The Syracuse Journal, Volume 19, Number 39, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 27 January 1927 — Page 7

The Qirl in the p Mirror Elizabeth Jordan

(O by Th- Ontwr f*on>p«ny.) ‘ v/nu s«rvic« CHAPTER X—Continued ?.t l. st a cheerful whittle In th* lower region* drew- him down a flight of stnlra to what appeared to* an ■.TKtH)d fciorerooin. Here a; bulky, owralfed individual. looming large In the m♦-)! -darkness. stopped hf hip labor of puphing’nbnnt ramie boxes and regarded Laurie with surprise. “Are you the watchman?" asked the latter, hrhk;-.- f “I uni that.” . • \. ro you here last night?" •‘I was. - ’ "'Va» anv'.ue else here?" i ,“I »iv il ii u «n ’’ "I *i<l jou hear any noise during the night/” ' * I’ . • Idyll a bit." ! “Were you asleep?" “I wm," admitted the wafehman. simply His voire was Hibernian, am! rich with 'tolerant good humor} “I want tn make a trade with yon." The n« wcnti’-r held out hl* flUk hat “Will you give me your hat. or nnyf old hat you’ve g"t around the place, for t'.S?" ” ’ I will." wild the watchman' calmly. Though good humored, he sewmed a t ,r. . f few w<<rd». “And* wlm might you ’ he added. "1 < ame in Inst night xlth 'l r Shaw in d I «!» nt the* night here. When I ! w ~ke Up.” added Laurie dryly, “1. f»nn<t that mr host had moved.” 1 he " ib'lsiunn sadly shook |tls head. ■ n v him lad ’ h* said, w Ith tri-mily svmnathy. *’T’.« a pity you'\»* e»t Into these habits"} Mnrir grinned at him. He had dis- < <n. red that his money, like » twitch. I w.-i« safe in his pockets. Taking Mt II I P! he -!’• -red It to his c<»jHpnnh>n • yon like the looks of that?'" hr ■, i ■ “1 do.” admitted the watolnnan a 4 Toil me all you know about Shaw, and take it for your trnubleF ■I wi!L" promptly I the other. •but i - not much you’ll g»t! for yutjr for ns little - enoi--h l know i.-in you’re talkin’ shoirt. 1 «up , < tin fit fella with 'eyes JM could bene yer hat on. that I ad the hack mom on the ground floor." “That's the Me." | ?-n all I know Is. h* m..v, <1 in three days ago, and he moreSi out two i What he did between times I don't know, but hd paid far • r. .>m for a nmnth In advance. so . i. x nw urnln’ hts bos."; i • Hid he .-.tv why he was} going, or w’ L \ I ■ Dili a word did he say. He was tn a hbrry. ’hat lad. He h|ad a gang oY three meti with him. hnd they had . the pho* In ten minutes. I lent vi» a I nd. an’ he gave me a dollar. and that ' the last I raw of him." A Mi>i.?en ’bought struck the watehn.nt. “Wher. wgs you all the time?” he asked wi’h interest. I • Id the cellar." . •; . ••io-, !aO nodded, understand In.- v, . J ' ure two young for that sort of , tl tax me boy. Now. l m teetotaler j i. .‘< f be went on argunhentatively. "A glrt«s once in a while is all right If a man kn -ws whin to rtdp. Hut - H«w about that hat?" interrupted the restive victim of this homily. ■» jou g.>t one bandy?’’ “I have." ! . The watchman disappeared into a ah«d«wy corner and returned with a battered derby. [ "An" a t>n<-, grand hat it Is’” he earnestly assured the newcomer. aa i he h:in<h*l it over. Luitrie t««nk the hat and put It on ; hl* o! w .-re.’ being tab small for < him. it perched at a rakish! angle. He f dropped the bank note isj’® **** “ wa silk hat. and Winded them to his companion. who accepted thftn without [ visible emotion. Evltleptly. brief i though hi* 'tay In the bkdldtng had ts’en. Herbert Ransome Shaw had ac- ; . tustotued Its watchman vurprtM*. Lnuri. ' last glimpse of the mat* a* l e hurried away showed hjm. with ex- « treme efficiency and the Swift simultatieous use <>f two well-tridned bamk putting the silk hat on his liead and ; the h|l! in his pocket. Laurie ru*he<f through the early East si<le street*. He wis not often at-rat t ' houj. and even in his anxiety'lt surprised him to discover how many were abroad ao eeriy in the morning. The streets seeme,! full <»♦ pr» rv c r’s, hastening to factories ar.d offiics. and of briskly stepping ii «• an! w.« men. representing type* th.i’ .-o*o » uld ordinarily catch the attention of the young playwright. But tew he bad neither thought nor ey * for them. ! Hl. urgent needs were first the as-snnim-e thai I»oris was safe, and next ♦he privacy ««f his own rpoww.« hath.’ and a change of clothing, ntbvlously. be could not present .Jiitwself to Doris in the skeh-hy ensemble ht» fgDMML e<! now: or could he? He decided that h. < <>u!d. and must To remain In his present state of suapewte a moment jo ger than be need do was unthinkable. in a <urprisingly, short time he was tn the stu«!w» building, facing the man b’sm bad called Henry, a yawning © ght elevator man who regarded him and Ms questions with; a pessimism part Tit due to the tack of sleep and k*l him to r-aking short work of gettux rid of -to unkempt Md ummmutier ■ ! V Mb'" he Mid. "Mtea Mayo dm* !

