Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-10

Mrs. Wyatt bit her lips and rolled
her eyes in the effort Of recollection,
holding her breath the while, with the
result that her reply was a sort Of ex-
plosion.
81 think it was John-yes, I know it
was. 1t was John"
What became of her mother?:" in
quired Kayton.
ooh. she died there"
I'm San Francisco"
Yes" nodded Mrs. Wyatt. II really
don't know much about her. Her
maiden name was Marsh Nellie
Marsh. That's all l can tell you. I
really don't know how I remember
that. AS I said. I never heard much
about the mother except that there
was some scandal about her."
Kayton concealed a keen and eager
interest under an assumption Of the
mild curiosity of an idle gossip.
"Scandal?" he replied. ."In what
way"
! Il really can't say" replied Mrs.
Wyatt. "Mr. Argyle never could be
pCASuduCu ~ JoAh dOOuL uCl. IL was
entirely on account of Mr.. Mazuret
that he became interested in Mary"
"Entirely?" murmured Kayton. :,
"Oh. yes" Mrs. Wyatt assured him.
ENTIRELY"
How long have you lived here?" he.
asked pleasantly.
"Oh. many, many years! l mean to
say-it must be tweSty-ever since my
husband died. I'm Il widow-do you
know what l mean: I'm a very old
friend Of the family. and when Mr.. Ar
gyle adopted Mary he felt that he must
have a woman in the house,"
Kayton nodded and stroked his chin.
Tell Inc. Mrs. Wyatt. what were the
relations between Mr.. Argyle and his
SOM"
Mrs. Wyatt drew a deep breath as
ammunition for another speech. It
was a long time since she had had 50
willing and delightful a listener.
"Oh. MI. Kayton," she said painting
~, that's something | don't like to
talk about. 1t was the only thing we
had to make us unhappy. DO you
know what l mean? Bruce and his
father never seemed to agree about
anything. Why. the last time they
Quarreled he cut him off and left every
ching to Mary. We didn't any Of us
know it until Yesterday. It's too bad
to leave Bruce without anything. He's
an artist. you know. and Of course
artists can't make much with their
art. I mean to say if they don't have
money they never get anywhere IN
less they're famous or something. and
that doesn't happen very often. Do
you know what l meant"
Kayton nodded sympathetically, and
Mrs. Wyatt. fortified by another breath
that would carry her several hundred
words. proceeded with her story:
THAT night. Mary tells me, there
had been a reconciliation. It's too bad
it came too late to have him fix over
his will. Mr.. Hurley says he talked Of
it that very day. Mr.. Hurley's his
lawyer-I mean to say he's been at
tending to his affairs lately. | don't
know anything about them. He'll be
here himself. ! telephoned him and
told him that Bruce had put the case
in your hands and hat you were here.
You know, things were getting terri
BILE. Why, the newspapers-they don't
seem to care at all what they say.
Do you know what l mean? Mnry's
Frustrated. Why, they might as well
accuse me of murder as Mary"
Kayton nodded. but his had
changed. Having pumped her dry, be
had no more time to waste on a gar
rulOus woman.
"I'd like to see Miss MaZuret," he
said politely. but with a certain alb
ruptness that amounted to o command.
1t had the desired effect On Mrs.
Wyatt, who vas at the moment med
itating new flights Of oratory.
"Oh, well, | don't know" she STAN
mered. II mean to say-if you want
to- suDDose YOU must. III ~ right