The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-10-24
THE
HUSBANDS
OF EDITH
GEORGE BARR
M'CUTCHEON
Cspyssehe b Dodd. esssd . c..
CHAPTER XIII.
The City Prison.

Nv
The City Prison.
anticlimax had struck tho
Hotel TiroI some hours b.
fore 1t came upon Brock and
Miss Fowler. Mr.. Citizens de-
aaanded the person Of the man calling
himself Roxbury Medcroft The prin-
c1pal bank In the city was also repre-
scented In the company Of Investigators.
Likewise there was q laconic gentle
man from the British Office.
Mr.. Medcroft was out. Then, they
agreed. 1t was necessary to see Mrs.
Medcroft. or the lady representing her
self to be such. MI. Citizens was per.
mitted to 80 to her rooms In company
with the manager Of the hotel. What
~transpired In those rooms during the
next fifteen minutes would be quite
impossible to narrate short Of an en-
dre volume. Edith promptly collapsed.
Subsequently she became hysterical.
She begged for time. and. getting 1t,
proceeded to threaten every one with
prosecution.
RI am Mrs. Medcroftr she declared
p~iteously. "Where II the American con-
suit I demand the American consulr'
"What has the American government
% do with itf' grumy demanded Mi.
Citizens.
sAr.-Mr.-the gentleman whom You
accuse b IN American citizenw she
stammered.
"oho! Then he is not an English.
mani"
II refuse to answer your questions.
You are .impertinent I ask you, sir,
10 the manager Of this hotel. to eject
this man from my rooms" The man
aged smiled blandly and did not eject
Tie man.
"But. madam" hs said, we have q
light to know who and. what you arr.
If l(r. Medcroft II In London this gem
tleman surely cannot b he. the real
Mr.. Medcroft. We must have IN sx-
pianadon."
It'll viii explain everything TO-
morrow. Oh. BY the way. 10 there q
tsiagrAm for me In the omce1 Thsro
aasst BE- Eve bssn expecting 4 an
dry. tslsgraphed to London for It."
There 10 no telegram down there,
saIAdam."
At this ~juncturs Mr.. Odell-Carney
appeared on the scene unlimited. but
Halcoms..
"Wot's all thisy' he demanded stern
~, Everybody proceeded at once to
tan him. Somehow he got the drift Of
tho story. "Get out. all OF you'll" be
said. II stand sponsor for Mrs. Med.
croft. She II Mrs. Medcroft, hang you.
cir. II you come around here bother
ing her again I'll have the law upon
you. The Medcrofts are English cid
sens and
"Oh, they are. are they" sneered Mr..
Citizens. with a sinister chuckle.
"Who the devil are you. sirr'
I'm from Scotland Yard"
II thought 20. You've proved 1t. pom
my soul. I am Odell-C Carney. Daresay
you've heard of me-"
IL know you by sight. sir. But
that
Clever chap. by Jove! And there's
no but about It. Mr.-Mr.-never mind
what It is. don't want to know your
name. Mrs. Medcroft. will you permit
me to send my wife up to your Mr.
Manager. ! insist that you take this
c,nfended rabble down to the Office and
tell them to 60 to the devil! Don't do
it up here: do it down there"
After some further discussion and
protests the Scotland Yard man and his
party left the room to its distracted
mistress. It may be well to remark
for the sake Of local color that Tootles
was crying Justify. while Raggles bark
"a In spite Of all that O'Brien could do
to stop him.
Odeli-C Carney sent his wife to Edith.
A few minutes later. as he was making
bin way to the ONCE. he came upon
Mrs. Rodney and Katherine. hurrying.
white faced. to their rooms.
'f0h. isn't It dreadfui9'. walled the
former. putting her clinchsd hands %
her temples.
'Isn't wot dreadfuIr' demanded be
bsutaily.
rAbout Edith! They're going to ar-
seet her"
s'Not II I can help II, madam. Where
- Mr. Rodnsyr'
HE hasn't anything TO Do with Il!
Wofrs % innocent a children unborn.
Its Ill shocking TO ~. Mr.. Rodney
slouldn't b~sarrsstsd His rectituds 4