The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-02-07
A LOST
ByFRANK f. SWEET


O. the ECCmE OF ELErE zTeZuE ECEeL-
auxiouzIy examining the contents OF
q snail vzIfse, which were presently
scattered IN sem5cireIe before her
That the search vas unsuccessful was
apparent from the gathering EOEu
CT her face At length she thrust the
various articles back into the TaEse
and walked mPa-ieutly 70 a window
Several minutes Of silent cousterua-
ton, then the fr0w1 vanished N q
clear, ringing laugh
sure, this Is one OF y0u. Mss
FIizhtT Head" she cried. ueEGIy-
Would not Reggie laugh II he knew
But he shan not ind out No mdssC-'
with a zrfmace- He would never IeS
ne hear The last Of II But What shall
I dO2 Three thousand niles from
home, With only I've pounds N ny
purse and not the remotest idea n
what part OF this hurry seUrry NeW
York Reggie Is 70 be found Vel. nj
6esPerandum, as papa says A Fitz-
gerald never gets 20 his wits ends
But what u5nny TO lose that address"
She remained for long tine gazing
abstracts6Iv at the teIescoPing tides OF
humanity u the street below, then q
sudden fash cane into her eyes
why, OF course size said, as
though she had come to the one uatu-
raj conclusion Il VII earn ny living
until I can get the address from papa
He VIII be up at BaIIEzhannou with his
guns and dogs before this and II VII
take at least SIX weeks 10 hear from
him I have often read letters 70 the
servants from their people n America.
and they always 90 70 an intelligence
oEce- I VII 20 TO one myself
On this very day II happened that
Mrs. Van Maurice was Unexpectedly
deprived Of her hOusekeeper- She was
IN the midst OF a round Of engagements
and social duties. and as she Prided
herself On the uuobtrusive machinery
OF her household this detection 6Iled
her with momeutary conformation
But she was a woman Of resource and
q quick mental calculation Convinced
her that she could spare a brief hall
hour from her calls This she utilized
IN a visit TO an intelligence Office
A young ady was talking with the
clerk when she entered Several Won
eu were sitting OF standing about the
room IN various attitudes Of hope Or
dependency. Mrs Van Maurice gave
them one compreherzfve glance and
then turned 10 the clerk and waited
for him TO be al leisure Il was not an
ordinary servant she wanted now but
che Who vas competent TO take charge
CT her complicated household
She vas a liberal patron OF the Of
fee and presently the clerk excused
himself 90 the young lady and came
forward
what can I do for you Mrs. Van
Maurice" he asked
She told hin briefly
sWhv- reaTIvT an not sure but
this person VIII suit you She has been
speaking about Just such a Place
sAhr- Mrs. Van Maurice looked At
the Young lady more closely she was
uu6euia5Iy PrePosssszInE- and she had
the very ar that vas the delight OF
Mrs. Van MaUrice'z fastidi0us soul
She was young OF course but her eyes
were Sc clear and zeIf-posssssed- and
well Mrs Van Maurice did much OF
her business On impulse
After they had entered the carriage
she suddenly turned 70 her companion
with the air OF one conscious Of having
omitted something
Il believe I forgot TO ask EoUT
uaue2-
at IS GeraIdine-Esther Geraldine
@Ah- a very pretty uzme- And you
said that you had had experience II
managing 2 large establishment
looking after servants and table deco
rati0us and kitchen purchases and
and all that2 Nay ask where you
were Iastg'
TIE girl hesftated a little then
looked at her companion frankly
at home I have been ny fathers
housekeeper nearly four years Re
Gently II had occasion TO come to
America
@AhI" Ms Van Maurics possessed
an extensive Vocabulary m her ais
and the meditation Of this enc fnti-
mated that her questiOui1g vas az an
end And indeed, she believed that
she mderzt0od the whole situztioz-
good family death-fnvoETsd estate
supposed hefress seeking employ
ment- That vas al and Il vas 50
simple that she Immediately dis
missed the matter from her mind
The new housekeeper showed mar
Vicious aptitude for her situation
though there were some few details
which Il seemed almost Impossible
for her 20 grasp For Instance when
she came N from the street she IN
vzriabIy Ean lightly up the broad mzr-
BE steps and only reelected herself
as she reached cut t0wzrd the but
ton Then she you'd make q Ny
grimzee and sip back TO the EtfIe
gate which led around to thu sew
ants entrance again she found Il
impossible TO GO past the doors Of
the drawzusz=ruom and E1rzrT With
out an zIu0ss irresistible impulse 70
enter
+ Ons uomfag she vas N TIE music