The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1919-02-07
THE MANOR A
THOUSAND
BY M. QUAD
Copyright. 1914. by Associated Lit
erary Press.
BY M. QUAD

They called him Judge" Dale be.
cause in the far west you never mis-
ter man when you can call him
colonel or Judge" AS James Dale
looked more like a judge than colo
mel. they called him as | have said.
be was mine owner, and when
things went wrong he could make hot
times for his engineers and foremen,
out he didn't do it in vulgar way. He
was always a gentleman. even when
he cussed the hardest. AS matter Of
racf. the judges motto was good
form. and he carried it out In his
clothes. his cigars. his dinners
have 1t on good authority that
Judge Dale was not vulgarIy startled
when he received word from Denver
that MS handsome wife. TO whom ne
mad been married five years and who
was visiting friends. had taken an old
lovers arm and severed conjugal rela.
tons by clipping. He went through the
daily routine just the same for two
or three days. and he had the same
placid look and the same even voice
as he called his head clerk into the
private Office and said:
Thomas. ] am going away for a few
days. and you will take charge"
Yes. SIR" replied Thomas, and the
next morning the Judge was on his
way TO Denver. He picked up his clew
there without having elbowed anything
or soiled the polish of his Shoes He
met friends and talked politics and real
estate and mines, and, lighting fresh
cigar. he took train for the east. Ar.
irving in New York city. he paid de-
rectiVe to locate the couple
a steamer was sailing for the Medi-
terranean at the end of the fourth day.
ana when she departed the Judge was
one OF her passengers. There were
more than hundred others. and ms
the weather was also stormy for the
nFsC TWO or three days out no one
commented on the fact that the pas. |
senger who was registered as Major |
Davis stuck close to his cabin and had |
ms meals brought to him by a steward
Judge Dale had changed his name, but
ne mad no idea of changing his iden
TRY. There were laughter and CONVEX
sutton ana CHATTER OF dishes az all
the passengers finally gathered for din
ner Tor the first time since leaving
SANDY Hook. TO the right OF the cup
ram sat one of the handsomest Indies
ina one OF the finest looking gentle
men on the list: but. taken altogether
I was grand array of wealth and cul
-ure. Dinner was fairly under way
inu the lady on the captains right was
'easn1ng when she happened to cas-,
ieF eyes down the table. and her face
vent as white as death in n second
dalI "a dozen people caught her words
Is she whispered to her supposed hus
)and:
John. there is the judge."
ue man looked. and the color went
'ut or his cheeks and his law FOIL
wear the foot of the table sat tho man
'"o nau taken new name. He was
oo' una piacid. and only the ghost of
stniie hOVered around his mouth He
ooked the woman and the man full In
ue eyes Tor minute, but made no
Ign or recognition.
nat Is itT' asked the captain as
Hirs- Bemis" shuddered and gasped
uu sseetIseo on the point of falnting.
"A Sudden fllnesS-heart trouhef"
ne STAN mered as she left the table for
er statefoom. 0'
AT every meal Major Davis facad
lie guilty pair. Some of the nassan.
ers suspected nothing. but others in.
seeu tnat there was a queer mystery
Ioot- The major gave nothing away
wouldn't have been good form Tho
oman avtHded him as far as possihlo
DC two or three times a day he found
.cuse to speak to her.
The steamer was to call a. +ho
zores- One morning about 10 o,cloc,T
70 "aoe harDor. and it was given ont
'oaro. that she would not get away Y
'fore midnight. Everybody WINS anv. &
US Tor brief run ashore-eyervbodv Z
u Mrs. Bemis- She feared that che
iEne overexert and bring on another
tack or heart trouble. Mr.. Bemis had
elueu 10 stay with her when Major
WIS hunted him out and said.
! trust you will make one of n ut4,o 81
Try going ashore. and that Won NTH
neT' "S shai
ne party il is began Mr.. Ram,s
ms face blal1ched.
= very exclusive one-iust tho +uo
U.s. you see. You hovo =, M