The St. Louis Republic., 1905-09-10
CHAPTER viii.
Maggie Hutchinson
IMtervemeS

A/HEN You two nave finished Your
w parl"r-tricks. said Hooper. en-
icavoriny To copy "a judicial eve glare he
had seen used tv the Lord Chief Justice.
this committee will I'roCrci 20 the buSi-
Hess of the sitting
1t WAS indeed necessary for our bud
ding lawyer To- r,call our wandering
thoughts To- the affairs "i the girl whom
the .\iia:,;ic on a Journey L. the British
Isles. We might accept k.irl> ;fi.'!iu;n-
,stic statements To- the full. u extent not
only reading into them the literal sig
ni.ic.,iIc,. III the conversations and scenes
he reported. Ia, also pawn. heel I" ,lI,.
i"-i,al outcome "i 'hoS. cIaS'-i,-S: Vet
there We're s;r.",;S .lii.icr,lii,, in the way
oi ..riiy,r. the information thus acquired.
l',r, badly, what would E.rl say Ia
Miss Margaret Hutchinson. vino was pre-
sun.a'.iv accompanied i.y her mo-, fcr. if
liz. wcnt I. meet ih.. Merlin ~ l.:vrrI."l.
L., us. i'll imagination. reconstruct the
inci,icn,. after the manner beloved "i
the F:vrCh rHg.' ,:!US.r!. .irE. Tn, great
liner draws ui.to her berth a; thu. landing
Stage. G.n.way> arr lowered. AMI TN, u
i =. frantic rush al pass. 'i.rT> IL enter iii..
c'!>t":u>Shci. ii!,'i.i! the last philosopher
VIII" walks riicidiy ashore knows that
his 1,:.,c.I..c will lc decorated with h,il.
printed crowns III ,i.r,c 10 perm; him I"
travel :" London :'v the same train ih.,
CONVEYS the :.r>t triumphant s,r,,:.l,r
ii"v-r,nS between u portion "i :. wall
marked Ill :,ni the ticket ',.rri,r ii the
depot. will IL. found Maggie AMI her
mama. i",h appearing exceedingly We'll
after the voyage. and III u state of re-
pressed excitement arising ir"n the
convection innate III every w"'IiI's soul
,h.; She viii never see her boxes AGAIN
once they have l-,n - c;,rcl,SSlv mixed
ur with other peoples belongings.
ka,l. exercising a degree "f ;ac.
blended with silver. obtains admission t.
,l,. .n,lpS,,rr. and recognizes Maggie at
once. having seen her ten DAYS ago al,
Manhattan Beach. But II l. iully ten
wears SINCE Maggie last s.,w hi.u. :" there
i here :, social embarrassment: III th,.
n..;lir,. "i what ",ir sporting friends call
:. h:ll'inch." Nevertheless. k:.rl. having
;'l-r.'iA'ing i'lanucr> and !-inS really,
an I'D ir.,n,i and .i,. son "i M. Hutch
i.>"n'> special ,r"nv. s,,r,n"unt> ;h,.
obstacle. and l. received with enthusiasm
-c'-i-r,i iy :. certain shyr->S "n Maggie :
;..rt hvr :lr:urry "i ycu,hi,,l c..r,>>,>
i'c,r:r!ug clearer each iil>t.,ilI and tv
speculation an ;i7c ;..r, "i mann, - I"
The r...>"u wh;ci! induced this go",;-
i'rhI1. v'urc :;.arl I" come all the Nay
:, liytrrr,i !, ,acc, them.
CLEARLY. kArl must talk ;'!atit-icS
..i",,. the wca,hcc. the i.rc ~.i- gong.
q,'.li,;y> III The Merlin. the -:ii,rii",;S-
r.~- ui al ,';~' ,:;~ examinations. ~ any
other !H..nr in;ic -; the ",it~'. u would
never H. - ;l';n-c S--.i.h: 81; INTO The
occult ,..':~c "i his presence Moreover.
The tram icIar-> ;"T London III i've
minutes. and hosts Of aciu...-l-.,nc.-~.
some -, i,-' standing. Other, 90; HI ~'l,i,-
''pArt o: moth VARIETY. exchange chcvrv
greetings - they pas.
SrrI"S, YOU a'- s-avir9 IN Liver
pol. Nj Gr.,.-:" SAYS Nj iiu,ci,-l~ ~
a. Last. and k.ri i .-1i~ilc'! - SAY that
h. intends - accompany them - London
hen. "a: :h- critical ,;.;.. q; Affairs there