Show the altie I 1 X 1 1 I 1 it Z circle X Q a ja II 11 Q k by II 11 ELIZABETH JORDAN X D by the century co service chapter IX is 18 renshaw takes charge despite stanleys Stan leys advice and the lawn dawn that peered at him as lie went to bed renshaw wits was up at seven tile the next morning he had not slept well he had tried to sleep knowing that the coming day might be a astren strenuous bous one but hla his thoughts whirled like leaves in an autumn blast though connected mental effort was I impossible P RM he fie could not cease thinking in the fitful naps to which Ns lus exhaustion finally succumbed his dreams were as its as ills his thoughts he was wai wandering through dark labyrinths lie was laboriously ascending oel dewlee lille mountain paths he was lost and confused in crowds and never once ild he have a definite nIte objective that realization when lie he took it in upon awakening disturbed him most of nil all not even ills subconscious processes lie fie told himself were yet nor normal nial ile he felt better offer after if a cold plunge and when he entered the dining room lie he showed no outward effects of the strain of tile night both noali jenks ind binnes were in the room standing by the sideboard find and talking in low tones renshaw haid detoured defour ed to tile lie left wins wing on its his way down stairs and imil tapped lapped tit at the lie door to ask news of tile patient rec receiving elving from froin tile nurse the HIP stock report of the I 1 average sick room the hie patient wits resting comfortably ife he returned lie respectful greetings of the two servants and up preached pro phed ached with zest tile he adventure of exil examining mInIng the hot dishes dished on the lie sideboard board willie while lie he was helping liim bini self to 0 o oaf iet and bacon tile two clans bustled into tile dining room they were ere obviously in ili exuberant spir spirits ils morris In indeed leed wore the lie uplifted look of it modest nion honored beyond ills deserts and stanley nus us vain enough to be plea pleaded ed ns As well iq a mildly amused hy by tile lie ao ane with which his country colleague regianld d d him ill both greeted tile lie secre lury with cordiality dia lity into which stanley now infused something of the llie personal perso nul interest due to a they filled their heir plates like hungry schoolboys campbells Cump bells going to be all right stanley predicted in response to ilen hen shaws first question as lie he returned to the table and sat down cant kill that old boy lies iles determined to sing hymns at my funeral by the way it was only for a few seconds that ile he recovered consciousness mess I 1 think you said yes just about that answered ile he seemed very anxious to say something and aln finally ally lie bro brought aught it out just what was it ile he instructed me itte in three words to take charge here renshaw was aind to have tills this point developed und and especially in the lie presence of the two servants that there might be no mistake about the ter he clinched ills his case by adding casually miss campbell and I 1 were alone with him at he fie time Is that hat all he said stanley wh who 0 had stopped eating for if a moment nio meni fell fel 1 zestfully upon sonic some sausages lie ile had very hard work to bring that out ile he drifted off again ns as soon as rpy my reply showed that I 1 understood the effort had bad exhausted him llin m well till all right 1 just what was a all right stanley did not specify ly it wits was the sausages im going back to town own ills his morning he fie added in another tone tills this pneumonia epidemic Is keeping me file uncomfortably busy but ill run out again tomorrow afternoon anyway and of course if theres any change ill come at once meantime doctor morris will be right here on the job weve decided that hed better make taano ker his headquarters for a day or so BO till were sure bure tile the patient 11 Is on tile the mend we dont want to take any chances chance s I 1 suppose you can ma make e him comfortable of course courna it will be a great r relief ellef to have hill here renshaw spoke with unusual heartiness it would be good to have the cample but agreeable personality of morris in the house and in more ways than one after breakfast he went with jenks to the hie left wing to look over quarters and to assure himself the I 1 I 1 c comfort he be bad promised was 1 able jenks jell ks he said bald after being fled about that 1 I 1 wish you would give me on in idea of the domestic routine here who for example orders the meals men Is miss compbell rde she writes the menus for the day every morning and gives them to me you do the ordering and marketing Y yes es sir mostly by te telephone le phone we wa have a large store room well supplied and a hamper comes from new york once a week I 1 its ts odd the ladles dont have a personal maid renshaw was speaking more to himself tho than u to the servant sen ant it does seem odd sir jenks acquiesced ced but mrs pardee cant get on of fill ove one sir find and miss verity ity wont lime have one alone down here in the country she says it worth while tile the lady for some reason jenks steadfastly refused to force hit his tongue to a contest with the name of uvona lef slie she has a nurse for the he little girl it sour creature she Is too sir and site she dont speak a word of english but site elie runs in and out of Madame 8 room if good deal and helps her to dress for dinner checked these personal revelations so we ve wee belongs to madame he fie mused miss wanda yes sir she appears to be tier her grandchild tile the hulls and bedrooms are looked n after fter hv by annie Rena linw had bad returned to practical details beg sir mr jenks hesitated then made ills his plunge with fin an almost perceptible cep tible tilde pulp gulp of distaste anything you toll wish gli changed c sir clr Cert allily not I 1 merely want to get a clear idea of the he routine and working force theres no one else that hint I 1 seen or heard of no one but te ole cook sir ashes june jane dawkins nn an englishwoman 1 I thought bought the cook wits english from tit lip breakfasts too hastened to add re cirling the ample justice he had done to the hie threece thre ehe haden tind daten en jenks jenhs was vas dooh looh looking ing relieved theres another nn ollier young person in lie kit kitchen cheri sn lie he remembered she washes dl blies tin and assists the cook ashes wil it wed nod cull call a scullery mald in eng igind sir her name naine lie he added I 1 holl h if filly Is veolet 11 slips a modest violet I 1 even lulow ano of lier ter existence flarence renshaw absently ills his mind was or on jenks sentence so i loure Engli bli too 1 I wits born in england sir but ive ie been in america a good ninny many years rhe iruin iier of jells re turned luried