The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-05


fthesa. Her fathers ROOMS. too, wyre
evidently un1lsturbel,
Here one thias. / said. UNIT
mtgnt help ARD ! picked op a photo
graph srosn The mautsl. "Goa ouida,t
saird my using III?
Mir. Royce took 1t with trembling
hand n gazsd AZ IL Ter 4 moment
at the dark eyes. the earnest mouth
Then he handed it Mack To me.
No he answered: mot if il viii
really help; we must use every means
Y won't use it unless / absolutely
have to- 1 assured him; "and when I'ln
done With it. III destroy IT,"
Very Well" he ~asseated, ard put
it in my pocket.
There was nothing more to be dis
covered there, n we went away. after
warning the two men TO say not a
word to anyone concerning their mis-
t%ress's disappearance
Plainly. the first thing to be done was
to find the coachrnan who had driven
Miss Holiday and her maid away from
we visited at all the stables
in the n~elghborhood; but from
none of them had a carriage been
ordered by her. Had she ordered it her
self from a stable in some distant por-
ZION of the city for the rpo of
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been ordered for her by her maid, and
was she really the victim of foul play?
l put the question to Mr.. Royce, but
he seemed quite unable to reach q con-
clusion. AS for myself. l was certain
that she had one away of her own
accord, and had deliberately planned
her disappearance. Why? Well. 1 be-
gan to suspect tina we had not yet
really touched the bottom of the mys-
terry.
We drove back to the Office and found
Mr.. raham there. 1 related to him the
circumstances of u search, and sub
mitted to him and to our Junior n
question for immediate settlement.
AT the best, it's a delicate case" 1
pointed out. Miss Holiday has plain
ly laid her plans very carefully to pre-
vent US following her. 1t may be diff
cult to prove hat she has not gone
away entirely of her own accord. h
certainly has a perfect right to go
wherever h wishes without consulting
us. Have We the right to follow her
against her evident desire?"
For a moment Mr.. Graham did not
answer, but sat tapping his desk with
that deep line of perplexity between
his eyebrows. Then h nodded en-
phatically.
It's our duty to follow her and find
her," he said. It's perfectly evident
TO me that no girl in her right mind
would act as she had done. She had no
reason whatever for deceiving us-for
running away. We wouldn't have in
terefered with her. Jenkinson's right
she's suffering with dementia. We must
see that she receives prope medical
treatment"
ut might not be dementia" 1 sug-
gested, so much as undue influence
on the part of the new maid, perhaps"
Then it's our duty to rescue her from
that influence" rejoined Mr.. Graham,
and restore her to her normal men.
tality."
Even If we offend hero"
wv 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 it
most speedily 1 saidi but since she
can be in no immediate danger of any
kind. I rather doubt whether it would
be wise to call in the police. Miss
Holiday would very properly resent
any more publicity"
But" objected Mr.. Graham, "if we
don't call in the police, how are we to
find her? 1 recognize. of course, how
undesirable it is hat she should be
subjected to any further notoriety, but
is there n other way?"
I glanced at Mr.. Royce and saw that
he was seemingly SUM in apathy.
If 1 could be excused from the Of
flee for a few days. SIR" 1 began hest
race Of her. If I'm unsuccessful, VIC
might then call in the authorities"
Mr.. Royce frightened up for a mo.
ment.
into it."
Very WELL" assented Mr.. Graham. 81
agree to that. OF course, any expenses
You may incur will be borne by the
office"
THANK you, sir and / rose with
fast beating heart. for the adventure
appealed to me strongly. It'll begin al
once then. : should like assistance il
one thing. Could you let ne have three
or four clerks to visit the various sta.
bles of the city? 1t would be best,
think to use u own people"
certainly" assented our senior in
SANITY. "I'll cali them in. and we car
give them their instructions at once
So four clerks were ant
!, each was given a district of the CITY
t Their instructions We're to find from
which stable Miss Holiday had or
7ered q carriage the morning of Thur
day, April 8. They were to report a
the office every day. noon and evening
/ until the search was finished. The,
started away at once, II turned t.
l follow them, when my eye was caugh
by the expression of our juniors face
: MIR. Royce is i'll, sir" L cried. LOO!
at him."
4 lie was leaning forward heavily, hi
+ face drawn and livid. his eyes set. hi
r names plucking at the arms of his chain
We sprang to him and led him to
couch. ] aathed his hands and fac
In cold water, While Mr.. Graham hur
riedlv summoned a phvs'~..n. Tho doc
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