The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-27

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when the storm breaks II will strike
this man whom you have honored with
your favorable considerat ton"
How When? Where?"
"You shall see"
won't you tell me?'
Nothing Is to be gained by my tell.
ing you ! prefer that you should see
for yourself"
And Mr.. Ruggles with cold politeness
lifted his hat and passed on.
Miss Harper went straight to her
mother with the information or. rather,
the insinuation. Mrs. Harper had been
a bit worried lest she had lifted her
daughter out Of the frying pan to drop
her into the fire. Her object now was
to take advantage of what Ruggles had
said to discredit both the rivals.
my dear" she said. lin the first
place. It Is very mean of Sam to cast a
slur upon this Mr.. Cation. IL shows a
very contemplate disposition on Sans
part. But we must remember that we
know nothing about Cation. He may be
a gentleman and he may not be. Likely
he is some young man who has got
hold Of little money and Is spending
It In the only outing Of his life
THAT can't be. mamma. He has the
manner of one accustomed to the very
best society. AS for Sam. IL he knows
anything about Mr.. Cation IL would be
very wicked Of him not to warn me-"
Then why doesn't he tell you the
whole story and have done with it,
Mrs. Harper was not considering the
inexperience of youth or the detection
Of Judgment occasioned by jealousy
It was enough for her to get her daugh-
ter out of the tolls Of man worth
only $1,000 a year and make sure that
Gwen should not become too far In
terested In one who for all that was
known about him was not worth a
cent.
1t was few days after this CONVEX
sation between mother and daughter.
at which Gwen promised to drop Mr..
Cation Mt once. that the storm Ruggles
had predicted broke. A woman with
angular features was driven from the
railroad station to the hotel. who. In
stead of placing her name on the
register, held n private conference
with the landlord and was excused
from doing so. She arrived In the
morning about an hour after party OF
gentlemen. including Cation, had gone
out on the water for days fishing.
lann tha lnHv
rived before there began To be whis-
pers about her among the hotel guests.
Then IL leaked out that she had come
after a fugitive husband. and lastly
Mrs. Harper was filed with conster-
nation by report that Edward Cation
had been contemplating bigamy with
her daughter.
When the fishing party returned the
guests of the hotel were drawn up on
the veranda to see the fun between
Mr. and Mrs. Cation. The gentleman
came up with the others entirely un.
conscious of what was in store for
him. The woman was ready TO pounce
on him. But the storm didn't break
Cation went up to his room to make
his toilet for dinner. and the woman
who had come after MIN said that
her husband was not among the men
who entered. She was very wroth
with her anonymous informant and
vowed that if she could discover him
she would give him piece Of her
mind
The clouds OF the storm that had
passed without striking were still
whirling about when young man
drove up to the hotel from the sta
tion and. seeing Cation OH the porch,
cried out:
Hello, Bob Where did you come
FROM"
Bob exclaimed several guests sit
ting about. In a breath. II thought
his name was Ned"
who's your friend?" asked one Of
these persons. following the newly ar
rived man into the house.
That? Why. that's Bob Caring
ton"
When Mrs. Harper was informed
that the supposed Edward Cation was
ilpht olu't tiihu iNobtt' Suil
the iuultimillionaire. and her daughter
not two days ago had given him the
rold shoulder she was not only dunn
but chagrined She had lost
the opportunity of lifetime. With |
some $1O.OOO,OOO year at her com.
mand Gwen might have gone to Lon.
Ion and taken a position in society |
here. But the luck had been against |
her and she was inconsolable
Since his identity had been given
away Mr.. Robert Darlington did not /
attempt to pass further under name
hat he had assumed i'm order to Sc
'ure temporary immunity from
lotoriety brought upon him by his i'm.
nense wealth. However. he rejoiced
It having enjoyed week Of freedom
rom curiosity and especially from So
'iety reporters who telegraphed his
presence wherever he went.
After the sensation was over Sam
Ruggles and Gwen Harper met in the
lrawing room Of the hotel.
We'll" said Sam. you just missed
naring multimillionaire. I'm sorry
or you"
And you missed seeing the mutt.