Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-06

IL, hOW eiSe eAIlidlu IDlh uiSAl9 could see from Mr. Royce's face how. absolutely nonplused he was.
 Well" I said at last, for want of something better, well go with you to the house and see the man in charge there. Perhaps he can tell us some thing more"
 But he could tell us very little. Ten days before a carriage had driven up to the door. Miss Holladay and her maid had entered it and been driven away. The carriage had been called, he thought, from some neighboring stable, as the family coachman had been sent away with the other sery- ants. They had driven down the ave nue toward Thirty fourth street, where he supposed they were going to the Long Island station. We looked through the house; it was in perfect order. Miss Holladay's rooms were just as she would naturally have left them. Her fathers rooms, too, were evidently undisturbed.
 Here's one thing" I said, "that uliSAl nSlp, anu PiShcu up q Photo- graph from the mantel. You won't mind my using itT'
 Mir. Royce took it with trembling hand and gazed at it for a moment at the dark eyes, the earnest mouth. Then he handed it back to me.
 "No," he answered, mot If 1t will really help. We must use every means we can. Only"-
 q won't use it unless I absolutely have to-" assured him. And when I'm done with 1t I'll destroy it."
 "Very we'll" he assented, and put 1t in my pocket.
 There was nothing more to be dis covered there and we went away, aft CT warning the two men to say not word to any one concerning their mis- tress' disappearance.
 Plainly the first thing to be done was to find the coachman who had driven Miss Holladay and her maid away from the house. and with this end In view we visited all the stables in the neighborhood, but from none of them had carriage been ordered by her. Had she ordered 1t herself from a stable in some distant portion of the city for the purpose of concealing her whereabouts. or had 1t been ordered for her by her maid, and was she real ly the victim of foul play? I put this question to Mir. Royce, but he seemed quite unable to reach conclusion. As for myself, I was certain that she had gone away of her own accord and had deliberately planned her disappearance. Why? Well, began to suspect that we had not yet really touched the bot tom of the mystery.
 We drove back to the office and found Mir. Graham there. I related to him the circumstances of our search and submitted to him and to our junior one question for immediate settlement
 At the best, it's delicate case" l pointed out. Miss Holladay has plain ly laid her plans very carefully to pre- vent us following her. It may be diff fcult to prove that she has not gone away entirely of her own accord. She certainly has a perfect right to go wherever she wishes without consult Ing us. Have we the right to follow her against her evident desireT
 For a moment Mfr Graham did not answer, but sat tapping bis desk with that deep line of perplexlty between his eyebrows. Then he nodded em- phatically.
 Its our duty to follow her and find her." he said. Its perfectly evident to me that no girl in her right mind would act as she has done. She had no reason whatever for decelving us-for running away. We wouldn't have h. terfered with her Jenkinson's right she's suffering with dementia. We must see that she receives proper med ical treatment"
 Tt might not be dementla," sug. gested, ESQ much as undue influence : on the part of the new maid. perhaps. '' ! Then irs our duty to rescue her from that influence" rejolned Mir Ora. ham, and restore her to her normal i mentality"
 , Even if we offend herT"
 We can't stop to think of that Be sides. she won't be offended when she
 comes to herself. The question Is how , to find her most speedily"
 "The police. probably, could do il
 most speedily" I said. but since shs can be in no immediate danger of any f kind I rather doubt whether 1t would
 be wise 10 call in the police. Nils: ?. Holladay would very properly resent any more publicity
 i, But" objected Mr. Graham, 'if VI
 don't call ln the police. how are we t'
 snd hey? ,s-rgn'zA. o' '-n1Irss. hr~ uBdssirs 70 ts .rs' shs should h'
 subjected 70 aoe -rrrOs5 G"tDTrerv. 71 D. ls rbscs ans o.n.t vsvE r. | gIanced aL Mr. Royce ana ssw ina a he was seemingly sunk in apathy. d "If could be excused from th' .e office for a few days. sir" began q hesitatingly. T might bs able to tnt r some trace of her. IT I'm unsuccesa P ful. we might then call in the authol e ities."
 V 8Ir. Royce brightened up for a md Q ment.
 r That's it." he said. Let Lests E. look into it.
 ,- "yery we'll assentsd Mr. GrabaH !. q agree to that Of course any el Q { peuse yOu may incur will be borne D I the office
 fl Thank yOH. sir and rose wit ,- fast beatinz heart. for the sdvsntur ]. ] appealed to ne strongly. I'll bezi q .a n-c. fhs- 1 slnrld Ekp assls-arr