Show I 1 the queerest 8 8 A adventure 1 v by PAULINE delmay copyright 1 banion CLEVELAND lher master at the gate stopped 0 in old house that sat by the way cousan bald mn lovely green W on her sed relative here Is th he old cleveland homestead and K looks wickedly lonesome to roe 1 cons n ya squeaked dismally IX marlon let 60 and find let f y and then look r sam ellla i to clear up the yard amron y the car they sped down the street and stopped at the ane where letty brown lived cousin phyllis alighted and went to see about letty herself presently she came back with a stout comfort able colored woman who greeted marion with indulgent affection letty into the rumble beat which with her belongings she fitted snugly she sat there proudly as the roadster went along and stopped at a small mean house with closed shutters sam maam hes left town informed letty left town when gained cousin phyllls 1 I guess maam it was after he rented your house to the artist about a month ago what artist what right had sam to rent it sir adams maam I 1 think his name Is Is a real nice harmless gentleman he lives in the little east wing and eats at the inn spends a lot of time out on the bay jest goes out the back gate and gets into his boat and off he goes what did judge eanls think about it asked marion cleveland i oh I 1 reckon de bedge dont think nothing more about things maam lie went to glory about two months ago just then the roadster drew up at the gate chev entered the great dusky hall and marion threw open the doors in to large rooms where a green gloom lingered for all the window shutters were tightly closed you go and raise all the window shades and open the shutters and then the windows commanded miss phyllis when letty had departed on her window job miss phyllis suddenly grasped marions arm and whispered in her ear did you hear a sound upstairs marion nodded A cautious sound as if someone was there who had no right to be there suppose we find the painter mr adam first then they went outside and knocked at the outer door of the two roomed wing and the door opened and revealed a young man in a paint ers smock with a pipe between his lips tie smiled pleasantly are you mr adams inquired cousin phyllls and that being set tied the lady sat down on the steps and told how sam had abused a trust when she had told the whole satorv mr adams shook ats head gravely 1 I am sorry miss but while I 1 thought it that such a character ns awls should be in charge of this fine old place he gave me what appeared to he a good receipt for the genf and not BO long ago suddenly appeared one night and collected for another month so you see I 1 have paid the rent up to the first of october of course if you consider it an intrusion I 1 will pack up and go over to the inn tonight hut I 1 hope that vou will let me stay you see I 1 nm painting your old place from the hay and it Is getting along pretty well just at that moment they heard bettya olce lifted in shrill screeches from the front of the house and ad ama brushing hastily past them hur aled to the front yard yes buhl sobbed letty hysteric cally 1 I was opening this here shut ter when suddenly I 1 turned my ear round and I 1 see the front door open ing slow slow like and then I 1 see an eve and a nose white mans nose and then I 1 veiled and he dodged back again be calm letty no harm will come to you just some tramp I 1 suppose then he suddenly darted away to ward the back ard and the women heard masculine voices in argument presently mr adams returned and in the shirt col his strong fangen was lar of simuel who looked frowzier frowsier frow sier lhnn ever and very much ashamed just caught him sneaking out of the back door miss cleveland he said to cousin phyllis sam Is awfully ashamed of himself but satan certainly tempted him to rent the east wing to me and pocket two months rent he has been hiding in the attic over your summer kitchen going over to nights foi a good time and to buy supplies and then coming back here to hide he chasn t ebent all the sixty dollars yet have you sam sam shamefacedly paid most of the sarty dollars to miss phyll s and meekly cleared up the whole place in to immaculate order when the first of october came much in ove adams was so john it to he confessed with marion that 1 t Is mutual alsa I buesa phyllis 1 we john smiled miss the certainly need a roan around he married marion and they are still |