The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-11


I FASTENED on to the foot Of Morton
street, where the french line pier is.
A ship was being loaded for the voy-
age out, and the pier was still open. A.
clerk directed me to the sailing sched-
|ule,, and glance at it confirmed my
guess. AT 10, clock on the morning
Of Thursday, April 8, La Savoie had
sailed for Havre:
,.21s May II see La Savoie's passenger
List + asked.
g Certainly sir, land he produced II;
Miss Holladay entered upon it, yet I
| felt that study Of it might be repaid;
land / was not mistaken. IA Mrs. G..
n. Folsom and two daughters had 3occu-
pied the cabine de luxe, 436, 438, 440;
ton the company's list which had been
| given me, saw bracketed after the
name Of the youngest daughter the sim
| gle word ainvaide.0
1 La Lorraine sails day after tomor-
row, believeq0 / asked. r5
Yes, SIR 4g
! And is she fulls"
| @" No, sir; it is q little early in the
season yet, = and he got down the list
i Of staterooms, showing me which were
vacant. selected an outside double
/ one, and deposited half the fare, in
/ order to reserve it.. a=
| There was nothing more to be done
that night, for a glance at my watch
showed me the lateness, Of the hour,
As l emerged from the pier, I suddenly
found myself very weary and very hun
CRY, so | called a cab and was driven
direct to my rooms. A bath and dinner
set me up again, and finally I settled
down with. my pipe to arrange the
events Of the day:
Certainly I had progressed. I had
undoubtedly got on the track of the
7 fugltlves; q had found out all that ]
could reasonably have hoped to fine
out. And yet my exultation was short
track, how much nearer success had
got9 I knew that they had sailed
for France, but for what part Of
Franceg They would disembark a
4 t1lavre- how was I, reaching Havre
\ two weeks later, to discover which di
i rection they had taken9 Suppose they
probable, how could I ever hope, t,
Lind them there9 Even if I did fnt
i them. would I be in time to checkmat'
:" Martigny? S. -. s.@.
For a,time I paused, appalled, at tn,
} magnitude Of the task that lay befor,
!. Eme-in all France, to find three people
But. after all, it might not be SO great
Most probably these women q Wer
from one Of the towns Hollada,
| and his wife had visited durin,
! their stay in France. Which town
they were I, Of course, had no mean
Of knowing; yet I felt certain tina
some means Of discovering them woult
: present itself. That must be my wor]
: for the morrow
A half hour passed, and sat los
:: in speculation, watching the blue smok
curling upward, striving vainly to pene
trate the mystery. For I was as ia
as ever from a solution Of it. e VIII
:" were these people7 What /, was thei
: aim? How had they managed ito wi
4 Miss Holiday over to their side; t
! persuade her to accompany them; t
flee from her friends-above all, fro1
! our junior partner2 How had the
caused her change of attitude towar
!; himP Or had they really abducted her
Was there really danger of foul play
| danger that she would fall a victim, d
:? well as her father9 Who was MAJ
4 tigny And, above all, what was til
= plot? Whatsdid he hope to gains Wha
Q was he striving for7 What was TIL
= great stake, for which he risked S
L much2:a ."
. To these, questions I could find n
reasonable answer; I was still gropin
y aimlessly in the dark, and at last, j
Q sheer confusion, I put down my pip
4 turned out the light and went to bed.
al a (To be continued next Saturday,