The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-04-22
CHAPTER vi.
Fal. Good hearts, devise something.

'-morry Wives OF windsor.
| The following day was Sunday, and,
although North's mind was SO absorbed
with the important investigation that
he had in hand that he felt impatient
OF everything that delayed its prosecu-
ton, he was forced to submit to the
twenty-four hours inactivity and sus-
pense. He passed the greater part of
the time in his own apartments and
was fortunately left to the undisturbed
solitude that he SO greatly desired.
At as early an hour as practicable the
next morning he started out with the
intention of calling upon Mrs. Maynard
and taking up the discussion of the Dun
kirk will case at the interesting point
where they had dropped it at their last
interview
II wonder" he soliloquized, as he
walked slowly down the street in the
bright morning sunlight, 81 wonder if
Noll is in the habit of devoting so much
of his time during Office hours to calling
on Mrs. Maynard? To be sure, the alb
sorbing nature of my business will suf-
iciently excuse the course in her eyes,
but what Nolls partner and clients
will think of my persistent neglect of
all professional duties and my con-
tinued absence from the Office is an in
teresting and pertinent question which
l leave for them to answer. They will
probably suspect that, for man who
is SO entirely in the hands of his
friends, Noll is devoting great deal of
time to a personal supervision of the
a~,, =. r.
fact, very much after the manner of
ether candidates Well, don't see that
can help it, and, really"
"Mr. North! I say, sir, l want to
speak to you'll VIII you stop, sir?"
The voice was that of an elderly gen
tleman, and it was pitched in loud key
and charged with degree of stern en-
phasis which indicated the speaker had
his angry passions to rise to a
extent.
North suddenly stopped and whirled
around with a disconnected air. Coming
after him at high pressure rate of
speed was a gray-haired, gray-whislS-
cred, ruddy-faced old gentleman dressed
in gray tweed business suit. One (
chubby red hand grasped stout hick
DRY cane, while the other as he talked
was employed in violent and threat
ening gestures which were anything
but reassuring in their effect.
CHANGING calmly at this excited old
gentleman, North lifted his bat, saying
''Good morning, sir"
oh, good morning, sirl" retorted the
I'D gentleman, irascibly, not intending
,he words as an answering salutation,
put merely cchoing them in wrathful
nockery. you think you're mighty
Inc young gentleman, no doubt, Mr..
North! You set up to be a gentleman,
say, don't you?"
Really, SIR" said North, in amaze
nent, looking at his interfocutor as if
lie considered him an escaped lunatic,
your language is quite uncaIled for.
t you have any business with me, ! re-
Luest that you state il civilly; other
wise must decline to listen to you"
'Oh, yon take o lofty air upon your
elf, Mr.. North-a lofty air, don't your
eturned the old gentleman, still angrily,
hough his tones and manner softened
under Ncrth's cool, steady
oolS. You've worn my patience and
witty out long ago, and now want TO
now what you are going 70 do, eh2
eeause if you haven't rot any plans,
Thy then have, and it is time some
ling was done about this matter. "
"To what matter do you refcr?" in
uircd North, who might have sus-
ected his indignant assailant's identi-
b tlsis time. i he had not been too !