Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-24

therefore his. departure could not
really have been such a very hurried
one. and the fact OF his leaving so
many Of .his clothes and other things
behind him pointed to the probability
that his object was to avoid carrying
with him any signs by which he might
be identified. That, at least, was the
Interpretations which the various
gue0ers At truth in the newspapers
generally put upon 1t, and it seemed
the only reasonable one.
1t struck me on the first moment
Of reading all this. that Captain. VI
part would be q man who would be
recognised anywhere on account OF
those long moustaches which / special
ly abomtnated, but = second thought
one had been, for, o. course, the OBJ
vious and first change for him to
make would be the exceedingly sim
pie one Of cutting those long append
ages OF, and I found myself trying in
vain to picture what his bad, blond
face would look like without them.
l suppose it was impossible for me
hating him and despising him as /
did. to do any kind of justice to Cap
tain Vibart's intellectual capacity
n could not, I imagine, do worse
than justice to his moral qualities
n perhaps also I did more than JUS
tee to the wonderful network Of de-
tecttve subtlety In which certain
works Of fiction have taught us that
h police Of modern cities have en-
meshed the world. At all events 1
could not believe that such a. man as
Captain Wharf was likely to- Be able
to, keep out Of the web for long. Ev-
cry day I expected to see in the paper
that he had beer arrested, but no
such announcement came.
Our life at Scotney House had set
tied down into a Door semblance OF
what It had been before Uncle Ralph
Drought back the unfortunate Aunt
Enid from India and herewith intro
duced ali the trouble. The present
was a very poor senblance gof that
former life, chiefly because uncle was
but = sembhnce. and scarcely that, Of
his former self.
Outwardly the change was not 90
sreat-he wa perhaps q little thin
ner. had grown to look q little older
al ~ once, but the shock Of that
night had changed him In deeper and
more essential ways. He had always
been very kindly and friendly With all
MS tenants and servants: In material
~ ne was Just - kind now Just
AZ liberal and considerable, bit tha
capacity for fr4endiine0 seemed g
have gone from him. His manner
with them had become abrupt and
They all loved him shl-alL that
ts 70 ay, except Celeste, who, after /
kept her for squite&unnecessary
fortnight on the plea Of putting her
mistress things in order. had LETT ua,
70 my great relief. / believe che was
s1ll kept unobtrudvely under the eye
o1stRe police, 20 AZ to be Forthcoming
Il they should need her. BUT though,
all the servants, with her single ex-
cepton, loved him, Il .was, I am very
sure, TOR the sake Of the man that
he had been. He lid not. lose their
love. but I do not think hissWayx att
er this tragedy. had happeneds Ia his
liie would ever have gained ut.
! 90 not wish 10 win sympathy by
tndulging In that terribly seductive
luxury Of self-ptty. but reallYbfor me.
THOSE Weeks and months u no
cheerful. ! could feel that Uncle
Ralph realized It for me-, ana thst
now and again Ne IN mabSS brave Al.
forts TO be conversational ftnA
topics connected With thesEaxdens a.
the arms In which g could m 4
common 4ntereg. but the very fact
that the effort wa %, apparent rob-
oed them ofyvegy much chancs OF
achieving their 0bject. We would
pursue the subjects IN q despairins
way, with = falling scent siis ths fima
and finally gtve them ,sp and reisnSs
into the old alence. There VIVA 1870
ly. anyone whom uncle could h1vs
borne TO have stayinG In the hnTns
! did not doare anyone andI az nrt
suppose inst quests would have been