Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-04

~ Uc anu WOULD llk0 the case 10 d
hnshed Mp-she does not want publicity
had b Ssano a brute ,ss5n 70 h hert nj h %inni'
s vioHn aets as secretary temporarily
Mr.. Calhoun speaks to her over the tel
ephone and promises to place certain
letters and things in a vase In the hall
This he does m awaits her coming.
CHAPTER. XII,
More Notes.
Next morning at breakfast, there
was but nj topic Of conversation. In.
deed, little else had been talked Of
for days but the Schuyler case and
all its side issues.
Winnie held forth at length on thu
martyrdom Ruth Schuyler had SUI.
fered because Of the cruelty Of heI
late husband.
He wasn't really ugly, you know
explained Win. and l don't say She.
in every little way that she wanted
to enjoy herself. They had a box a,
the opera, and q big country house
and all that but he wouldn't let he,
go to natinees or have a motor Of hel
own or buy anything until he had
passed judgment on it. She wen had
to submit her costume designs to him
Uha = hS opp1ONCu LlIS uEcSSIldkeI
made them up. And he wouldn't lie,
her have fashionable clothes. They
had to be plain and of rich heavy
materials, such as the sisters wear
Mr.. Schuyler was under the thumb Of
those W old maids. and Rhoda. es.
pecially, put him up to all sorts OF
schemes to bother Ruth"
DO YOU call her Ruth?" I asked
in surprise.
Yes, she told me I might. She.
lovely to me. and I'm so glad to dc
AZ can for her. Honest. Chef. she
lived an awful life with that man."
Lucy. All you've said about her
Winnie. makes me a bit curious"
S you shall, Auntie, some time
She's a real friend Of mine now, and
even after Edith Crowell. goes there
as secretary, she saysI must often "a
to see her az her friend"
She's charming" I declared. "Ev-
cry time I see her I'm more impressed
with her gentle dignity. And I don't
those W old women"
Nor l." agreed Win. as Aunt Lucy
asked. rs she pretty?"
rs she, Winnie ?" T said.
We'll. h Is and she isa't. She's 80
colorless, you know. Her hair is that
fat ashy blonde. and she's 40 pale
always. Then her yes and lashes are
so light, and-well. ineffective. But
her expression is SC sweet and when
once in a while she laughs outright,
she's very attractive. And she's such
a thoroughbred. She v errs In
taste or judgment. She knows lust
what to reply to all the queer letters
OF coincidence that come to her, and
Just how to talk to the people who
call. And that's another thing. She
hasn't any friends Of her own age
She knows only the people who Be.
long to the most exclusive set, and
they're nearly all the -aEe ofsthe. old
sisters. But Mrs. Schuyler is lovely
to them. And in her soft pretty black
gowns she looks a whole lot better
than she ever did in the ones she
wore While he was alive. I've seen
them in her wardrobe, and I've seer
her try on some that she was goine
to give away, and they're sights! Ele-
CANT, o know, but not the thing for
her. Now. that she can select her own,
she has beauties"
She certainly must be glad, then,
to be freed from such a tyrant," said
Aunt Lucy. ~
Now don't you think that!' insist.
ed Winnie, earnestly. "she may feel
so. way down in her deepest heart.
but she won't admit it, even to her
self And, of course, no matter how
much she didn't love him, she
wouldn't want him taken of that way!
No. she's perfectly all right. and she
mourns that man just II sincerely as
any woman could mourn a man who
didn't nderstand her"
looked at Win in an1azement. Lit
tie sister was growing UP. it seemed.
Well. the experience would do her no
harm. Ruth %schuyler's influence
could work only for good, and a taste
OF real life would give 4 wider cut.
100 than Win could get at home.
l. ! went down to the coroner's court
room. The Inquest was proceeding in
It's usual discursive wa and I sat
down to listen for q while. The cor
oner was hearing reports from det~:-
ttves whaLhad interviewed tho v/r-
ket men and s~hopkeepers ,Lere
Vicky Van had bought wares.
from any householder's record. ,Vicky
had always paid her bills promptly,
usually by check on . weil-known
bank. Sometimes. Il the biils We're
small they were paid in cash. In such
a Miss Van Allen herself or the
maid brought, the money; IL checks.
n were cent by mail. Ths garage
His monthly bills were promptly paid,
and Miss Van Allen had found no
fault with his service. She was away
from home frequently, but when Il
home. she used her motor car often
and was kind to the chauffeur who
drove her. This chauffeur told Of taxi
y her to ths shops: e the theatre,
leries-but had never been directed
to In place WHARF, = lady might not
go.
The bank people said that Miss