Bisbee daily review., 1914-11-24

The forceful regard rested pointed ly upon the young mans monogramed cigarette. Unmoved, Rudolph Tipped it away
 Pardon me-" he said; q forgot your aversion. l came to see you about Paige"
 Perhaps ten seconds it was that MT Van Vechten considered. Then
 "Can you take dinner with me 2"
 "Home?"
 "Yes."
 This was an invitation which any one of New Yorks industrial captains would have coveted. Nevertheless Rudolph besitated Mentally, he ran over his engagements. He knew there was nothing of sufficient importance to interfere with an acceptance. but he did not fancy dining tete-a;tete with his uncle in the gloomy Fifth Avenue palace-untenant save by the latter and an army of servants So with a comprehensive gesture that took in the two men (tbough he did not so much as glance at them), he said:
 Can't you chuck it?"
 Chuck itl" echoed Mir. Van Vech. ten blankly
 "Yes. Postpone for a minute or two whatever you are doing now. It's too beastly hot to go anywhere"
 The Man of Iron simply glared. What words could affect such sub Timely unconscious cheek? The two strangers, who knew that they were not the objects of that look, sat with bated breath; but Rudolph seemed se- renely unaware of it.
 Rudolph's request however, from his standpoint was not impudent. His uncle was under more of an obliga- ton to concern himself about Paige Carew than he was, for Paige was the elder mans niece and ward. Young Van Vechten recognized the fact that Theodore Van Vechten was a man of multitudinous affairs; he was willing to make any reasonable sacrifice to accommodate him; but when it came to throwing over all his own plans and loafng here in the city without deh- nite information concerning his cous- in's intentions, why, he considered he had a right to protest when and where he chose. If he only knew upon what boat she intended sailing, it would be an easy matter to run down to town for a day, meet her and Mrs. DeYereauX and carry the two away with him. It was the uncertainty that rendered him veXed and impatient. Gradually MT Van Vechtens brain bridged the wide gap between matters commercial and those immediately af- fecting his own household, and he rec ognized the justice of his nephews attitude The thin, infexible lips even shadowed a smile at the temerity that had exacted his attention. One of these men who sat humbly waiting | here was no less a parsonage than the president of the Continental Union Banking and Trust Company; the | other was head of the Atlas Safe | Company a concern tributary to and allied with Consolidated Metals. and which had of late monopolized Theo | dore Van VeChtens fostering care. In the world of finance and commerce | theirs were names to conjure with here they were merely lieutenants awaiting their captains pleasure.
 "Weu?" Mir. Van Vechten at last broke the silence
 Rudolph was brief and to the point
 Last Saturday ended the thirt week since Paige and Josephine Jeff Paris for London In a letter mailed just before starting, Paige informed me that she expected to remain 1T | England two or three weeks-threD at the longest-and mentioned a nun ber of friends she proposed visiting l Some ] know, and some ] cont Sine, then l have had no word from her have you?"
 Mir. Van Vechten pressed a button It might have controlled the door in stead of the clerk. SO promptly di, the latter appear To him he said
 Have Timmons get out the lates ! Devereaux letters. and show them t, Mir Van Vechten when he comes out And turning to the young man again
 'I suppose it will be impossible fo me to knock of Go meet them. Am this uncertainty about a sailing dat is disarranging your plans-h'm,
 see. If you could cable"
 "To what address? How would look to send cables to all our LondoI acquaintances. asking if they know where Paige is? The newspaper 1 would be sure to get hold of it, sh' and Josephine are the ones wh' | should be eabling-or at the yer least, send a card"
 Well" decided the older man Hook at Jos last letters; if the. don't contain something definite, g
 wherever 1t is you want to-just s
 it isn't too far away By th
 way, you received notice of a direC
 tors meeting next Saturday night, tn ninth~
 1 "Did I? A good many things com , ! in the mail that Barniole doesn't le
 me see"