The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-04-11
CHAPTER VII.
Two Disappearances

II was nea ly noon / remembered that
l had not yet called up Louise as
had intend ed to do the very first ching
that morn ng. What a laggard lover
she must think me! How heartless 1t
must seen to her for me to leave her
alone so long in the mansion where
here fathe: and sister lay dying, per-
hnps dead, with the black shadowy
mystery sill hanging over her and
them! What must she think Of me?
Filled witli ~self-reproach | sprang up
without a word OF apology or explana-
ton to thu others and fastened to the
telephone booth l had observed in the
hall.
Give RE DIAL Madison" l demand
| ed Of trail.
What, the matser!" she repeated,
with SURF rise in her tone, which struck
ne peculiarly until l considered that
lcng-distance calls from Ardway must
b. such q rarity as to surprise even
the operator.
Il want lOng-distance-New York."
] explained, enunciating distinctly,
"O141 Madison"
Again" central replied, f~ippantly.
it appeared to me.
repeated the number, more than
annoyed Ivy her response. "Oh, I've
got your number all right by this
time"
1t was a good thing for her that she
tiled no more POPULARITY with me, or
fHo rNloo NJ tho compapv ooo;pct NM
family would have been shattered.
There wa, a wait of several minutes.
h.led with the usual false alarms of
lGng-distali telephoning, during
which stood and fumed. At last
heard my dear LOuise's voice and has.
tened eagerly to ask after her wei
fare. Her voice seemed strong and
cheerful, though she admitted that she
had slept little the night before. |
apologized for not having called up be-
fore. She lUld me that while her ia.
TIERS cor ditiOn was unchanged, the
doctor thClght he was in no immedi-
ate DANCE , and that Katharine was
much imp owed. The doctor believed
now that ( he could live. She was con
oNAooop u 'Sty "@oh, III lAOu1oV a
been forb dden to speak to her and
was allowed in the room only for a
minute at a time. I hastily ~sketched
for her tfks events of the morning.
"Oh, Mr.. Kent" said Louise's voice
---how l wished she would call me by
nay first name-"who do you suppose
called up?"
"Who?"
Hugh Crandall."
whats that?" l exclaimed, hardly
believing my ears.
Hugh Crandall," she repeated a lit
tie louder and more distinctly. "He
aFked fer Katharine. and the maid
called me- to the telephone. told him
my sistel. was i'll and could not come
to the telephone. He seemed greatly
aGitated and insisted on knowing what
the matter was. He was so agitated
and pss1t lent / finally told him she
.had met with an accident. He was
silent for SO long l thought he had
left the telephone, but all Of q sudden
he asked. Did she shoot herself?' and
before l thought l answered Yes
Then he cried out, oh, my God!' or
something like that and asked il she
was fatally injured. l told him that
she was alive but unconscious, and
then. Harting. he asked II l had seen
anything tf a yellow letter. l thought
/ had better tell him nothing about
that, SO l answered No. and then he
rang off,"
THAT vas right" / said. Where
did he cali up FROM"
II have no idea."
when was it? How long ago?"
"Not very long-within the hour"
Hastily ! explained to Louise that a
man that believed was Crandall was
here in tbs hotel with me and that
would find him at once and make him
explain the mystery. Before l left the
booth l got the Ardway central again
and from her learned what l had be-
gun to suspect-that "O14. Madison"
had been called from the very booth
which / stood, not over an hour BE-
b0fe. Theie wal no longer any doubt
6hout It In my mind-Cook was Gran
lall. He evidently had gone straight
TIA knl. ,h0nn hOoth Altar aliuDina