The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
The Correspondent

EI,eve Tolliver was waiting for me
ho,doir-anxiously waiting. | inn
almost easped as | saw her. for
Ares there was trouble--deep. deep
DIT She must have kept it with her
stage and off.
kc--have you seen him?" she eX-
E,?" asked. eying her with pro-
/ M glance that I've seen my chief,
|STusc on cross examination. For
rfic Gilroy. OF the law firm of
|fcoyinston & Black. And OF course
low VINO GenevieVe Tolliver is
! II forget her IL you've seen her at
|snerial in "South Dakota" That
q point though--in real life and In
krrre summons she was holding in
|,,d she's Mrs. Anne T. Smythe.
= vou scen-Jim?" she went on,
cyes blinked. just as they do In
N Dakota" To tell the truth. i
N she was acting right there be-
- I must have still looked puzzled,
d eripped me tighter.
E-Jim Smythe, my husbandi' she
ii grinned, Mr.. J. j. Smythe-
/ Brock. the actor. l released my
n somehow. even with That trouble
E face, l didn't want her TO touch
h. husband" she repeated, Jim
hand" II thrilled me to hear her
n What was there in her voice,
sjned yoice-hate, despair. indlgna-
\ siiIeerence-what? II was some
q QnV ra1H.
lhen, suddenly, knew This wom-
/. nof acting. She loved her hus-
E-oved him as 1 could love my hus-
[f I had one. And he must hate
20. He had sued for divorce, and l
4 him." I replied. Yes, ] have
|. In. Miss Tolllver-Mrs. Smythe.
hess than a week ago
~ she clutched my hand, and hers
Id as ice. "How-hoW did he
she gasped. She made me tell
| little detail about him. Did ne wear
Enatfon In his buttonhole? No, he
} Was his hair turning gray Yes
Ile. How did he act-did he seem
k.rong. happy? At a venture l said
| this, though IL wasn't just the
Her face fell and something like
I'm escaped her.
~ did he sue me?" she demanded
could he be SO cruel? What did
/ / me for?"
|.her finger tips-Cowcn, my chief,
.1at-snd told her If she read the
ns and complaint l served her with
Md find out why he sued her. She
|E,d its pages and made show OF
" Il. / felt that she was reading
4 C'hundredth time. / took the papers
Ter and explained them 10 her In
AZ ugliness, told her how long she
answer them and what she had
CO. respondent name" ] said 10
Fs'-And then ! stopped short. To
truth, this was the first time
[-od the papers closely 20 myself,
o-respondent is. as you see, John
|reBzed blankly at me. ~ don't
|7ny John Doe. she returned. II
8 acting she certainly fooled me.
Fold her. on the chance that she
understand. that John Doc simply
Tor a man whose name was un-
70 my firm, Cowen, Covinston &
El Portrait of John Doe.
FJou know what he-what he looks
Us John Doe2" she asked, in a
|t,altering sort of way. No, in pri-
Fr glance over her shoulder sud
Eh glance she had never intended
1ote- / followed II, ali right. And
/ m her dressing table, i saw him
NAN was quite sure was John
" was a cabinet photograph. pretty
|.f done. Of a man with q some
Jagged Van Dyke beard. And as
Ks, he couldn't compare with her
ID. Sydney Brock. | noticed other
F'-this mans hair was black. His
pierre black. His eyes. I
stat that photograph for a long,
aile, while she must have SaZed
Suite as long. half frightened.
ilyesi Where had ! seen
be that before?
S q have sworn that 7 knew some
e didn't dare to look at her. be-
!; felt somehow that the man star
me out of the cabinet photo was
+ her than John Doe, the core
~ in Smythc vs.. Smythe. and l
81 knew he was. And yet. il ]
+ nly have placed those eyes. At
hthought OF Mr. Black, our junior
Z but I gave that up. They
|r his eyes. ] thought of Walton
the Juvenile lead in South Da
|ufI had seen him at close range
|hlouEht perhaps-but they weren't
rs. And of course they weren't
frringers-my Tim-haye l men
y him? II they had been I'd have
Ia on 10 whistle down the wind
|aknow what ] wouldn't have done
II If they'd been his eyes. only
IA these things to show how alb
T. all was. those eyes seemed so
r. 10 me, and YET | couldn't fasten
|np any man 7 knew. Tine more
jid at them the more ! became
Ia am | going to do?" demanded
Frtge Tolliyer.
not 10 look AT her and sue
~ To tell the truth. when Sydney
|Ynrst brought this divorce suit into
nee figured out that it WAS Il
scai aifair--prcss agents stuff !
pfaBe II seriously, But now, hon
felt little sick and siddy. This
b poo business disgusted me She