The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-26
CHAPTER III.


Fetty Ca5t'etSn.
AZ half past six she went 10 the tele-
phone and called FOR the morning
newspapers At the same time she
asked that a couple of district meGsen-
ser boys be sent to her room with the
least possible delay The huahed,
scared voice Of the telephone girl
dowrata.r convinced her that news
OF the tragedy was abroad; SHE could
imagine the girl looking at the head.
lines with aWed eyes even as she re.
sponded to the cali from room 416.
and her shuddcf as she realized that
it was the wife Of the dead man speak
ing.
One Of the night clerks, pale and
agitatcd, came up with the papers
Without as much as a glance at the
headlines, she tossed the papers or
the table. 81 have sent for two mes
sengor boys 1t is too early to &C.
complish much by telephone, / fear
viii You be so kind as to telephone at
seven o'clock or q little after to my
apartment?-You will find the number
under Mr. Wrandall's Lame. Please
inSofll the butler or his vile that they
may expect ne by ten o'clock, and
that shall bring a friend with me-a
young lady. Kindly have my motor
sent to Haffner's garage, and looked
after. When Che reporters come, as
they win, please say to them that |
viii see them at my own home at
eleven o'clock"
The clerk, considerably relieved.
took his departure in some haste, and
she was left with the morning papers,
each of which she scanned RAPIDLY.
The details, Of course, were meagcr.
There was a double-leaded account OF
hey visit to the inn and her extraor-
binary return TO the city. Her CHIEF
interest, however, did not rest in
these particulars, hut in the specula-
tons of The authorities as 10 trc>iden-
tity of the mysterious Woman-and
her whereabouts. There was the like
lhood that she was not the only one
who had encountered The girl on the
highway or in the neighborhood of the
inn. So far as she could CLEAN from
the reports, however, no one had seen
the girl. nor was there The slightest
hint offered as to her identity. The
papers of the previous afternoon had
published lurid accounts of the muir
der, with all of the known details, the
name of the victim at that time still
being mystery. She remembered
reading the story with no little inter.
est, The only new feature in the case,
therefore, was the Identification of
Cha!iis Wrandall by his beautiful
wife" and the sensational manner in
which it had been brought about
With considerable interest she noted
the hour that these dispatches had
been received from special CORE
spondents," and wondered where the
shrewd, lynx-eyed reporters mapped
while she was at the inn All of the
dispatches were timed three O'Clock
and each paper characterized its issue
as an Extra" with Challis Wrandalls
name in huge type across as many
columns as the dignity of the sheet
permitted.
Not a word of the girl! Absolut,
mystery!
Mrs. Wrandall returned to her pos
beside the bed OF the sleeper in th
adjoining room. Deliberately sh'
placed the newspaper on chair nea
the girls pillow, and then raised tn
window shades to let in the hard gra
light of early morn. ,..
II was not her present intention t
arouse the wan stranger, who slept a
one dead. So gentle was her breath
ing that the watcher stared in som
| fear at the fair, smooth breast tina
seemed scarcely to rise and fall. Flo
a long time she stood beside the bee
| looking down at the face of the sleel
| err. a troubled expression in her eyes.
| Il wonder how many times you wer
| seen with him, and where, and b
| whom" were the questions that ran /
| a single strain through her minC
| where do you come from? Wher
| did YOU meet him? Who is there tina
knows of your acquaintance wit
| him."
Her lawyer came in great haste an
perturbation at eight O'Clock, in n
| Spouse to the letter delivered by on
of the messengers. A second letter ha
gone by like means to her husband
brother, Leslie Wrandall, instructln
him TO break the news TO his fathe
| aud mother and to come to her apar
ment after he had attended TO the r