to any nj orders sir none jenks fudel inny and descended 0 o the lie lower floor door find turn turned toward tin the sauly stu av tile duty nearest ne irest liis ills hand was to open the morning mull mall find to that part of 0 f it required attention also lie ile desired to line have a n private talk with stanley before he fie left but instead of doing these things ile he equipped himself with a coat an and d cap in tile the convenient hall lanil closet and strolled out of the house lie he would smoke un a after f ter breu breakfast keast cigar first of all lie he joined stanley just as that gentleman was vi ia stepping into his car sill Soy pose lou ou send the machine down to the lie roud road und and let me file walk to tile the galic with alth you Ilens bow suggested liere are one or two things filings id like to ask nu fu about all eulit I 1 wondered where you were hiie physician sl clun motioned to ills chauffeur und the cur car went on ahead of them the first tiling I 1 want to 10 ask said raid renshaw Kensli uw going straight to ills point ns no the hie two walked down tile lie long driveway is what you yu meant by warning warn ng me that there an unusual condition of things tit nt farno ker now that im in charge here and the lie owner Is helpless I 1 think I 1 ought to know what vant those conditions are especially espe chilly as they may have lind something to 10 do with campbells Camp stroke stanley shook his hend head not a bit of it he sold said brusquely besides all over oer now and they amount to much in the he first place except to one person may itlay I 1 ask what they were of courtie cour tse 1 I 1 heres i no renson why w hy you know compbell campbell himself would have love told you no douht doubt in a iny or two I 1 suppose lie ha had promised promise madame Hoesl cf that tier her nume naine by the way to sn say nothing until the me material was safe with oe t ie trust company ashes ashes the mystery maker you know and she hus has oozed mystery ry from tile the moment she entered the house ive noticed that of course you have who could help n noticing it well weil what it all means I 1 Is s simply this madame lovaes lef ai she chooses to call herself just now la is a very great personage in her native land and tier her husband was a very great man there he spent the last years yeara of his life writing hla big mem olra those memoirs are very intimate and personal pe they concern history and thrones bronea end and wearer of ofa crowns and the authors august master shaking blinking on his own tottering throne want them published when the author died the widow was offered a fortune for tile lie manuscript she refused the fortune knowing it meant that the manuscript would be destroyed and that her husbands greatest wish was to have it published then efforts were male made to steal it rather rat her desperate efforts from all ivo ive heard to save the tuat erial she fled with it to this country in dis gUlsO and under an assumed name humph Hump hl 1 observed without enthusiasm sho she wits traced to new york torti by agents of the august muster master stanley went on placidly according to her story and evident conviction their orders were to get alint manuscript and all those invaluable historic letters lettera and documents at tiny any cost tier her very life was in danger in filet fact two attempts were made on it in europe site knew verity compbell so when slie site arrived arrive verity verily went to new york and brou brought ait her fin and tier lier grandchild and the nurse back here in the he dead of f night since then kindamo claims several queer looking foreigners have been lurking around ker all the men servants have been warned and put on guard against trouble when Ala aladayne daine continued to see find hear things outside the lie house every night faces at tile the windows and figures ingres in the trees and till all that stuff the strain on tile the family nerves became too great I 1 persuaded campbell Camp bull to get tier her to send the material to the lie trust company and wo we chose you for the job because no one would think you would be our choice no one would think lie he would b be e liehr their choice 1 liens Kenshi liaw nv took tills this in silence and digested it but it did not disturb him A big firm Is buying the world rights to the stuff for fifty thousand dollars stanley went on the file contract Is to he be signed in a few days its 11 good thing for tho madame since its till nil she bas left slie site belonged to tile alio reigning fa family nilly and her ter uprising countrymen have liin recently confiscated lier her slie site cun can go to france or hind now tin and live on the income of lier her fifty efty thou thousand they had benched re klied K lied the lie store ante ite way where herp the file limousine anvill ans wait ing the old doctor held out tila 1114 hand rut renshaw linw objected n ili lie took it nil fill tills this being so it explain in tile the least tile the things ive notice winf you noticed shinley asked tile ilie question over ills shoulder with if a foot on the running hoard of the lie car it wits was not a moment for contI confidences confluences dences even if hail intended to make them thein llo weer lie he would see what else be could out oil oh odd noises and lights and that sort of thing he sold said enre carelessly lessly but inside the house not biot hutsi outside le and I 1 understood from mr campbell tint flint everything inside the house was all right stanley entered the car and shrugged himself into tile the big fur lined overcoat that lay waiting for him on the back ent bent the servants ser vanta he be explained 1 I 1 told you they were on tile watch they know what for of course they w were ere just ordered to keep their tiela eyes open and their mouths shut but you can imagine how ile he in pussyfooting pussy footing around overy every man fancying blin himself self an amateur detective proba probably bly been trying to tir nr rest on one e another he ended with a chuckle renshaw had one more question questin n Is that till all you know all and till nil that you find and mr campbell meant by what you said absolutely all its enouf en enough too you dont find a lost princess guarding historic memoirs every day wheres bour our imagination lon Is a aery fry great lady and that baby I 1 henr benr youve fallen in love with has royal blood in her veins no one else took tha thing as hard as madame did of course he went on more thoughtfully but no one co can n blame her for being melodramatic site she has lost her co country antry her family her fortune and all hut but lost her life over those memoirs they ore are vital to her they may seem to the the rest of us now rm im off the nurse will telephone me twice a day and morris has a lot of sense goodby good by TO BE CONTINUED |