No, aah. Sam don’ come on tell Mgnt, o’clock. JNo. salt. 1 caln’t take no messages to no ladies what ain’t out dey be<!s yit. I got to perteck dese yere folk*. I has.” he ended austerely. The caller peeled a bill from his ever-ready roll, and the face of the building’s guardian angel changed and softened. “P’haps I-could jes’ knock on Miss Mayo’s do’, ” he suggested after a interval. “That’s all I want.” agreed Laurie. •’Knock at her door and ask her if Mr. Devon may call at nine anchtake her out to'breakfast. Tell her he has something very important to say to her." "Yaas. sah.” The guardian was all humility. He accepted the bill, and almost simultaneously th* elevator mse out of sight. *The Interval before its return was surprisingly short, hut too long for the nerves of the caller. Muri*, paring the lower hall, filled It with apprehensions and visions which drove the blmei from hl* heart. He conld have embraced Henry when the latter appeared, wearing an expansively reaysnring grin. ’•Mis* Mayo she way. ’Taaa.’ be briefly reported. Under the force of the nervous reaction he experienced. Laurie actual-. ly caught the man’s arm. ’’She's there?" he Jerked out. “You’re sure <»f It?” “Yaas. «ah." Ilenry spoke soothingly. By this time he had made a diagnosis of the caller’s condition which agreed with that of the nightwatchman Laurie had Just Interviewed , “She *ay. 'Yaas.’" he repeated “I done say what you tol’ me. and sh* say. Tell de gen man. Yaas.’ Jes like dst." , “Al! right.” 1-aurie nodded and strode off. For the first time he was breathing naturally and freely. She was there. She was safe. In a little more than an’hour he would see her. In the meantime- his urgent needs were a bath anti a change of clothing. As soon as he was dressed he would go back to the studio building and keep watch in the corridors until she was rey.dy Then, after breakfast, h* w<»uld personally con<luct her to the security of I.«>ulse Ordway’s home. Louise need not see her. If she did not feel up to It. but she would surely give her asylum after hearing I-au-Tie's ex|>eriences of the night. ( That was his plan. It seemed a good one He did not admit a even to himself that under the air of sangfroid he wore as a garment, every instinct In him was crying out flor the sound of Doris’ voice. Alan, as he hurried along, he was conscious that a definite change wa« taking place in his attitude toward Herbert Ransome Sha .* Slowly, reluctantly, hut fully. 1 he had m»w accepted the fact that “Bertie” repic-entetl a force that must ! be reckoned with. He lnserte«l the latch-key Into th* door of his apartment with an inward prayer that things would not. be visible. and for a moment he hot>ed It had been granted. But when he entered their common dressing-room he found his chum there. In the last stages of his usual careful toilet. He greeted Laurie without surprise or comment. In the'detached. absent man- ■ ner he had assumetl of late, and Laurie hurried into the hatbro->m and. i turned on the hot water, glad of the excuse to escape"even a tete-a-tete That greeting of Bangs’ added the I final tides to the minor symphony life was playing for him this morning- As I he lay back in the hot water, relax- - stiff, bruised b«>dy. the thought came that |x»*sibly he and Rodney were really approaching the tiual breaking point. Hangs was not ordinarily a patient chap. He was too ImpetUM* and high-strung for that. But he had been womlerfully patient with this friend of his heart. If It were true that the friendship was dying under the strain put upon It. and ! Laurie knew how poaatbie thia was. j and how swift ami intense were Bangs - reaction*, life henceforth, how .ver full it might be. would lark «n element that had been singularly vital and comforting. He tried, to think of what future days would be without Baur*’ exuberant personality to fill them with work and color; but he could not picture them; and as the effort merely added to the gloom that enveloped him he abandoned it and 'again gave hltneelf up to thoughts at : Doris. As he hurried Into his clothes a ; strong temptadon came to him to tel! 1 Bangs the whole story Theo Bangs would understand everything, and he. Laurie, would have the benefit of [ Rodney's adriet and help In untying Doris’ tangle. Doris! Again she swam Into the foreground of his consciousness with a vividness that made bis sense* tingle. He was sitting on a low chair. , lacing bis shoes, and his fingers shook as he finished the task. He dressed with almost frantic baste, urged on by a fear that, despite his efforts, was ; shaping itself into a mental panic. Then, hair brushes in hand, he facet! ; his familiar mirror, and recoiled with an exclamation. Doris eras not there, but her window was. amt hanging from its center catch wap wwnethlng bright that caught his eye and instantaneous recognition. It was a small Roman scarf, with a narrow, vivid >trpe. ; CHAPTER XI Doris Takes a Journey Within five minutes he was In the studio building across the square, frantically punching the elevator bell. , Outwardly he shewed no signs of the anxiety that racked him. but presented to Sam. when that appreciative youth stopped his elevator at th* ground fitaMMf. the sartorial perfection which Sam always vastly admired and sometimes dreamed <»f imitating. Rut for such perfection Sam had no eyes today. At this early hour—lt was not much morel than half past eight—he had brought down only two passengers, and ne one but Laurie was waiting for the upward Journey. When the I two tenants of the building had I fka*. aniAnoh fkwmt ! wuiseo rar iowvu us rnmi | entrance to be om estrshot. Sam

