Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-14
CHAPTER VII.
Fi.nser-PrInts.

can who knew London az we'll as most
Londoners, and some other capitals a
good deal better than their respective
citizens Of corresponding intelligence.
His travels were mysteriously but en-.
,viably interviewer with business; he
had IN air Of enjoying himself, and at
the same time making money to pay
for his enjoyment. wherever he went.
His hotel days were much the same all
over Europe: many appointments, but
abundant leisure. Al. however, he
never spoke about his own affairs un.
less they were also those Of the lis
;tener-and not always then-half his
acquaintance had no idea how he
made his money. and the other half
wondered how he spent his time. OF
his mere interests. which were many,
Toye made no such secret; but 1t was
quite impossible to deduce a main in.
dustry from the by-products of his
.level-headed versatility.
! Criminology. for example, was an
obvious by-product; 1t was no morbid
taste in Hilton Toye, but q scientific
hobby that appealed to his mental
subtlety. And subtle he was. yet
with strange simplicities: grave and
dignihed. yet addicted to the expires
sive phraseology of his less enlight
ened countrymen; naturally sincere
and yet always capable of some in.
genuous duplicity.
The appeal Of Blanche Macnair to
such q soul needs no analysis. She
had struck through all complexities to
the core, such as it was or as she
might make 1t. As yet she could only
admire the character the man had
shown. though it had upset her none
the less. At Engelberg he had pro.
posed to her INSIDE Of two weeks"
as he had admitted without compunc
ton ut the time. 1t had taken him.
he said, about two minutes to make
up his mind; but the following sum.
mer he had laid more deliberate siege,
In accordance With some old idea that
she had let fall to soften her first re-
fusal. Tho result had been the same
only more explicit on both sides. She
had denied him the least particle OF
hope, and he had warned her that she
had not heard the last Of him by any
means, and never would till she mar.
ried another man. This had incensed
her at tho time. but = great deal less
on subsequent reflection; and such
was the position between that pair
when Toye and Cazalet landed in Eng.
land from the same steamer.
On this second day ashore, as GAIA.
let sat over . late breakfast in Jer.
myn street Toye sent in his card and
was permitted to follow it, rather to
his surprise. He found his man frank.
ly divided between kidneys-and-bacon
and the morning paper. but in a hearty
mood. indicative Of amends for his
great heat In yesterdays argument.
A palmer indication was the down
right yet sunny manner in which GAIA
let at once returned to the contentious
topic.
well. my dear Toye. what do you
think Of It now?"
Il was going to ask you what you
thought, but l guess l can see from
your face"
II think the police are rotters for
not setting him free last night"
"Scruton :"
Yes. OF course. the case'll break
down when it comes onsnext week, but
they oughtn't to wait for that. They've
no right to detain man in custody
when the bottoms out Of their case
already"
''Dut-but the papers claim they've
found the very things they were
searching for Toye looked nom
plused, % we'll he might. by an appar-
emily perverse jubilation over such in
.telligence.
'They haven't found the missing
.cap!" crowed Ca1alet. what they
have found 10 Craven's watch and
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