Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-10-13

Pope, at sight of his caller. Wharton
took a fleeting glance at himself in a
mirror and nodded. noting for this first
time the sacks beneath his eyes. the
haggard lines from nostrils to lip cor
ners
I'm all in. Lorelers quit me-" he
said, duly.
"Quit your Pope frowned. Tell me
about it."
well, 1 climbed the vine again and
fell off. She packed up-disappeared--
been gone since Saturday night, and
l can't find her. Nobody seems to
know where she Is. [. I'm hard
hit, Pope. God! I keep think
ing that maybe she took the river. You
see, I'm all gone" He sank into a
chair, twitching and trembling in a
nervous collapse.
Better have drink" Pope suggest
ed; but Bob returned roughly:
THAT'S what broke up the sketch. I
got stewed at Fennellcourt-high-h
weekend party-fast crowd, and the
is. IL find my wife"
'fFennellcourt! Suppose you tell me
all about it. If there's a chance that
it's suicide" Pope's reportorial in
stinct brought the last word into juxta-
position with "Fennellcourt," and he
saw black headlines.
Judge for yourself Maybe you can
help me; nobody else can" Bob re-
counted the story OF the house party.
He could remember little of Sundays
occurrences: not until late that evening
had he fully grasped the fact that Lo-
relief had gone. Even then he was too
befuddled to act. Neither Mrs. Fen
nell nor her husband could give him
any help, and Bert Hayman had been
confined to his room all day Sunday as
the result of fall or an accident OF
some sort. Monday morning. while
still suffering from the effects of his
spree. Bob had returned to the city to
find his home deserted, and he could
find no trace of Lorelei in any quarter.
So. as a last resort before calling in
the police, he had come to Pope. When
he had finished his somewhat muddled
tale he stared at the critic with a look
of dumb appeal.
Campbell began in a matter-of-fact,
positive tone. ''She's altogether too
healthy to think of suicide; rest easy
on that score. You're weak enough
emotionally to do such a thing, but
not she. Besides, why should she !?
l can't imagine that any act Of yours
could very deeply offend anybody, even
yonr wife. However," He studied
briefly. "Have you been to see Miss
Demorest?"
'Sure! Adoree hasn't seen her"
"Possiblyw Pope eyed his caller
speculatively. $50 you decided to
jimmy her into society. Ell! Who was
at the party? Oh, heavensp' he ex-
claimed, as Bob muttered over the list
Of names. How did she compare with
those sacred cows?"
"Oh, great! The men went crazy
over her-I knew they would"
"But how did the women treat her?''
why, all right. l didn't notice any
thing"
What? No, of course you didn't.
You were probably too drunk to no
ttce much" Bob flushed. "Well,
something must have happened to
alarm her, and. since you were too
maudlin to be of any assistance, she
evidently took the bit in her teeth. /
can't blame her. For heavens sake.
why did you set her in with that
crowd? If you wanted to take her
Summing, why didn't you hire a guide
and go into the red-hght district?"
Bob defended himself listlessly.
THAT'S the only crowd I know; it's
the only set that's open to a Pittsburgh
furnace mans son. Those people aren't
so bad; guess they're no worse than
the rest. If person goes looking for
nastiness he can find 1t nearly any
where. l never did-and I never saw
anything very scandalous around that
bunch"
Ones observations are never very
keen when they're made through the
bottom OF glass;" observed Pope.
Bob exploded irritably. "All right,
lieutenant Play Jerusalem on the
cornet while pass the tambourlne.
want my wife, not a 'Ballington
Booth on the terrors of intemperance.
She's the only person who can straight
en- me up. l was doing fine.
Had a job I'll go straight to
hell again If don't find her" There
was no doubt of the mans sincerity;
his mental and his physical condition
were obvious.
Pope did his best to repair the wreck
age in some degree. and, having qui-
eted the sufferer, he set out for Miss
Demorests home
Adoree. clad in slightly soiled neg
ilgee, answered his ring, then, recog-
| OlT1DU him hINal-nd x1,U d. I.a.A;a.-