| Show LADY LARKSPUR by MEREDITH NICHOLSON by son 9 GOOD NEWS OR GAD BAD bl no abc richard u searle uc american IRLI playwright iso confides ad 1 to tila his ie friend bob kalkman alib tact in that 1 inspired by p the gram of at a yaws son actress ea whom he had bea been arse you in landon a ha pla ha written oil ft a play piny lady jady I larkspur par olav run alth the t thought h that alia should amid interpret fanire t t the h I 1 char r ile till thib sir girl violet as haa d PP it and ad gollas beai lea ro im or fos to allow is 0 ilia play to b ha or pro 0 with till any I 1 1 ree in ih to th por part sui strool hua has I 1 amt returned 0 in toli ded from romes france where h he hod be been orvens J in ch the fabon pm corps or 71 ahli uncle IT raymond basil 0 o for ford a wealthy ra mr man had contracted it a marriage a elmot time tame binnom in his seem death roll w laile imi on a visit ill to japan por he left Sma lial a mail amount mt of money old and we the krofl ot of heslor residence c 1 in th et no rage ot of at hla a bummer hour home bir r to ton on the sound connecticut mr Raa fard liford I 1 if believed to be I 1 travel in ins in a the tax 0 orient ial to the b household he at barton 1 abdo do up no of werly elderly emp employee of 11 the 1 acon so i lork as colel liters ar bashford Baah ford I mad fiade us hla h horn by ill die terms term of a his in the these people inson raa are to hae a isare at barton for the rest ot 1 flat the their r llcy re ii ingleton a ow we goes to barme barion no with all mm 1 tha me sam manu script of 1 lady or ariu larkspur ar there he be a finds the tha household Row new tr angely upset breet sam some of dt its in cleabon embon cl niem berB holes being maps suspected old by their comrades com radea of pro raine germanium aamna head of the rom informs hill that as he efte b been leit by the somewhat m of a baranger Bt ranger a foreigner for elgner at mrs lure bashford a CHAPTER 1 continued court it 3 ax A I 1 went about we mv unpacking attracting I 1 was warry sorry that I 1 had discouraged antoine a 8 confidences that the aliee old hotel et flung upon a farm knitli ill tile little to do BO should fall to quai sea not at surprising eur but hat he had said mid us as to the inquiries for mrs mm baill ford r had roused use it my culI cullity Ity bibro ed lu 1 spite int of my locala legal right ight to live on the fa arm in I 1 had bad no intention of remaining it if mv uncle 6 w widow w turned fald up tip she could call d be baraty rolly fall I 1 to regard me a as so an whodunit poor rotation relation no matter matte how strict i I 1 kept to my own lu artera to 1 I to whistled istler myself into good humor abe s 5 I 1 it and ad started tor far the house blue thee long the followed the alic shore veering off for a look at the brinken n garden one ot of the few fr tea tares of the plan place that had bad ever later anter led my uncle 11 A As I 1 paused a on the steps step I 1 caught sight of 0 a man a sitting dejectedly on a stone bench near a fountain ahoe jet to tossed red rod and caught a ball falth I 1 U languid iteration I 1 had it identified hi 10 1 as a as an old aid T nehm bell top hop 1 enoi familiarly as dutch before he wi h heard so my step and sprang to his feet grabbing a pitchfork these pronga prong lie he predest presented to it threateningly gly oh lie it B aou i ou sir he faltered d dropping ropp i th the implement excuse me sit ali ft hat a is a your trouble dutch you tou 1 re not at expecting burglars are your muy IN ft ell no sir but things on the ill place aint what they their will it its my nine name which aint my name not at reelar an im camian in the tool house bouse an roe me hem bom right there in new kew york rork a an american america clean through uv me gran Erand dimp pap came a are acroca when he wua was a kid but it aln 1 t my fault I 1 he win go goiman am sir me singleton I 1 due don t know no 0 G a an except cleme plate pretzel ecknor t alener r miteno auret and the them kinds kind 0 voids tells those list belong rea to the uni universal venal language dutch I 1 answered repeat consol angly ft hot hat la IS your year name a anyhow align augustus me and I 1 say it all bint t no worsen woman longfellow he protests protested the point was sus del delicate dellima limb and ad not net one me ill that at I 1 fet felt in myself qualified to discuss I 1 bade him three cheer up and ad passed on A As i reached the house I 1 heard a harp command in a an Rut authoritative lairUn wire olee and saw I 1 I 1 at t a curve came of the dihe way a 1 number I of men in military i formation performing evolutions in tte the most sprightly manner th they carried 1 led e bromma broomsticks ticks and at sight eight of me the it he commander brought his raw corn pony pany to very ragged I 1 present acres anast I 1 their uniform was that of the he ham bellhops belt hops and