Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-11
The Argus Daily Story
A Plan for Break-By Julia D. Edmonds
Copyrighted. by Associated Literary

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. 1t 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. II he knows
anything about Mr.. Cation II would be
very wicked Of him not to warn me-"
Then why doesn't he tell you the
whole story and have done with itY'
Mrs. Harper was not considering the
inexperience of youth or the detection
of Judgment occasioned by jealousy.
1t was enough for her to get her daugh-
ter out of the tolls of a man worth
only 5000 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 q
cent.
1t was a few days after this CONVEX
sation between mother and daughter,
at which Gwen promised to drop Mr..
Cation at 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 a 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 a days fishing.
1t was not long after the lady ar
rived before there began to be whis-
pers about her among the hotel guests.
Then it leaked out that she had come
after a fugitive husband, and lastly
! Mrs. Harper was filed with conster~
nation by a report that Edward Caton
had been contemplating bigamy with,
| her daughter
When the fishing party returned tbs
guests of the hotel were drawn up on
the veranda to see the fun betweent
Mr.. and Mrs. Cation. The gentleman
came up with the others entirely I'M
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 womau
who had come after him said that
her husband was not among the men
who entered. She was very wroth
with her anonymous informant and
vowed that IL she could discover him
she would give him a piece of her
mind
The clouds of the storm that had
passed without striking were still
whirllng about when a young man
drove up to the hotel from the sta
ton and, seeing Cation on the porch,
cried out:
Hello, Bob! Where did you come
! from?'
"Bobw exclaimed several guests sit
ting about, in a breath. Il thought
his name was Ned"
who's your friendT' 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
none other than Robert Darlington,
the multimillionaire. and her daughter
not two days ago had given him the
cold shoulder she was not only dunn
founded, but chagrined. She had lost
the opportunity of lifetime. Wits
some 100000 a year at her COM
mand Gwen might have gone to Lon
don and taken a position In society
there. 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 a name
that he had assumed In order to Sc
cure temporary immunity from
notoriety brought upon him by his i'm
mense wealth However, he reJoiced
at having enjoyed a week of freedom
from curiosity and especially from So
ciety reporters who telegraphed his
presence wherever he went.
After the sensation was over Sam
Ruggles and Gwen Harper met In the
drawing room of the hotel.
WELL" said Sam. you just missed
sharing a multimillionaire. I'm sorry
for you"
And you missed seeing the multi
, millionaire captured by a deserted
wife"
Funny, isn't itT
Their eyes met, and they smiled.
Mothers frantic" Gwen remarked
, 81 suppose so. Well, what are you
going to dor
why, I'm not going to do any
, thing"
, She held a rose in her hand and,
, going up to him. fixed 1t In his button
, hole. He cast a quick glance about
him. There was no one besides them
selves in the room. He kissed her.
. What pity. Mrs. Harper" said
Mrs Crawford. "that we couldn't
have got an inkling as TO the identity
Of young Darlington"
aIt'a fuat tho dIeUuatfn0 for anv.