Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07

clOtneS were EngllSh De-
yond the possibility of the most char
liable error. But the piquant, sad
face, the soulful brown eyes, the
cheeks of dark but wholesome and
even color, the full red lips, the small
and delicately nodded features, these
were legacies perhaps of French an
cestors, more likely tokens of that
conglomerate strain now called the
American type; but English, never.
AS she came opposite my elbow
she raised her head and gave me a
look full in the eyes, look so full Of
helpless appeal that it startled me.
Our draWing-room connected with
the stateroom of the English couple
by a door so that the two might on
occasion be thrown together en- suite.
l looked down and saw the corner
of an envelope appear called
Clarke's attention and we watched it
until the entire envelope, long, white
one, stuffed SO full of papers that it
went under the door with difficulty,
lay on the floor at our feet
Our pretty liason progresses,
whispered Clarke. There is billet
doux for you"
| hastily seized the envelope and
emptied it's contents on the reading
table. And then Clarke and l stared
and gaped in helpless and idiotic as
tonisfment. Before us lay bonds of
the United Zinc Corporation to the
value of $750,0O0.
With them was a single sheet of
note paper with the crest of the Los
Angeles limited at the top. Clarke
and read it silently
'TO Mr.. Carlton Clarke: I am tax.
ing what l believe to be the only
course to save these papers and my
life. By the time we reach Old Faith
full inn | hope to devise some DISPOSE
ton to ask you to make of them. Until
then guard them well. I know l can
Lady Ethelbert Snively"
Now what do you think of that?'
l gasped in a whisper.
What is the use of thinking?" an
swered Clarke. I'VE will wait. Lady
Snively you are brilliant woman
You are physiogonomist of the high
est order. You are taking an awful
chance. but you have put your trust
in the right men. We will be true tc
1t and see this thing through to the
end" And Clarke took off his trav
cling cap and gravely bowed toward
hn hat oto1 H.,
mystery beyond.
And now, Sexton,' he continued
there is but one course for us to pur.
sue and that is to act as If nothing
has happened. 1t is safe to say the
husband will not suspect us unless we
give him cause to do SO. Nothing is
likely to happen on this train, and the
next act Of the drama is laid at Old
Faithful SO we might as we'll possess
our souls in PATIENCE
When we met the English couple, OF
Lord and Lady Snively as we now felt
privileged to call them, on the obser
walton platform the next morning we
could discern absolutely nothing diff
ferent in their manner toward each
other nor towards us than in previous
meetings. The husband seemed, as
usual, utterly wrapped up in his own
and to the other passengers on the
platform. Once Clarke caught the
woman's eye and quick exchange ol
telepathic glances passed between
them. Again found her eyes looking
into mine when her husbands head
was turned and l tried with all the
power of my soul to make my eye.
say to her that all was we'll and thai
we were on the job to the end. The
bonds were safely strapped in Clarke's
money belt, next to his body, and
without boasting, between the two Of
us, would have defied any six mer
TO take them away from him.
No further incident occurred during
the railroad journey and the state OF
armed neutrality continued.
At Ogden we watched with interest
to be assured that the couple of mys
terry transferred to the Yellowstone
1t would have complicated matters
and been embarrassing if they haG
gone one way while we, with the
bonds, went another. Our routes were
the same, however, and when we
boarded the Short Line sleeper We
found them in the opposite section
the staterooms having already been
pre-empted by party of German tour
lists.
After breakfast at Yellowstone sta
tion the next morning our entire party
numbering about so, were loaded into
the big MY. stages for the 32-mile
drive to the Upper Geyser basin and
Old Faithful inn. Clarke and lid a
surrey to ourselves in charge of one
Bo Hughes "Bo" being Yellowstone
E:ang pr driver. We also Travelled