Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-05

TT may be" he argued, that she
will require some action on our part
the moment we see her, and nothing
could be more stupid than for the
three of us to be wandering about this
great city hopeIessly inquiring for a
missing English lady, whilst she was
impatiently awaiting our return in the
knowledge hat valuable time was
being lost to no purpose. What is there
to fear? Miss Talbot is absolutely I'M
known to all the parties concerned in
the affair. Even IL she attracted their
attention. which is improbable, it is
almost inconceivable hat they should
connect her with the search being made
for them. The only risk she runs is
hat of insult by some semi-intoxicated
reveler. and eve IN a rowdy city like
this, 1t must indeed be a strange To-
cality in which she would be denied
some protection. OF course / will be
much relieved when Miss Talbot re-
turns, but up to the present I see no
reason for undue anxiety on u part.
Indeed, we ought to congratulate our
selves on the fact that she deems 1t
necessary to leave us for such a long
period. The probability is hat she is
making highly important discoveries
which may tend materially to reduce
the area of inquiry"
Withndhis view Talbot could not
help conefitring, SO Fairholme had to
content himself by smoking many
cigarettes and walking ~uneasily about
the room. Sit down he could not,
whilst any casual ring at the hotel
door found him leaning over the balus-
trade of the inner court and listening
~intently for the first words of the new
arrival.
But the E~nglishmen were not the
only persons in the hotel that night
whose composure va disturbed. Their
extraordinary behavior caused I'M
easiness to the manager and those
members of his stan who remained on
duty. The facts disclosed by the hall
porter were certainly remarkable. Only
one member of the party had behaved
in a normal manner. Sir Hubert Fitz-
james, soon after his arrival. went
quietly to bed. but the hall porter's
report as to the conduct of the others
was passing strange.
One of them. to his surprise, had
rung up the Prefecture OF Police In
Paris on the telephone. The others
We're standing at the hotel door, gazing
quietly enough at the passersby, when
suddenly about midnight much excite
ment rose amongst them. They con-
versed eagerly in their own tongue for
a few moments, and the lady had
rushed off down the street by her
self, whilst her two companions ran
with equal precipitancy TO join the third
in the sitting-room they had engaged.
and there they We're still seated in
moody expectancy, apparently watch
ing for sbme dramatic event to happen.
1t was time that all good people were
in bed. But it was hopeless to approach
such lunatics with questions, for they
were English, and no decent French
mar could possibly hope to understand
their actions or motives. 1t vas salts
factory that they could speak French
well; therefore. the manager c~ounselled
the hall-porter to exhibit patience and
prudence. Moreover. milords upstairs
would be sure to recompense him for an
enforced vigil by a liberal pourboire.
At last, when even the Cannebiere
was empty. and when the latest cafe
had closed it's doors and the final tram
car had YEARLY jingled its way up the
hill towards a distant suburb, the cleo
trio bell tangled a noisy summons to the
front door. It produced the hall
porter, and Fairholme with remarkable
celebrity.
The Frenchman cautiously opened the