps, you will give him the pleasure he is missing tonlgTWu. De Soto’s cocktails came in. Miss Cameron did not take one. O’Dowd proposed a toast. “To the rascals whc went gunning for the other rascals. But for them we should be short at least one member of this agreeable company.” It was rather startling. Barnes’ glass stopped half way to his lips. An instant later he drained it. He accepted the toast as a compliment from the whilom Irishman, and not as a tribute to the prowess of those mysterious 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 without 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 together, as might have been done by using one end or the center of the table. The serving plates were of sliver. Especially beautiful 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 except 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 butler, 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 servants Barnes began figuratively to count on his fingers the retainers he had so far encountered on the place. Already he had seen six, all of them powerful, rugged fellows. It struck him as extraordinary, and In a way significant, that there should be so many men at Green Fancy. Much to his disappointment he was not placed near Miss Cameron at table. Indeed she was seated as far away from him as possible. There was a place set between him and De Soto, for symmetry’s sake, Barnes concluded. In this he was mistaken; they had barely seated themselves when Mrs. Collier remarked: “Mr. Curtis’ secretary usually joins us here for coffee. He has his dinner with my brother, and then, poor man, comes In for a brief period of relaxation. 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 features of an unmistakably Hebraic cast, as his name might have foretold. His teeth ♦zere marvelously white and his slow

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smile attractive. More than once during the hour that Loeb spent with them Barnes formed and dismissed a stubborn ever-recurring opinion thnt the man was not a Jew. Certainly he was not an American Jew. His voice, his manner of speech, his 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 opportunity for detached conversation with Miss Cameron. He had listened to her bright retorts to O’Dowd’s sallies, and marveled at the ease and composure with which she met the witty Irishman on even terms Not until the very close of the evening, and when he bad resigned himself to hopelessness, did the opportunity come for him to speak with her alone. She caught his eye, and, to his amazement, made a slight movement of her head, unobserved by the 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 depend ! The spirit of chivalry took possession of him. His blood leaped to the

“Come and Sit Beside Me, Mr. Barnes,” She Called Out Gayly.

call. She needed him and he would not fall her. And It was with difficulty that he contrived to hide the exaltation that might have ruined everything 1 While he was trying to invent a pretext 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, ancT he 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 swallowed me whole. That’s another way of telling you, Barnes, that she’ll absorb you entirely.” For a few minutes she chided him for his unseemly aversion. He was beginning to think that he had been mistaken In her motive, and that after all she was merely satisfying her vanity. Suddenly, and as she smiled Into his eyes, she said, lowering her voice slightly: “Do not appear surprised at anything I may say to you. Smile as If we were uttering the silliest nonsense. So much depends upon It, Mr. Barnes.” (TO BE CONTINUED.) Jerome Coggla, whose name Is attached to the great comet ot 1874, recently died In France, where he served as assistant at Marseilles observatory from 1866 to 1917. 'He was the discoverer of seven comets besides the one that bears his name; also of five minor planets.

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FARMS FOR SALE

No. 2. 160 acres —This farm lies 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 It. 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 SBS. 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 lies 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 aud nice shade. This farm will produce grain equal to the high-priced Illinois farms. Price $225. No. 4. 160 acres—This farm lies 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 baru, cellar and well. Price $255. No.’ 5. 160 acres—This farm lies in spendid neighborhood, seven miles out ou good road. It is all good soil and In corn, wheat and oats except six acres In timber pasture. The timber is hickory aud burr oak. The farm Is fenced and cross-fenced with hog wire fence. There is a five-room house, large new barn, new double cribs 50 feet long, good well, windmill aud tanks. Can sell on easy terms Price SIBO. 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 tanks. The other set of buildings consist of a new eight-room house with basement, an old house and small barn and nice shade. Prlbe $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 40 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. 31 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 Iles along dredge ditch which gives fine outlet for drainage. Price SIOO. 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 five 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 live-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 ipart 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 In cultivation. It is fenced and cross-fenced. There is a new seven-room house, large barn and other buildings, windmill and tanks. Price SBS. 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 runs along one side of farm. There is a new four-room bungalow and good small barn and well. Price $135. No. 12. 100 acres—This farm lies on main, road and Is all level black land In cultivation except eight acres in timber, fenced hogtlght 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 of five rooms, good barn and a number of'outbuildings. A good grain farm fol’ the low price of S9O. No. 13. 97 acres—This farm lies on the Jackson highway, six miles from this city; 80 acres is

