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Show ; the joij of uuraq erect before the Ore, nitutw.. IV did not turn her bead. ' f - "The young person, my lady" Jt Mr. Tarbeaux softly. CHAPTER XV Exposed. Lndy Erythea laid aside her fcnlt-ting, fcnlt-ting, and picking up a lorgnette. Inspected In-spected the new parlor maid with Icy; deliberation. Almee. though present-Ing present-Ing nn unmoved front, trembled inwardly. in-wardly. There was a faint chance that her aunt might recognize the female fe-male cyclist. Lady Erythea's Hps tightened to a thin line. "I was given to understand," she said In the voice of counsel for the prosecution, "that you were considerably consider-ably less prepossessing in appearance than I And you." "Yes, m' lady," said Almee meetly. "H'm!" said Lady Erythea. The lorgnette continued to direct Itself It-self at the parlormaid's face. "Really, Anthony should wear stronger glasses," muttered Lady Erythea. The neatness of the girl, however, her demure nlr, and the hideous hid-eous manner in which her hair was dressed, diluted her ladyship's disapproval disap-proval a little. "I need not examine you ns to your cnpuclty for your duties, or your character. char-acter. These have been Touched for head off one of the cylinders, and 1 heard him grumbling to the gardener about having to drive Dad to Jervau x and back the same evening. I hid in the laurels till Grundle went to his dinner, and then I attended to the car especially the magneto. I did it artistically. ar-tistically. You cnn take it from me, the old 'bus will never leave Scroope today. Dad's visit Is a washout. He's no time to get here except by car I know he has to catch the ten o'clock maH train from Seabrhlge. He'll have to take the carriage there and start early, too." Billy emitted a stifled noise. "It's all to save Dad pain nnd worry," said Almee complacently. "One must consider one's parents. Never do to. have him coming here Just now." "Great Christopher!" said Billy. "But that doesn't explain how" "I'm coming to that. I made a circuit cir-cuit through the Home wood to the cottage where Amy Snooks lives with her old grandmother, I tacked up and down in the offing till I saw grandmamma grand-mamma toddle away on her usual after-dinner visit to the woodcutter's wife, and I nipped Indoors to have It out with my dear old Snooks. I found her packing for Jervaulx, and I told her what I wanted her to do. "Amy Snooks Is what you call stolid, and I've broken her in very well but I'm bound to say she was absolutely paralyzed this time. But she surrendered, surren-dered, before I'd done with her. She Just came to heel. It may surprise you, Billy, but she simply adores me. Amy never refused me anything In her life. "Having melted her into flexible condition, con-dition, I borrowed one of her print dresses (she hadn't another black one) and her second-best eont; and did my hair like hers. I'm Jolly good at doing hair. "To cut It short, I cleared out and tramped across country to Pilbrook station and took the afternoon train. Amy joined It with her two tin boxes at Burnt Ash, and I got Into her carriage car-riage at the next stop. I gave her all the money I had, and made her go on to Senbridge with one of the boxes. She'll get herself lodgings there nnd have a good time till further orders she can last a week, anyhow. I took the other box and came on here. And now, partner what about it? Wasn't It a brain-wave?" Billy took off his cap and made disorder dis-order of his honey-colored hair. "You mean to tell me,," he said dizzily, diz-zily, "that girl fell for It Just because you told her to?" "Ah, you don't understand the said bo. The burglary. Intervening, swamped all memory o tt But, after all. Lord Scroope'a arrival would be worse than the burglary. "It absolutely tears everything I said Almee desperately. "What am I to do? If only I'd told Billy I But even he wouldn't be able to do anything any-thing here." ' She paced the floor of the cave. The bottom had dropped out of the entire scheme of things. Then her face lit up with a gleam of hope, and she stopped short, thinking swiftly. "There might be time. It's frightfully fright-fully risky. But If I don't try It I'm done for." She buttoned up the dust-cloak with nimble fingers. . "As well be hung for a sheep as a lamb," said Almee. She left the cave, ran up to the crest of the crag-pit, and looked round cautiously. Then she picked up the skirts of the dust-cloak and scudded across the common like a hare. The Panhard luggage-car from Jervaulx Jer-vaulx wound lta way through the lanes, with Mr. William Spencer at the steering-wheel, clad In a dark green uniform overcoat with brass