The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-04-05

| time the sacks beneath his eyes, the
| haggard lines from nostrils to lip cor
| ncrs.
I'm all in. Lorelers quit me-" he
said. duly.
"Qult you" Pope frowned. "Tell mo
about It."
| well. climbed the vine again and
fell OF. She packed up-dlsappcared-
been gone since Saturday night, and
can't find her. Nobody seems to
know where she Is. +. I'm hard
hit. Pope. God. keep think
| ing that maybe she took the river You
see, I'm all gone" He sank into n
chair, twitching and trembling in a
nervous collapse.
Better have n drink" Pope suggest
ed: but Bob returned roughly:
That's what broke up the sketch.
got stewed at Fcnncllcourt-high-ha that
usual trimmings. Never again! That
| Is, II | find my wife"
"Fennellcourt! Suppose you tell me
all about 1t. II there's chance that
It's suicide" Pope's reportoral 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 graspcd the fact that Lo-
rclel 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 n 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 n lool;
OF dumb appeal.
Campbell began in a matter-or.fact,
p''''''' ''''' ''''' ~ hi''.,''h'T lbp
healthy to think OF suicide: rest easy
on that score. You're weak enough
cmotionally TO do such thing. but
not she. Besides. why should she?
| cant imagine that any act of yours
could very deeply offend anybody. even
your wife. However," He studied
briefly. Have you been to see Miss
DcmorcstT'
Sure! Adorcc hasn't seen her"
"Posslblyw Pope eyed his caller
speculatlvely. $50 you decided to
Jimmy her into society. Ell! who was
at the party? Oh. hcavcns" he cS-
claimed, as Bob muttcred over the list
OF names. How did she compare with
those sacred cowsy'
"Oh, great! The men went crazy
over hcr-I knew they would"
But how did the women treat herf'
"Why, all right didn't notice any
thing"
what? No. OF course you didn't.
You were probably too drunk to no.
| tice much" Bob flushed. "Wcll,
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, I
can't blame her. For heavens sake,
why did you set her In with that
crowd? II you wanted to take her
| summing. why didn't you hire n guide
and go into the rcd-llght distrlctT'
Bob defended himself Istlcssly.
That's the only crowd | 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. II a person goes looking for
nastincss he can ind II nearly any.
where. never dld-nnd never saw
| anything very scandulous around that
bunch"
"Oue's observations are never very
keen when they're made through the
| bottom Of Il glass" observed Pope.
Bob exploded irrInbly. AN right
| lieutenant Play Jerusalem on the
coruct while pass the tambour.uc.
want my wife, not darlington
| Bnoth' on the trrrors Of intcmpcrnucc.
She's the only person who can straight.
On me up. was doing fine.
Had job I'll go straight 10
| hell again II 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. aud, having uul.
ctcd the sufferer. hc sot out Tor Miss
| DCmorcsts home,
Ndorcc, clad IN slightly soilcd neg
lIEc". answered his ring. then, rrco=.
| nizluE him, blocked the door hastily.
exposing n face overcast with defiance
and contempt,
"Aha" she exclaimed, AHA" and
ropc's sensitive ego rcruilcd before tho
fierce challenge or her tone. Invariably
she greeted him with contumcly; In.
varlably he arose 10 the challenge and
ovcrcamc her attack; invariably she
fought him on every subject. And yet
all the time he vaguely suspected that
they were really IN complete accord
and growing 10 Ike each other,