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

al. must have been taken In nc
cared for by some one VINO ioseo "s
that night she disappeared
81 think 90. too" agreed ss :
"But I'VE been to see al! ner traeSs
that I can hnd out lxS "a
on a score Of them. nnding their M
Sresses in her address book that MI.
Iovnev rave me. OF course. they may
have been deceiving me, u LEE
safe In asserting that h Is nor 49,.
the protection Of any one ! in.el.
viewed. She returned to her nouse
last Monday night. the police pe!levSs
for the purpoSe Of getting heL ai; a
This shows . daring almost unDe.io "
able! That mail must o csen ,os
desperate Importance to her. sne mas MAJ
not haen to the house since, they 1eel
sure. and since I have been on sne s
case she could not have entered. aUt
I have kept 1t under strict survel..
lance. I think she will never return
to It. Presumably she got the ietteIs
sha vas SO anxious For Her Una
has arrived the last few days, l na.v
not opened, but the envelopes sh1~
mostly tradesmen's cards, OF are enne
dubitably social correspondents
There seem to be no letters from law.
yers or financial firms. However, II
nothing develops, I shall ooen the le!-
ters. This case, being unp~recedemteo'
necessitates unusual proceedings.
I'm disappointed in you. Mr..
Stone" said Rhoda Schuyler, TESTIFY
II didn't suppose you were supernu-
man. but I did think, with your
tation and all, you would be able 10
And thai woman. I've heard say ina
nobody could absolutely vanish III
New York city, and not be traced.
"You don't regret my so-far failure
a bit more than I do, Miss scnuyier.
over it. Nor am 1 ready to admit my
self beaten. l have a theory, or, rather
a conviction that there is n n
only one explanation of this strange
affair, I am not quite a TO ex-
Mound this, but in a day or two l
shall find il it is the true solution,
and if so 1 shall soon find MISS van
Allen"
1T knew you would" and Sarah
| Schuyler nodded her head, in salts
faction. "I told Rhoda to give you
more time and you would not dlsap,
point us. All right. Mr.. Stone, use an
the time you need. But no Schuyler
must remain ~unavenged. I want to see
that woman killed-yes, killed, tor
| her murder of my brother"
Sarah Schuyler looked like q figure
Of Justice herself, as, with fasninE
| ewes she declared her wrath. And 1T
was her right. Her brothers blood
| called out for vengeance. But the
more gentle-souled Ruth shuddered
| shrank from this stern arrangement.
"Oh, Sarah" she murmured. mo
killed! Don't condemn a woman to
that"
kill, a woman should be killed. But
she won't be-" she added, bitterly.
"No Jury ever convicts a woman. no
matter how clearly her guilt is prov
en-"
Just then Fibsy appeared. He was
a strange little figure. and showed a
shy awkwardness at the grandeur OF
his surroundings. He bobbed a funny
little curtsy to Ruth, whom he al
! ready adored, and with an elnbar-
raised nod, included the rest OF US In
a general greeting.
Then to Fleming Stone he said, In
an eager, triumphant tone, Il go,
'em!"
Got what?" asked Ruth. smiling
at him.
Got pictures of Miss Van Aller
and Julie, too"
What" eried Ruth, interested al
once; "!et me see them" .
Fibsy glanced at her and then al
Stone,. and handed a parcel to the
latter. i.
by way Of apology for sighting hel
request
Fleming Stone opened the parce
and showed two sketches.
"Miss Gale made them" he ex'
planned II sent Fibsy over there tt
induce her to give us at least a hin
! Of Miss Van Aliens personal appear
ance. The boy could wheedle it from
her, WHEN I couldn't. ,See?,' 49,,
He handed the pictures to Mis-
I Rhoda, for he, too, respected authori
ty, but we all gathered around tt
look.
they were the merest sketches. A
wash of water-color, but they showed
merit. AS the only one present who
truth Of their ~portraiture.
Fairly good" 1 said, Eyes. NOR,
than that. This Of Yicky shows thu
| ~coloring of her face and hair and thu
general effect of her costume, more
than her actual physiognomy. But i
is certainly a close enough likeness tt
make her recognizable if you fint
| her."
And this was true. Ariadne hat
| caught the sidetong glance of Wick,
Vans dark-lashed eyes and the curv,
of her scarlet lips. The coloring wa.
perfect, just Vicky's vivid tints, ant
the dark hair, looped owe her ears
was as she always wore it. Ariadn.