The Washington times., 1913-02-23

felO de se. A man, breathless with ex'
element had run up to the nearest 20.
licnan with word Of what he claimed
to have seen. In the subsequent con-
oughly. it seemed, had the mind Of New
York been prepared for some fatal &C
cident to this latest lover Of Sara Law
that no one dreamed Of questioning the
authenticity Of the report.
tive resumes, elaboratefy illugtrated, ID
Angel"
Some remarked the fact that nothing
was known OF Sara Law prior TO her
Jules Max az Joan Thursday.
Whitaker learned that she had re-
fused herself to the reporters who be-
sieged her residence.
It seemed to be the unanimous a.
sumption thst the news Of Drummond's
suicide had In some manner been con-
veyed to the woman while che was on
th4 stage.
No paper mentioned the name Of
whitaker.
for Whitaker was delivered by mes
The heavy sneet Of white paper,
stamped with the address IN Fifty-
seventh street, bore this message In Q
strong but nervous hand:
81 reply upon the generosity you
promise me. This marriage Of our,
that II. no marriage. must be dissolved.
Please let my attorneys-L.nders.
know when and where you WIN accept
service. Forgtve me II seem ungrate-
full and unfeeling. / am hardly myself
And please do not try to see me now.
Some day hope to see and thank you;
toasy.ifs impossible: am going
MARY LADISLAS WHITAKER" :
Before nightfan Whitaker had salts
ned himself that his wife had. In truth,
there informed ali who Inquired that
they had been told to report ana for
ward all letters to -NeooEu. LanderD,
0rimshew z Clark.
Whitaksr promptly notified these at
S e nss re Eae ra g e ssrs:e c
sired them to inform their c)iGut that
her action would be. uncontested. He
received q civil acknowledgment from
them. but. further than. that. nothing.
success. When at length run 70 syound
tn the roulette room Of q Forty.fourth
street gambling house. the manager
was grimly redcent. He professed conn
plete ignorance Of his stars welfarc
and whereabouts He advised Whit.
interest was 20 Unsuitable.
Warned by the managers tfucuisn.
and suspicious tone that his secret was.
after all, buried no more than skin ,
deep. Whitaker dissembled ~ BEST he
might, and abandoned Max to his own !
The newspapers reported Sara Law !.
~ being in retirement In several widu.
ly separated sections Of the country.
she was also said to have gone abroad.
sailing incognito by q second.claas
steamship from Philadelphia.
The nine-day wonder disintegrats1
The sobrQuet Of ''The Do
Itroying Angel disappeared from the
newspaper scare heads. So also die
the name Of lDrummond. Hugh Moftea
Whitaker. the dead man come to He.
public interest for . brief half !,
lay. BY the time that the executor
u Carter Drummond and the attorneys
his clients began to mck1
.ense Of his estate and interests. the.:.
discoveries failed to command news-
paper space
This phenomenon was mostly duo 20
he fact that Whitaker didn't caro- 10
-aise an outcry about his loss. Ember. /
{ seemed. had guessed shrewdls
'wn, uses every dollar Of the small f6s.
une left in his care By his eratWhilsf
,Artner. No other client OF hfa had
uttered. however. His peculafions had
)0ou cOuuueUs WnOity TO tne one Qu4is |
or wbepce he had every rason 70 An.
icipate no protest leading to detection.
n Whitaker's too-magnanimous e..
seSn. the man had not been so much q
hief as one who yielded to the temp.
ation to convert to his own needs and
lees q property against which. Il ap.
feared. no other living being cared TO
inter- q claim -
Whether or not he had ever learned
y guessed that Sara Law was the wife
4 Whitaker remained question.
Whitaker inclined to believe that Drum
nond had known that he had learned
ne truth from the lips Of his intended
wife. But this could not be determined
ave Though her. And she kept close !.
idden.
The loss was an inconsiderable thing
o the man with an interest In mines
4 the Owen Stanley country. He Rid {
othing. Drumnlond's name remained I
save In the knowledge Of
handful.
OF these Martin Ember was one.
Whitaker made q point of hunting him |
p. The retired detective received con- :