buttons. The time was 5:15 p. ni. The Panhard was running badly. In spite of Billy's overhaul, two of the cylinders misfired; presently the car stopped with a cough and splutter. Billy, using blood-curdling language anent the profligate Mr. Boxall, lute chauffeur of Jervaulx abbey, got down and opened the bonnet. It took him several minutes to start the Pnnhurd ugnln, nnd when finally he arrived at Stanhoe railway station, the train from Burnt Ash was alongside the platform. A painfully obvious policeman In plain clothes was lounging In the station sta-tion approach. He did not waste a second glance on Billy; the driver of the Jervaulx abbey car had no interest inter-est for him. Billy, anxious to pick up his passenger, the disastrous parlor maid, hurried onto the platform. He sighted his quarry at once. A young woman in a cheap black tlght-flttlng tlght-flttlng coat was standing by the luggage-van. Baggage checks are unknown un-known In England. A tin trunk was hurled out of the van by a blind, Invisible In-visible force, and Billy, approaching the passenger, raised his peaked cap politely. "Are you for Jervaulx abbey?" he asked. The young woman turned round. "I'm the new parlor maid," she said primly in broad Eastshlre dialect. "You might cnrry my box for me, It that ain't too heavy." Btj S1DNEI QOUHNQ Illustrations bq Ellsworth IJounq Copyright 1932 fry Sidnmy Cawing voltlng; I found him philandering most Indecorously with one of my, mu Id-servants." She fixed Billy with her eye. "I trust you have no such propensity as that." "I should," suld Billy Indignantly, "as soon think of drinking a gallon of petrol." "Precisely," said Lady Erythea with approval. "Then I should like you to enter upon your duties today. Say this afternoon. There are quarters for you over the garage, and the uniforms uni-forms of the man I discharged. You will only be required to go out once this evening. At five-thirty " Lady Erythea checked herself. "But I forgot. for-got. You will require a day or two's rest. You have had a strenuous night, your head Is injured" "That doesn't amount to a skeeter-blte, skeeter-blte, my lady," said Billy quickly. "My head's all right. I can be ready by this afternoon." "Very well, If you are sure. It will be convenient. My couchman Is away for the day. 1 believe the two motors are In order. Take the smaller one, the Panhard luggage-car, and meet the 5:30 truln at Stanhoe. There will be a young woman on the train. She Is coming here as parlor maid. Bring her and her boxes. You understand?" "Sure very good, my lady," said Billy. "What's her name?" "The name is Immaterial. She Is for Jervaulx. It Is curious," added Lady Erythea Impatiently, "how ray memory falls me. I forget the woman's wom-an's name. Alexander, you remember I spoke to you of this matter? The girl from Scroope, that I engaged on the recommendation of your uncle she was In his service. The dnughter of one of his keepers Lord Scroope gave her on exemplary character, she is coming on a fortnight's trial." "Snooks was the name you told me." said Mr. La robe. "To be sure. The young person's name Is Snooks," said Lady Erythea to Billy. "Thnt will preclude nil possibility pos-sibility of mistake. I regret, Spencer, thnt you would not allow me to recompense rec-ompense you, but I hava no doubt that I have acquired an excellent chauffeur. chauf-feur. And now you will be glad of a bath nnd a meal." She rang for the butler, and gave him an order. Mr. Tarbeuux and Billy departed in each other's company. Alexander Lambe breathed heavily. "My dear aunt," he said, "you are n law unto yourself, and I have known you do some remarkable things. But is it wise to engage as servant a man of whom you know nothing, without character or references?" "i jp AMY SNOOKS BTNOPSIS.-DlBllklng the prospect pros-pect of a month's visit to her austere aus-tere aunt. Lady Erythea Lambe, at Jervaulx abbey, and her cousin, Alexander Lambe, Almee, vivacious daughter of the Very Reverend Viscount Scroope. wanders Into the park, there encountering a strange youth. He laughingly Introduces nlmself as "billy," American. The two ride on his motorcycle, the "Flying Sphinx," and part With Gaorgina Berners, her cousin, Almee eta out for Jervaulx. She decides that Georglna shall Impersonate her at Jervaulx, while she goes on a holiday. Qeorglna's horrifled protest pro-test Is unavailing. Almee again meets "Billy." He tells her his nam Is Spencer, and she gives hers a Amy fenookes, at present "out of a job." Billy offers to take her Into partnership In selling the Sphinx. In a spirit of madcap adventure, ad-venture, she accepts. The two proceed pro-ceed to the town of Stanhoe, taking