dragged him into the car. he di. so. he hissed four words: ’’She gone. Mist’ Devon!" “Gone!. Where? When?" Laurie had not expected this. He realized now that he should have done so. His failure to take in the possibility of her going was part of his infernal optimism, of his inability even now to take her situation at its face value. Sam was answering his questions : “’Bout eight. Jes’ after Henry went and I come on. An aut’moblle stop in front de do\ an’ dat man wld de eyes he come In. I try stop him sum lakin’ de car. but he push me on one side an’ order me up. like he was Wtlson hisself. So 1 took him to <le top t!o‘. But when we got dere an’ he went to Miss Mayo’s do’. 1 Jes’ kep’ de car right dere an’ watch him." “Good boy. What happened?" “He knock an’ nuftin’ ha pen. Den he call out. ’Doris. Doria’ Jes’ like dat. an’ she come an’ talk to him; but she didn’t open de do’." “Gould you hear what else he sai»<Y “N<>, sah. After dat he whisjver »o her. hissin’ like a snake.” Laurie -et his teeth. Even Sam fyit the ophidian in Shaw. "Go on.” he ordered. “Den I reckon Miss Mayo she put on a coat, an’ dat man wait. 1 fought he was gwine leave, an’ I sho’ was glad But he stood dere. waitin’ an’ grinnin’ nuti to spilt his haid." Luurie recognized the grin. " ‘Bout two-three minutes she com* out." Sam went on. “She had ji bit fur coat an’ a veil on. She lm»k aw ful pale, an’ when dey got in Je el’va tor she didn’ say a word. D y vv:is n nobody else in de car. an’ it seem lab I couldn’t let her go off nohow, with out sayin' somethin’. So I say. ’Yon gwine away. Miss Mayo?’ De-man he look at m»- mighty cold an’ bard, * she only n«»d." “Didn’t she speak at ails < “No. sah. She ain't say a word. She Jes’ stool stiff an’ still* an' he took her out to de car, an’ dey bofe got in." ’j “Was it a limousine, a closed car?" “Yaas. sah.” “Did the man himself drive It?” “No. sah. He sit Inside wid Mis< Mayo. The man what drove It wayounger." “What did he look like?" “I couldn’t see much o’ him. He had a big coat on, an’ a cap. But his hair was yaTTali " lattirie recognized the secretary. "Which way did they go?" “East." They were standing on the top landing by this time, and Laurie strode forward. “Fl! take a look around her room* Perhaps she left some message." Sam accompanied him. and though he had not desired this continued companionship Laurie found a certain solace in It. In his humble way this black boy was Doris’ friend. He was doing his small part now to help her. If. as he evidently suspected ; there was something sinister in her departure. Entering the familiar studio. Laurie looked around it with a pang. I’nlike the quarter* of Shaw. It remainetl unj change*!. The room, facing north as • It did. looked a little cold in the early light, but it was stjll stamped with the impress of Its former occupant. The flowers he had given her only yesI terday hung their heads tn mod ! est welcome, and half a doxen i eye-flashes revealed half a dozen homely little detail* that were full of reassurance. Here, open am’ ! face down on the readins-talde. wa« j a book she might have dropped that minute. There vtas the long mirror before which she brushed her vvom’i-■ ful hair and. yes. the sllver-backe»l i brushes with which she brushed It . On the writing-table were a pencil and > a torn sheet of paper as if she bad Just dashed off