The Girl and the Bill: An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure — John Shaqi
The Girl and the Bill: An American Story of Mystery, Romance and AdventureMerwin, Bannister
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The Girl and the Bill: An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure
Merwin, Bannister
Adventure stories; Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction; Love stories; Mystery fiction; Spy stories
A man came into view on the drive at the side of the house: a servant to
care for the car, of course; and Orme, with the uneasy feeling of one who
has been trespassing, moved away toward the corner of the block. He
looked back, however, and saw the newcomer clamber into the car and send
it slowly up the drive.
At the same time a light illumined one of the upper windows of the house.
A shadow was thrown on the curtain. Perhaps it was the girl herself. What
explanation had she given her friends for appearing so late at their
door? Probably she had told them no more than that she was tired and
belated. She was not the kind of girl from whom an elaborate explanation
would be asked or expected.
Then a thought startled him. Was this, perhaps, her home? No, she had
spoken of the people who lived here as her friends, and she would not
have tried to keep the truth from him by subterfuge. If this were her
home and she had not wished him to know it, she would have requested him
to leave her before they had come so far.
It dawned upon him that it would not be hard for him to learn who lived
in this house, and possibly through that knowledge to get a clue to her
identity. His heart warmed as he realized how completely she had trusted
him. His assurance that he would not try to find out who she was had
satisfied her. And Orme knew that, if she had been so readily assured, it
was because she had recognized the truth and devotion in him.
With a happy sigh, he turned his back once and for all and walked rapidly
away. But he did not go toward the electric-car line, which he knew must
lie a few blocks to the west. Instead, he retraced the course they had
come, for he had decided to visit the university campus once more and try
to discover what had become of Maku, and more especially of the other
Japanese, who had secured the papers. That he would be recognized and
connected with the attack on Maku, was unlikely.
When he came to the corner of Sheridan Road and Chicago Avenue, he
hesitated for a moment. Should he go north through the campus and seek a
trace of the Japanese who had escaped? Nearly half an hour had gone since
the adventure among the trees, and the man must have got completely away
by this time. Having the papers, he surely would not linger to learn the
fate of Maku.
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