The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-09


whose name isn't Gavitt will turn up
hereto see you; then I'll nab him.
II you find out where he is, and write
to him not to come. it'll be all the
same; he'll come anyway, and when
he does come, I'll get him!"
When Miss Farnham had gone in
and there was nothing left for him to
do but to compass his own disappear.
ance, Broffin went away, telling him.
self with many Establishments that for
once in his professional career he had
made an ass of himself. The doctors
daughter knew the man; she had
known him before the robbery; she
was willing to be his accomplice to
the extent of her ability. There was
only one explanation of this attitude.
In Broffin's wording of it, Miss Farm.
ham was gone on him." II not openly,
at least to such an extent as to make
her anxious to shield him.
That being the case, Broffin set II
down as fact as good as accom-.
plished that the man would sooner or
later come to Wahaska. The detec-
tive's knowledge of masculine human
nature was as profoundly acute as the
requirements of his calling demanded.
With a woman like Miss Farnham for
the lure. he could be morally certain
that his man would some time fling
caution. or even a written prohibition.
to the winds. and walk into the trap.
This misfire of Broffin's happened
upon a Wednesday, which. in its cal.
'endar placing, CHANGED to be three
weeks to day after Griswold had left
Mereside to settle himself studiously
In two quiet upper rooms in the Widow
Holcomb's house In upper Shawnee
street.
That 1t was also day Of other CO.
incidences will appear in the casting
up Of the items on the page Of events.
For one thing. 1t marked the formal
opening of the De Soto inn for the
summer season. For another. the
special train from the far South arriv.
ing at noon and bearing the first de.
tachment Of the inns guests, had for
one Of its Pullman passengers m
elderly gentleman with a strongly
marked Scottish face; gentleman
with the bushy white eyebrows Of age,
the long upper lip of caution. the
dropping eyelid Of Feasibility, and the
bearing Of a man Of routine; in other
words, Mr. Andrew Galbraith, farine
northward on his customary summer
vacation, which-the fates intervening
he had this time determined to
spend at the Wahaskan resort.
For q third item. 1t was at three
O'Clock of this same Wednesday that
Raymer came out of Jasper Griersons
bank with his head down and a cloud
on his brow; the cloud dating back
to an interview Just closed. a short
and rather brittle conference with the
banks president held in Jasper Grier.
sons private room, with the president
sitting at ease in his huge armchair
and his visitor standing. quite desti.
tute Of eases at the desk-end.
Raymers horse was only a short
halfsQuare away. hitched in front of
the Winnebago house. and he went to
get 1t. But at the instant of unhitch.
ing. Miss Grierson's trap was driven
up and the untying of knots paused
while he stepped from the curb to
stand at the wheel OF the modish eoui.
page
You are getting to be as bad az
all the Others was the greeting he
got from the high driving seat you
haven't been at Mereside for an age
only once since the night you took Mr..
Griswold away from US. BY the way.
what has become Of Mr.. Griswold? He
doesn't show himself in public much
oftener than you do"
Il think he has been getting to work
on his writing" said Raymer. good
naturally apologizing for his friend.
Hell come down out Of the clouds
after a little. l understand he dimes
at Doctor Bertie's tonight"
The young iron founder was looking
up into the eyes of beguiling when he
said this. and. being a mere man. he
wondered what made them flash and
then grow suddenly fathomless and
brooding.
When you see him. tell him that
we are still on earth over at Mere
side," said the magnate's daughter
pertly; and q moment later. as Ray.
mer was turning out of Main street
into Shawnee. he narrowly missed run.
ming over . heavy-set man with a
dark face and dropping mustaches;
pedestrian whose preoccupation
seemed so great as to make him quite
oblivious to street crossings and pass.
ing vehicles until Raymer pulled his
horse back into the shafts and
shouted.
enc more small coincidence will
serve to total the items on the Wed.
nesday page. II Broffin had not
stopped to look after the man who
had so nearly run him down. he
might have been crossing Main street
In front Of the Winnebago at the pre-
else instant when Miss Grierson. with
young Dahlgren In the second seat of
the trap. came around the square and
pulled up to let her horse drink at
the public fountain.
who IL that INSTRUMENTATION
man crossing over to the Winnebaso
housed" asked Miss Grierson Of her
seatmate. indicating Brofln with .
xaye OF the. hipAsn6rkillfplly max.