separate lodgings In Ivy cottage. That night Almee visiu Georglna and learns that the deception has not been discovered. She compels Georglna to continue the subterfuge. subter-fuge. On a trial spin, with Billy, Almee almost collides with a carriage car-riage In which are her aunt, Georglna Geor-glna and Alexander. The pair escape es-cape unrecognised. Georglna learns that Lord Scroope Is coming to visit Lady Erythea and Is In hopeless hope-less bewilderment. While Almee Is secretly visiting Georglna at Jervaulx, Jer-vaulx, the place Is burglarized. Almee escapes. Police decide the thieves are "Jack the Climber" and "Calamity Kate," who travel on a motorcycle. Billy, who has shadowed shad-owed Almee to Jervaulx, follows the thieves. He Is knocked out, but finds he has some costly emeralds. Realizing they must be part of the loot from Jervaulx, he starts for the abbey. He meets Almee, with the police In pursuit. In a secure hiding hid-ing place, a cave among the crag pita, Almee tells him the whole tory. He urges her that she make a frank con Tension to her father, but on reflection both realize Almee's good name has been compromised com-promised by her two nights' stay at Ivy cottage. Assuring Almee he has a plan to save her, Billy leaves her In the cave and, proceeding to Jervaulx, restores the emeralds to the astounded Lady Erythea. CHAPTER XIII Continued. "Mr. Spencer, not being a police-man, police-man, uses his common sense," Interposed Inter-posed Lady Erythea with extreme aridity. "Are you suggesting that he stole emeralds worth a fortune, for the pleasure of returning them with thanks besides wounding himself on the head?" Mr. Panke heaved a heavy sigh. "No, my lady, I am endeavoring to collect facts that may help In the tracing of the thieves." The inspector ran through his notes, detailing the Information Billy had given him during dur-ing the first part of the story. "Full name, William Spencer, on your way 1 "Of course there's danger still. It wasn't any good my giving a false nnme. Thnt would have been fatal In the end. But there's the trouMe that they knew me as Spencer, In Stanhoe. I'm going off right now to try ,tn' put that straight," said Billy. "I an see a light. Yes, I believe I can get away with It. That Inspector will be a nuisance, nui-sance, I'm afraid. But he's a fool, anyway." Almee looked at him admiringly. "What a lot of whoppers you must have told, Billy. Did you mind?" Billy put a twig between his white teeth and bit It In half thoughtfully. "Where I come from, we tate a liar," he said. "But there's Just one time when a man can He, an' U's up tohlrn to do it. Mind? I I enjojed it." "But I don't see how you can do it so well, If you've had no practli." "It's wonderful how you fall Into it, when there's something worth doin' It for," said Billy simply. "Well, I must get busy. I've got till the evening, when I fetch a hired girl from the station. She's from down your way. Name," he added, grinning, "of Saooks. What d'you think of that, partner?" "What?" cried Almee. "It must be Amy Snooks daughter of Dad' second sec-ond keeper, who was killed in the war. I know her as well as I know myself. I gave you her name when you asked me mine It was the first I could think of. .You suy Aunt has engaged her!" "Yes., On your father's recommendation." recommen-dation." "How beastly awkward I Directly she sees Georgie the game's up!" "That's rotten," said Billy seriously ; "we've got enough on our hands as It Is. If she wasn't a woman, I'd spill the car and put her out of action for quite awhile, so she couldn't give you away. As It is, seems to me the only thing Is for me to get hold of your cousin Georglna an' show her how to keep the Snooks girl quiet. I think It cnn be done, If Georglna has any sense." "Yes, that might do. I don't think we need worry much about Amy Snooks, after all. I wish I could get a word with Amy myself. She'd do any blessed thing I told her even If It was to throw herself Into a furnace. I can manage Amy. You'll Just have to do your best, though. But look here, Billy," said Almee earnestly, "you haven't told me yet how you're going to pull me out of It all. It's getting a worse tangle every hour. What's the plan?"' "I'll be back here about seven this evening," said Billy seriously, "and by then I'll bring you good news you trust me. Gee! why didn't you remind me?" he exclaimed with self-reproach, dragging a paper parcel from his pocket; "you must be starving." "I had some chocolate from the Sphinx's pannier." "Well, try this." Billy exposed some rashers of bacon between slices of bread, and a lukewarm sausage. "I wish It was something better. They gave me a meal at the