Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1927, Page 35

STAR., W ™ RS, Ak S - THE BLACK JOKFI {BEL OST ed from Yesterday's Star) | Janet interrupted qu t visit the rustic pergola favorite Under have Oh. no, She could: which had been her mother yetreat, with Basil Ferrars! ordinary conditions mi found him mildly amusing, but in (he troubled state of her mind his at tude of idle nonchalance irritated h Still he was daddy’s friend. sh hastened to soften her ref 1 | 1eel . too, today. but I should like 1o sec the Japanese garden. hall we go there?" With alacrity stion ar o steps oference. Her rs ted to ied her down with exazgerated thoughts were still the preceding interview. Therc been something odd about Mr ore’'s astonishment t Jearn or father’s attorney was expect the evening, some hidden sig ce in the way he had warned to trust no one, and above ¢ - did the Idea that she had known some one strangely like him haunt her so persistentl y father has more a lon ping to cons tion Two or three vears, I believe” the young man replied, with an alert note different from his ust banal tones . 1 0f him shook her he: v oof has or .d Pad. stop: known Mr. Without Ne . asked the ques: 1. “Fa. vou ir never busi odd, but I feel t 1 have met some’ one very like Mr. Padm before, no one They had reached the Japanese gar den with its stunted, grotes twisted shrubbery and avched bridge, but though Ferrars had stop- | ped also in the path, his eyes were fastened, not on the scene before them, but on her face and he spoke sharply, almost roughly! “Where did you see this person who was like Padmore? Think! When was 1t? Try to recall it, Miss Dane!” She glanced at him in wonder, not #0 much at his question as at the manner of it, and at that moment there came a cry from the terrace. “Basil! Basil! I want you!" It was Mrs. Madison, but her voice, too, was changed. It held a note of agitation that was almost fear! CHAPTER XVIL Silver Hairs and Black. ‘M here in the garden Miss Dane, Mrs. Madison! will join you immediately Ferrars called reassuringly, and then added to the girl at his side: “Wait here for me; I shan't be a moment! I'm afraid Mrs. Madi- son has learned something of the dan- gers you encountered that we've all been trying to keep from he Without waiting for a reply he turn- ed and left her and Janet walked to | a little carved teak bench and dropped limply upon 1t. That she wait there for Ferrars’ return had been more a command than a request, but she had no desire to intrude. She was becom- ing more and more bewildered. On spoken ness assoc h with I 4 reaching Daneholm she had confident- ly hoped to leave all mystery behind, but here she seemed to be more deeply enmeshed in it than ever! Would "RANDER. Daddy catch the boat at Havre or at least send her a cable But the day passed and still theré wis no news of him. Basil Ferrars re joined her after a brief interval to an- no that Mr. Padmore had been ompelled to leave on an urgent busi- matter and before ing he had ureed Mrs, Madison so solemnly to guard her ward that the old lady had Jane 5 iculous, of course with a laugh “Nothing nnoy or disturb you here, would be the last to on unnecessarily wor- nee med for ectly SIS p he finish n ever nore’s like @n himself y Padmore had word with \though without Janet's uld not gone 1 her! sank, she ¢ told wt have fear rounded 1 safety her t home, her father's friends and servants, but she was forced to check the impulse to tell Ferrars very short- that the mystery surrounding her h to annoy and disturb any she had almost forced her- into it and it was Daddy's affair; nust wait. At luncl ual, che emin lle messag nd afterward she w rest on hat that opened « gracious sell only for the del: from Richard Dane, net announced that to her room to read and Once th however, she put L heavy tweed sport suit nd slipped down to a 1 path leading he kitchen sardens and tennis courts. I'he freacherons warmth of early s ng had vanished with a cold east wind and the sky was over t and heavy with a hint of coming rain, but she wanted to take a long walk by Lerself with no one to interrupt her vful, nxiou de door round tho The path branched off into another that wound back behind the stables nd garage toward the woodland, and once under the shade of the great trees Janet breathed more freely. She cast suceeeded in eluding Basil nd solitude brought peace to her hewildered spirit. Perhaps Daddy wouldn’t bother to send a message, be- icving she would take his silence to n that he was on his way back to J No news would be g¢ news in that event