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CHAPTER VII-Continued.

CHAPTER VII-Continued.
But the search failed to help her She
was looking for the record OF the mar
riage of Bert Hunter: ard although she
read that Of the marriage of Bertram
Hunter Dorrisoh. Baron Broadstonc, TO
/ Evangelinc Petherby, she had not sus-
pfcion of the truth.
She returned to the hotel weary and
irrita bic. and found awaiting her "A tele-
gram which had been sent on from the
American Exchange.
She smiled as she opened and read that
It was from Don Stuart, the confidential
agent Of a Mr.. Mostyn. Mexican mine
owner and Spectator, who had bought
some of her late uncle's mining properties.
It was a wireless message dispatched
from the liner. and asked her to send a
letter to await his arrival IN the CraNo-
MIA at Liverpool. saying where he could
see her at once on urgent business.
Don Stuart had been a favorite of hers
In her home in Saltillo and 4 frequent
visitor. Little "sonnie'' loved him, too,
and he would bring her later news of her
wee one. Her eyes frightened at the
thought, and she lost no time in sending
on the message that he was to come at
once to the Carlton. 1t would be like
Whln of home to see Don Stuart, and for
time she put all the other bothersome
matters aside to indulge In the pleasures
of homo reveries.
She loved her little one dearly. II had
been the hardest of wrenches to come to
Europe without him. and the thought of
hearing of him from such a sympathetic
friend was now sweetly engroSsing.
But the next day saw her again busy
with her purpose. There was one way in
which she could find her husband, I'M
pleasant but fairly certain. 1t Was to
force the information from Gilbert Dor
rtson. using If need be, the facts she had
ascer aimed concerning the Llewellyns.
The thought of meeting Dorrison again
was exceedingly distasteful; but she had
had to face unpleasant things before. and
1t was not her way to shirk what was
necessary merely because It was disagree
able. So she sat down at once and wrote
to him. ying that she must see him inn
mediately on most important business.
Nor did she satisfy herself with that.
He might refuse to see her, and accord
ingly she thought to prepare herself for
that alternative. 1t occurred to her that
it must be possible In some way to dis
cover enough about Dorrison and his cir
cumstances to find out whom he would
be likely to blackmail.
She dislfked the usual kind OF inquiry
agents.
Then she remembered her friend, LADY
Preston. and drove off to see her in the
hope that indirectly she could get from
her the information she needed.
Guardedly she led the talk round to Mr..
Dorrison and his friends.
My dear. he has heaps of friends
positively heaps!'' declared her friend.
He knows all the best people. or at
least many of them You see, as rising
M. p. and the heir to the Broadstone
peerage. he goes everywhere
He made himself extremely popular on
the Aroma" admitted Sadie.
He makes himself popular everywhere.
He's down at Broadstone now. They dote
on him there. You should know Lady
Broadstone. She Is just the shyest little
creature: I've often asked her to come
and stay with me, but she won't Odd
that we should be talking Of her. too, for
I've just heard from her. I suppose you
don't know Of good maid companion?
She wants one and has written to me ask
ing II 1 know of anybody"
But Lady Broadstone's need of a maid
did not interest Sadie, who tried to get
back to the subject Of Gilbert Dorrison:
and when her friend ratified off a list Of
names Of people in his set. she saw to her
chagrin that she had started on the wrong
scent and that nothing would come Of the
interview.
"And why are you so curious about the
M. Pr" asked Lady Preston with
smile.
Sadie knew that the best way to put
her friend off the scent was to tell half
the truth. so she replied: ''He made him
self SO agreeable on the ship, dear that
wanted to know something more about
him"
He will have fine position some day.
unless. of course. an heir is born to the
Broadstone title" This was said sug-
gestively, and Sadie thought il best to
turn the conversation into other chan
neis.
Thus she had to return to her hotel
empty-handed SO far as her wish for
practical information about Dorrison was
concerned. Scoundrel though the man
was. he was yet clever enough to cover
his raScality SO that no one appeared to
suspect him: and her task promised to be
much greater one than she had antic-
pated.
There remained only to resort to coer-
cion; and for couple Of days she await
ed his reply to her letter with growing i'm
patience. His absence from town ex-
planned the delay. of course. but this did
not prevent her from fretting a it.
She wished to be doing something,T
and the enforced inactivity chafed and
CALLED her. 1t was monstrous that she
should have the knowledge in her posses
sion that her husband was alive and In a
good position and yet be unable to find
him.
The following day brought her a reply,
however, and she tore open the envelope
eagerly. 1t was characteristic letter.
"Of course. can't ina CINE what reason
especially an important business reason,
you can have for wishing to see me- nor
do think an interview can be very pleas
ant for either Of us. But still I am will
ing to oblige your caprice-I can put it no
higher-and will run up to London to-
morrow and call at your hotel in the aft
ernoon."
She had just finished the reading. of
this and was thinking over the line to
adopt with him when Don Stuart was an
nOunced.
She welcomed him warmly. II can't
tell you how glad l am to see you. Don
I really must call you Don, for YOU seem
to bring a sense of home with you so
welcome is this great, big, bustling city"
Il shall be sorry when you call me
anything else, Mrs. Pollock he replied,
with a bright smile as he took the two
hands she held out to him. II have really
been following you like a detective But
il was easy trail. Mr.. Mostyn said
simply. Find Mrs. Porlock at any cost.
and just had to do 1t. / tried St Paul.
then Chicago. next Philadelphia and then
New York-and there l heard you had
crossed in the Aroma. It's about that
Ell Paso mine
I'm glad to see you for your own sake,
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