The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1909-07-29
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generation nOluS no suffrage, ana is
not slow to declare that the PrimOrdial
is rightly named, charactcri2ng tho
individual members OF the board OF
governors ms antediluvians. prehistoric
monsters who have never learned that
laughter lends n SAVIOR To existence
And 50 II is that the younger genera
ton (Which is understood To include
Maitland and l'annermnn), while II re-
lgiuusly pays it's dues aud has tho
name OF the primOrdial engraved upon
its cards, shuns those deadly rcspCc
table rooms and seeks it's comfort else
where.
Maitland found IL dull and dCprcss.
ing enough, that same evening. some.
thing before seven. The spacious and
impressive lounging rooms were but
spalscly tcnantcd. other than by the
cunuicd corps of servants and tho
few members who had lent the opon
doors the excuse Of their presence
were Of the elderly type that hides
itself behind Il newspaper in an easy
chair and snurts when addressed
The young man strolled dsconso.
lately enough into the billiard room,
thence (doggcd by spectcr OF lone.
lincssD to the bar, and finally. In sheer
| desperation. 10 the dining room. where
he selected table and ordered an
| evening paper with his meal.
When the former was brought him.
he sat up and began to take n new In.
tcrest in life. The glarlng headlines
that met his eye on the front page
| proved as bracing as Il slap In the
| face.
"'Thc Maitland Jewels" he read,
half aloud: Daring Attempt at Burg
larry. Mad" Maitland Catches Hand.
some Dan" Ansty in the Act of Crack.
ing His Safe at Maitland Manor.
Which Was Which? Both Principals
Disappear
The news.story was exploited as a
beat" ii could have been little else,
since nine.tenths Of it's exclusive de-
tails had been born full.winged from
the fccund imagination of busy re-
porter 10 whom Maitland had refused
an interview while in his bath, some
three hours earlier. Maitland discov-
cred with relief that boiled down to es-
sentials IL consisted simply of the
statement that somebody presumably
HIMSELF had caught somebody (pre-
sumably Anisty) burglarizlng the II.
brary safe at Maitland Manor that
morning: that one Of the sOmebodes
tho one knew which, had Overpowered
the other and left him In charge OF the
| hntlnr u hf had tI,
his prisoner To escape and then talked
for publication.
II was not TO this SO much that Matt
land objected. II was the illnstra.
lions that alternately Saddened and
maddcned the young man; the said II.
Illustrations 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 Anisty. excellent likenesses both
of the originals and of each other.
Mr.. Maitland did not enjoy his din.
ncr.
Anxious and prcoccupled, he tasted
the dishes mechanically; and when
they had all passed before him, 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 Hig
gins was doomed.
At 10:l5 he began to contemplate
with positive pleasure the prospect OF
! discharging the butler. That, at least
! was action. something that he could
do; wherever else he thought to move
he found himself baffied by the blank
darkness of mystery, or by his fear
Of publicity and ridicule.
At 1920 he decided to move upon
Greeniields at once, and telephoned
OIIagan. advising him to profess L.
norance of his employers where
( abouts.
At 1922, or in the midst of his ad
monitions TO the janitor, he changed
his mind and decided To stay in New
! York; and instructed the Irshman
to bring him Il suit case containing q
! few nccessaries; his intention being TO
stay out the night ut the club. and SO
/, avoid tho matutinal siege of his lodg.
, ngs by reporters and detectives.
, At 1915 "a club servant handed him
the card OF representative of the
? Evening Journal. Maitland directed
} that the gentleman be shown into the
reception room.
At 1916 he skulked out of the club
by side entrance, jumped into cab
and hau himself driven to the East
, Thirtyiourth street ferry, arriving
: there just in time to miss the last
} train for Greonfields.
: Denied the shelter alike of his lodg-
ings, his club, and his country home,
the young man in despair caused him
self to be conveyed to the Bartholdi
hotel, where, possessed OF a devil of
folly, he preserved his incognito by reg
islerng under the name Of M. Dan
| icls" And EtraiEhtWaY retired 10 bia