The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
CHAPTER Y.
on A NEW QUEST.
on A NEW QUEST
- HE knock sounded again
opened the door. bracinG myself
q cnnfrnr,f-I kneN not what.

opened The door. bracinE myself
- confront-I knew not what
] certainly was not prepared
Tor the anUClimaX that greeted me On
the threshold stood the old butter
Miss Lee says won't you gen N u
come down, sa1g'' he asked Mss
Graves gWine way in a few minutes
Miss Graves2' cried Mark eXcitedlJs
huTTying forward
Tell Mrs. Lee we are very sorry, but
that we VIII not be able to come down,
I ordered. shutting the door on the
But. Hugh exclaimed Mark. grasp
Ing the knob, rs Hilda, and
And YOU are not nj to speak her
name, much less TO meet her now. /
TCtOrJed- When you have proven
yourself worthy il viii be time enough
FOR YOU TO see her Besides you must
start for Philadelphia IN ten minutes
Where's that afternoon paper
Here II is" he answered crest
fallen Why Are YOU going TO wait
and read the whole article now l
thought YOU said you were IN hurry
II am The more haste the less speed
This paper spoke of Brock ] want 90
ind II II says whether OF not he IS
still in Baltimore. de may be De
tanned tin the inquest In that case
know where his lodgings are II hes
going hack 20 Philadelphia today L
here IL is-8Ir- Brock. as he BOARDED
the $50 train for Washington, told a
reporter that he had pressing business
at the capital. but would return -
Baltimore should his testimony be re
quired at the inquest He
To Wash IngtOn - cried Hugh What
for wonder
ITS one Of a hundred things in this
case that puzzle n e. I answered In
the first place WIN Vaughn found you
Lad J8-1en the bcUds. why dldn [ ne
tell II ODCeE II would nave gwen MIN
FuIi revenrp as well as by waiting " by
did ne ta-1e the bonds from your bag at
Toung's HOtel2 And whenE And how
did he know they were there Hav-
ing en- them why old ne Telegraph
Brock and WIZ did the precious pair
Of them core straight to Baltimore in
stead OF returning the BONDS 70 the
safe2 arr WHY dt1 they come here 10
see ne last 1iEht2 Also Il Vaughn had
the bonds with him, why weren't they
found on nIS BODY If Brock has them
why is he gong 20 washington on
pressing business instead OF returning
at-once to Philadelphia Mr. Graves
has gone 10 Washington on business.
too But il isn't likely Brock VIII seek
him out there with the story Of the
theft when he could just as easily see
him e day or so later in his own Office
on. the whole thing is one huge. con
Are YOU going 10 follow Brock TO
Washington asked Marx as I began
tossing clothes into my bag
Yes There's train IN half an
But # the police"
Il must take my chances st that !
doubt If they viii think I'm still I'm
-eTirg m Baltimore or that Ia 20
FTsze6Iv 20 tie station in broad day
light That's my chance must
take tt
Hugh. old chap broke out Mark
in sudden fcrvor- Don't think IN
not grateful, TO the very bottom or my
heart. for what your doing for me- II
7 can ever make Il up 20 you-If ms ~
rure life can ever atone for all / We
Let Il so At that I interpoSed- not
unkindlv- In this old world Cue-lai1
OF the people are forever DONG Things
~ 0r half II isn't raL4[
either OF US that we two belong 10
different halves In old times the cadet
OF the family stayed at nome and kept
the family peace while the elder brother
went 20 the WIS SO be IL with US F..
Good-by and good luck
The fat waIer-streUu IaudsCa De
slipped northward pest the car win
doUs- 7 had run the station gauntlet
without n.isstep and was safely aooard
The washington train on the h--f stage
Of my strange quest
The enforced idleness Of the journey.
when / Va-s keyed up 10 hE1t rather
than 20 walt Sot on my nerves
As Is t1g fashion Of many d man
in such moments OF nervous inactivity
7 pulled out the handful Of letters and
other papeTS-sCrEpS that filled the in
neT pocket Of my COat-thIniNlnE to find
some letter whose repsruSaI might nelp
while away the tedium Of the ride
AZ I did so I came across the long
envelope 7 had Snatched from Brock
the preceding night and had stuffed into
nv pocket
The quick-fre succession Of events
that had followed upon each other ever
since had driven its very existence from
my mind. In a matter OF life and death
a packet Of other peoples love letters
cut but small figure
But now. as I turned the envelope
over and over lrresoiuteiE IN my hands.
new train Of thought flashed across
nv mind
The letter I had glanced at the pre-
4r,fr --rs1v- -
dock, had borne the prefix kari and
had been signed "Tessie-'' The packet
being found in the room shared by
Vaughn and Brock. that name karl
could Of course, apply 10 no one but
Vaughn himself
he was in love with HiIds Graves.
Yet he was treasurinE a bundle Of
love letters written by 4 Eir. named
'Tessie-' That was odd enough by
itself
But why had Brock sprung to save
them from me when my eye had rest
ed on the big envelOpe2 Why were
they 50 precious Why should he
guard them from me- What interest
could he have supposed would have
For. I think. the o-e time in my
life. I was sorely tempted TO do a
really 6ishonorabIe thing Namely. TO
open the envelope and to read the let
tiers The love letters written to an
other man by an unknown woman
am glad 10 say ] ought down the
7 sealed the envelopes pen flap Then
saw that there was an address on
the face OF the envelope in Brock 5
writing Il had apparently been partly
ready for mailing when ] found ct
The address ran -'Sigu0rina Teresa
3 I-erri, Hotel Arlington. Washington,
D. O.
washington And Brock too. had
fust gone thither II waS a coincidence.
N the very least
The more 7 resolved the matter in
ny mind the more assured did 7 be
come that il would pay me 10 look Up
SiEnoTfna Teresa F'erri and see II she
could throw any light upOn Proeck :
movements or upon NauEhn-S motive
IN coming soH+h Inward when he should
have gone direc, 10 his desk II Phila-
deiphis-
To the man who thinks Z fine 70
sheer st this land OF ours ard to ex-
toi the beauties OF other cgun tries.
give but one hi- OF counsel Walk ID
Pennsylvania avenue. in Washington.
u the late afternoon OF siirinE 6zy.