The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-09-07


hunting you
The old man stared at the spcrRer
open-mouthed, and muttered s"mg
thing about Fort Hays, but Keith, pay
ing little attention to him hurried o,
with his story.
As ! say she decided upon imper
sonating Christie here. hoping In this
way to learn more regarding uawley's
plans. We had discovered that the
TWO were to meet after he evening
performance az the stage door OF The
Trocadero. escorted Hope there,
dressed as near like Miss MaclGirg Us
possible, and left her inside the vest.
bule waiting Tor Black Bart to ap-
pear. At the head OF the alley | ran
into Fairbain told him something OF
the circumstances. and persuaded him
to escort Miss Christie back to the
hotel He was not very hard to per
suade Well, Hawley came. and Hope
met him; they went out of the alley
way together arm in arm, talking
pleasantly, and turned this way to-
ward the hotel. The doctor and
layed not to exceed two minutes
speaking a final word to Fairbain. and
when ] reached the street they had
disappeared. have hunted them
everywhere without finding a trace
nave even been through the resorts.
She has not returned TO the hotel, and
burst in upon you here hoping that
laf oh
nation"
She shook her mead, and Waite.
glaring impOtently at the two Of them,
swore sharply
Good God, man! my girl! Hope,
alone with that damn villain Come
on, Sheriff; we've got to find her.
Wait, thought" and he strobe almost
menacingly across the room. First,
want to know who the devil you
are?"
Keith Strengthened up, looking d.
rectly into the fierce questioning eyes.
Il have told you my name-Jack
Keith" he replied. quietly. Doctor
Fairbain knows something of me. bur
for your further information will ada
that when we met before | was Cap
tain Keith, Third Virginia Cavalry,
and bearing dispatches from Long,
street TO Stonewall Jackson"
The gruff old soldier, half.crazed by
the news of his daughters peril, the
CLEAN of his eyes still revealing I'M
controlled temper, stared at the young.
er face fronting him. then slowly he
held out his hand
"Keith-Keith," he repeated, as
though bringing back the name with
an effort. by God. that's sold JEFF
ferson Keith's boy-killed at An.
tietam. And you know Hope?"
Yes, General"
He looked about as though dazed
and the sheriff broke in not unkindly.
We'll, Waite, II we are going to
search for your daughter We better
be at It, Come on, all of you; Miss
Maclaire will be safe enough here
alone"
He took hold of Keiths arm, ques.
tioning him briefly as they passed
down the hall. On the. stairs the lat
ter took his turn. stf confused by
what he had just heard
who is Miss Maclaire?" he asked
Phyllis Gale"
"Of course, but who is Phyllis Galei
What has she to do with Genera
Waite? His daughter has told me she
never heard of any one by that name.
Well, Keith, the old man has never
told me very much; he's pretty close
mouthed, except Tor swearing, but I've
read his papers, and picked up a pom
or two. | reckon the daughter Miss
Hope, maybe never heard wore
about It, but the boy-the one tha
was shot-must have stumbled ontS
the story and repeated it to Hawley
That's what set that fellow going 1
seems Mrs. Waite's maiden name wa.
, Pierpont, and when she was seven
teen years old she was married to tn,
son OF a rich North Carolina planter
The fellow was a drunken, dissolute
good, for-nothing. They had daugh
ter born-this Phyllis-and when tn,
child was three years old her father
5 In fit OF drunken rage. ran away. AM
, to spite his wife took the little CIR
with him. All efforts to trace then
failed, and the mother finally secured
divorce and. two years later, mar
ried Willis Waite Waite, of course
knew these facts, but probably the.
were never told the children Whel
, the father of Mrs. Waites first nus
band died, he left all his large proper
I ty to his grandcbild, providing sh
could be found and identified within
certain time. falling which The proper
ty was to be distributed among Gel
tain designated charities. Waite wa
named sole administrator. Well, tn
, old man took as much interest In it a
though it was his own girl. but mad
mighty little progress. He did dis
J. cover that the father had taken tn
. child to St Hous and left here Their
:, with woman named Raymond, bu
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