Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-10-28


mate daughter, born in lawful we'd
lock, no one would be able to gainsay
In the face of the evidence he could
produce.
In one Of two or three ways Hews
proposed to turn this valuable secret
to his own profit: II the girl were
alive and unmarried and in humble
circumstances, he would try to make
her his wife and divulge the truth
afterwards; in which case Roger Hews
would have somewhat to say con.
corning the spending and scattering
Of old Andrews boarded wealth. II
the girl were already welded to an
other, then he hoped to find his &C.
count by selling her and her husband
the story on the best terms possible.
Thirdly, II neither Of these things
we're the case, then he could fnd
market for his wares with Wilfrid
Stennis, who might be expected to
pay handsomely for the suppression
OF the secret, thus insuring to himself
a clear title to the property.
1t was a clear case Of Heads | win,
tails you Iose!" So far as he could
see, only one contingency could de-
feat the major plot-the daughter OF
Mtnna and Andrew Meleen might be
dead.
Meantime, he had no objection
whatever to letting a wrongful heir
enter into possession. The informa.
ton he possessed would have a sure
and certain market value In any case.
1t took Roger Hews three or four
months to trace the migrations Of
John Trevecca. covering, as they did,
a period OF ten or twelve years. But
run him to earth at last he did, and
found to his joy that Eunice was very
much alive, and well worth winning
for her own sake. But one other
thing was not so much to his liking
the discovery that Eunice and the
man in possession had been friends
for years, and were even then sup
posed to be engaged lovers. This
was an adverse conjunction which the
astutest mind could not have imag-
ined or oreseen-indeed, 1t was of a
piece with all the other strange fac.
tors in the case
However, Roger Hews was content
to play waiting game. He was very
careful to keep out of Wilfrid's way,
but he lost no time in making the &C.
quaintance Of Eunice and her STEP
father. and at the time of Wilfrid's
departure for Europe Roger had been
for some months on terms Of easy
acquaintance with both of them. He
attended the same church as Eunice,
he Joined the ward club and the lodge
to which Trevecca belonged, and
among the decent denizens of Mac
dougal street passed as a writer,
character which was not belied by
appearances, owing to his quiet,
steady demeanor and his careful
acting and dressing of the part
/ Nor did it take Hews long to dis
cover that there was a little rift in
the Lutte between Eunice and Wilfrid.
This exactly suited his book. Per-
haps less observant person could
have foretold such an outcome of
their odd romance. Anyway, this
was Rogers opportunity. AS Wilfrid's
visits became fewer, and the coast
more clear, the other took to dropping
in of an evening. ostensibly to see
John Trevecca: or he would contrive
to meet Eunice at church and prayer
meeting and walk home with her. He
even escorted her to the park, to the
theater. and to some popular concerts.
Never by word or look or action did
he hint Of any knowledge Of her ac-
quaihtance with Wilfrid Stennis. she.
on her part, from motives OF pride and
! delicacy forebore to allow Stennis
name to pass her lips; old John
Trevecca was naturally close-mouthed
about his own or his daughters AZ
fairs. So It was a three-cornered
game.
At no time Is the average woman
supposed to be more approachable to
a determined wooer than when she
has been deserted or deems herself
forsaken by another man. In proper.
ton as the wound is deep, so ia the
healing process possibly FASTENED II