New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

IT -, O'iNA 4uAuIlOuSly IN the tOnnCau. |
ne cIlatted more freely than ever on this oc-
C%SIon' reinarking that he hoped soon TO be |
able to trust himself in the midst of otbor
vehicles once more.
Armand would have given little hood %
the incident had ne not CHANGED to coo he |
master schooling a Young horse over eonoe
hurdles early next day. For many minute
ne watched in silence display Of consnm-
mate horScmanship. Then he laughed
Nerves? Poufi" he said. and went of 70 |
the garage to readjuSt a crank that was a
shade more eccentric than it was intended
to be.
Another hindrancc to complete forgetful-
ness, which Wavcrton seemed to confuse
WIN lack OF memory, was the way in which
miSdlScardcd wife had stamped her individual
lty on the country house during her brief
residence there. In the drawing room, which
ne seldom entered, the very arrangement Of
the furniture and general appointments
were eloquent OF a woman'S taste and sense
OF beauty. When he crossed the hall, which
was noted for its old oak, its trophies, and
It's leather laCkS,-not the drinking cups
known by that name, but the quilted leather
coats worn by Governor John Winthrop's
loot soldiers in the early part of the seven
tenth Century,-he could not help seeing
Doris Wavcrton portrait full-length Sar-
gent, which smiled at him from a well lighted
half-landing.
This picture was a wedding present to
Doris from her father, and had been Sched-
uled by her lawyers as part Of the personal
property that must he returned to her. In
fact, a representative of Mowlem & Wrench
was expected to put in an appearance any
day with a van and formidable list of aTti-
Giles TO bc removed, and Waverton had given
instructions that, il 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 10
note the change in MIR Claude, the IA
miliar name having survived the elder Wa
verton' S death, and deep and very much mis-
taken were the gucsses hazarded as to the
cause OF the appearance and sudden diSap-
pcaranCe of his divorced wife, which could
not long remain secret in the small com
munitv of Saginaw Wavcrton, of course,
read the hopes of his retaincrS in every
guarded reference TO Mrs. Wavcrton"
evoked by his question; but the only result
was that ne withdrew into his shell, and, eX
cepting Armand and a stable hand or two,
seemed to avoid his own servants.
THEN, on the Saturday following Doris
Waverton's abrupt departure, her nus
band was stung into active resentment.
When he came in TO breakfast after a fast
canter through the woods and along the
shore Of the lake, he was greeted uproar-
ouslv 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 Kyrlc7 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-
scntal 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 5.
Tearlc, 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 rcCiUIcDt To a dCCOTOus