The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-29

Then he came across his telegram from
Brighton to Paul. That certainly hardly
seemed familar-he would have bean very
mad TO send such message. He sup
posed he must have discharged Paul.
or else the young man had resigned. He
didn't wonder. after getting such q tele-
gram. But what was II Paul had made
ouch q fool OF himself about? And what
on earth had he been doing at Brighton?
And who was his new secretary? The
initials &C. M" gave him no clue. I1e
hunted through the drawer in which he
knew Paul kept his own papers Ha
found a powder puff and a reel OF cot
ton and a needle stuck therein Evi-
IDENTIFY the. new secretary was woman
But he also found In the drawer two
clippings-one from the Daily Mall, giv-
ing an account OF his own disappearance.
This only left him still more In amaze
| ment. Yet from the letter book 1t was
evident he had been there on the 7th.
Tass s hs rom the sun 10 af the da
and was an interview with Mr. Paul.
It contained a graphic recital OF what had
taken place on the evening 3, Of his his return. ,nJ
| owe laughed as he read the account OF
the, dressing down he had administered
to his , sscreatry Te ryns Serve the yoqns beg
fully pieced everything together day by
day and saw every moment was account
ed for from that time UP to within an
| hour or two OF his finding himself IN
| Hyde park.
Slowly walking up and down the room.
1t became evident that from the evening
Of the 18th until the 18th his mind was
an absolute blank. Now. somebody had
been at the Cecil during the time. He
himself must have been somewhere why
| drugged, he feIt certain there was no
drug which could have kept him uncon
scious the whole time without break.
and yet leave him in perfect health as
he then felt Besides, how could an I'M
! postor have prohted? FIe looked at his
check books: two checks had been drawn
the ordinary figure. rather less. in fact.
| The only other check was the purchase
money for the Times. But the Times
couldn't run away: What & good vas It to to
| course. II he liked to a1legc, and could
prove. mental alteration about himself.
he could get all contracts annulled. But
the purchase OF the Times appeared to be
| the only thing he had done except his or
dInary business. and the conduct Of that
he felt certain would go a long way to
disproye any allegation OF temporary men
tai ipcapaclty,
On the other hand. suppose he had been
there himself all the time-he certainly
couldn't remember being anywhere else
then things seemed to nt. He remen-
bered being in Piccadilly on the 4th; he
had apparently told Paul he had gone
to Brighton. SO he supposed he must have
done so. and from the moment or the tel
egram from Brighton there was a clear
narrative Of events In his letter and cable
books. Think over 1t how he would. he
Cecil the whole time. and had simply
suffered from lapse OF memory which
his best plan was to cover up at all haz-
ards as best he could. This he decided
to do The interview with Paul in the
Sun must have been cabIed to America,
which no doubt accounted for his wife's 8
coming arrival the next day. OF course
hs must deny having said that and tell
his wife he was absent making inquiries
about tho Times.
Mr.. Meadows soon found he had paid q
most outrageous price for the Times. hut
he felt he could not repudIate the bar
: gain. Nor did It interest him in the least
| to own the first and greatest newspaper
} In the world. He wired TO MT. Walter
and asked for nm interview, and then Of
! fered to sell him back half-share In
/ the Times for one million.
"If you're tired Of 1t already Til give
you two millions for the whole"
mo. II isn't that I want your pres
tige bnck. and your generations of knovvl
edge and experience, and J want Buckle
back. but on the business side YOU want
I, smartening up You are losing lots OF
chances" SO 1t was thus arranged. and
editorially the dear old Thunderer pur-
sued the even tenor OF its way unchanged
: unaltered: but Mr.. Meadows imported
I some of his own countrvmep. who took
charge Of the business side Of the paper
, Which accounts for the Americaniza tion
, OF the business dealings of the Times
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