The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-07-20

Pardon me for disturbing you"
said the inspector; I'VE did not know
you were in Sydney until we read of
your wedding this moring in the
newspapers. Er-may I ask you a
few questions?"
Fire away" replied Marriott.
The inspector consulted a memoran-
dunn and then asked:
"Have you a relative named Hem
enway?' "tG
Never heard of him."
do you know twin brothers named
Carteret?
"No."
Before you left New York for Eng
land did you authorize a man naWed
Hemenway to buy or lease a yacht
fer your"
FL Gid not.'
Ibid you ever hear of a yacht nam
ed the Runaway"
mo"
"Do you know a Mr.. Anderson, of
Anderson & Brownlow, ship chan
| E1CIS, VI Dali IIduClSCO!
II know him we'll"
"But you never heard of Hemenway
or the Carterets or the yacht Runa-
way?'
"Never heard of them before. May
I ask what all this is about?"
perhaps these will enlighten you,'
replied the inspector. He unwrapped
a bundle Of San Francisco newspapers
and handed them to Marriott.
The first thing that met the Cali
fornlan's eye was a large picture of
himself. Then he read the headlines
and slowly grasped the situation.
There were three pages devoted to a
| gigantic bank robbery, the stealing of
the yacht, and the adventure of Lent
and the gambler, with pictures of Mar
riott, Anderson, the wrecked bank the
bank officials, the yacht, and the
Waterman on the deck; also of the
two truck drivers holding an empty
box Hemenway had left behind.
In the next issue of the newspaper
there were more than two pages de-
voted to the crime and the supposed
criminals.
The following day there were nearly
two pages and SO on down until at the
end of a month the news, or rather,
the lack of news could be told in half
a column. Ten thousand dollars re-
ward was at first offered for the cap.
ture of the criminals. Later this was
increased to twenty thousand dollars.
"Whew!" said Marriott as soon as
he got the gist of things. He had
settled down to read systematically,
when there was a gentle knock at the
parlor door and the bride of day en-
tered.
mark dear, aren't you going to fin
ish your breakfastY' she asked.
"Sweetheart, I couldn't eat any
breakfast now IL you paid me for it.
Please call the girls and all of you
come in here. II have something excit-
ing to tel: you"
When they were all gathered Mar
riott turned iofhe inspector and said:
"Of course you do not onnec me
in .lnv way with this affair.""
Certainly not, sir; we only hoped
you might re able to throw some light
on it. We have been requested by the
San Francisco police to lend our aid,
that is all"
"This is the first I have heard Of
all these dnlngs in San Francisco. I
have been somewhat busy lately"-he
smiled at bis wife-"and the thought
of reading a San Francisco newspaper
never entered my mind. Suppose you
leave these papers with me. I will read
them thoroughly and if you will re-
turn in a few hours I will be in q bet
ter position to help you-if I cau.'
The inspector bowed and left the
room. after which Marriott began at
the beginning and read aloud Ill there
was to read. Then he turned to his
young wife and said.
1T looks as though you had married
into a notorious family. What do you
think of your husband now?"
This was the cue for Mrs. Marriott
to put her arms around her husbands
neck and tell him what she really
thought of him right before the girls.
There followed al osculatory demon
stratfon until the girls threw up both
hands. Helen exclaimed:
Look here Elise-1'm going to call
you Elise unless you prefer to have
me call you ma-you and dad must
behave yourselves while Edith and l
are around. Where do you suppose
those robbers went with the yachtT
II haven't the slightest idea," re-
piled the father. This Hemenway
seems to be an able citizen.''
Lets find them!" exclaimed Mrs.
Marriott.
"Oh, very WELL" laughed her hus-
band. Simplest thing in the world,
you know. All you have to do is to
anchor out in the Pacific Ocean and
wait until they come along"
wouldn't It be fun?" said Edith
sxcitedly. She clapped her hands,
lanced mp and down and ignored Mar
pleasantly. $50 romantic.
Helen and ! would probably marry the
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