The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-15

] thought he could not understandable
would hardly direct me to dcl!ver The
paper 10 the adventures on Long Island.
after his deliberate promise. l went
| directly TO his word. He looked up then,
his eyes wavcrinG.
Parks. hr said. you disturb me,
should have gore out but for the
] felt his little fat hand clinSing 10 my
! fingers, his fortune in my keeping
hraved Mason before The table. ex-
| planned. urged. denounced such an act
Of inhdelIty as the surrender of this pa :
| per. 7 spread the contract open above
the sheet that he was writing. He sprang
M then. his eyes blazing. his clenehed
hand hanmering the table.
You vcN me-, he said, You harass
nc What do YOU want?'
FL want tie know what 10 do With this
| what TO do with it?" he cried. II
told you Co out now"
Then hc dropped back into his chair.
obivious again 10 his surroundings.
I felt that had doue all that II was
possible for mo 10 do. II he were deter
mined 10 violate his word. why. then.
doubtless he had a sufficient reason for
| 1t. Perhaps the divorce was not invalid
| after all. At amy rate he was tho person
in authority the one responsible. But
| had his mind returned to this natter
| Did he understand what ] was asking?
Was he NOT. in fact, merely annoyed by
a supposedly meaningless interruption? l
| feared it,
Nevertheless. I obeycd him. took a
| motor-car and went down 10 the resi-
| dencc of Charles Porter on Long Island.
| The house. inclosed by enormous hedges.
| sat Oh the border OF the Sound. a fcH'
| ancient trees contrasting their green with
It's silver gray yacht hung oml beyond
In the water. I left tho chauffeur with
| the car before the door and knocked.
BY mistake of the maid was taken
at once into the presence of Suzanne
| EinSky. As q highly-colorcd incident.
This scene remains strikinglv vivid; it
seems yet out OF proportion TO other
| events Of ;fe. although 1T continued per-
| haps not twenty minutes
The room Into which I was shown was
| Uttered with the light articles of ocean
| travel. with heavy coats rugs, portmsn-
teaus III the center Of tho room an
open steamer trunk was packed with
| stocks. bonds and bulky packages OF cur
rency. a little dark. glossy-haircd ~op :
an, robed In q. Japanese wrapper, was
writing a desk \ man. whom ! IN
| stantlv recognized as a notorious attor-
ney Of New York. one Levin Howell. the
| famous counsel OF actors. advcntuTers
| criminals with filled pockets. was stand :
| ing at tho window. his back u me. his
Fingers drumming on the pane. He
! turned around and regarded ne with
an expression OF profound astonishment
For 2 moment he was 200 overcome to
speek then he began 10 stammer
nv, GOo4 Oo4s1 Tb,s he SAID AID nlf ps1ks is
secretary OF Randolph Mason.
The woman writing al the desk
| sshed 10 her feet like cotton touched
| with fire. For n step or two she ad-
vanced on me "a weasel might upon
some larger creature. Tnen she turned
! viciousiy on The maid, and cursed her
| in French, German and Italian until I'm
| the Lorraine PEASANTS figure OF speech,
fly passing would not have lighted on
her.
| I cleaned an explanation from the lurid
damning. The attorney was expecting
his associate to come for him in a mo-
tor, .he maid had been directed To ad-
init him at once on his arrival and.
naturally, she had taken me for the
man.
The infuriated woman slapped the
maids face. pushed her out OF the room.
locked the door nnd turned to- me her
eyes again shimmeriug beedily. like
weascls
What do you want?' she said in Eng
lish. biting AT each word as 1t came
out
had no wish 10 be scratched to pieces.
so | took the paper out of my pocket
and swiftly explained my errand. The
pistol the ecalping knife, the acid bot
tic. instantly vanished. y moments
calm fell and ther the sun flooded that
theatsr Of sayagery. Thus convict
i1-capinE from the death-csil would have
zctsdi w. aS ho climbed wall. n guard
touchpd him. and turning abou;
crateT to meet Z bullet nc should