Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-14
XIX.
Proofs and Moro pn,ofs

. !Ou are absolutely CrdZy! 1 SAID,
laughing, though the laugh choked in
my throat, as I looked at Stone. "You
see. Fibsy, you're gone dotty over
this thing, and you're running round
in. circles. I know both Mrs. Schuyler
and Miss Van Allen, and they've moth
ing in common. There couldn't be two
people more dissimilar." =.
That's just it-that's how I
know" walled the boy. That's how
him, Mr.. Stone"
THE boy is right" said Stone.
slowly. "And the"
"He can't be right" It's impossi-
ble!" I fairly shouted, as thoughts
came flashing into my mind-dread-
full thoughts, appalling thoughts!
Ruth Schuyler and Vicky Van one
a thousand times NO! 1t couldn't be
true! The boy was insane, and Stone
was. too. I'd show them their own
'foolishness.
"Stop a, minute, Stone" I said. try
ing to speak calmly. You and the
boy knew Vicky Van. You new
err saw her. except as she ran along
the street for a few steps at midnight.
And Terence didn't e her then. It's
too absurd. this theory Of yours! But
it startled me, when you sprung it..
Now, Fibsy, stop your sobbing and
tell me what makes you think this
foolish thing, and I'll relieve your
mind of any such ideas"
II don't blame you. Mr.. Calhoun"
and Fibsy mopped his eyes with his
wet handkerchief. He was a strange
with his red hair tumbled and his
eyes big and swollen with weeping
Il, know you CAM believe it. but you
listen a bit, while I tell Mr.. Stone
some things. Then you'll see."
Eyes, Terence" said Stone. Ego
ahead. What about the prints?"
They prove up" and Fibsy's woe
increased afresh: "They amt no shad-
der Of doubt. The very reason I tknow
they're the same is cause they're so
unlike. Yes. I'll explain-wait a min
Again a crying spell overwhelmed
him. and we waited. .
Now" he said, regaining self-con-
troll. now I've spilled all my tears
I'll out with it. The first thing that
me was the abserlute unlike
their tastes an ways. Why. fer in
tance an I guess it was Jest about
the very first thing I noticed, was the
magazines. In here, on Miss Van AL
lens table, as you can see yourself,
is-jest look at 'em! Vogue, Vanity
Fair. Life. Cosmopolitan, an lots Of
lightweight story magazines. In at
schuylers' house it Atlantic Monthly,
Harper's, Century. The Forum, The
North American Review, and a lot of
other highbrow reading. Ant it amt
only that the magazines in here are
gayer an lighter, an in there heavier
wiser: but there isn't q single dup
licate! Now, Miss Vicky Van likes
good readin': you can see from her
books an all, so why don't she take
Harper's an Century? Cause she has
'em in her other home"
But, wait, child" I cried, getting
you don't mean Vicky
Van lives sometimes in this house
and sometimes in the Schuyler house
its mistress!"
That's Jest what I do mean I
know 1t sounds like I was batty, but
me tell more. Well, it seemed
queer that there shouldn't be any one
magazine took in both houses, but, of
course. there wasn't no real proof. I
only noticed it. an 1t set me a think
in. Then I sized up their situations.
Mrs. Schuyler's dignifed and quiet in
her ways. simple in her dress, wears
only polls, no other %sparklers what
Vicky Vans gay of action, likes
giddy rags, and adores gorgeous Jew
elry. even If it amt the most realest
NAAAus ANo". "d4L-uOHt lHLCTTuD n0.
Lemme talk it out. cause it's KILN,
me, an I gotter get it over with. Well,
all Mrs. Schuyler's things-furnicher.
I mean--is big an heavy an massive.
terrible expensive. Yes. I know
her husband made her have it that
way But never mind that. vicky
furnicher is all gay an light
pretty an dainty colbrin' and 50
forth And the day the old sister-in-
laws was in here they said. How
Ruth would admire to have things
like these! Member how she begged
Randolph to do up her boodore- in
they saidl Oh. well, I got a bug then
that the two ladies' Tn talkin' about
was just the very oppositest I ever
did see! Then, another thing was the
records. The phonygraft in here is
full Of light opery and poplar music
like that. mot a smell O fugles and
ella saic sfffk An, In ne Snhr..ln.,. : -