Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

10 see you again. I can't bear to think that
after this pleasant afternoon we must part.
never TO meet again. Can't you stay In
Springfield until day after tomorrow, and
meet me again here, In the afternooni"
Mr.. Dunlap hesitatcd. His companion
was pale and trembling.
"What'il your husband sayi" he asked,
after q pause. t.....
my husband" she exclaimed, In star
tied manner, as II she had forgotten his very
existence. 20, it's about that and other
things that wish you 70 advise me, )" she
went on with terrible earnestness, ~ am In
a great deal of trouble. want TO tell you
about II. You look kind, you can help me
II you only will"
Mr.. Dunlap knew perfectly well that 1t
was very imprudent TO make an appoint
ment with an entire stranger, but as he was
equally sorry for her, and sure Of his own
ability TO take care of himself, he gave the
required promise. A look Of inexpressible
relief came over her face and her eyes filed
with tears.
She thanked him fervently, begged him
not TO trouble himself to see her to the
train, and after warm pressure of his hand
disappeared.
Mr.. Dunlap's pity for her did not prevent
him from the disloyalty TO her memory OF
searching his pockets TO see IL any OF his
valuables were missing Finding them all
intact he went to hotel to await the APP
pointed day.
When the designated time arrived Mr.
Dunlap, though he had thought constantly
OF tho fair unknown In the interval and had
mixed up the thoughts Of her with his con-
scientious study of the city so that about all
the view he had been able to see from the
Armory tower was the vision of bright
eyed woman making violent love to himself.
and had studied the architecture OF the
public library with the question; us 1t ever
justifiable TO get a divorce for intolerable
crueltyl" uppcrmost in his mind, was still
unable to arrive at any definite answer to
either supposition.
He strolled aimlessly up and down the
platform, now and then stopping to peer
furtively into the waiting-rooms.
~ will tell her." he finally decided "that
this is very sudden, but that after long and
careful elaboration, l have decided that,
though appreciate her kindness and the
confidence she has reposed in me, have
conscientious scruples against marrying
divorced woman but that will be a brother
to her."
There had been no definite time set for
the meeting, and Mr.. Dunlap began to grow
impatient. Suppose that she had decided
on pronunciation instead of leaving that
agreeable duty to him! He acknowledged
that II she had come TO realizing sense OF
her forwardness in making an appointment
with perfect stranger, 1t was perfectly
right and extremely proper, but 1t was very
tiresome and stupid wandering about
smoky old railroad station, waiting for
person who had not sufficient sense Of
moral obligation to keep her engagements.
He was rapidly growing ill-humored when
he met Fred Richmond, an acquaintance OF
his who was beginning to do quite little
In detective work. Richmond accosted him
jovially, and, turning around, walked along
with him. Dunlap was rather impatient at
the interruption. He thought Richmond
would be a much more pleasant companion
if he lad not been so exclusively enthusiast
ic on the subject Of detective work, so In
clined to manifest hardness toward any
thing that was not closely connected with
this hobby.
"You have no sympathies with any thing
but sleuth- hound Instincts" he had told him
once, and Richmond had laughed and said
that in order to be successful one "muS
whoop on his own sidc."
"That was a fine piece Of work capturing
williams, the absconding bank cashier" he
began at once, as they walked along together.
81 saw something of it in the papers, be-
lieve," Mr.. Dunlap responded indifferently.
81 think sometimes that you think the
whole business of mankind Is to detect or be
detected"
Richmond laughed "Well, / confess 1t
does look so sometimes from my point of
view," he said. "People are concerned In
these things more than they always know.
Do you know yet how closely you were
mixed up In Williams capturer'
''Me mixed upl" said Mr.. Dunlap, staring.
"Yes, YOU" returned the other; sits too
good to keep now it's all over with. Anna
Brown, the girl saw talking with you the
day before yesterday, must have caught on
the fact that some one was lying for WILL
Jams, for / saw her lettering round here for
an hour or two before the train for Mon
treal stated She didn't see me watching
her, mind you, but she was studying time
tables and looking this way and that, and /
made up my mind she had some scheme for
hindering the process of law. She Just
worshiped Williams and she's just that
kind of woman that would go through fire
and water for the man she loved"
'Isn't she married, you sayt"
mo, never was. He mover cared 80 much
He was the cashier in big bank and she a
poor girl who worked here in button shop,
though she had good education and is
smart as steel. Well, he must have con-
fded his trouble to her SOS she could help
him, and mean trick 1t was, too, for he had
IL all planned out TO meet another woman in
Canada and they were TO be married and 90
to Europe. Probably he made Anna think
he was going to marry her and take her to
Europe. She doesn't know any thing about
the other one Well, saw her sauntering
around here day before yesterday, and I
made up my mind she meant to help him
get of. Ihad put detective on every train
that went out that day, but thought that
that was the one he would take. Just as /
was passing her said TO a fellow that was
with me, Just as IL didn't know she could
hear, "that's the most famous detective in
the country, and pointed to you. She didn't
seem to notice, but l watched her and
saw her stop you and make you lose your
train as cleverly as could be. She probably
thought that it hadn't got out much and
that II she could detain you day he'd get
of. But, bless you, the fellow put on the
train hooked on to Williams before they got
out of the State. She's smart, and when I
saw her talking to you made up my mind
that you wouldn't get away that day. She's
quite equal to making love to you or any
other man to keep you away from her
lover. o, you needn't look 80 madi Pm
not going to ask YOU about 1t. I'll bet
II she did no one could tell IL from the gen.
uine article. Tho joke Of IL is that she's so
proud she'd rather have died than done II II
II hadn't been for him. It'll DO rather rough
on her when she finds out about the other
woman" -EUe, German Clark, IN Hartford