Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-27
CHAPTER XIII.

Dan Stewart was puzzled. Three days had elapsed since the one appointed by Anthony for his arrival, and there was still no sign of it's taking place. He was more than puzzled, he was worried and impatient. He wished matters squared between them at once, so that he should be free to speak to Mrs. Beverley, free to drink deep of the cup of happiness standing ready for his lips. And he wished most eagerly to be rid of his busi- ness engagement to his host, to be re- lieved from the irksome position of guest in a house where his welcome was a thing of the past.
 He had plans of his own, too, with which delay interfered-plans for the future which were growing in impor- tance. He wanted to be up and doing, to be working with all his strength to bring that future nearer. This delay made him restless and i'll at ease.
 On the morning of the fourth day he telegraphed to Richmond, to Ned him. self, at the hotel where he usually staid, and to the agent at the ticket office. An answer came promptly from both places, from the clerk of the hotel and from the ticket agent, and the in telligence they gave was substantially the same. MT. Anthony had left the city several days before, but by an earlier train than the one appointed; of his subsequent movements they were | ignorant.
 Then Dams restlessness increased. He was under no apprehensions about his | friend, for he had full confidence in An thony's ability to take care of himself. What he feared was a complication of business matters which might detain him from home for weeks, or even months, and Dan was in no mood for waiting. He was sustained in this view by the arrival of the delayed building materials and of couple of skilled mechanics whose services he had requested Anthony to secure.
 He had no doubt that Anthony would communicate with him in a few days, but he chafed under the necessity of in- action, the impossibility of opening com munication himself. He felt that he was not acting fairly by Mrs. Beverley, in that he had promised to speak and had not spoken. Altogether, Dan was in much exercised state of mind.
 Under the influence of his restlessness he went into Anthony's chamber, which he had not entered since Ned's depar- ture. It was in some disorder; a coat lay on a chair, dark blue hunting shirt on the floor at the foot of the bed and 6 pair of dusty boots under the table. Dar glanced around curiously. little op pressed by that feeling of intrusion WI all have when entering unauthorized an other mans premises while they stil retain the stamp of his individuality
 His eye fell upon the space beside th' bed where the brass clamped trunl formerly stood. The space was empty This surprised him, for he remembered that Anthony, having meditated only short absence, had taken with him
 valise. Could the trunk have beeN stolen or had it been removed by it's owner orders? The latter appeared unlikely as had he required the trunk the mos natural mode of procedure on Anthony
 part would have been to write to him Dan-to forward it. Then, too, he kney F that the doors of the house were seldom I secured, even after nightfall, and tha a he himself was often away.