The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-07

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factory tale to tell. There were SO
many things to be taken into consid-
Grafton. There was the girl in gray.
Not that he had forgotten her for an
instant; his fury ragged but the higher
al the thought that Anisty's interfer
ence had prevented his (Maitland's)
keeping the engagement Doubtless
the girl had waited, then gone away
in anger. believing that the man in
whom she had placed faith had proved
himself unworthy And so he had lost
her for ever, in ali likelihood; they
would never meet again.
But that telephone cali?
"OHagan, demanded the haggard
and distraught young man, who was
that on the wire just now?"
Being a thoroughly trained servant,
O'Hagan had waited that question in
silence, a-quiver with Impotence
though he was. Now, his tongue IN
leashed, his words fairly stumbled on
one another's heels in his anxiety to
get them out in the least possible time.
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Vice av her, askin' were We in. and
mesilf havin' seen We go out no longer
ago thin wan o'clock and yersilf sayin'
not worrud about comm back at all
az all, pwhat was | to be tellin' her,
aven if We were lynn there on the die
van all unheknownest to me, which
The same mesilf can not"
Help" pleaded the young man
feebly. smiling. "One thing at time,
please. O'Hagan. Answer me one ques-
ton: Did she give a nance"
"She did not, sor. though mesilf-"
There, there, Wait a bit. I want
TO think"
OF course she had given no name; 1t
wouldn't be like her. What was he
thinking of. anyway? 1t could not
have been the gray girl: for she knew
him only as Anisty; she could never
have thought him himself. Maitland.
But what other woman of his acquain-
lance did not believe him to be out of
town?
With a hopeless gesture, Maitland
gave it up, conceding the mystery too
deep for him, his intellect too feeble
to grapple with all its infinite ramitica-
lions. The counsel he had given
O'Hagan seemed most appropriate to
his present needs: One thing at
time. And obviously the first thing
tat lay to his hand was the silencing
Of O'Hagan.
Maitland rallied his wits to the task.
"O'Hagan," said he. this man, Snaith,
who was here this afternoon. called
himself a detective. AS soon as we
were alone he raped me over the
head with a loaded cane, and, l sus-
peet went through the fiat stealing
everything he could lay hands on
Hand me my cigarette case, please"
Its gone, sor-'tis not on the desk,
at Taste. pwhere I saw ut last"
"Ah, You see? Now for reasons Of
nv own. which I won't enter into.
don't want the affair to get out and be-
come public You understand? l
want you to keep your mouth shut,
until give you permission to open it. J"
Very good, sor." The janitor-valet
had previous experiences with Matt
lands generosity in grateful memory;
and shut his lips tightly in promise
OF virtuous reticence.
You won't regret 1t. Now tell me
what you mean by saying that you saw
me go out at one this afternoon"
Again the flood gates were lifted;
from the deluge of explanations and
protestations Maitland extracted the
general drift of narrative. And in the
end held up his hand for silence.
Il think l understand, now. You say
he had changed to my gray suit?
O'Hagan darted into the bedroom.
whence he emerged with confirmation
of his statement.
"'Tis gone, sor. an"
"AIl right But" with rueful smile,
'Tll take the liberty of countermand-
ing Mr.. Snaith's order. II he should
call again, O'Hagan. very much want
to see him."
Faith. and It's mesilf will have a
worrud or two to whisper in the ear
av him, sor," announced O'Hagan.
grimly.
I'm afraid the opportunity will be
lacking. You may fix me hot bath
now, OHagan. and put out my even
ing clothes. I'll dine at the club to-
night and may not be back"
And, rising, Maitland approached
mirror; before which he fingered for
several minutes, cataloguing bis in
juries. Taken altogether. they
amounted to little. The swelling OF
his wrists and ankles was subsidiug
gradually; there was slight redness
visible in the corners OF his mouth.
and a shadow of discoloration on his
right temple-something that could be
concealed by brushing his hair IN
new way.
! 81 think l shall Co." concluded Msft-
land: there's nothing to excite partic-
ular comment The bulk of the sore
ness is inside"