a hnrrled note. In short, everything in the room suggested that the owner, whose pres erne still hung about It. might returfi lat any instant. And yet. there in the I win<low, where he had half Joking’ - - ! told her to place it. hung the brill; symbol of danger which he bhnse ! i had selecteti. ! He walked over and took It from the latch. * In doing this, he discov I ered that «»nly half the scarf hrtng there, and that one end was as If roughly and hastily cut off He put the scarf into his pocket. As \he did so. his pulses leaiwvl. Binned i to its folds was a bit of paper, so ' small ami soft that even rhe inquisi ! live eye of Sam. following his every motion, failed to detect It. Laurie turned to the Mack boy. “We’d better get out of here.” he su.g.-ste*l. trying to speak carelessly and leading the way as he spoke. “Miss Mayo may be back at any ram ment.” Sam’s eyes'bulged till they rivaled Shaw’s--You don - t’irtk she gone?” he stammered. -Why should we think she has gone -1 ” Laurie tried to grin at him. “Ferhaps she’s merely taking an automobile ride, or an early train for a day In the country. Certainly nothing here looks as if she had gone away for good. People usually paek. don’t they?" Sam dropped his eyes. His face, human till new, took on its f&mlliar. sphiuxllke look. He followed “Mist* Devon" into th* elevator In silence, ami started the air on its downward Journey. But as bls passenger was about to depart with a nod. Sam presented him with a reflection to take away with him. (TO BK COXTIXVBD.) Cosmopolitan South Africa South Africa is among the most cosmopolitan places in the world, according to L Kee. writing in the Syd oey Bulletin. "I saw a suitcase in the window at a shop tn Durban and decided to buy IL" says Kee. “A pleasant Hindu took my order and requisitioned a negrv boy to get the article from the win dow. A girl (race unascertainable because only her eyes were visible; but they had a suspicious blue Chinese tint in their whites) typed the sale note, and an agedflfirhlte man too'- my cash. Finally a Zulu, dressed like Beelzebub, 'rickshawed ime and the case to the hotel. Each addressed the other th a different Unga"

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Mellon Inspects Building Plan for Washington I y •. —|| ■ • F i — f ; ’*"• I - y J9l Secretary of the Treasury Mellon conferring with Kep eseutative Elliott at Indiana, chairman of the house coup public buildings and grounds, on the bilk now before congress authorizing the appropriation of $25,000.Ofifi for a public building program in the national capital. . I Pasadena’s Annual TnwnsmM of Roses 1..:v | , • —£~~j——j—: -. . < ” ■ . .wLfl j I 1 ozz±zz<z i / J’ " - K : | \> - - ■ . , I i jjoii jJI The annual Tournament off Roses <>n New Year’s day m i’uouueua presented many new and beautiful features •>ne of the floats in which local girls posed as music notes Is shown in the photograph,

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Women outnumber men by about 40.000 in northern Ireland. Building of costly dwellings in Italy has been prohibited by government de cree. Only citizens of Hawaii will be permitted to work on the new pier being constructed at Honolulu. Prompt action by the government of Porto Rico Is sating the coHon crop from serious damage by worms.

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