The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-26

in Chicago on an important financial mis-
sion, and summoning a bell boy she pro-
cured time table, and found that with |!
haste she could catch the $50 Chicago ex-
press.
She thrust few articles into valise,
and leaving brief message for Mrs. Smith
to the effect ''that she had decided to go
out alone and not to wait up for her." she
stepped into cab and was soon at the
Union depot. She purchased her ticket,
securing the only remaining section on the
train, and before she had time to realize
the Importance of the step she had taken
she was whirling away en- route for Chi
cago
Lena was suddenly brought back to the
consciousness Of her position by the porter,
who was collecting the compartment tick
cts preparatory to making up the berths
for the night
Edna who in the haste of her departure
had neglected to secure any sleeping sec
ton, now found that everything had been
previously engaged, and that the only alter
native to sitting up all night was an unin-
viting looking lounge at the end of the car
Mrs. Henshall, who had been attracted by
the girls despairing face, stepped forward
and offered her the other berth in her own
compartment
Edna accepted gratefully, and warmly
thanked her unknown companion for her
courtesy
AS she moved from the seat her foot
touched a small, dark object lying on the
floor close to her chair 1t was leather
card case, stamped with the initials ''H r.
H.
With view to discovering the owner
Edna opened it, and extracting one of the
bits of pasteboard read aloud, "Mr. Henry
Rowan Henshall, New York CITY,"
"Why this must have been dropped by
the gentleman who spoke to me just as
the train was leaving San Francisco" she
said.
Lena had grown deadly pale. 1.-THE
gentleman who spoke to your" she ques-
toned family.
'Yes," replied Edna hesitatingly, "a
tall, blonde gentleman who has followed
me on several previous occasions. This
evening he spoke to me and l resented it.
A stranger present at the time came to my
assistance, and in the disturbance that fol-
lowed this card case was probably lost"
Lena Henshall remained silent. Crushed
and Inundated by this proof of her hus-
bands duplicity she had not the courage
| to further question her companion.
Her love for her husband was the first
' grand emotion of her life, and the discov.
8 cry she had just made filed her with q
| mad wild jealousy. When she finally re.
e tired for the night it was with the pleas
Q ing knowledge that in the berth above her
by her own invitation, lay the girl who
was the cause of her husbands indiffer
ence, and probably the possessor of her hus
bands love.
t How long she tossed about in her mar
row berth, wakeful and miserable, Lena
! never knew.
o Just as merciful sleep was closing bel
= weary eyelids there came a sudden jar
then horrid crash, shrek that rent the
. air, blow upon her head that made
hideous glare of light, and then darkness
), absolute and blessed unconsciousness.
The papers of the following day wer,
filled with the CHASTITY details of the awful
= railway accident near B.
z The names of the surviving passengers
together with list of the killed ant
+. wounded were published, but the name o
Edna Crawford, alias Louise Neville, die
not appear in any of these accounts, no
L did the strictest and most diligent in
@ quiries throw any light on the complete
p and mysterious disappearance of thi
young woman.