Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-17
A Fiance by
Express
-. By.
HOWARD FIELDING
o,nrr,sht, 1893, by Charles W. H00k'

her I'D in the turie'
ne .,o and kept her on a diet or
the I"9 and water until she was too
breau - onnose paternal command. Ihe
WeaA ~ is unusual now in this part OF
nle'no .l1 and therefore the luck OF
Stu n Hollingsworth may De c"''eo "a
eeptionaly hard. - p,,.,,
'4olItngsworth was engaged 10 nut.
L., without her fathers consent
'mrs%,iirrsvorth had a great reputation
hO''lr rrit and had said one or two very
a. aiover but not unkindly Things ABOUT
Albertus Warren. ., s ,,nox
ntherwise Hollingswortn was .heA-
tia,ohle He was not so r1ch as
T wprron but he was in good way OF
"@i and striding On toward great
U'nooss A brisk, bright, CHEEKY feiiow
suN wos despite the melancholy cast OF
~, countenance and the sad, sweet
-n,oo which lent itself so well to the
.urnoses of his unfailing jests.
Warren was different from everybody
alec IN the world, but most particularly
t.om his daughter, who possessed
Nv n amiable disposition. She was
0lumn and pretty, exceptionally cheer
tnI IN q gentle way and quite destitute
- onv trait that could be called an &C.
Cpntricity. 1t could be seen with half
an eve that she was saturated with
1--we for HoIlingsworth in the way OF
niece of cake dipped in wine
Her father had done his best to make
on old maid of her She was already
tventy-four. Many sutton had been
frightened away from the great, square
house with its antique iron fence and
its strips of dusty lawn. But nobody
could brighten Holllngsworth. He was
not n tall man, and he was slenderly
huit but he was armed always with
the mighty weapon Of invincible good
bumor Not even Albertus Warren
could quarrel with him, and perhaps
that ia why the old sinner resorted to
desperate measures.
whatever the explanation may be,
this is the situation: Hollingsworth
knew that the young lady was in her
fathers house. He had faith to believe
that she still loved him, but he could
neither see her nor get one word from
her. The truth dawned upon him slow
". He was informed at the house two
or three times that Miss Warren was
not at home. He expected a note from
her by mail, and it did not come. A
very earnest communication from him
self brought no response from her.
Then he called at Mr.. Warren's office
and was denied
At the end of week Hollingsworth
had a confidential talk with his friend,
John Breck, who was a lawyer. Brock
treated the subject with levity. He
had recently been the victim of very
good joke which Hollingsworth had
put up" and he expressed a mean
spirited qualification that fate should
have avenged him. Coming to a more
serious view at last, he said:
'There are various things that you
can do. The young lady is of age. She
can claim her liberty"
That's the way / look at it." re-
sponded Hollingsworth.
Brock shook his head.
THE old man will get tired of it." he
said. HE won't imprison her long"
Two or three days elapsed without
bringing any new developments, and
then Brock called at Hollingsworth s
apartments. He looked worried.
I've seen Albertus." he said, land
I'm afraid that the matter Is more Sc.
rlous than | had supposed. The old
villain has got something up his sleeve
what 1t Is don't know, but he evident.
~ believes it to be a winner. If he
didn't Stuart, my boy, l could fix this
whole matter for you. This in conf
dence to you: I've got a very strong
mold on old Albertus Warren, and
wouldn't scruple to use it in a case OF
thls kind. If he were merely holding
Out oDstinately against you, with nc
dehnlte plan in view, could swing
MN. But he's trying to accomplish
something. I'm sure of it, though
uoh see what 1t can be unless he In
tends to make her marry somebody else
one Is the sort of girl to mind her ia
Their"
1t is her only fault" replied Hol
nngsworth. But, see here, Jack
1neres one thing obvious-she is bein,
trlcRed, Nobody can convince me tina
sue doesn't suppose that she has sen
"ord to me. She has trusted her lettel
10 some rascally servant
Is there anybody in the household
"nom you know particularly well?'
asked the lawyer. And Hollingswortl
replied that he had occasionally helt
amicabie conversations with the house
Aeeper' who seemed to be friendly dis
posed toward him.
But, lie added, 'I've written to he
already and have got no reply"
m write again." said his friend. "anC
Try to deliver the note and get al
answer. Ask her if she can sugges
ny way by which you can get into tn
Vuse without Mr.. Warren KNOWN;
- mats the point. You must hav,
~ interview with Miss Ruth if it's il
way possible. This case is desper
ate' 1t will come to a runaway mar
ans oelore you get through with il
III Il.