The Washington times., 1916-09-16
PART III.
CHAPTER TX.
r HAVE one failing Even I. Hilary
Freeth. Of Northlands in the County
II OF Berkshire. Esquire. Gent. have

Freeth, Of Northlands in the County
OF Berkshire, Esquire. Gent, have
one falling. and freely confess
II. cannot keep key. Were / a.
other men are-whloh. thank heaven.
am not--I might wear a pound or 30 OF
hideous ironmongery chained to my per-
SON. This decline to do, with the re-
suit that. as say, cannot keep q key.
Now, by freak OF fortune, the key Of
Jaffery's fiat remained In the suitcase
wherein had flung II at Havre. until
II was flshed out by Franklin on my
arrival at Northiands.
"For Goodness sake. my dear" said
to Barbara. take charge Of this
thing"
But she refused. She had too many
already to look after. I must accept
the responsibility as q moral discipline.
30 I tied a luggage label to the elusive
object. inscribed thereon the legend,
''Key to Jaffery's fiat" and hung II on
q nail which I drove into the wall OF my
library.
About this time. according to the
sequence Of events recorded In my all
too scraggy diary, Dora came to us for
Q weekend. her first visit since Jaf-
fery's outrageous conduct. She was
glad to make friends with us once more,
and TO prove II showed the pleasanter
side of her character.
Meanwhile the autumn publishing
season was in full swing. wittekind's
list OF new novels In It's deep black
framing border stared at you from the
Advertisement pages Of every periodical
you picked up. and so did the list OF
every other publisher. nay after day
Dcria's eyes fell on this announcement
OF Wittekind. and day after day her
Indignation swelled at the continued
omission OF THE Greater Glory" All
these nobodies. these ephemerai scrib-
biers were being thrust f1smboysntiy on
public notice and her Adrian. the great
sun Of the Ornament. was allowed to
remain IN eclipse. For what purpose had
he lived and died n his memory was
treated with this dark ingratitudeT on
she went to have It out with the pub
Usher. And that II how Doria was led
on to the most terrible discovery pos
sfble.
witteisind had satisfied Doria that the
time was not yet come for an edition de
unluckily referred to the original manu-
script.
'Mr. Chayne has definitely told me
went to the printers and were destroyed
BY the printers"
Its impossible" said wittekind. IN
much perpIexity. You're making some
extraordinary mistake"
NJ Al
me a lie.''
wittekind drew himself up. Neither
would /, Mrs. Boldero. Allow me-
He took up his house telephone. Ask
Nr. Forest to como 10 me at once" He
turned to DORA. Let US get to the bot
tom Of this. Mr.. Forest II my Literary
edvfser-everything goes through his
hands"
They waited in silence until Mr.. For
est appeared.
you remember the Boldero manu-
scripts7"
"Of course"
''what were they. manuscript or type
UeriptH'
-Typescrfpt."
"Hsve you ever seen any Of Mr.. Boil
aaro's original manuscript"
"oh. yes. SIR"
DO you think any of II has ever
vsme into the office7"
I'm sure Il hasn't"
''rhank you. Mr.. Forest"
The reader retired.
"You see." said wittekind.
'"Then where are the original manu-
scripts OF The Diamond Gate and The
Greater Glory"
I'm very sorry. dear Mrs. Boldero.
bat have no means OF knowing"
'Mr Chayne said they we're sent here.
and used by the printers and destroyed
~ the printers"
I'm sure" said Whittekind. "there's
some muddling Misunderstanding. Jaf-
fiery Chayne, in his own line. is a distin-
guished mainland a man OF unblemish-
Cd honor. Aword or two will clear up
everything"
"He's In Madagascar"
"Then wait TIL ne comes back"
Doria insisted-and who In the world
can blame her for insistinsT'
you think me a silly woman. Mr..
Wittekind; but I'm not-not to the ex-
tent of an hysterical invention. Mr..
Chayne has told me definitely that those
two manuscripts came to your office,
that the books were printed from them
and that they were destroyed by the
printers"
"And l." said Wittekind. give you
may word OF honor-and have also
given You Independent testimony-that
no manuscript Of your husbands has
ever entered this office"
Suppose they had come In his hand
writing, would they have been de-
stroyed5"
Certainly not. Every sheet would
have been returned with the proofs.
Typed copy may or may not be re-
turned"
But autograph copy Is valuable'"
Naturally"
''The manuscripts OF Adrian's novels
might be worth lot of money!"
Quite a lot OF money"
Otroyed them?"
tits an act Of folly OF which a liter
airy man like Mr.. Chayne would be In
And you've never seen any Of itf'
I've given you rAy word OF honor"
Then it's very extraordinary " said
I'll is" said wittekind stiffIy.
She thrust out her hand and flashed
o generous glance.
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