The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04
"Mr. Holiday was with his wife at
IDS WITH THE REGENT" "a SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA." ETo.
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the times"
"Yes, sir; he and his wife had been
abroad nearly year. His health had
broken down, ana the doctor made him
few months later, but Mrs. Holiday
stayed on. She didn t get strong again,
some way. She stayed nearly four
years, and he went over every few
months to spend week with her; and
at last she came home to die, bringing
her child with her That was the first
"Mr; Holiday thought a great deal
"You may we'll say 50, sir; she took
his wife's place." said the old man
nim 9|HPd she thought great deal of
"More than that, sir; she fairly wor-
SHIPPED him. She was always at the
| door to meet him; always dined with
evenings together. She didn It care
> much for society-I've often heard her
tell him that she'd much rather Just
who rather insisted on her going out;
for he was proud Of her, as he'd right
to be-
"Yes,'' said; for all this fitted in
exactly with what I had always heard
about tho family. '.There were no
IOUueT Tc1dLlVoS, WcIc
"None at all, sir; both Mr.. Holiday
and his wife were only children; their
parents, Of course, have been dead tor
years.
"Nor any intimate friends9'' 49,
"None I'd call intimate, sir; Miss
she was always -we]l-reserved, sir: -
now," I added, "tell me, as fully as
you can sa what s, has $, happened within the
"Well, SIR he began slowly, "after
her father s death, she seemed quite
distracted for whle-wandered about
the house, sat in the library evenings,
ate scarcely anything. Then Mr.. Royce
, frightened up, and we all hoped She d
. soon be all right again. Then she
seemed to get worse Of sudden and
sent us all away to get Belair ready
| I got the place in order, sir, and tele'
, graphed her that we were ady. She
. answered that she d come in a few days
J Ten days ago the rest of the servants
came, and looked for her every day:
but she didn't come. I telegrapheo
her again, but she didn't answer, and
finally, I got so uneasy, sir, l couldn u
rest, and came back to the city to see
what was the matter. got here early
this morning and went right to the
house. Thomas, the second butler, hao
; been left in charge, and he told me
that Miss Frances and her maid haC
started for Belair the same day the
servants did. That's all KNOW
"Then she's been gone ten days7'
!, I questioned:
. Ten days! What might not hav,
i happened in that time! Doctor Jen
). kinson's theory of dementia REQUIRED
2 to me, and I was more than ever in
clined' to credit it. How else explain
[ this flight? I could see from MI
s Royce's face how absolutely nonplusse(
8 he was.
t "Wen," said at last, for want O.
| something better, "well 90 with yo'
L to the house and see the man in charg
there. Perhaps he can tell US some
: But he could tell US very little. Tel
o days before, carriage had driven u!
to the door, Miss Holiday and he
3 away. The carriage had been called
! he thought, from some neighboring. sta
BILE, as the family coachman had bee,
: sent away with the other servants
They had driven down the ave
!, nue. toward Thirty-fourth street
IL where, he supposed, they were goin
= to Long Island station. We locke
e order. Miss Holidays room
IL were just as she would naturally hav
=. left them. Her fathers rooms, to-
% were evidently undisturbed.
"Here's one thing,' I said, "tha
= might help,'' and I picked up photo
u u graph from the mantel. "You won
N mind my using it9'
r. Mr.. Royce took it with tremblin
- hand and gazed at it for a moment-a
q do nno4 ~
le Then he handed it back to me.
N HNo,' he answered; not if it wi
IL really ya Ggn help bi We must use every NEAR
IT won t use it unless I absolute]
have to-" 7 assured him; "and whe
I'm done with it, I'll destroy it,
Very well, - no assented, and p'
1t in my pocket.
is There was nothing more to be di
a covered there, and we went away, aft
k. warning the two men to say not a wo,
to any one concerning their mistres
'e- disappearance.
i'd Plainly, the first thing to be done W,
so to find the coachman who had drive
". Miss Holiday and her maid away fro
CHI we visited all the stables in the neig
al borhood; but from none Of them had
Of, carriage been ordered by her. Had 81
he ordered it herself from a stable in sor
distant portion Of the city for the pr
he pose Of concealing her whereabouts,
er- had it been ordered for her by her mai
he and was she really the victim of fo
plays I put this question to Mr.. Royt
in, but he seemed quite unable to rea
conclusion. AS for myself, I was G.
let tain that she had gone away Of her or
- accord, and had deliberately planned b
by disappearance. Why's Well, began
suspect that we had not yet rea
US touched the bottom of the mystery.
q It We drove back to the office, a
i've found Mr.. Graham there. Irelated to h
the circumstances Of our search, a
ar submitted to him and to our Junior G
question for immediate settlement.
: pointed out. Miss Holiday has pla
be- 1y laid her plans very carefully to p
yht vent, us following her, It may be q
YER fcult to prove that she has not &c
as away entirely Of her own accord.
certainly has a perfect right to
ere wherever she wishes without consult
- us. Have we the right to follow
- against her evident desire?'
era For moment Mr.. Graham did
III answer, but sat tapping his desk W
, ,er that deep line of perplexity betw,
1 red his eyebrows. Then he nodded 4
,;s 1T 8 our duty to follow her and +
us us her." he said. I" It's perfectly evid
i lee? to me that no girl in her right m
ID lsat would act as she has done. She
YET no reason whatever for deceiving u
- for running away. We wouldn't h
ae ne interfered with her. Jenkinson g ri