Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13

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able to trust himself in the midst of other
vehicles once more.
Armand would have given little heed to
the incident had he not CHANGED to see his
master schooling young horse over some
hurdles early next day. For many minutes
he watched in silence a display of consum-
mate horsemanship Then he laughed.
NERVES? Pouf!" he said, and went off to
the garage to readjust crank that was a
shade more eccentric than it was intended
to be.
Another hindrance to complete forgetful-
ness, which Waverton seemed to confuse
with lack of memory, was the way in which
his discarded wife had stampedher individual
ity on the country house during her brief
residence there In the drawing room, which
he seldom entered, the very arrangement of
the furniture and general appointments
were eloquent of wonan's taste and sense
of beauty. When he crossed the hall, which
was noted for its old oak, its trophies, and
its leather jacks,-not the drinking cups
known by that name, but the quilted leather
coats worn by Governor John Winthrop's
foot soldiers in the early part of the seven
tenth century,-he could not help seeing
Doris WavertonS portrait, a full-length Sar-
gent, which smiled at him from a well lighted
half-landing.
Doris from her father, and had been sched-
uled by her lawyers as part of the personal
property that must be returned to her. In
fact, representative of Mowlem & Wrench
was expected to put in an appearance any
day with van and a formidable list of arti-
cles to be removed, and Waverton had given
instructions that, if he happened to be out,
the butler was to check the list and expedite
the agents task.
When he began to take an interest in the
gardens, he encountered the same feminine
influence everywhere. The head gardener
was surprised to find his employer recalling
old vines and vanished trees, but oblivious
of changes effected since his marriage. Still,
the household was profoundly pleased to
note the change in "Mr. Claude" the ia
miliar name having survived the elder Wa
verton's death, and deep and very much mis-
taken were the guesses hazarded as to the
cause of the appearance and sudden dlSap-
pearance of his divorced wife, which could
not long remain secret in the small COM
munity of Saginaw Waverton, of course,
read the hopes of his retainers in every
guarded reference to "Mrs. Waverton'
was that he withdrew into his shell, and, ex-
cepting Armand and stable hand or two,
seemed to avoid his own servants.
THEN, on the Saturday following Doris
Waverton's abrupt departure, her hus-
band was stung into active resentment.
When he came in to breakfast after fast
canter through the woods and along the
shore of the lake, he was greeted uproar-
ously by Bob, who could not share in these
excursions and vastly preferred the automo
bile; but the sight of an official looking docu-
ment among his few letters stopped the
usual romp with the dog.
1t was request that he should attend
"the adjourned inquest touching the death
of Herbert Widlake Kyrle," to be held at
Atlantic City "at eleven o'clock A. NJ. the fol
lowing Wednesday, as he will be asked to
give evidence in certain matters deemed es-
sential to the inquiry
This was bad enough; but his face grew
very stormy indeed when he opened another
letter, and found that "Yours ever, John S.
Tearle," happened to be in Albany for the
weekend, and meant to run up to Saginaw
and visit "dear Curly" informally.
Bring me a railroad folder, quick!'
shouted the angry recipient to decorous
footman. "And send Rice here Instantly"
he added, as the man was hurrying out.
Between Rice and the railroad schedule it
was soon ascertained that telegram could
hardly reach the hotel from which Tear1e |