Meade County news., 1917-02-01

took a fleeting glance at himself in a
mirror and nodded, noting for the first
time the sacks beneath his eyes, the
haggard lines from nOstrils to lip cor
ners.
"Tm all in. Lorelei's quit me-" he
said, duly.
"Quit your Pope frowned. "Tell me
about It,"
"Well, 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. 1. I'm hard
hit, Pope. God! 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.
got stewed at Fennellcourt-high-h
weekend party-fast crowd, and the
usual trimmings. Never again! That
is, If find my wife,"
"Fennellcourt! Suppose you tell me
all about 1t. II 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-
releI 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 a 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 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
your wife. However," He studied
briefly. "Have you been to see Miss
Demorest"
"Sure! Adoree hasn't seen her"
"Possiblyw Pope eyed his caller
speculatlvely. $50 you decided to
jimmy her into society, eh! Who was
at the party? Oh, heavens" he ex-
claimed, as Bob mutteTed over the list
Of names. "How did she compare with
those sacred cowsT
"Oh, great! The men went crazy
over her-I knew they would"
"But how did the women treat her?''
"Why, all right. 1 didn't notice any
thing"
"What? No, of course you didn't
You were probably too drunk to no
tice much" Bob flushed. "Well
something must have happened to
alarm her, and, since you were toe
maudlln 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 heI
Summing, why didn't you hire a guide
and go into the red-light distrlct?"
Bob defended himself listlessly
That's the only crowd 1 know; its
the only set that's open to Pittsburgh
| furnace mans son. Those people aren't
so bad; 1 guess they're no worse thar
the rest. If a person goes looking fol
nastiness he can find 1t nearly any
where. I never dld-and l never saw
anything very scandalous around tina
bunch"
zones observations are never very
keen when they're made through th'
bottom of a glass;" observed Pope.
Bob exploded irritably. "All right
lieutenant! Play Jerusalem on tn
cornet while l pass the tambourine
want my wife, not 'Ballingtol
Booth ON the terrors of intemperance
She's the only person who can straight
en- me up. l was doing fine
Had job I'll go straight t
hell again If I don't find her" Their
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 Mis-
Demorest's home.
Adoree, clad In slightly soiled neg
llgee, answered his ring, then, recog
nizing him, blocked the door hastily
exposing a face overcast with defianc
and contempt.
"Ahaw she exclaimed. "Ahaw an
Pope's sensitive ego recoiled before tn
fierce challenge of her tone. Invariabl
d she greated him with contumely; In
Y vaTably he arose to the challenge an
overcame her attack; invariably sh
2 fefYgbt him on every subject. And We