The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-02


Unused Helen, glancing around the
dainty blue and white room.
And look" Evelyn opened the door
of large closet fitted up as kitchen
| thing"
ut is good china, too" examining
the mark on the bottom of a teacup
wait till you see these" taking
some silver from box on the shelf
| Look at that old monogram am
| sure they are family pieces. Feel
the weight of that spoon!"
| Il should think she would have put
those away" exclaimed Helen.
"She didn't put anything away. She
just walked out and left the apartment
as you see it. The only things she
took were her clot@ -
! And you didn't her at all?"
mo. only the agents. She left the
! city hurriedly, and wrote them to
sublet it. Wasn't l fortunate to get
it,"
you certainly were," agreed Helen
1.-TWO rooms and bath, furnished, IN
this neighborhood, for $7o--that is
awful cheap"
/ THAT is just the rent of the apart
ment; she is not charging for the
furniture. But l can't help feeling
that there is something queer about
her leaving so suddenly. Everything
showed that she hadn't intended te
leave. Why, there were even eggs
and grapefruit in there"
How long had she been gone wher
you rented it,"
Just three days There were still
some faded roses on her desk. l CAM
get away from feeling that there is
a tragedy under it all"
ut does seem curious admitted
Helen 81 never heard of any one rent
ing an apartment and leaving every
thing in it. Is this her picture?" tax
ing up a silver frame from the dress
ing table.
81 think it must be, for there is one
like it on the piano"
! The photograph on the piano hat
been taken at the same time, for tn.
gown was the same only the pose wa
different. 1t was a charming picture
of an attractive young woman of abou
twenty-five.
us all this music hers?" Helen ask
ed, as she put back the picture.
at is all hers-just the way sh,
left it. She must have studied il
Berlin" opening one of the books il
which there was written: Irene L
Mathews, 11S Koeaigstrasse, Berlin
"And the books?" turning to tn
bookcase Are those hers, too"
Yes, and there are some unusua
things on that lower shelf"
There were few good editions ant
an expensive set OF Browning inscrih
ed: ITO l. l.. NJ from J. X. G..
Several of the other books were from
-. K. G."
A CALL.
While they We're looking through
these the phone rang.
Hello! Who?" called Evelyn. "O1
say l will see her down there. 1t i
Mrs. ONeil," turning to Helen, 9TH
woman | am trying to get work fol-
She will stay for ever if | ask her uI
will not be moment"
Helen was now absorbed in tn
books. In copy of Keats was writ
ten, u. X. Griswold, Berlin; June
1912" Out of this fell a couple O
kodak pictures taken on board
steamer. There was girl STANDING
by the rail, her features the same a
those in the picture on the piano
The other was that of man, tall
SOOu-lOOklnS, III shaggy SledHe
coat.
Already Helen's vivid imagination
was piecing together romance. The
had met in Germany while she wa
studying music. They had returne
on the same steamer.
Then as she examined more closet
the man in the kodak picture, sh
turned to a larger photograph on tn
mantel Yes, they were the same.
was a strong face, but the face of
man of the world.
She was still studying these whe
the phone rang. 1t was the one O.
the desk not the house phone by tn
door
Hello mans voice, deep an
vibrant, 81 want 1884 Plaza
Helen glanced at the number on tn
phone. Eyes. this is 1884 Piazza"
! Il would like to speak to Mis-
Mathews"
Miss Mathews is not here. Sh
left town, | believe"
Left town." echoed the deep voice
when will she be back?'
Il really don't know anything abou
it," explained Helen. "A friend c