abbey, and I pinched these for you. And here's your blue dust-clonk from Ivy cottage. "The Young Person, My Lady," SalJ Mr. Tarbeaux Softly. by Lord Scroope. My housekeeper will Instruct you In the rules of the establishment, estab-lishment, which all my domestics are required to keep rigidly. There Is, however, one wurnlng that I must give you." She was Interrupted by the arrival of the butler with a telegram. Lady Erythea opened It; Its message waa not unwelcome to her. . "Car broken down. Regret Impossible Impos-sible arrive Jervaulx. No time. Must leave for Closemlnster tonight. "ANTHONY." "There Is no answer," she said to) the butler. "Iord Scroope Is prevented prevent-ed from coming. Cancel the orders I gave you regarding his arrival." "Very good, my lady." Almee's heart leaped with Joy. But her face remained unmoved. She continued con-tinued to look demurely at the carpet. "I was about to warn you," said Lady Erythea, "that your predecessor was discharged at a moment's notice for allowing one of my menservanta to make advances to her of nn amatory ama-tory nature." "I don't understand, my lady," said Almee faintly. "She permitted," said Lady Erythea grimly, "my chauffeur to kisa her." The startled look of horror and disgust dis-gust which Almee's features respectfully respect-fully expressed, carried conviction even to Lady Erythea's mind. "It Is an unpleasant subject," said her ladyship, "which I should have wished to spare myself mentioning to you. It was necessary, however,, to clear the ground. I hope to hear good reports of you. You may go to the servants' hall." Almee bohled to her mistress, and left the room quietly. Outside she found Mr. Tarbeuux waiting for her. Everything depends on the angle from which one regards so supreme a person ns the butler. The new parlor maldi looked at him timidly. Mr. Tnrbenux, with an nlr of mingled satisfaction and apprehension, conducted her to the women-servants' hall. The housekeeper housekeep-er was absent. At Jervaulx the male nnd female servants were segregated In separate apartments for nieuls. Mr. Tarbeaur took his charge to a room next the vast kitchens, where a meat tea was In progress, presided over by a cook of vast adiposity. The pageboy was the only mule In the room. Mr. Tar-heoux Tar-heoux presented the newcomer la form. "Quite right," said Almee. "I am your cousin, Almee. And that's my cousin, Georglna Ber. ners." (TO I!K CONTINUED.) feudal spirit." sold Almee complacently. complacent-ly. "There have been Snooks In the Home wood ever since there were Scroopes In Scroope Towers. They help each other. When Amy and I were kids and went birds-nesting, she was always underneath when I fell out of the tree. She has Irregular features, but a heart of gold. And, by the way, of course Aunt Erythea has never seen Amy she engaged her on Dad's recommendation." "But she's seen you!" exclaimed Billy, "when you crashed the Sphinx Into her carriage." 'Only for half a second. She's blind ns a bat. She'll never know me. Isn't It great, Billy?" He looked at her thoughtfully. "Great Caesar's ghost !" he said, explosively, ex-plosively, "it is! You're right The last place on earth those fool police would ever find you or look for you, Is the house where the burglary happened. hap-pened. It's better than the cave, any. way. You'll be right under my eye; and among your own folk In case real trouble came. But" "But whot?" "Why, you can't do it I Yon, parlormaid par-lormaid to Lady Erythea? It's the acid test I Partner, you could never get away with It." Almee regarded him pityingly. "Billy, I may not know anything about men," she said, "but you know less than nothing about women. There Isn't the woman living, from six years old upwards, that Isn't a born actress, when she has to be. Most of us are acting all day and every day whether you guess It or not. I don't do that myself that's why you and I get on. lint I can! I can get away with It, Billy!" lie put on his cop with n bung. "Then let's get on!" he gasped. "There's nothing else for It now. The bonts are burned. Away for Jervaulx I" He leaned over and opened the rear door of the cur. "Jump down, partner, part-ner, and get In behind." "I sha'n't! What for?" "Get down, I tell you," snld Billy, sternly. "I've been warned about this! If I'm seen talking to parlor maids I get fired. In with you!" Almee obeyed like a lamb. "This hns got my nerve," groaned Billy, ns he let In the clutch. "Here's where we get ours." He drove at a furious pace till, turning turn-ing Into the park he approached the abbey und drew up at the side entrance. en-trance. The door stood open, and Mr. Tarbeuux. seeing the car, came out as Amy descended. "Miss Snooks?" he asked patronizingly. patroniz-ingly. "Yes." snid Almee shyly. Mr. Tarbeaux stared. In spite of the screwed hair and the print skirt, he had never seen such a vision of beauty at Jervuulx. "Her ladyship wished to see you lm-mediately lm-mediately you nrrtved. This wily." He strode before her through the corridor Into the grent hall, past the -nit of armor with which he bad col-Ihled col-Ihled In the gloom of the past dread. Tul n!ght. N(,w, however, Mr. Tar-: Tar-: caux was himself again. There wa (.