New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-04
The Window
at the
White Cat
By MARY ROBERTS
RINthART
Copysitht, 1910. by Bobbs-Mer.
I'LL Co.

<"You've got more sense than i've
been giving you credit for. Knox. Her
glasses are here this minute"
It was disappointment to me. al,
though the explanation was simple
enough. But the really important
thing bearing On Miss James depar-
ture was when Heppie came into the
yOOm
She abruptly dropped the corners Of
her apron. There rolled out a hetero
geneous collection Of things-a white
muslin garment which proved to be
nightgown. with hong sleeves and high
collar: a half dozen hair curlers-l
knew those. EDITH he'd been seen tn
midnight emergencies with her hair
twisted around Just such instruments
OF torture-a shoe buttoner, a railroad
map and one new and unworn black
kid glove.
"Where DID you get 'emr said Miss
Letitia. fixing Heppie With an awful
eye.
Il found 'em stuffed under the blank
cts In the chest Of drawers in the at
tic" Heppte shouted at her, III we'd
washed blankets last week as I want
ed to-
"Shut upp' Miss Letitia said shortly,
and Heppte's thin lips closed with
snap. 'Now then, Knox. what do yon
make OF that?'
III that's the nightgown she was
DIM h4 }~h Oh =
think It shows one thing very clearly.
Miss Maitland She was not abduct-
ed, and she knew perfectly well what
she was about. None Of her clothes
was missing. and that threw us OF the
track. But look at this new glove!
She may have had new things to put
on and LETT the Old The map-well,
she was going somewhere with a def
mite purpose"
Il don't believe a word oe it," the
obi fady burst out. "She didn't have a
secret: she was the kind that couldn't
keep Il secret. She wasn't responsible.
tell you, she was extravagane. Look
at that ghov& And she had three pairs
half worn In her bureau"
''hfss Maitland" asked suddenly,
did you ever hear Of eleven twenty
two2"
"a$even TWENTY-FIVE whatT
Just the number eleven twenty.
two" repeated. ''Has 1t any signifl-
cancel
Il should say 1t has. she retorted. I'm
the h,s& ten years the Colored Orphans
homo has cared for, fed. clothed and
pampered exactly 1,l22 coaored chill
dren OF every condition Of shape and
misshape. brains and no BRAINS
1T has no other connectiont7
= loaned Allan Fleming thousand
dollars once. gueas my mind was
failing. Il would be about eleven
twenty-five by this time"
Neither Of which explanations suf-
feed tor the little scrap found In Miss
James room. What connection, If any,
had Il with her fifashtl Where WIS she
now. What was eteveo twenty-five:
And why did Miss Letttta deny that
she had lost the pearls, when already
knew that nine 6 the ten had been
sold. WHO had bought them and ap
proximatety how much he had paid7
ate a. Hight lunch az Bellwood alone,
with Bella 10 hook after me-
~Oh, Befia." GATED as she was CO.
ing out. Il want to ask you something.
The night at the Flemine home when
you and I watched the house didn't
yoh hear some person running along
the hah outside your door? About
O'clock, thtnk7'
Sbo hooked az ME stotidly.
tho. slrs stept oil night.'
THAT'S strange. And yoy. didn't hear
me- when fell down the dumb wait
ey shaft"
Holy saintsE' she calculated "Was
thai wt1eae y0n fei1T'
Che stopped herself abruptly.
-YOu heard thatf asked gently,
':and pet rou stepe all night Bella.
there's hltch somewhere. You didn't
sleep that night at ali. You told Miss
Fleming had been up all night How
dd POD know that: II l didn't know
that you eouidn's possibly get asound
as fast as the person In the house that
night would say you had been in Ms
Flemings desk fooking for-iet us soy.
postage stamps. May I have another
cup of coneee''
She turned stckiy yellow white
and gathered up my cup and saucer
with trembling hands. put another
Ane IN my notebook. What does Bella
knOwY
! goa back 10 the city and found
Wardrop waiting for me at the office.
He seemed to have shrunk In his
clothes. his evebaiss were bloodshot
from drinking and his fair hair had
dropped, neglected. over his forehead.
He looked u me with dull eyes
when went in. He was sitting on
my desA.
''He says he's crazy-lost his think
works" said Burton.
81 didn't know you knew each 9th
en-" put IN.
"Ho oays we do Wafdrop said