The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-09
CHAPTER XIII.
Might at the Laurels.

E roll of dance music and sur
.;,;ous bundles that looked like
- of candy From scraps of con
|r.tion | cleaned that there had been
r.@rious occurrences at the convent
F',d;np in the theft Of what the rev.
IN father called vaguely. ga guam
nj updermuslins. dropped
I'm q, that point, and when ! reused
;sr moments later, the conversation
IA impressed. Hotchkiss had da-
IN on an envelope.
'EWith this window bolted, and that
IL, inaccessible. and if. as YOU say.
were in n tub here
Tx then, as YOU hold the key to
q other door think YOU said the
E,yeut dog did not raise any dis
E,hspee9 Pardon a personal qucs-
"a but do you ever walk in your
I IEs priest looked bewildered.
|'Ill tell YOU what to do" Hotch-
said cheerfully, leaning forward.
box around little yourself before
E, call in the police Somnambu6sm
III queer thing. It's a question
Lsther We are most ourselves sleep
- or waking. Ever think of that?
"a, sanity life all day. prayers
a mstins and all that, and the sub
reious mind hikes You out OF bed
night 10 steal undermus)ini Sub
|-inal theft. so TO speak, Better ex-
|une the roof.
\ Il dozed again When ] walcued
Ekhkiss sat alone. and the priest,
~ a corner, was staring al him daz-
I'd, over his breviary.
l II was raining when we reached Cres-
=. wind driven rain that had forced
N agent at the newsstand TO close
|rxlf in, and that beat back from
\, rails in parallel lines of white
Iry. AS he went IN the main street.
|ashkiss was checrfully obIivious of
y weather, of the threatening dusk,
n our generally dragglcd condition.
Ny dragCled condition, should say.
y be improved every moment-hls
IL brighter. his ruddy face ruddier,
collar newer and glossier. Some
|1s, when 1T does not encircle the
|ls man S neck, ! shall test that col
d with match
/ | was growing steadily more de.
|sssed: | loatheG my erraDd and its
Esssity. ] had always held that
Pr who played the spy on a woman
hs beneath contempt, Then. [ admit
|uas afraid Of what | might learn,
IA time. however, this promised
h negligible quantity. The streets
\ ibe Struggling little mountain town
been clcan.washcd Of humanity by
y downpour Windows and doors
he iuhospitably shut, and from
Eund an occasional drawn shade came
tHow strips Of light that merely
fphssized our gloom When Hotch-
|s's umbrella turned inside out, l
Epred.
|aI don IT know where you are 20.
H. snarlcd, ''and | don't care.
IS I'm going TO get under cover in
of ten seconds. I'm not amphi-
ducked into the next shelter, which
fBencd to he the yawniug entrance
IA livery stable. aud shook myself,
= fashion. Hotchkiss wiped his col
\ With his handkerchief. IT emerged
|7mlng and unwiltcd.
|'This will do as we'll as any place. y
nid raising his voice above the
Fle Of the rain. "Got TO make be
hing
II sat down on the usual chair with
Y back, Just inside the door, and
nd out at the darkening street. The
Ek affair had an air of unreality,
~ that ] was there. doubted the
|tsity. or the value, of the Journey.
Isas wet and uncomfortable. Around
n with Cressou as a center. stretched
\ rregular circumference Of noun
n, with possibly a tcn-mile radius,
in il ! was 10 find the residence
10 woman whose first name | did not
FT and man who, so far, had been
|ETely chimcrical person.
|hoichkiss had penetrated the steam
Interior Of thc cave, and now his
IRe, punctuatcd by the occasional
~ Of horses hoofs. came TO me.
I.something light Will do, he was
Eag, "A runabout, perhaps He
u, forward rubbing his hands. fol
sed by thin man in overalls % Mr.,
~ SAYS he began this is Mr.
~ OF Peck and Pcck-says that the
Efe we are looking for is about seven
Ike from the town. It's clearing.
Ll Is not. - | returned savagely.
|aed we don Z want q, runabout, Mr..
s. What We require is an hcrmcti-
y sealed driving suit 7 suppose
,e lsn Z a machine TO he had?' Mr.
LIZ pazed at me in silence: machine
nlm meant other things than motors.
aat9mobile,H ] supplemented His
IA. cleared
Nome but private affairs ! eau
y you 2 good buggy with rubber
P,.'n' Mike, is the Doctors horse
am sill uncertain as 80 whether
IA aWboned roam we took out that
rs'oVer the mountains was the doc
~ morse or not If 1t was. the doe
may be good doctor. but he docs
snow anything about horse. And
'lelnlorc. ! hope he didn Z need
r"' that miserable evening.
Itmaie thev harpcssed thc horse.
l|bs;A@ told me what hc had learned.
Il ~ turtlses in the town and vicin-
4 ne snid. "Sort Of family name
rIIu here. One of them is tcle.
,r opeTaior n the station. Person
|a,.e. looking for is-was-a wealthy
;E,i" with q brother-namcd Sulli-
Esa both supposed 10 have been
: r on the F'lior."
: vver brother" I reneafcd stupidly.
R,.ou see, IIotchkiss went on,
|hja people. in ono party, took the
Int;, mere last night, Miss West. Mrs.
and Sullivan. The two women
q ne drawing room. Sullivan had
seven. What we want 10 find
A,,s lnst who these people were,
H. sney came from. if Bronson knew
c,isSs sod how Miss West became en-.
Y }-i'r;eSa With them. She may have
IJ u ~ sullivan, for one thing"
a. lnio gloom after that. The
|atbo,r Was :, led uDwillinply into the
2 bind uo,chkiss and | I'm eclipse
= L'M in me blanket. The liveryman