-Irani of appreciation In his somber en. Hi- opeicd the donr of the wide mmUi room, where Ludy Erythea sat Billy's head swam. Ills fingers opened, and feebly closed again. His eyes bulged. It was Almee. Almee In a blnck coat over a print dress, and sensible boots. Her bronze hair was drawn straight back and plaited Into a respectable re-spectable knob, her eyes were preter-naturally preter-naturally solemn. They passed out. Billy took his place at the wheel, Almee seated herself her-self beside him. "I'll sit here," she said serenely, "and you can tell me about the place as we go. What's It like? They say her ladyship Is something chronic." Billy glanced at her dazedly, and let In the clutch. The transit of Stanhoe was made at something over the speed limit. ' When clear of the town. Billy gave the coughing I'unhard a full throttle and roared along the Jervaulx road. He did not look at Almee, who was staring straight In front of her. Billy switched the car down a narrow lane, covered by overarching trees, nnd stopped the engine. He turned to face Almee. "Pnrtner," he said, "what In thunder thun-der does this mean?" Almee looked at him, and dissolved Into spasms of laughter. "What do you think of It, Billy?" she suld. "Aren't I the complete Amy Snooks?" "It don't go!" said Billy, almost fiercely. "Let me In on this. What have you been doing?" "When you left me this morning, I remembered something positively awful. aw-ful. Dad was coming here this afternoon after-noon at five o'clock." Billy whistled with dismay. "The police business had driven It right out of my head. And I couldn't consult you. I thought the only thing was to get to Scroope Towers and try to put it right. I knew there was a truln about ten at Stanhoe, and I started for the station. But I never got there." "Thank the powers you didn't !" said Billy fervently. "All the stations are watched. You'd never have passed through alone without getting pulled by the cops." "Well, the train wasn't necessary. A car overtook me on the road-driven road-driven by a young man. He pulled up and offered me a lift." "Oh!" suld Billy. "He was quite a good sort. Inclined to be a bit sentimental; but It was a fast car, and he was rather new to driving. What's the matter with you?" There was an expression on Billy's face thot she had not seen there before. be-fore. He wus looking sour. "Get on with the song and dance," he said shortly. "Well. I wus dropped near Scroope, and I got across to the Towers; creep ng about like a Bed Indian, so nobody no-body haw me. I had o l-k In through the morning room window and sow Dad rending his letter I hm! a niin-i 'o go In and kiss blin, but, of course thnt wouldn't do. He van lookln.; weused- I think be was reading Atmi Kryt Lea's loiter iippn.linr (,f me. (, course he hadn't hoard !,. ,K, J( iriary. There's no ulephom.' at Scroop. Dad won't have one, "Then I stiiliwd tup giiraro, -lv-i v'.il Grundle, our shover. had got the "Alexander," snld his aunt, "you almost betray Imbecility. What better references could I have than the restoration resto-ration of the Lambe emeralds nnd the refusal of a reward, when the man could have made a fortune for himself without any risk of detection?" Mr. Lambe was dumb, That abominable creuture Boxall," said Lady Erythea, "had unexceptionable unexception-able references, and was chauffeur eighteen months to the bishop of Lat-Chester. Lat-Chester. You know what his record wus here." She turned upon Alexander. Alexan-der. "Do you, a shepherd of men, pretend to say that you think thnt young man anything but absolutely honest ?" "I observed him, and I am certain he Is honest," said Alexander after a pause. "But er his manner Is very peculiar." "We must make allowances," proclaimed pro-claimed Lady Erythea, "for the Independence Inde-pendence of the American. In theory I have always believed It detestable. Actually I find It not unattractive." CHAPTER XIV The New Parlor Maid. Almee, sitting In the morning sunlight sun-light near the mouth of her burrow, heard a rustling among the bushes and at once dived back Into shelter. Presently there was a soft whistle, which she answered. Mr. William Spencer parted the brambles very qui-etly qui-etly nnd entered the cave. "Billy J" He clicked his heels together and touched his cap. "Anything I cun do for you, miss?" he said grinning. "Got a new Job. Chauffeur to her Indyshlp. Four a week and all found." "What !" Billy sut down beside her nnd made his report. Almee henrd It, at first, with the air of Desdenmna listening to Othello, Then she rolled on the sand in helpless spasms of laughter. "How absolutely gorgeous," she panted, sitting up and wiping her eyes. "You've done splendidly. 