New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-23


word to any one concerning their mis-
ress' disappearance.
:, Plainly the first thing to be done
? was to find the coachman who had
driven Miss Holiday 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 a carriage been ordered By
her. Had she ordered it herself from
q 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
" the victim Of foul play? I put this
question to Mr.. Royce, but he seemed
quite unable to reach conclusion. AS
for myself, was certain that she had
gone away Of her own accord and had
deliberately planned her disappearance.
! Why7 Well, began to suspect that
we had not vet really touched the bot
= tom Of the mystery.
We drove back to the Office and found
Mr.. Graham there. l 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 a delicate case" l
pointed out Miss Holiday has plain
" 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 Mr.. Graham did not
answer, but sat tapping his desk with
that deep line Of perpleXity between
his eyebrows. Then he nodded en-
phatically.
It's 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 deceiving us-for
running away We wouldn't have in
terfered with her Jenkinson's right
she's suffering with dementia We
must see that she receives proper med
icaI treatment
1T might not be dementia," I sug-
gested. so much as undue influence
Then it's our duty to rescue her
from that influence" rejoined Mr.. Ora
ham. and restore her to her normal
mentality
Even if we offend herr
1--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" said, but since she
can be in no immediate danger Of any
kind I rather doubt whether it woulG
be wise to call in the police. Miss
Holiday would very properly resen-
!. any more publicity
But" objected Mr.. Graham, '+if We
don't call in the police, how are we tt
find her? | recognize, of course, how
undesirable it is that she should bs
subjected to any further notoriety, bu
Is there any other wayT'
glanced at Mr. Royce and saw tha
he was seemingly sunk in apathy.
"If I could be excused from tn.
Office for a few days, sir" I begaI
hesitatingly, Il might be able to FIND
some trace Of her. If I'm unsuccess
full, we might then call in the author
tiles
y Mr., Royce frightened up for q mo
ment
THAT'S it, he said. Let Leste
look into it
VERY weH,'' assented Mr.. Graham
So agree to that. OF course any ey
pense you may incur will be borne b,
the Office"
Thank you, sir and I rose wit
fast beating heart, for the adventur
appealed to me strongly. I'll begi
at once then l should like assistanc
in one thing Could you let me hav
three or four clerks to visit the Va
rious stables Of the city It wouI
be best. I think, to use our own people.
Certainly" assented our senior il
stantly I'll call them in and we ca
give them their instructions at once"
So four clerks were summoned. an
each was given district OF tie cit,
Their instructions We're to find frol
which stable Miss Holiday had o
dered a carriage on the morning {
Thursday. April 8. They were TO r
port at the office every day. noon an
evening. until the search was fnishe,
They started away at once. and
turned 10 follow them, when my ey
was caught by the expression of OIL
Juniors face
"Mr. Royce is i'll, sir.' I cried Loo
at him.
He was leaning forward heavily. b
face drawn ana livid. his eyes ser.
80 hands plucking at tie arms of b
chair. We sprang to him and led hi
to a couch l baIhed his hands al
face in cold water, while Mr.. Graha
hurriedly summoned a physician. II
doctor soon arrived and diagnosed Il
case at glance.
NERVOUS breakdown" he said tiers
1y. You lawyers drive yourselves t
hard. It's a wonder to me you dor
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