The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13

have forced something from you. Don't
| you think you might write him just
| line 10 reassure him? II take it to
him myself. -
"Oh, would you9'' The sapphires
| glistened as If the sun had Just struck
them, and j gulped hard in the excite
| ment of success. You see, / wanted to
know by what name she addressed him;
] wanted sample Of her handwriting.
But her next words proved the latter
unnecessary. "It's the first letter I've
ever written him. she smiled as I
haDded her a pencil from my bag.
could scarcely wait until was out
side the door to open the little note.
1t told me what / had surmised She
| addressed him simply as her "adored
John but that was enough to prove
he had given a fictitious name. Har-
vey's mancuvers had been planned
with tho skill of an old campaigDer.
Before / left she clasped my hand
tightly in hers. 'tTbank. you,' she
murmured with that martyr light in her
eyes and / had to look away.
But the minute ] Joined Mr.. Colvert
] caught his arm anxiously. 81 was
right. after all, - triumphed; ''it ia
her first offense And 7 want you 10
|
suade her to have The pin sent back
TO YOU VIII You withdraw the charge?
You said you wanted il kept quiet, you
know
Here Is the Solution.
His large, firm mouth went wide with
amaZement. Ho stopped IN the street
and stood facing me,
4" You'll never get her TO talk
hurried on. "I'vo found out that much
| l. In, Ii G1
You promise?' [ persisted. Mr.. Col
vert laughed loud and heartily. Make
her send back the pin first he re-
joined, with the good natured tolerance
one grants to n ehild's fairy tales.
That night ] sat long time at my
desk, and more than one sheet of pa
per went into the waste basket before
[ commenced laborIously to copy what
| had written. Disgusting my hand TO
avoid possible detection.
81 have found you OUT 7 began
abruptly. 81 know that YOU have fooled
and cheated me, and il you doubt il
the address on this letter will prove
that / know who you are, your real
name, and all about you. It's harder
TO bear than all I've been through. I
would have kept quiet aud gone to pris
on for your sake, but now | know
that you would have just been laugh
ing at me. All / want 70 tell you ~
this. They have promised TO let me
90 If the pin is returned to them. -
not free in few days. 7 added. 81
Will tell them the truth-everything T
am sending this through friend. 7
know il is dangerous, but why should
| ! he the only one 10 suffer. / don =
care about anything any more, but |
do mean every word | say. l II prove
it if you III come down TO see me"
4 IL - l1-~
so ] felt safe in signing 1t with her
name Nora. -
The following afternoon I trembled
in nervous dread as ] called up Laura
Danforth and asked whether j might
drop in informally to dine that night.
Then in thick white envelope heavy
with smudgc of sealing wax the letter
was posted by special delivery TO Har-
vey. 1t was risky, of course.
Harvey was in the drawing room
when / arrived, his smiling. debonair
self. and Harry Richards, whom Laura
had hastily summoned ms n fourth.
L played with my food though had
n gnawing sense OF hunger [ knew
dozen dinners could never satisfy,
ance of a servant made my heart leap
! high, then sink to further depths. What
| If that letter had gone aStraY. What
| if by chance il should fall into the
| hands of the police. a thousand doubts
seized and racked me. You may think
it's amusing to be mcddler, but
know it isn't.
The courses passed one by one at a
funereal pace. | longed madly for ac
ton l wanted 10 get up and pace the
room. At last we were in the library
dawdling over the liqueurs Laura had
left us to arrange n bridge table in the
card room adjoining. | was laughing
wildly at a twenty-yearol joke Of
Harvey's when the little Japanese but
ler stood suddenly in the doorway,
silver tray in his hand. On it Law my
letter. Harvey picked up the envelope,
looked il over in puzzled curiosity, and
with side glance that took In my ap-
parent wrapped interest in Harry tore
it open.
Then 7 stole sidewise glance at Har-
vcy's face as he read. One look told
me he was facing his Nemesis!
Two days later | was called to Mr.,
Colvcrt S private office. He was at h's
desk, staring hard at an express pack,
age, Just opened: ON his face awed won
der. As | entered he shook his head
in bewidercd fashion and rose.
''Too much for me-the eternal fem.
inine'' he gasped "Miss Bentleigh,' -
hc added, his eyes laughing, "'you re
misplaced, You ought TO be on the de-
tcctive force -
] did not have 10 he told what that
package contained.