Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20

/ 'WV men TeBhTueu eacH OthOi
steadily, each seeking TO read the other.
And then there came an interruption.
Mr.. Helderman-Mr Helderman--"
A page slipped about calling the name.
The iinancicr rose while women on every
side who had heard of Helderman craned
their necks to get n glimpse of this
/ strange Wall street character. lie ex-
cused himself regretfully, promised him
self the pleasure of another interview
with Mrs Talcott" calmly ignored
| Rutherford in the invitation and saun-
stride.
How strange VIII he come again?'
! Miss Ballantyne asked, excited and wor-
! ried by his abrupt entrance and exit,
/ which left her knowing no more about
! her quest than she had known before
~ imagine So" said Rutherford, also
left at a loss to explain this turn OF the
| situation.
as 1t not strange If he should be the
one to bring me into my fortune, and
there he was on the boat with us all the
time, He naturally didn't associate me
With the Ballantyne estate when he heard
me spoken of as Mrs. Talcott | wonder
just what he has to do with Geoffrey Bal
lantNnes property"
She was talking az much to relieve her
nervousness as i'm expectation of an an
swcr But her question was one that
Craig had been asking himself.
"Hclderman is a mystery TO me, but
lie Is ltnown-well known as n financer-
and he may have money He may have
influence. There Is an air Of something
International about him. lie knows many
people He may know more about this
matter than we think. and he may--since
his knowledge seems clear and definite
he the man you are looking for"
"Why did you refuse to let him see it?"
she asked, quickly.
lie did not tell her that he dlstrusted
the man, but fell back upon a sufficient
excuse.
Because didn't have it with me-" he
replied.
"Why not?"
lie saw that the best way out Of the |
situation was to tell her the last adven-
lures of the BUCKLE which he did as
quietly as possible. When the two men /
had searched his rooms that afternoon the
buckle was, in fact, In his inner pocket.
BY the merest chance IL had not been
transferred to another coat which he wore
in the evening when he called upon her
At the time of his attack it was resting
quietly in tho pocket of the coat at home.
80 you see l realized it might be
lifted" he concluded; land deposited 1t
in a safer place downtown"
The girls eyes had opened wider and
wider during his story. Her lips trem-
blcd
10 you mean 10 say JlltlI you were at
tackled that evening after you left me?"
she said breathlessly.
"Oh, it was nothing" he said, vexed
that it had seemed necessary to tell Of
this adventure.
you were hurt" she breathed do not
tell me ever that there is nothing in tel
apathy."
why what do you mean?" he asked.
II was her turn to be veXed at saying
90 much. But she explained bravely. ,
After you had gone that evening 1
vas so disturbed / couldn't sleep You
nay remember, | warned you in the lit
lie Cnfe to he careful, as those men were
employing desperate measures. It was !
'ery far into the night before I could !
lose my eyes, and then had a troubled
md ridiculous dream. 1 dreamed that !
aw YOU shipwrecked out in the ocean,
md the raft to which you cung was-the
)lue buckle,"
Rutherford laughed !
We'll, my life-raft is moored in safe '
nchoraEe now" he said, lightly $50 2
lease do not be uneasy about it." !
PLEASE do not believe ! was uneasy l
bout the buckle alone" she said slowly. !
l should he worse than ungrateful IL I 5
llowed you to run into such danger"
For my sake" was on the tip of her g,
onsuc, but she ended abruptly. her lips !
till trembling, her eyes shining.
Rutherford felt uncomfortable. ma u
''g '''u ucl'oerdtely toid OF MS ad- I
,n oIue. 10 arouse sympathy n
,,,, Co tha+ ~ ,Ip"'1y 9a', n.y.. IN any shape or II
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-nn'd or ,,,',,,, me naW i'"lteIed TO the a
loro' ca ,, ~ ,''i,I, nc Leave me
srdod IL ~, ",o,. me snine: Ihey re- s
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no I,l,o ',,'' ,,.nt ~ mas onlS natural de- p
lone inc ' "o'''"eu animal 10 be let Il
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.i,oI. .!p,' =" % onanse !he subject he s
ro,d +to IN, anr Way, uld you ever try
.yos ,,mt 80 =, is p''on ,,, on the puckle?'
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:" W., n,,'."s zen '''"Ne any sense out of =,
or Gu" ,,o'. eieu' u
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suoroI T"nI m%a a ioEset o mem n tried she u !,
lSMereu' ana she wrote on the edge of II
'e menu card; ~ VI
-, ohb INl ESAF lPSE. o.
hey hent their heads over it, close to "
.ch @ other cl
~ suppose it's either very simple or Il
ggested, THAT first word looks like e N