Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26

given you independent testimony
that no manuscript of your husbands
has ever entered this office
Suppose they had como in his hand
writing. would they have been de-
stroyedT''
Certainly not. Every sheet would
have been returned with the proofs.
Typed copy may or may not DO re-
turned" =
But AUTOGRAPH copy Is vaiuablsr"
Naturally"
1.-THE manuscripts OF Adrian's novels
might be worth lot of money!
quite lot OF money"
so you don't think Mr.. Chayne de-
stroyed them?"
ITS an act of folly of which a liter
airy man like Mr.. Chayne would be in
capable"
And you've never seen any OF itss
I've given you my word Of honor"
Then it's very extraordinary" said
Doria.
1T is" said wittenkind stiffy
She thrust out her hand and flashed
a generous glance.
Forgive me for being bewildered.
But It's so upsetting. You have nothing
whatever to do with it. It's all Jaffery
Chayne' She looked up at the loosely
built, kindly man. TITS for him to
give explanations. In the meanwhile, I
leave my dear. dear husbands memory
say"-tears came into her eyes-"a nd
you will, won't your"
The pathos OF her attitude dissolved
all resentment. He bent over her. still
holding her hand.
You may be quite sure OF that"
said he. Even we publishers have our
ideals-and our purest is to distribute
through the world the works of man
of genius"
So Doria, having telephoned for per-
mission to come and see us on urgent
business, arrived at Northlands late in
the afternoon, full of the virtues OF
Wittekind and the vices of Jaffery.
She gave US full account of her in
terview and appealed to me for eX-
plantations of Jaffery's extraordinary
conduct
You saw the original manuscript Of
The Greater Glory'r'
Yes" 7 He'd.
did you see the original manuscript
of The Diamond Gate'?'
No lied again.
WAS 1t among Adrian's papers?-
Not to my knowledge. Probably
If Adrian didn't send IT TO the printers,
he dsStroyed It,"
II 6ont believe he destroyed It. Jaf-
fiery has got it and he has also got the
What does he want them for?'
That's leading question, my dear.
which I can't answer, because I don't
know whether he has them or not. In
fact, ] know nothing whatever about
! them"
Hilary. after all you've done for me-"
said Doria, but I really think you
ought to know something"
But we parted for the night the
best of friends.
1t was rather late the next morning
when [ suddenly noticed the absence
| of Jaffery's key on the wall.
you've got 10 in your pocket Us
usual" said Barbara.
But this time I was blameless. y
/ haven't touched It," I declared, "and
! saw It this morning"
~ don't know about this morning. y
said Barbara. But grant you II was
there yesterday evening. because Doris
drew our attention to It."
| 'Doria," I cried, and rose with
mouth asape. and our eyes met in a
! sudden stare
Good Heavens. do you think she
/ has taken it?'
who else?" said l. "She came out
from here TO say goodbye to me in the
was preterneturahy animated and
demonstrative at the station-your
sex's little guifeful way ever since the
! world began. She had the stolen key
about her She's going straight tc
Jaffery's flat to hunt for those manu-
scrints."
We'll. let her." said Barbara. wv.
know she can't find them, because they
don't exist"
But, my darling Barbara" I cried
everything else does. And everything
else Is there. And there's not blessed
thing locked UP In the place"
DO you mean?"-she cried aghast.
-
at once and stop her"
TN come with you said Barbara
So once more. on altridstic errand
/ motored post haste to London. VS.
alishted at st. Quentin's mansions
MY friend the porter came out to re.
ceive us
Has a lady been hero with a ke,
OF Mr.. Chaynes fletg'
NO. sir not TO my knowledge
We drew bresths OF relief. On,
journey had been something of Z
, strain.
! Thank goodness" said Barbara.
Should a lady come. don't allow hel
to enter the flat" said l.
II shouldn't give a strange lady on,
trance in any case" said the porter
Good" said I. and was about 10 go
But Barbara, with her ready common
sense, took me aside and whispered:
why not take all these compromis
ing manuscripts home with us7-
In my letter case had the half for
gotten power OF attorney that Jaffer,
had given me at Havre l showed 1
to the porter
II want TO get some things out o
Mr., Cheyne's fiat"
Certainly. STR" said the porter 'Tl
take you up
We assembled In the lift The porte
opened Jaffery's door. We entered tn
sitting room. And there, in a wilder
ness OF ransacked drawers and strewI
papers. with her head against the can
non ball on the hearth rug. lay tiny
black. moaning heap of a woman.
We carried her distraught from tina
room of awful revelation, put her int,
the car and brought her back to North
lands. OF course. Il would have driver
her mad 10 return to the haunted fla
haunted now By NO gracious gnost
but by an unuttsrable presence. tn
, thought OF which, even IN her quie,
lavender scented country bedroom
made her scream of nights.
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