Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-02-26

suspecting a certain spers0e az com
plicity in this matter. and I 6ays
some facts which seem to fDse5Sy 3ny
suspicious, but I would NOS 1eeau
of making a charge against hSga
In a few days 1 shall lznOss a2@reoss
''By the way, there is. @esmethSns
you can do, if you WILL = aes2e@ ChaS
| mers.
@'What is it?" Miss CassaoGy was
much interested.
'.It has but an Indirect 6eaTS@g OF
this case" said Chalmerso ''Sgeo Var
Horne cabled me to-day: 60 have NJ
Walter B. Hestor work ga .sgaas @ass,
terry. Now, Mr.. Hestor has gone Go
Europe with Mr. Sidney HSsanm0nG9
| forgot to ask him where he Sg0s9i
make his first landing. HestoP and
Miss LIE Roy are friends: Hest0s
said something to me concerning 8
dinner party he gave about ssee5i
before he went away,oand if my sfsesss'
DRY serves me right, de said Miss Be
Roy was present. Will you asR 5ses
about this dinner party? 1t is fiReTy
| that Hestor may have talked over
his plans with Miss lie Roy or Mr.
Hammond. We wish to get into COM
munication with Mr.. Hestor at once.
! He is the most brilliant newspaper
| correspondent of the time. His as
! sistance would be invaluable"
81 will do so before Miss lie Roy
leaves tonight said Miss Carmody.
ST am glad there is something I can
do. Is it not. too bad that Mr.. Hes
tor went away just when he did
He is so fond of big. sensations that
| he would have delighted in this one,
and would have done all in his power
| to solve it,
Find out who made up the mem
bers of this dinner party and will
call you up tomorrow and you can
tell me-" said Mr.. Chalmers. ''The
Record is to be congratulated on so
charming an addition. to it's repor-
| torial staff
MY assignment is an easy one -
said Miss Helen, as Chalmers rose
| to go. "Must you go so soon,- Mr..
| Chalmers? Won't you stay and join
us in a. cup of coffee?''
| 81 should be more than pleased to
| do so," said Mr.. Chalmers, 'sbut we
have an important paper tomorrow,
| and one. difficult to handle. I prom
ised my assistants 1 would return
at a certain hour, and I have just
enough time to make the. distance
in"
Mr.. Chalmers made his apologies
to Mrs. White, Miss LIE Roy and Miss
De Melville. Miss Carmody accom-
panied him to the door and thanked
him earnestly for the. interest he
was taking in solving the MYSTERY.
nx-fo 6n1
and shook hands, not with the cold
conventional touch, but with the
hearty clasp of a good FRIEND.
"That-girl is a trump" said Cha1-
mers to. himself, as he settled back
in the auto and was whirled down the
street. "She is a daughter to be
prouf of. What a wife she would
make! How would it read? The
wedding ceremony of Mr.. William
Chalmers. the gifted journalist, and
Miss Helen Carmody, heiress to the
Carmody millions, was the fitting
climax to the social season. The
church was thronged with'-I won
der how in the devil I am going to
put four big stories on the first page
of to-morrow's paper?''
When Miss Carmody returned to
her guests, Miss LIE Roy at once mon
opOlized the conversation.
isn't Mr.. Chalmers handsome ?''
she said, clasping her hands. 81
think he is. perfectly lovely. Such
deep brown eyes and such wavy hair.
And he is SO easy in his manNer: Did
you see how. he disposed of us as if
we were children who were in his
way? L would resent such a thing in
most men, but it comes naturally to
Mr., Chalmers. suppose he is SO
used to managing lot of newspaper
men that the handling of a few wo-.
men is a matter of no consequence
But he is just splendid; don't you
think so, Helen?''
'He certainly isl said Miss Car
mody. Il can talk to him just as
if he were my big BROTHER
'The adopted big brother is always
an interesting character" said Mrs.
White. Sometimes he changes his
relationship"
Miss -Carmody: blushed, laughed
good-naturadly, and changed the sub
ject.
by. the way" she said, address
ing Miss Edith LIE Roy. Mr.. Chal-:
mers informs me that Mr.. Van Horne
has caDled him to ask Walter Hes
tor to take charge of the search for
the missing men. Mr.. Hestor sailed
for Europe before this happened.
Mr.. Chalmers thought that possibly
you might know his first destination
!. abroad. He left no word with Mr.
Chalmers. and he is anxious to COM.
municate with Mr.. Hestor without
delay"
ST am sure I have not the remotest
idea," said Miss LIE Roy. 81 have not
seen Walter since the night we went
to the opera and then had supper