Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-01-04

the need ~ even greater haste than he
vas making IN pushing h.s pursuit %
the Missioner diamond On close But
Buricn. conscience. stricken though he
VAS, VAS loaih tn send the Information
10 the Headquarters man until he could
have time 10 make further and more
exhaustive search % his shop. as well
As OF tho courtyard 10 Tho rear Of the
building on which Ia windows gave u
was dark In tho court, ard the imper,
feet light % bis candle made bis
search 20 slow that by tho time he
Sas sure the note WAs gone beyond
possibility % i,s recovery. u Vas too
late for him 10 hnd Detective nritI at
Police Headquarters Whca his mes
scnEer returned Nth tho report that
lhe Central Oflco man had len hts
room. and that no one 81 tho Mulberry
street building knew who're 90 nud him.
Z Aurlen became % alarmed that he
FASTENED 90 Headquarters 90 try TO
take W the hunt Tor nri,I from that
point lie vas as unsuccessful as bis
cmissAry. ana be spent many anxious
I hours ia the waiting room hoping for
the detectives return Tho photo ca,
erayer tried % console himself wltA
+ the thought that TIE negative had b~oa
spared. and be therefore had been abe
. 20 send 20 Bri,Es once the hundred
faeslmiles % tho Curtis dear ralssi,s
/ his customer bad ordered but u vas
I poor consolation Whcn 10 recalled the
earncs,ncss With which The detective
| Rad cniolneI upon him not 10 let the
original leave his hands Durlez wAs
an exceedingly uncomfortable young
I man during all the time be awaited
the sleu,h's return HIS discomfort Gid
not decrease as tho hours dragged by
But II would have been we'll for
Briu to have that knowledge IN re
gard To the strange vanishment Of the
/ Grisvold note. II would have been bet.
ter for Curtis Criswold II Dorothy
March had not become conscience
stricken in respect Of him that same
evening. For little Miss March, being
Of Puritan stock. as aeon as she per
suadcd herself that she might have
made trouble for Mrs MissIourr's ad
mlrer by talking too freely TO the
bland man ION Mulberry street In
the crEy corner Of the Forrest theater,
resolved 10 repair the mischief As rap.
Idly rs possible She, therefore. sent
a little note 10 tho clubman, asking
that he make II q point 10 see her in
the course a. the evening, and In the
note she gave him list OF the several
functions she intended 10 take In.
The bail Mrs. Missioner attended. and
at which Griswold scored what he re-
gardcd as distinct gain IN paratins
the wealthy widow before many Of
their acQuaintsnces as n receptive re.
cipient OF his attentions, was only one
OF the affairs on norothy's list Grls.
void received the note too late 10
come up with Miss March before the
ball, 40 he decided 10 meet her at a
later dance. That decision upset one
OF his plnns--the most important ha
HAl lNTlntu III many sntAiiNs hAkAuNkA
he did not know It's Importance at the
time. II had been his intention TO 10
from the Fifth Avenue ballroom 90 the
Hotel Renaissance. and II he had not
received the note from Miss March. he
would have done 10 even though he
might have escorted Mira Missioner n
her home and passed o abort time with
her in the interval,
Dorothy's request hattered the club.
mans vanity % greatly. however, that
he did not hesitate to defer his wish
to the Renaissance in order TO keep
the interesting appointment the debu-
tante, with more conscience than dis.
erection. made for him, The conse.
quence was that by the time Girls.
wold's interview with little Dorothy
March was at an end, the hours had
passed beyond Q point to which even
his ingenuity could stretch conyen.
tionality far enough TO make II prscu.
cable for him TO see Mrs. Delaroche
that night
Dorothy was dancing abstractedly
when Grisvold found her. Che was %
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