waiters and it t dawned up upon R we me that this was a on an army of protest representing the allied arculas annaca on the shores shares of Cosper connecticut there them was a dozen door of them and the captain I 1 rom pried a aa scotty a lie hop atho he had bad long worn the tyringham Ty ringham lum diary I 1 wera my hand to them and ad turned to had find antoine making awaiting me a at it the door it if the troops air he explained its Vs to keep dutch and gretchen a and ad ba eafe eha he s the wife of that floru fai nn ID proper order der sir she troops was wn a large term tor for the awkward wood squad of 11 retired v alters and bell 1 I hops hope and 1 I it nas a with dim ulav that I 1 kept my face ace straight it a most unfortunate but we was s forced to it dinner I 1 Is served it air 11 from the dining table in the long it alg me I 1 caught a p I 1 glimpses lama I 1 the gathering dusk desk of cotty 8 limits battal toil job hi at 11 its evolutions Ani wine olne I 1 mid bald all what aln flo all r i hy he it locse anta ts of at trouble on the you toil re ri not net bill illy or will to imagine that dutch and a i can couple ale of women can do anything out oui here hem to aid 1 d Aran america Ihme a enemies 1 and an as aa for these inqui ilea about mrs bashford they couplet t possibly have ani thing to do with the war speck cally who rho are tile the persons persona who chov ve asked to for beer them a the pirty I 1 told you yen about most persistent abos motored hert here three times athars find and another person ah he some seems to be looking for him sir air its it E most singular it its a singularly ridiculous at the taci re probably piano tuner toper or rival agents tor for a TVS rug house or something of that soft bort they may be agents but not that they airty it bind sir hs lips quiver il either cither 1 from fr apar or ar Torm vexation thas at my refus refusal to take his story etory seriously nf if anything tangible happens antoine I 1 sold said kindly anything we to can really put our or hard hands a OB well we 11 deal with it ft but bat yoa fee musto t get non nerious aws or allow boursell lo ursell to suspect who be turns up here of evil designs design against the roped lie lie come here hem for quiet you know iknou and we a cant ha hae a S every cry pass ing a stranger t eager throwing the place into plate panic I 1 tied had no DO sooner readied reached the library whom where be gorom gome gave coffee thin flim I 1 heard a slow measured tread on the th broad brick terrace that ran along th the albig ban house a on the side toward tu t it I 1 the h sound the windows were sere oper open and ad the guard was la in plain vie vice I 1 glan glanced ad at antoine whose attitude toward me was that of one me benevolently tolor tolerant mit of hilt he meant to save me in n spite oan of a itus eness tell the picket to roma himself where them iwon I 1 won it hear him if you please antoine he disappeared through one me of the respell french windows holon and in a moment I 1 saw the guard pa patrolling t ailing a walk a k some distance train from the house I 1 now me made ad myself comfortable with till a book and cigar gar but I 1 had hardly settled myself mi sell I 1 I 1 ali the tha house 1 in order I 1 judge for or a quiet let hour before I 1 heard board a is commotion from the direction of the gets f followed fl ad a few auto later by a shout about and ad a noisy clay colloquy after which a roadster settled arrived in haste at the front door sir torrence sir sam announced oil antoine I 1 m sorry sir but he ran by the he guard at the gate and ad our car in man lelow below the house stopped him I 1 its a a precaution weve been bee taking sir torr torrence ne a sense of humor we waa always a little feeble and I 1 hastened into tile the ball to reassure him as to hi us welcome tor for gods code sake asks singleton what hats 6 happened lapp ened here A bond band of pirate jumped on my running abord 1 board and itter fire id it I 1 knocked mick them off a road mad gout agent stopped me m right there in sig sight lit of the house and poked poke 1 the murile of a shotgun in my face mighty sorry iou on were annoyed but bat there then b hae be e been some queer characters about tramps and that sort of thing and the people on the place piece tire merely a little em haa baie cigar I 1 all I 1 ran can RRY bay la Is that you it better wild your role friends the password pass pa wod that fool feel out at falth in the gun ger 1 afi likely to kill wasel somebody md animal antohne he turned to the butler who ulm we was drawing the car curtains litho at the windows if the property a be acen threatened you should have ban informed me moonlit stole Is les air but bill its only been bee quite recent meant and knowing mr me singleton was coming we dire t ilk like to bothi bother you sel cn e can only apologize apologies tarry I 1 intel posed