The Red Cloud chief., 1902-06-27
"If I am feeling quite will; surely at

"If I am feeling quite will; surely at
dinner"
He was forced to be content.
So he watched her. his soul In his
eyes. as she walked tn the elevator
Was there ever a more quecnly girl
than Lady Airline; IL with a greater
share of beauty concentrated in face
figure and mind?
Ere the elevator car shot toward this
upper realms she waved her hand &c
him and gave him a ravishing smile.
And that smile haunted hin a long
time, for it was the last time he wai
fated to look upon her face until
destiny had been utterly fulfilled, the
drama carried to its concluding scene,
most terrible of all.
Sauntcring into the rotunda of the
hotel Charlie lighted a weed and then
began to remember there were others
in the world besides himself and Ar.
line Braud.
Where was Artemus for Instance
And Capt. Brand? Who had now
been ashore long enough to get his
bearings and figure on some desperate
move.
Perhaps II would be best, as his
good sense suggested, to seek assis'
lance in outwitting the great schemer.
Clever minds could he controlled for
money, detectives who. were able to
cope with even such n remarkable
scoundrel as he conceived this man to
bai and who would speedily put him on
hfS back in the hrst round.
And yet the wretched result OF HIS
arrangement with the great Baron
Peterhoff aroused-serious doubts in his
mind. IL the fascinating presence OF
a woman could so upset a, sagaciQis
master Of fnesse and diplomacy, who
could be trusted?
There was apparently time.
Brand would hardly get his columns
in motion under u day or two.
Charlie could be governed by cir
cumstances and the trend OF events, .
Besides, there vas Artemus. whose
wits were of the brightest, and who
might be depended on. to accomplish
more than a little, looking toward the
exposure OF the great fraud.
These soothing reflections came In
some degree through the influence or
the magic weed, for to Its devoted
votaries tobacco seems to be an in
cense which creates optimists where
only pessimism had previously
reigned.
And Of course our Charlie contem-
plated with more or less complacency
the high degree of happiness that
would be his portion when the blessed
time arrived for him to claim Airline
Brand as his WI darling wife. with
no one. not even a haunting memory
OF the buried past, to say him nay.
He had figured it all out. and de
cided that he would make full and free
confession regarding his n forlorn
experience in Cupid's realms.
No doubt Charlie took considerable
pleasure in specializing upon the var
ious ways in which he might bring
these important matters to a focus,
but never once did he dream of the
wonderful and fearful event by mea
OF which the desired end would be
swiftly attained.
Again and again he looked toward
the Fifth avenue entrance as the door
swung behind new corners, but Arte-
mus remained only conspicuous by his
absence.
Could anything have happened
would the bold and reckless Capt
Brand begin operations by looping of
the limbs of the tree he meant to
fell?
II made him deucedly uncomfortable
to even consider such a calamity.
Surely some tremendous catastrophe
was %brooding over himself and his for
tunes, or could it be he was partakine
Of Arlines' slow spirits?
Was his cigar to blame? All!
change was on the tapis. for there
came Artemus busting in from the
outside night air,
Ito be cOntinued.)