Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-04

ney Naienune was There
N alone. finishing up some
AA details demanding per
1ES sonal attention. Sudden
= me desk phone at his elbow tinkled
l,sistently. An agitated male voice
: the other end OF the line began to
.oeak the instant connection was es-
sblIshed.
.Iuspector Valentine-this Is Daw-
nsb--steve Dawlish-you remember?
Saw Inspector, I'm in a devil of a
boie--iust killed a man-said he was
Miss Wllliston's first Reimbursement
ber that case? Well, he tried to
siackaail me-our wedding comes OF
n three days-yes-I hit him-only
,,se. bot that was enough. Say, in
spector. can't you come out here right
.vav7 Why, I'm at Locust Valley
Won know my place-there's a late
train at uine-thirty, get you here by
sleyen-you can? That's good-I'n
have a motor at the station to meet
Won Don't fail me. I'm in an awful
messl Thanks-good-by."
Valentines face was grave as he
hung up the receiver and looked at
his watch: there would Just be time
n run uptown and pack a bag before
catching the $3.50 North Shore train
orer the Long Island railroad. Ste
pben Dawlish he remembered as one
a an unusually bright bunch of news
uaper boys who had sometimes pes
iersd the life out OF him In that grim
atone pile in Mulberry street. But for
some years they had not met--partly
an account Of the inspectors retire
nenf. and also because Dawlish had
come Tito property and was now a
man Of leisure, spending some months
Of every year at his country place in
Locust Valley.
And now that the broken thread Of
scouaintanceship had been reunited
By this urgent call for help. Finney
valentine recalled an exceedingly
tragic episode in which Stephen Daw-
iish had been an unwilling actor.
HaIf 8 decade earlier, dating from
thia October night, certain fashionable
sa6 financial circles of uptown and
downtown Manhattan had been agog
over the rather meteoric rise of
Young southerner, Yancey Daubeny,
xao IN breezy and masterful man
rsr had stormed the city.
while more or less of a plunger on
The street." he was believed to have
made considerable money. His bro
hers we're Mortimer Williston & Co..
very conservative and wealthy con-
rera-xrd II was through the senior
member Of the firm that he met Grace
WiIliston. an only daughter, heiress
10 her widowed fathers millions.
With the same insouciant and dash
lhs ways that had heralded his ad-
vent In Wall street the young south
euer laid siege to the heart Of Grace
WIliiston. In person he was most at
tfactivc-- emphatically woman's
man; tall. blond, wide-shouldered.
rather burly In voice and build, both
Il which traits one forgot wnen that
one happened to be beautiful woman
when Daubeny was anxious to please.
Then his tones became caressing. and
bis strength somehow seemed to as
sumo protecting. almost chivalrous
character.
Yancey Daubeny became social
ia7orite everywhere; he was lavish
zpeader. yet not spendthrift, since
be knew how to get dollar for dollar.
His ancestry was supposed to be OF
The bluest blood south Of Mason and
Dixon's line-that is. by his own ac-
southland he claimed relationship
with half dozen families of Illus
ulous name. In short. Yancey Dau-
beny became a distinguished and pop
slar member Of the southern colony In
New York.
Grace Williston was admired as
much for her beauty as for her sweet
s'rhshness; that she would one day
Be extremely wealthy was also no
Drawback. OF admirers she had
'eore, Of whom Stephen Dawlish
seemed TO be the most favored until
NE advent of Yancey Daubeny. But
ue southerner soon usurped the place
q nrst favorite; Dawlish proposed and
ma vas gently rejected; three months
nler the betrothal of Grace Williston
snd Daubeny was announced; every
pooy said It was a love match-in
which for once everybody was right
% lar a. the girl was concerned.
vn rare June morning they were
Married at Grace church, and imme-
e'A'eV after the wedding breakfast
us couple planned to sail for Europe
~ six months bridal trip. But at
ne loot OF the gang-plank, while Nor
a'nef Williston was in the act of say
ns farewell. brace OF secret service
nen tapped Daubeny on the shoulder.
snapped the handouts on his wrists
M grested him for forgery.
AZ the subsequent trial 1t transpired
@ -fancey Daubeny' was none
rner than William or 'Bin' Dabney,
9 old jsilbird and an accomplished
-ook wanted" by the police of Chi
80 and San Francisco. He was tried
~ eonvicted: in view of his previous
eoFd the Judge imposed the full pen
twenty years in Sing Sing.
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