the I 1 he employee I 1 have been armed alarmed hut but were we re hound bound to emon commend artud their 1 teal I humphe lie be ejaculated sit the he wounds to ills his dignity still raw kipa I 1 forced a cigar upon blin and talk ed 6 of th the a weather to c cover r alt Anto antoinee ines inea tri ret retreat as L ire I 1 solved resolved no not t to R tell him the real cause of the servants servant s opp apprehensions 1 el tensions hen knowing ill his dl pt to 0 magnify trifles tribes led and tearing rearing he be might send bend the poll police r to investigate he led died only five file mile fr roin u barton a larton fact fact to a which he now new refer referred ral 1101 heard boded of an any tramps or over my way may be said frowning these thee a old lura tirs your year uncle left nor here are ara simply hipped that biats a nil it a A a wonder code r you did at think of upsetting his 1 will on the armed of mental let up soundness oh ob chuck allock it I 1 they re well oell morning meaning helpless people and am ia its b bully fly tint hint uncle bash provided a im home fo tor them there theme a nobody else to use ise the place its his cigar hod bad proved soothing but bat re my I 1 lift it remark caused him to sit elf up in his chair by george georg I 1 my hold up bred almost made me folget what I 1 camo came for 1 I have news name for you singleton good m or bad BI 1 you may take rake I 1 it I 1 mrs bashford Is I 1 tn A america ahm mis ADS I 1 repeat repeated oil rate where do you get these pleasant tidings this lie ie ans ansfred anwer ored eil producing a tolo telegram germ sis Is all I 1 know about it lie he seemed to sense my discomfiture the message read pitfall I 1 d mass sept 20 J B T 1 trust C co N new aw york L landed tided nt at seattle a week ago rod and have haie ben been motoring east from chicago to son sec the country will reach much barton la IS four fear or the alv e do da s please wire roe me at tile the ashington tt iN inn lenox lenon whether hether house la Is in order tor for occupancy y alice S bardford efard well u what hat do you yen say to that he demanded 1 11 I say its taking unfair advantage I 1 alora answered ered savagely 1 I ye re got to clear out lot that the first thing not necessarily ere ily lour right to a the prop garage is settled she lie oust exist you it 1 she wanted led to youve tou a got to toy stay here raw till she ill orase conies theres therea no ducking that there are many 1 little 1 fie courtesies she would net nat arll aurally y expect rp rt fr from you I 1 aa delighted that you see my duty so closely clearly I 1 1 if you bad haan hadn t assured in me that she was sate safe at the end of th the world 4 t have set toot foot here the houss house Is 1 in order I 1 judge he ressar remarked ked glancing shout about the room 1 I ve got to u wire in her that we re ready veggo Z f tor her you most certainly have bevel you might add that she ches a causing serious rl hico inconvenience to her late husbands u wood only nephew lephe you really dont mean thata he inquired anxiously oh thunder all no I 1 had bad forgotten how trying torrence con could id be he now suggested that we summon antoine and take a look at it the a house awa folrence To Tol irence rence is a conscientious fellow with ath so no exact act and ad orderly mind led and ad there iber 0 was no e corner re r of the from cellar to garret that we me didiot mp explore I 1 ore it was highly creditable to the a old ser servants vents that the house was untaught thoroughly Y babi habitable able As we rem nere on our way domn downstairs stairs the old fellow detained we me a moment have you told him about tile fort parties lem I 1 shook my head in angry rejection of the lie idea that I 1 should tell torrence a about law t the parties part lei and dismissed b him ire as won soon as we reached the hall 1 I suggest said aid torrence I 1 that when rhen she comes come you have flowers in haff a all the rooms the conservatory no will supply enough and it occurs to me t that t the h more inconspicuous a Y you ke mom rou make t his bunch ot of larv laev depend dependents s the more agreeable it will be tor for mrs mes bashford you do dont I 1 expect much of me I 1 it was axis neier in the contract that I 1 should become the patriarch of those these ver venerable erable relics miles but ill I 1 II 11 warn them I 1 to conceit I 1 thermal themselves re as much as pos pea sible I 1 fully expert expect to Is leave it the ree reservation ration for good just one hour after the ady arrives fo that a your affair of course A As she a 8 motoring we mr can t i just net time her bee arrival but bat when ohm I 1 get gel ft a wire that shea he a on the tha way may ill III telephone one vou van and of 0 course after she sew gets herp here iff come at once am to pay my respects respect you to can it come too soon c I 1 answered spitefully |
