Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-10

oSantOyleI >. MISS winnie OalnOun, OneU.
ter's sister. acts as secretary to Mrs.
Schuyler temporarily.
mrs: Schuyler learns that v!icky Val
was not the terror some people thought
ed up-she does not want publicity:
Detectives make a search for Vicky
Van who can't be found
ceive letters from Miss Van and Cal
houn goes to Vicky's home. when he un-
expectedly meets her: she bess Of him
Fleming Stone. expert detective. is en-
gagged to run her down. He gets a clue:
CHAPTER XIV (continued)
I tolds Ruth about the strange boy
at Vicky>Van's house.
Yes" She said, rive heard about
him. Mr.. Stone picked him up some
where and he uses him as a sort Of
outside scout. He has all confidence
Chap ea p'm rejoio neoE IN the ! n nam ! Of 'f Fibb tssr.s
"Fibsy," I corrected. He is GER
tainly a bright youth. And he plans
to hunt down Miss Van Allen by
e Of her maid. Julie"
Are they together"
" We only suppose so. It seems
probable, that Miss Van Allen would
Of her servant. Julie Is a most capable
woman, and devoted to her mistress"
Nv heard so. / have a kind,
thoughtful woman, too, and I shopld
miss her terribly were I without hdr."
oh, but your Tfbbetts Is a serv-
ant, and nothing more This Julie was
a real friend to Miss Van Allen. and
looked after her in every way. House,
keeper. maid, NURSE and general
bodyguard."
yes, Miss Van Allen must have
needed such a person, since, as I am
told, she lived alone. MY. sisters-in-
law are quite in love with the Van
have been singing its praises this
morning; 1t seems your Vicky Van is
a lady of most refined tastes.'
"she certainly is. L can't help
thinking If you and she had known
other. in favorable Circumstance
es, you would have been friends"
1T may be. I have never felt sure
changed my mind about not wanting
her to be found: I do want that she
should be. Mr.. ,Schuyler's sisters have
shown me thatSto hesitate at or neg
lect any means of hunting her out
would be wrong. And so, ! am glad
we have Mr.. Stone and I hope he will
succeed in his search" /"
what changed your mind, spe
cially.?"
II realized that 1t would be disloy-
atty to my husbands memory to let
his possible slayer go free. The girl
must be found, and then if she can
be freed of suspicion. very well. but
the ase must be investigated fully"
II dare say you are right. Mr..
Schuyler was a man Of Importance
and influence. and aside from that,
every deed Of blood calls for revenge.
I honor you for deciding as o have"
"It is justice that moves me, moro
than my own personal inclination"
Ruth vent on. II will not deny, Mr..
Calhoun, that in some ways, my hus-
bands death has freed me from GER
restrictions that hampered and
CALLED me. I shouldn't mention this
to you, but I know the sisters have
you that I have, in many ways,
counter to Mr.. S%chuyler's wish
since I have; been my own mis-,
tress. 1t is true. He and I disagreed
and matters Of my personal comfort
and convenience. Now that I can do
SO, I am arranging my life different
ly. 1t is natural that I should do this,
but the Schuyler ladies think that I
have begun ~indecentlys soon. I say
this. not by way Of apology. but be-
cause I want you to understand"
Ruth looked very sweet and visit
full, as she seemed to make a bid for
my sympathy. I was impressed anew
by the soft pallor of her face and the
sweet purity of her gray eyes. ! con-
trasted her with Vicky Van. One, the
embodiment Of life and gayety, the
other a gentle. dovelike personality
which. however. limited sometimes at
hidden fires. I believed that Ruth
Schuyler had been so repressed, SO
by her brute Of a husband.
That her nature had never expanded
to its w possibilities.
And. like a binding flash Of light
ming, the knowledge came to me that
viction. The fact sprang full-armed.
to my brain, and my heart swelled
with the bliss of 1t.
scarcely dared look at her. I
couldn't tell her-yet. I had no rea-
son to think she cared for me-. other
as the merest acquaintance, yet
then and there, ] vowed to myself
that she should care.
thought OF Vicky van-poor little
Vicky. She had interested me--did
me, but in only a friendly
way. Indeed. my Interest In her was
prompted by sympathy for her luck
less position and the trust she had
reposed in me, I would hold her trust
V 7aeIso. Van ! wG Sut h henee naay .. uadse to to
ever my heart and soul belonged to
liege lady. my angel-faced Ruth.
What Is the matter, Nj. Cal
houn ?",I heard her saying. and y,
looked up to Aee her smiling almost
gayly at me. Your thoughts seem to
be a thousand miles away!"
: "Oh. not so far as that" I protest
Somehow. / felt buoyantly happy.
l had no wish to tell her OF my love,
at present ! was quite content to wor-
ship her in secret, and I exulted in a
sort Of c1atryoyant knowledge that I
should yet win her. Issmiled into her,
as I continued: They were
really round the corner in yicky
Vans house."
To my delight she ponted little.
Let's talk, Of, something else" she
said. Two no doubt Miss Van Aliens
charming, and her homo Q perfect
gem, but I own MP I'm not anxious to-
discuss her al ths time with every
one"
"You shall be sx4tnpt from II with
me-" I promised sIencsE0rth her
name 10 taboo between ius, and you
shall choose ~ subjects y0ur4elfS M
Then let's talk about me. Nov. you
know, Mr.. Calhoun, IEnetAr e Mr.
Bradbury, 20 you must b my ilegal'
adviser In al my quandAS1ea. First.
and thissh serious mattsr.s don't