and her spirits lightened as strolled deeper into the gloom. v was growing darker where howed through the branches overhead and presently a interlaced | a fussy old wom- |~ “hy: she felt no slightest | yvc sur- | going to carry 'em out, see, and felt | Mariott's pistol on this walk? She felt ] mood softened. However. X limbs de- | stituted chaperon’s first watit, a horror that paralyzed he scend upon | nd could only motionles ind the man swept the low branches aside and advanced to- ward her. It wasn't Bill, after all! face appe: far more evil, 'p pulled low over sullen eyes and a uns e jaw thrust pugnacious outward, but he carried his shoulder and his gested the uniform of his is private words, though gruff, “No one's allowed through Where'd you come from?" I am Miss Dane,” Janet replied simply. “This is my father's estate. You did not know, perhaps, that I had returned.” > made as though to pa s man still blocked her way. . but you don't go through! here wias a gruds t in h tone, but it was doz “Nobody's going ounds: 1've got my g rom Mr, Dane?” Janet drew her self up htly. “Don’t you under- stand that I am his daughter, and your orders do not apply to me “I don't care who you are, and never su mind who my orders is from! I'm nd you This man with a corduro; His her to these order don’t 7 His voice was manner almost menacing. Janet de cided to bandy words with him no further, but she turned she re marked with dignity: “Your conduct be reporte If your instructions are to guard this ugly now and his con Mrs. Madison was har { property you should look beyond the wall!” Leaving him abruptly back toward the evident that he must have stood ing after her as long as she wi sight, for no further movement from the copse she had left. It was by mere chance that she struck the path 1in for she wi half-blinde by indignation Accustomed to the deference of Continental servants was affronted that an employe of h father's should have dared her so truculently, and she wi ) to talk to Basil Ierrars when, ving the wood behind, she came upon him hurrying toward her at sharp turn of the path, There you are!y The words were the same as his morning greeting on the terrace, but uttered with a different intonation. “You little fool you mean!” . . . r. Ferrars! You have forgotten 1t, T think.” Janet spoke quiet- but her voice trembled. *You are a guest in my father's house, but not by my invitation will you remain in an_hour longer! Let me pa asel” ‘Oh, I say!" he stammered, redding. “I did forget myself! Please let me explain! It was my anxiety for you, the deep responsibility we all feel! I meant to say you were a foolish little she started gentle, steady rain pattered down, but | girl, for we none of us wanted to tell Janet kept on, comfortable in her heavy jacket and stout boots, although <he had left the.dwindling path long since and wandeved over the thick car- pet of leaves which innumerable dy- ling seasons had left underfoot. All at once something stirred in a deep copse ahead and she halted. No bird or small animal could have caused that violent rustling, which had ceased as abruptly as her own footsteps on the sodden leaves. Mrs. Madison had said her father used this tract for his shooting: could it be stocked with bigger game? Then the dense thicket of under- growth parted and Janet suppressed a little scream as a man's face peered out at her, and she remembered the glimpse of Bill skulking near the boundaries of Daneholm the day be- fore. Why hadn't she brought Philip vou that there is a certain amount of danger for you if you venture alone from_the House. Circumstances over which we have no control!” “You have control, at least, over your manner toward me, Mr. Ferrars, and I find it distinctly offensive, no matter what your motives! I—I have nothing further to say to you!"” With her small head held high she passed him and continued to the house, hoping to make her way to her room unobserved, for she felt that she could endure no further encounter, but Mrs. Madison was waiting at the side door with a look of such strained anxie! on_her face that the girl's APARTMENTS TO LET All Sizes—Low Rentals L. W. GROOMES, 1416 F ST. 