Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-14
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event grief Is not even respecta
A BILE. And so 1t was with Leroy
Mortimer when Lydia at last turned
on him. If you caress an Angora too
long and too persistently it runs away.
And before 1t goes it scratches.
Lydia Vyse left Saratoga when the
financial stringency began to make II
unpleasant for her to remain. She
told Mortimer without the slightest
conjunction that she was going.
He did not believe her, and he gave
her the new big yellow and black car.
She sold it the same day to book
maker, an old friend of hers; with
drew several jewels from limbo-gems
which Mortimer had given her-and
gathered together everything for which
If he turned ugly she might not be
criminRlly liable.
She had never liked him. She had
long disliked him. So she wrote a note
to the governors of the PATRONS club
mer were aware that the guilt of her
escapade could not be attached to ST.
ward; that she knew nothing of ST.
ward, had accepted his wager without
meaning to attempt to win it, had new
err again seen him and had on the i'm
pulse of the moment made her entry
In the wake of several men. She add
ed that when Quarter, as governor,
had concurred in Siwards expulsion he
knew perfectly well that Siward was
not guilty, because she herself had so
informed Quarter. Since then she had
also told Mortimer, but he had taken
! no steps to do justice to Siward, al
though he (Mortimer) was still a gov
ernor of the PATRONS club.
This being about all she could think
of to make mischief for two men whose
recent companionship had nourished
and irritated her, she shipped her
trunks by express, packed her jewel
case and vallse and met Desmond at
the station.
Desmond had business In Europe
| Lydia had as much business there as
anywhere, and, although she had been
faithless to Mortimer for compare
lively short time, within that time
Desmond already had sworn at heI
| and struck her So she was quite
ready to follow Desmond anywhere IL
this world or the next. And that, too
had not made her the more considerate
toward Mortimer. ..-.t = -s'-as.-~s~
When the latter returned from the
races to find her gone the last riddlet
props to what passed for his man
hood gave way, and the rotten fabric
came crashing into the mud.
Creditors with sharp noses scented
the whirlwind afar off and hemmet
him in with unsettled accounts, mostl.
hers. Somebody placed lien on hi
horses, a deputy sheriff began to fol
low him about, all credit ceased as b,
magic, and men crossed the street t
avoid meeting with an old companion
In direst need.
Still, alternately stupefied by his owl
grief and maddened into the necessit
for action, he packed a suit case
crawled out of the rear door, toilet
across country and found a farmer t
drive him twenty miles over a sand
road to a local railroad crossing, wher
he managed to board a train for A
|
bany.
At Albany as he stood painting an
sweating on the long concrete platfor1
which paralleled track No. / he say
I a private car, switched from q Bosto
and Albany train, shunted to the rea
of the Merchants express.
The private car was lettered In gol
on the central panel. algonquin" II
boarded the Pullman coupled to it 70
ward, pushed through the vestibul
} showed aside the japanese steward an
darky cook, forcing his way straigl
into the private car. Quarter, reat
Ing a magazine, looked up in astonisl
ment. For full moment neitht
spoke, Then Mortimer dropped b
; suit case. sat down in an armchair o.
posite Quarter and leisurely moppe
his reeking face and neck.
: scotch and lithiap' he said hoars
". The Japanese steward looked (
Quarter, then. at that gentleman's a
: most imperceptible nod. went away
o execute the commission.
i He executed a great many SINH
- commissions during the trip to Ne
n York. When they arrived there at
t o'clock Quarter offered Mortimer b
/ hand and held the trembling. puff
: fingers as he leaned closer, saying Wi
@ cold precision and emotionless emph
!. sis something that appeared to requi
: the full concentration of Mortimer
half drugged faculties.
|, And when at length Mortimer dro'
!. away in a hanson Quarters Japane'
v steward went with him-perhaps
carry his suit case-a courtesy tn
d did credit to Quarters innate though
|. fulness and consideration for other
e He was very considerate. He eve
1t called Agatha up on the telephone al
s talked with her for ten minutes. TIL,
n he telephoned TO Plank's office, learn,
that Harrington was already theI
5 telephoned the garage for a car viii,
d he always kept ready in town al