Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20

| late E2thGnici BleSf UiHionnEo
founder Of the great BlsssinEton chain or
department stores. Although much sought
/ after on account OF the immense property
| into control of which she IL to come on
the twenty NTH birthday. Miss BLESSING
! ton cor trsved 10 escape rna,rimonr entan-
! clements untn last January. when Brian
Shayno-. her guardian ard executor OF
the Blessington estate gave out the an
! nounccfnent OF her engagement TO his son.
/ Bayard Shnyron.
| This engz cement was whispered TO be
| distastefui 10 TIRE you7c woman. who is
Z noted for her !ndspsndsnt and spirited ma
! ture. and IL Is nov persistently being rr-
! rlored that shs has demonstrated her ais
! approval by disappearing nys,eriousiy
| from the kno~IedEe OF her guardian.
! II Is said that nothing has bean known
| OF her whereebo since about the LIST of
March. when she left her home in the
/ Shayron mansion on Fifth avenue oSten-
sihly for shopping tour
This was natly contradicted this morn
I Ing by Brian Shaynon. who declared that
/ his ward sailed for Europe Feb Is on the
| slant communication with her betrothec
| and hts family. He also denied having
employed detectives TO locate his ward
| The sailing list OF the Mauretnnia fans 10
| give the name OF Miss Blessington on the
| date named by Mr. Shaynon.
Refolding the paper. +. SybarIte re.
turned ii without comment.
AIN you uep yet. ScOEEe De-
trayed some little evaporation. mixed
with his disappointment. Re shipped
the folded paper resoundinCly IN the
palm Of his hand. You amt dropped
To the resemblance between Molly Les
sing and Marian BlessinGton~
Between Miss Leasing and that
portraIt:" asked r. Sybarite.
why. they're dead ringers for each
49, 49, ~. T.
blind
But I'm not blind"
We'll. then YOU gotta sdrnit tbey
look alike rs twins
But Pve knowa twins who didn't
look alike
All. nix on the stalIin'r' George
insisted. on the verge 81 losing his
temper Molly LessinG's the spit,n'
image Of Marian RIessinGton-aud you
know it What's mOre-looFl nt their |
names. Molly for Mary-you make |
that? Mary and Mnrian's near enough |
alike. amt they: And what's leasing |
hut BleSsinEton. locked goin' and com
in'?"
WAIT n second. n understand
You. George. you're rryin- to imply
that Miss leasing Is Identical with
Marian RIessinGtou.'
''Yon said somethin'. then. all right
It's plains daylight. When did Miss
leasing come here? Five weeks ago.
70 n day-Mnrrh fnist. or close on to il
just when the paper says she did her
disa ppearin' stunt How you Gnin' to
got around that
"You forget that the story is con
tradicfed by the very person that ought
TO know-AIis,; RIesSinGtnn's guardian"
We'll. n she sailed for Europe on
the Mauretania like he sayS-hnw's II
come her name wasn't on the pnSscn
ger list:"
ITS quite possible that she may
have elected TO sail incoCnita.'
George DISPLAYED his disgust In
rude. cholcrir CrInt. 70 see his In bori
aus fabrication. so painfully rnnroctrd
for the delusion and discontinue of
p. Sybarite. threatening tn collapse of
sheer intrinsic aims;nPSS In desper-l.
ton he grasped at one final. fugitive
hope
"All right he said sullenly: "nn
right You don't gotta believe me If
you don't wanta. Only wnit-that's all
I ask-wait. Ton'Il see whether I'm
right or not when she turns down your
invite tonight
y. Sybarite smiled sunnily. $50 that
Ia why You thouGht she wouldn't Cu
with ns. Is it,
'You got me-
"You thought she. II Marian Bless
ngton. must necessarily h" such n
'nob thar she wouldn't assot'inte with
Is poor de~iis. did yo1:''
WAN. YouIl see
We'll. don't mind telling yon you're
wrong. rye aIrendv asked Miss Les
ling. and she has ncrAnfed
Georges ewes. protrudinG. Clistenad
With poignant surprise After 81 Ions.
'ause he ground his ciga-rtte brneath
lis heel and rose
In wrong. rs usunl.-' ne admitted.
With winning simplicity. Il never did
ness anything right the first time
,nly-you grab rhis from me-mnybe
he's willin 10 run the risk az helm
eel with rs. b;S that ain't sSJI.i' s6e's
nybody Use but AIariau B,essinSton.
You really think IL likely that Miss
'lesSington. hiding from her guardian
nd anxious 10 escape detection. would
axe ii job 1T the glove counter OF her
VII store. where everybody mnsl
now her by SiGat. where her guard
IN. Shaynon himself. coulda fail to
re her at least twice n day as he en- :
Frs and leaves the building:"
That's JUST her cuteness. She doped
ont that tke safest place for he
-oud he the last place he'd look for
err
And you really think that she, ac-
,stomed to every luxury that money
an buy. would voluntarily come dowr
} living here at Sc week end cleFk-
lG In ii department store simply BE-
iuse. according TO the papers. She's
pposed TO u marriage that she can't
: forced to contract in free country
Re thiS:''
''P'r'aps old Shaynon's double crossed
ar somehow we don't know po-hjn' | e;