Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-27

close to her. l wrote to Mrs. Ess Kay.
too and said the same thing. asking
| her TO kindly send on my boxes.
She sent the boxes by what they call
express, but didn't answer my let
| ter, which rather aStonished me. as
| had thought she would scold and had
dreaded it. But when l told Sally she
wasn't as much surprised as | was.
She knew already everything that hap.
pened after | ran away from the
Moorings and told me all about it..
which interested me great deal. Mrs
Ess Kay had written her some things.
and Mrs. Pitchley Whose maid is an
intimate friend of Mrs Ess Rays
Louise had supplied all the missing
| details.
| 1t seems that the day after the pink
| ball Mrs. Ess Kay had one of her
| headacheS-and no wonder. Feeling
very i'll. she didn't take much interest
in me and took it for granted when
Louise said l wasn't out of my room
that / wanted to sleep till luncheon
| Potter had been so furious that he
thought TO punish me for my sins by
sulking. Mrs. Ess Kay did not appear
at luncheon. and Potter went out
| somewhere. But when | didn't show
myself or even ring. the servants be-
gan to think it odd and spoke to
Louise. She Knocked at my door. and
when after rapping several times there
| was no answer she opened it TO find
the room empty, the bed smooth, my
boxes packed and all Mrs. Ess Kay's
presents to me spread out on a sofa.
BY that time it was after .. and. If
only they had known. 1 was leaving
the WaldOrf-Astoria to take the train
for Chicago with Mr.. Brett.
Mrs. Ess Kay was so nervous with
her headache and the reaction after ali
her work in getting up the great af-
fair that when she was told | was no.
where to he found she had Mysteries
and slapped Louise.
Potter was sent for TO the Casino and
came home in rage. They talked
things over and made up their minds
, that ! had either caught ship sailing
for home or else had gone to Chicago
10 join Sally. If it hadn't been that
they were afraid of scandal coming
out in some horrid society paper they
would have applied to the police for
, help, but as it was they didn't dare.
r and Potter said he could manage every
thing himself
$ A ship really had sailed that day. so
' as we'll as telegraphing to Sally, Pot
4 ter went to the offices, then to the
e docks. and made all sorts of inquiries
| From what he heard about some peo-
y pie who had engaged herths mt the
. last minute he couldn't he quite sure
|. l wasn't one of them, having gone IN
n der an assumed name. To add to the
trouble, no answer came from Sally
!, Mrs. Hale, according to instructions
Y had opened the telegram and, knowing
: something of the story from Sally
wasn't anxious TO relieve Mrs Ess
I kay's mind about me in too much of 4
hurry. Instead of having the message
/ wired again she incosed it in an Ell
$ velope and sent it on to Sally by post
d so there was another delay. and they
= knew nothing for certain until letter
1t from Sally and one from me arrived
at about the same time.
Sally's opinion was and is that Mrs
Ess Kay has something up her sleeve
that she won't write to me because she
wants to show how hurt and scan
% dalized she is by my ungracious con
If duet. but that she has some idea FOL
y getting even with me sooner or later
t If she hadn't that to keep her up Sally
1t ehinks she couldn't have resisted an
re 5wcring my letter with TRADE. For
'e .unately she can't claw me away from
1T the Trowbrfdges and make me MARI
Potter-even if he would have me no.
v after all my badness-otherwise sh
K would perhaps have tried to act 6
,r once. Aud she can't have me put
d | prison on bread and water and solitar
In confinement, as no doubt she woul
V, like to do. Still, don't feel quit
+ easy in my mind about her silence. le'
lie Sally may be right about some dis;
< greeable plan she's Matching.
n I've found out everything about a
lie the members of the family at Vallt
| with most of the neighbOrs. They ca
1t them neighbors if they live anywhel
within twelve or fifteen miles.
Mr.. Trowbridge, although a farm,
1t who works in his own fields. is a
/ honorable" l was surprised when
IN heard that. as l didn't suppose Peep
Il had titles in America. But he's Sc
/ ator or something in his own sta
Il which is very important. SO he
called honorable officially and on lie
Of tiers. as one is at home if that's a
RS one can scrape up by way of a cou
,h tesy title.
Ill The two young men who come in A
G eat with us. but are never seen abo,
h the house at any other time. are far
d hands" though they are not treated /,
We all like servants, and Mr.. Trowbrid,
,r- lends them the newest books and ma
or azines (of which be has quantities)
II read in the evening
anI 1t is very strange about Patty an
in Ide. Though Patty is SO quiet, almo
meek in her ways. and dresses /
plainly and is quite contented to VOL
:. in the hot kitchen, cooking and was
ing dishes, it turns out that she is
very rich girl. or will be. She is q