Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-27

thence ldocged by a specter of lone
liness) to the bar. and finally. in sheer
desperation to the dining room. whore
he selected a table and ordered an
evening paper with his meal!
When the former was brought him,
be sat up and began to take new in
;erest in life The glaring headlines
that met his eye on the front page
proved as hracing as a sap In the
face.
The Maitland Jewels" he read.
half aloud: Daring Attempt at Burg
lazy. Mad" Maitland Catches Hand
some Dan" Anisty in the Act of Crack
ing His Safe at Maitland Manor.
Which Was Which? Both Principals
Disappear
A dull red glow suffused the read
er's countenance; he compressed hts
lips. only opening them once. and then
to emit monosyllabiC oath. which can
hardly have proved any considerable
relief TO his surcharged emotional ma
ture.
The news-story was exploited as a
beat" 1t could have been little else.
since ninetenths of its exclusive de-
tails" had been born full-winged from
the fecund Imagination Of busy re-
porter to whom Maitland had refused
an interview while in his bath. some
three hours earlier. Maitland discOv-
cred with relief that boiled down 10 es-
sent!ais it consisted simply OF the
statement that somebody presumably
h!mself) had caught somebody lpre-
sumably Anistyl burglarizing the H.
brary cafe. at Maitland Manor that
morning: that one Of the somebodies
tho one knew which, had overpowered
the other and left him in charge Of the
butler. who had presently permitted
his prisoner to escape and then talked
for publication.
II was not 10 this so much that Malt
land objected. II was the f!i9stra-
lions that alternately saddened and
maddened the young man; the said IL
lustrationA comprising blurred half
tone reproductions Of photographs
taken on the Maitland estate; a dia-
gram Of the library, as fanciful as the
text II illuminated. and two portraits,
side by side. of the heroes. himself
and Auisty. excellent likenesses both
Of the originals and OF each other.
Mr.. Maitland did not enjoy his din
per
Anxious and preoccupied, he tasted
the dishes mechanically; and when
they had all passed before hin, took
his thoughts and a cigar TO a gloomy
corner Of the smoking room, where he
sat for two solid hours debating the
matter pro and con. and arriving at
NO conclusion whatever. save that Eig-
gine was doomed.
Al 1915 he began 10 Contemplate
with positive pleasure the prospect OF
discharging the butte: That. ct least.
vas action. something that he could
do: wherever else he thought TO move
he found himself taffed by the blank
darkness Of mystery. or BY bis fear
OF publicity and ridtrule
At 1920 he decided 10 move upon
Grerufieids at once. and teicphoued
oHasan. advising him 10 profess ig-
norance OF his employers where
aboats.
A, Ie:22, or in the midst OF his i'd
noui.ions IN the jani'0r. he changed
his mind and decided 10 stay In New
Yors: and Instructed the freshman
10 bring him a suit cas-" containing a
few neccssartcs: his In'ca'irn being 20
stay out the night At ID" club. and so
avoid the mstutiasl si"E" n hts lodg-
ings by reporters and electives.
AZ 1895 a club servant BANDED him
the card Of Q representative 81 the
Evsnsng Journal Maitland directed