Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-02-07

her dearest friend. and as such may
have the clew to this mystery. but
Mr.. Brotherson may not be In a con
dition 10 speak for several weeks.
Meanwhile Mr.. Challoner must suf-
fer from great suspense unless" a
pause during which he searched the
doctors face with a perfectly frank
and inquiriug eXprossion-"u unless
some one else can help us out DR..
l'cntOn. can you?"
The doctor did not need to speak;
his Expression conveyed his answer.
NO more than another" said he.
Except for what Doris rolt compelled
TO tell me. ! know as little as your
self Mr. BrothersOn's deliriUm took
the form of calling continually upon
one name ! did not know this name.
but Doris did. also the danger lurking
in the fact that he had yet to hear OF
the tragedy which had robbed him
OF this woman to whom he was so
deeply attached So she told me just
this much That the Edith whose
name rung so continuously in our ears
was no other than the Miss Challoner
OF New York of whose death and its
tragic circumstances the papers have
been full: that their engagement was
secret one unsharcd so far az she
knew by any one but herself That
she begged me 10 preserve this secret
and to give her all the help | could
when the time came for him to ask
questions. Especially did she entrcat
me to be with her at the crisis. | was
but his waking was quite natural He
did not ask for Miss ChallOncr. he
only inquired how long he had been
81 and whether Doris had received Il
letter during that time. She had not
received one. fact which seemed to
so gaily (sho is a wonderful girl, Nr
Swectwatcr-the darling Of all our
hearts,, saying that he must not be
SO CEotsGCal as TO think that the
news Of his illness had gone beyond
Derby, that he soon recovered his
spirits and became very promising
convalesccnt That'is all know about
the matter; little more, take it. than
YOU know yourself"
Sweetwater nodded; ne had ex-
pected nothing from the doctor. and
was not disappointed at his failure.
There were two strings to his bow.
and the one proving valueless. he pro-
ceedcd to test the other.
You have mentioned Miss Scott.
as the conidantc and only coufdante
of this unhappy pair" said he Would
it be possible-can you make It pos
sible for me to see herr"
1t was daring proposition: he I'M
dcrstobd this at once from the doc
tors expression. and, fearing a hasty
rebuff. he proceeded to supplement
his request with few added argu-
ments, urged with such unexpected
address and show of reason that DR..
Fenton's aspect visibly softcned and
in the end he found himself ready to
promise that he would do what he
could to secure his visitor the inter
view he desired If he would come to
the house the next day at the time
of his OWE morning visit
THIS was as much as the young
detective could expect, and having ex-
pressed his thanks, he took his leave
in anything but a discontinued frame
OF mind In the time which must
elapse between that happy hour and
the present, he would circulate and
learn what he could about the pros
pectiv5 manager But he soon found
that he could not enter the Works
without A permit. and this he was
hardly in a position to demand; so
he strolled about the village instead.
and later wandered away into the for
est
Struck by the inviting aspect OF
narrow and little used road opening
from the highway shortly above the
house where his interests were Just