1 wish I'd been there to heur you bluff the fut policeman. But what's the good of the chauffeur's Job, Billy? That will hamper you." "Not a bit! It's great. I Just Jumped nt It. You see, I've got a sure berth now. right close here, where I want to be. I'm your mint's man. And she's some old girl, too she Isn't taking anything from nnyone. You should have beard her handing It to the policeman. I'm solid so far. And," added Billy, gleefully, "I've two automobiles In my charge. Not had ones either. We can't use the Sphinx. Kilt, if we want to shift you quick an' lively, you've the cyll on those two cars." "I never thought of thutl You're '.iht. Billy." from Beechwell to Stanhoe railway station, Intending to catch the 2:15 a. m. mall train to London, when you encountered the thieves about 1:30 m. Is that correct?" "Precisely," said Billy, annealing tbe statements Into his memory. It would not do to forget any of them. The thought of the work he was giving giv-ing the Recording Angel caused him not a tremor. He was thinking only of Almee, biding In her cave behind the bramble bush. "Do you want me to come to the station house?" ' "Not necessary," snld the Inspector, after a moment's hesitation, "but I want to know where you can be found Immediately In case anything further transpires and your testimony will be wanted If we apprehend the thieves." He avoided Lady Erytheu's . "Overseas club, London, will find sne. I've quarters there." The Inspector made a note. "What Is your occupation?" ' "Motor engineer." "Engineer?" queried the Inspector, (lancing at Ms hands. "Well, say motor mechanic," said Billy grinning, "and proud of It." "Art you employed with any firm?" "I am on my own at present." Inspector I'anke closed his notebook note-book with a snap. "I must return to my duties, your ladyship. I congratulate you on recovering recov-ering the emeralds." He bowed gloomily gloom-ily to Mr. Lambe and darted at Billy a parting glance that said: "Young man. however little you desire to see me again, I shall find you when I wunt yoo. I am Inspector I'anke." The door closed behind blin. "It Is a pleasure," said Lady Erythea Ery-thea grimly, "to reduce the self-esteem self-esteem of that very fatuous person." She turned to Billy with Increased Interest. In-terest. "You are, It seems, a motor mechanic. And out of employment. Would you care for a situation as chauffeur? I cnn offer you," said Lady Erythea. "four pounds a week, and all found." . Billy was submerged by two waves of emotion. The first wns a strangled desire for laughter. The second, nn Instant determination to clutch nt the offer, with Its ar nr.lng possibilities and advantages tiint opened before Mm. Thought wns a very fluid thing with Billy. "Done!" he exclaimed. Mr. Alexander Lambe couched. "Say, 'yes, my lady.'" he murmur-d. "Yes, my lady!" announced Billy. Info the enr-tnimpet. "Very good ' said l.ndy Erythea with satisfaction. "I engnge you. I must wnrn you." tj: added with sudden caution, cau-tion, "that I hail to discharge my hist chauffeur for dishonesty an offense that In your cusu is obviously liiipos- Almee Started to Her Feet In Sheer Panic. Put thnt on. Itll cover the tear In your dress. In case nnyone came across you. I'll try an' raise a new skirt for you. An' now I've got to slide out and get to work." He rose quickly, and was gone before be-fore she could suy a word. Almee went to the cuve's mouth and watched him out of sight. "I wonder what he'll do," she suld to herself. She reflected on the situation. situa-tion. The difficulty concerning Amy K nook s, the new pnrlur maid, was uppermost In her mind. A Hush came Into Almee's eyes; !; announced the birth of a brilliant Idea. She laughed Impishly, and then sighed. "Can't be worktid, I'm afraid," she murmured. "Too far away, aim there Isn't timu. But what u pitv! I" Suddenly Almee started to her feet !n sheer panic. "Oh, meat heavens, what an iiil,,; 1 am! Pad! I quite for;;ot !" The stress of the as; tin hnii'.-had hnii'.-had utterly driven froiv, her mind mu vital fact that rui.v came ha'i; pnc-i, nntly. Lord Sci-iip- ;,s cm inn i , Jervuulx ut 5 p. m. Georgia huu |