Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-05-12

mo. you didn't come down for that
reason" Brouillard amended gravely.
You came to meet me-"
Did II" she asked. What makes
you think that?"
81 know what happened" said Brou-
Hard, speaking as soberly as if he
were stating mathematical certainty
you left that room upstairs and came
to me. l didn't see you, but l heard
you as plainly as l can hear you now.
You spoke to me and called me by
name"
She shook her head, laughing lightly,
You have been overwrought about
something or maybe you are just plain
tired"
You are standing me off," he de-
clared. You are in trouble of some
sort. and you are trying to hide it from
me-"
NO, not exactly trouble; only lit
tie worry"
"All right, call it worry if you like
and share it with me. What is it?'
81 think you know without being
told. l am afraid we have finally lost
the Little Susan That is one of the
worries and the other I've been trying
to call silly. l don't know what has
| become Of father-as if he weren't old
enough to go and come without telling
me every move he makes!"
Your father isn't at homer" gasped
Brouillard.
| NO; he hasn't been here since nine
o'clock this morning. Murray Grislow
saw him going into the Metropole
about one o'clock, but nobody that
have been able to reach by phone
seems to have seen him after that"
Il can bring the record down to two
o'clock" was the quick reply. "He ate
with me at Bongras'. and afterward
walked with him as far as the bank
And | can cure part of the first worry
all of it, in fact; he had the money
to take up the Cortwright notes, an(
when left him he was on his way Il
Hardwick's window to do it."
He had the money? Where did h,
get it?"
Brouillard put his back against
porch post, change of position whicl
kept the light of the street electri
from shining squarely upon his face.
1T has been another of the get-ricn
quick days in Mirapolis," he sail
evasively. Somebody told me that tn
corner opposite Poodles' was bough
and sold three times within a singh
hour and that each time the price wa
doubled"
And you are trying to tell me tha
father made hundred thousand dol
lars just in those few hours by buyini
and selling Mirapolis lots? You don
know him, Victor. He is totally lack
ing the trading gift. He has often sal
that he couldn't stand on a street col
ner and sell twenty-dollar gold piece
at nineteen dollars apiece-nobod
would buy of him.
Nevertheless. / am telling you tha
he had the money to take up thos
notes." Brouillard insisted. 'I saw
in his hands,"
She stood fairly in the beam of tn
street light. The violet eyes wer
misty, and in the low voice there wa
| a note of deeper trouble.
You say you saw the money in (:
theirs hands; tell me, Victor, did 20
see him pay it into the bank?"
. why, no; not the final detail. Blu
, as say, when left him he was on hi
way to Hardwick's window"
Again she turned away, but this tim
it was to dart into the house. A mil
ute later she had rejoined him, and th
, minute had sufficed for the donning {
a coat and the pinning on of the QUAR-
J cowboy riding hat
! Il must go and find him." she sal
with quiet resolution. 'Win you q
with me, Victor? Perhaps that is wh
} 1.-The subconscious I-called you a Ii
/ tie while ago. Let's not wait for th
/ Quadjenai car. I'd rather walk, an
! we'll save time"
r From the moment of outsetting Il
: young woman's purpose seemed cIea
e ly defined. By the shortest way st
d indicated the course to the ayenu
and at the Metropole corner she turne
D unhesitatingly to the northward-t
1 ward the region of degradation.
4 AS was to be expected after the ds
of frantic speculation and quick none
g changing, the lower avenue was alba,
r with light, the sidewalks were pass,
e of peril. and the saloons and div,
K were reaping rich harvest. Luckil
Brouillard was well known, and h
: position as chief of the great army
government workmen purchased som
l. thing like immunity for himself al
e his companion. But more than once
n was on the point of begging the youl
e woman to turn back for her own SAX
a The quest ended unerringly at Il
door of Haley's place, and when Dav
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