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She was in | pooe “dear boy was quite beside him- | America, in her od as thos little convent g On e tr insolence, Fer ness, and Mrs »f authority were alike insupportable | =but the last two were her father's | had absence, thought her still in danger her when half an hour | woman presented her: anet welcomed her with contrition. my dear, more nervous about vou than I friends, her they in his Gradually You see, Ir: the breaking 1 shall g0 and come openly 1s 1 please in my father's house' One ly |of his employes has just spoken to have offended you; he's waiting down in the morning room in the hope that vou will let him apolozize. Remem ber that in spite of his youth he is a valued friend of your father's and go to him." Janet yielded to her entreaties. the more as the elderly lady took at once to her bed with a violent headache but the conversation that ensued with the penitent young man did not quite heal the breach and their teta-tete dinner was a constrained one: At its conclusion a divel curred that was more than welcome to Janet, for a motor car drove up to the door and Owen announced the arrival of Mr. Horace Gray. With a hurried excuse to Ferrars Janet went quickly to the library tremulous with eagerness to see this friend of her childhood, and secretly not sorry that Mrs. Madison's indispo sition would give her the opportunity to receive him alons, even though <he might not reveal to him the events which had hefallen her. She found him standing by the mantel, a portly, still erect figure with the shock of iron-gr membered abun turned a silvery white. ward with outstretched hands spoke in a voice decper and antically My dear Janet! Iam glad to know you are safe at home, but g given us all a great deal of anxiet I vour father especially! T suppose “1 can only guess at the ou have been through ched home, and per the troubles that may vesull from them before 1 can place you in your father's hands, but I Wwant you to promise me for the sake of my peace of mind that you won't leave the grounds alone! We'll motor every day if you like, to places you ind then , may remember in the neighborhood a wel |and Mr. Ferrars will be delighted to I ap |vide with you, but please do not at- tempt to wander about by yourself!” *|_ 1 shail not be at all pleased to see any more of Mr. Ferrars than common courtesy demands,” Janet re- | marked stifft “Ah, T know! He has told me of his rudeness to you, but you must try to understand and forgive. The her self-con | in distress. words were | experiences | before you . how Indiscreet of | hans 1 masnify had Mrs resentment point. net's te: she sped herself tace | longue. It flun own home! Must she | colf with anxiety! He met Peters, the gh W mere | gamekeer nd learned you had 1 still? That man's |jeen prevented from continuing your unpardonable rude- g qt is all such a stupid m Mad assumption | ynderstanding?” Mrs. Madison laid her hand on the girl's arm. ‘“Peters n uncouth, hoorish creature, but | tie's thoroughly Jle and has been | here fc rs; it was I who gave . |orders. even before 1 received the tele- cooled and [zram that you were coming, to allow | no one to enter or leave the premises | without permission, for suspicious characters have been seen loitering about since your father’s departure and 1 was naturally nervous. Basil d that he should s tect they to nd elected i it and temper more er the elderly clf at the door 1 have been cared ained. |is terribly distres any of | measured with the years. | [ghnuld scold you for beinz so naughty |and running away, but I'm too re- | lievea:” He beamed upon her, patting her shoulder ufter she released her hand, {and then sank into the chair to which he gestured, blowing his nose gustily. Innet's glance traveled to the photo 2aph of the old attorney on the mantel and then she laughed with an | \most hysterical note as she ex v! You haven't I'm sure you won't old me. It is too bad Mrs. Madison isn’t feeling very well, but— | “Between you and me, Janet, I'm | not as sorry as I ought to be! I'm hg ttorney—look out for some of her a irs through your fathe ve | only had one personal interview with her and I thought her a most exc:l lent worn though inclined to nerves: I'd rather have this little talk h you quite by ourselves!™ I'm lad, too!” Her eyes had never lleft his face and now she rose an: perched herself shyly on the arm his chair. “I had only a vagu memory of vou before you came, ng and talking with you bri 11 _bael Do yow remember wher sed to play with your wateh and— nd do this Janet put up her hand and ruffied Jis hair and he drew her down t ore him, holding her by mocl gloom of the wooded bank approaching and now she saw tle way with your father for you know about that! he's serfously disples was a claimed: L note had achivved ruffled his.snowy locks w made of pieces o RHEUMATIS “none of your blandishments to an old man! 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