The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-24

return very shortly they are quite sure
Al the embassy they have begun TO
4 look upon me as a nuisance The
morgue-heaven send that I may one
day forget the horror of my hastY visits
there. l have come TO the conclusion,
Andrew, that / must search for him
myself. How. l do not know: where
do not know. But | shall not leave
Paris until 1 have found him
ANDREW, what / want is a friend
here. A few months ago 1 should not
have hecitated a moncnt TO ask you 10
come 10 me. Today il is impossible
four presence here would only be an
enbarra ssment TO both Of US DO YOU
know Of anyone who would come? /
have not Il single relative whom / can
ask To help me. Would you advise me
TO write 10 Scotland Yard for a detec-
tive, or go TO one Of these agencies2 II
not, can you think of anyone who
would come here and help me, either
for your sake as your friend, or better
still, detective who can speak French
and whom one can trust? All our lives
Guy and l have congratulated our
selves that We have no relation nearer
than India. I am finding out the other
side of il now
4 know that you will do what you
can for me, Andrew. Write TO me BY
return.
Yours in great trouble and distress,
PHYLLIS POYNTON."
She sealed and addressed her letter.
and saw il dispatched. Afterward she
crossed the courtyard 10 the restaurant.
and did her best 10 eat some dinner.
When she had finished il was only
haif-past s. She rang for the lift and
assembled 10 the fourth floor. On her
way down the corridor a sudden
| thought struck her She took a KEY
from her pocket and entered the room
which her brother had occupied.
His things were stir lying about in
some disorder, and neither OF his trunks
was locked. She went down on her
knees and calmly proceeded TO 60
through his belongings. II was rather
a fOrlorn hope. but it seemed 10 her
just possible that there might be In
some of his pockets a letter which
would throw light upon his disappear
ance- She found nothing OF the sort,
however. There were picture postcards,
a rev photographs, and a good many
restaurant bills, but they were all from
| places IN Germany and Austria At the
bottom of the second trunk, however.
she found something which he had evil
IDENTIFY considered il worth while TO pre-
serve carefully. 1t was a thick sheet
VI uilitidl-iOohluB paper bearing at the
! top an embossed crown, and covered
with German writing. 1t Svas num-
bered It the top Seventeen" and ~
was evidently an odd sheet or some
document She folded it carefully I'D.
and took il back with her to her own
room. Then, with the help OF Ger
man dictionary, she commenced 10
study il. At the end Of an hour she had
made out a rough translation. which
she read carefully through. When she
had finished she was thoroughly per
| picked. She had an uncomfortable
sense Of having come into touch with
something wholly unexpected and myE-
| teriOus.
What am to do?" she said TO her
| self, softly.
What can it mean Where on earth
| can Guy-have found this?'
There was no one TO answer her. no
one TO advise An overwhelming sense
of her own loneliness brought the tears
/ into her eyes. She sat for some time
with her face buried in her hands. Then
/ she rose up, calmly destroyed her trans
/ latiOn with minute care, and locked
| away the mysterious sheet at the bot
| tom of her dressing bag. The more she
/ thought of it the less. after ALL she felt
| inclined to connect ii with his disap-
| pearance.
TO be continued)
EXPERT KODAK FINISHING.
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