GEORGE F. MEYERS

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE

Charles W..Hanley et ux to Cope J. Hanley, July 22, pt Its 1, 2 f bl 19, Rensselaer, S6OO. Velettle Sparling to Samuel, McGinnis et ux, July 22, pt outlet 14, Its 6,7, 8,9, Demotte, Bruner’s add, $2,100. x Zelda Blltsteln et baron to Caroline Callahan, July 8, sw, 11-30-6, nw nw 14-30-5, 200 acres, Bark-

in cultivation and well tiled. There Is 17 acres in pasture that has some timber on IL There Is a small three-room house, large new barn, good well and tanks. This is a bargain at $125. No. 14. 78 acre* —This farm is in Gillam tp. It is a good grain farm and all In cultivation except a tew acres ip pasture. There Is 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 SIOO. 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 Hes on main road, in good neighborhood. The soil is very goo-1. There are no buildings. Price SIOO. Favorable terms. No. 16. The farms listed at Nos. 14 and 15 lie half-mile apart and can be bought together. No. 17. 79 acres —This farm is all good grain land in cultivation except three acres in pasture that has some timber. 40 acres is fenced bog-tight. 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' miles 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 tiled and has good outlet for drainage. There is a good one-story house of flve 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, grainary, garage chicken house and well house with cement floors. There is a good well, windmill, tanks and lots of fruit. Can sell this farm for slls. Owner will take some property as part payment or will sell on terms of $3,000 down aud 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 30 acres In pasture, which Is part timber. There is a good eight-room cement block house with cellar, large barn, good well, windmill and tanks. Owner will sell 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 corn land and is well tiled. It is ail cultivated except flve acres 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 lies on crossroads and in good neighborhood, eight miles from this city and flve 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. No. 22. 100 acres —This farm lies 6miles 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 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 SBS per acre. He might take sbme property or small farm. Can make liberal terms. No. 24. Owner of No. 23 will sell 80 acres or more to suit purCtl&BSl\ No. 25. 120 acres—This farm lies in 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 soli 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 price of $75. Terms $2,500 down and suitable time on remainder. No. 26. 300 acres—This farm

ley, $21,000. ' . \ William D. Sayier to Jeremiah M. Healy et ux, July 22, It 12, bl 19, Rensselaer, $2,500. Leonard Coffman et al to Williaih S. Parks, July 22, sw sw, 24-28-6, Milroy, sl. q. c. d. Martin, F. Dewitt to Robert J. Overton, July 22, pt me sw, 24-30-7, Union, sl. q. c. d.

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is the best grain farm we hare. It is black laud, all cultivated axcept small grove of nice timber. It is well tiled and lies on Jackson highway close to this city. There is a good large house, large barn, silo, cribs and lots of hog fence. This is a real corn, wheat, oats and clover farm. Price $275. Can make terms. No. 27. 120 acres—This piece of land is level and black soil, 40 acres is in cultivation and 80 acres in pasture. There are no Improvements except fences. * The pasture has scattering timber on it but makes good pasture and if cleared would be good grain land. It Ilea on pike road and has good outlet for drainage. Cau sell for $55 on favorable terms. Might consider property or livestock as parL No. 28. 80 acres —All nice iblack prairie land in cultivation except 5 acres timber. It lies on main 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 pasture. Large barn and other buildings, and well. 10,000 feet of lumber on place. Easy terms. Price $55. No. 30. 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 drains age. There is a five-room house. Small barn, chicken house, good well and lots of fruit. Price SBS. Can make favorable terms. No. 31. 80 acres—This farm lies eight miles from this city In west Jordan tp. It lies on main road near pike and In good neighborhood; 70 acres of this farm Is good land and In grain or grass and Is good grain land. There is 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 SBS. Terms $3,000 down and long time on remainder. No. 32. 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 posts. Owner will sell on favorable terms or will take clear property or smaller farm as part payment. Price $125. No. 33. 40 acres—This Is as unimproved piece of land. It is fenced and used as pasture; IS acres In black prairie land In grana, and 15 acres Is in timber. It ilea on public road, In good neighborhood and mile from pike. Price SSO. Owner will sell on terms of SSOO down and long time on remainder. Might take livestock as first payment. lies on main road and is all dee* black prairie land except throe acres of young timber In one corner. It Iles joining large ditch that gives good outlet for drainage. The house on this farm was burned. There Is an old barn, grainary, silo and good well. Owner will sell on terms of $3,000 down and long time om. remainder. Price sllO. No. 35. 160 acres—This farm Iles on the Jackson highway and Is a bargain at the price’; 120 acres of this farm Is good grain land, and remainder lighter soil. It is all cultivated except small pasture. There Is a six-room bouse, 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 lies on pike road, 2 % miles 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. ThAre 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 Iles four miles from good town, on main road, and one mile from pike. It Is fenced but has nd other improvements on it. It Is all timber pasture and Is level to gently rolling. Price $45. Owner will accept clear property as part payment or sell on easy terms. No. 38. 161 Acres—This land lies In Saskatchewan, Canada, flve 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—This farm has no buildings but lies 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 S2OO.

The Vermont fish and game commissioner has established an open zone around the commercial orchard lands of Frank H. Brasor and Mias Dorothea Brasor ■in the town of Marlboro, where wild deer may be hunted or taken at any time.

In Iceland whistling is forbidden as a breach of divine law.

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