The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-04-10
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IT I am feeling quite will; surely 81
dinner"
Hu was forced 20 be content
Sc he watched hor. HIS soul in bis
eyes. as she walked 10 the elevator.
Was there ever a more queenly girl
than Lady Airline; one with a greater
share OF beauty concentrated In face.
figure and mind7
Ere the elevator car shot toward the
ripper realms she waved her hand TO
MIN and gave him a ravishing smile.
And that smile haunted him a long
time. for II was the last time he was
fated to look upon her face until
destiny had been utterly fulfilled, the
drama carried to It's concluding scene.
most terrible Of all
saunterlng 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 Brand
Where was Artemus for instance1
And Capt Brandt 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 schemor.
Clever minds could be controlled for
money. detectives who were able 10
cope with even such remarkable
scoundrel as he conceived this man to
be. and who would speedily put him on
his back In the first round.
And yet the wretched result OF his
arrangement with the great Baron
Peterhofi aroused serious doubts In his
mind. II the fascinating presence Of
woman could so upset a sagacious
master OF hnosso and diplomacy. who
could be trusted7
There was apparently time.
Brand would hardly got his columns
In motion under a day or two.
Charlie could be governed by cir
cumstanoes and the trend OF events.
Besides. there was Artemus, whose
wits were Of the brightest. and who
might be depended on, 10 accomplish
more than little. looking toward the
exposure Of the great fraud.
These soothing reflections came IN
some degree through the influence OF
the magic weed. for TO ita devoted
votaries tobacco seems TO be an In
cense which creates optimlsts where
only pesslmism 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 whom the blessed
time arrived for him to claim Airline
Brand as his own darling wife, with
no one. not even haunting memory
OF the buried past, TO say him nay.
Ito had figured Il all out, and dc
cided that no would make full and free
confession regarding his one forlorr
experience In Cupid's realms.
/ No doubt Charlie took considerable
/ pleasure in specializing upon the var
ious ways In which he might brinl
those important matters 10 focus
q but never once did he dream Of IN
wonderful and fearful event by mean
If OF which the desired end would b
m swiftly attained.
!. Again and again he looked towar
!. the Fifth avenue entrance as the dco
z swung behind new comers. but Arts
r mus remained only conspicuous by hi
a absence.
4 Could anything have happened
|. would the bold and reckless Capt
|. Brand begin operations by looping OF
d the limbs OF the tree he meant d
foll1
4 II made him deucedly uncomfortable
1 TO even consider such n calamity,
Surely some tremendous catastrophe
I was broodlng over himself and his for
! tunes. or could II be he was partaklnl
D OF Arllnes slow splrits7
, Was his cigar 20 blame?, All
4 change was on the tapis, for Their
4 came Artemus busting In from thu
outside night air.
ITO be contlnued.l