Argosy, Vol. 147, No. 1 — page 41: what you’re looking at

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7 3 ae hes ie 3: ness, he her the following *™ His plans were perfected now. they would be together, back of the way to Greenwich, Co e the’ Riley where could be married at any hour without @ +4 ‘, cense. After tha __their honeymoon. at pd Riley pro lowed: the hedge around to the house. Evidently he had asked . ’ entrance Was, and was on his darling!” she breathed >" 99 the servants ns way there. From another colgn of van- Oh, Randy, dar’ , at her bathroom window on the other they clung together in the old harness room. — side. of the ‘house, Corinne was presently “Do you think—are you sure—you can given a sight of her lover trudging from the do it?” ae i had thuscom- “ Leave it to me,” he returned, grat diy. rear to the front again- q “* All you have to do is to be ready dresse@ pletely circled the house and grounds and | made himself as familiar with the Marshall by eleven, say, and wait. Have your bag exterior as was possible ‘1 one visit. He all packed—” Be | “JT couldn’t get everything { needed in © had returned again, that night, for a short visit of inspection. one bag,” she protested. “Tl have to After giving him her rough sketch the bring two, at the very least; maybe three. next morning, she left with his assurance You know father is liable to be so angry a % that everything would now be arranged won't send my trunk at all. So I'd netter nicely. She did not see him on his second take—” By Ri - or third trip to the house, in fact, no one “All right, all right,” he inte xpted, — saw him, for he did not enter the grounds hurriedly. “ We haven’t got any too much ~ at either time, and he waited until dark be- time, so listen. This is the way I he ve it” fore coming. Since the elopement was to fixed. That second detective, the one with occur at night, he wanted some assurance as the, room above yours, makes a sort of in- to the lay of the land under the starlight. spection of the grounds before he goes t Oo Now that he knew whose rooms they were, bed. I don’t know what xe calls it, but t > = as plan better the second night than comes out and strolls down to the gate anc e first. : back to the e, an i e ant Although a bitterly cold wind had sprung stays about Pe ae a the open, watching the Marshall house from “Then he comes out and goes in t te Se ews: the adjoinin ee = drug ing to happen to him is this: I’m going to himself with: hot pth inet vould be waiting in the shadows just outside oe continue his watch. pare rile: door—between the mnt doors nd Stach time he returned he took u the storm doors—and when he comes out at a different angle. He saw Z ‘ aplace two things are going to happen to him.” - : e ights ex- rT What?” she asked excitedly. 2 Ber iy i in Mr. Marshall’s room at a lit- “ Well, first, he’s going to trip over aoe le after ten. In the detective's, above Co- I'll have fastened across between tHe tr rinne’s, they remained lit until well on to foot-scrapers in the vestibule. Be 5 ae Si on 5 sea remained awake can recover from the shock of his fa 7 aa si ae after that; his light was not ex- be sitting on his shoulders pressing a = ae: . until close to one. form sponge to his n a chloro- a lige Randy took his leave, Co- it all up; it won’t be enough ad Be a. per tegen ete She was having a hard real harm, only make him uncons eae attain os ai days, as the pile of new “ At the same moment I press the eee” testified. alon a, a ee night table to his nose, [ll shove a handful of oe ’ % wi e pile of pillows that _ ton in his mouth + casa of eine propped up her head as she lay reading by outcry. He’s a good big } . s = re ' the rose-pink-shaded ; | electric lamp. then, so am I, and my weight or , hake Se 7