Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-28

SoAiSp OuI you Call Help HE, lOo.
she said in her submissive voice. And
she passed on, leaving wethermill
rooted to the ground. *
It was a bargain she proposed-the
impertinence az it! 1t was a bargain
she proposed-the value of It! In
that shape ran Harry Wethermill's
thoughts. He was In desperate
straits, though to the worlds eye he
was a man of wealth.
A gambler, with no Inexpensive
tastes, he had been always in need Of
money. The rights in his patent ne
had mortgaged long ago. He was not
an idler; he was M sham foisted as
a great man OF an ignorant public.
He had really some touch of genius,
and he cultivated It a~ssiduously. But
the. harder be worked the greater was
This need of gafety and ~extravagance.
Gifted with good looks and a charm
of mannerShe was popular alike in
the great world and the world OF Boz
hemia. He kept and wanted to keep
q foot in each. That he was in des-
perate straits now, probably Helene
Vauquier alone in AK had recogniz-
ed. She had drawn her inference
/ fVom one simple fact. Wethermill
asked her at a later time when they
were better acquainted how she had
guessed his need.
Monsieur" she replied, ''you were
in AK without a valet, and it seemed
Ito me that you were Of that class of
men who would W move without
a valet SO long as there was money to
pay his wages. That was my first
thought. Then when I saw you pur-
sue our friendship with Mile. Celie
Eyou, who SO clearly to my eyes did
rot love her-I felt sure"
On the next occasion that the two
!! met, it was again Harry Wethermill
who sought Helene vauquier. He
talked for a minute or two upon diff
ferent subjects. and then he said
A Great Fortune.
81 suppose Nine. Dauvray ID very
rich ?''
"she has a great fortune In Jewels"
said Helene Vauquier.
Wethermill started. He was agi-
tated that evening, the woman. saw.
His hands shook, his face twitched.
Clearly he was hard put to It. For
he seldom betrayed himself. Shv
thought it time to strike.
"Jewels which she kept in the safe
in her bedroom" she added.
Then why. don't you-?" he be-
gan, and stopped.
81 said that / too needed help
replied Helene, without a ruffle OF hel
Qcomposure.
It was nine o'clock at night. Helene
V%auquier had come down to the Ca,
sine with q wrap for Nine. Dauyray
The two people were walking down
the little street OF which the Casino
blocks the end. And it happened that
an attendant at the Casino. named
Alphonse Ruel. passed them, recog-
mixed them both. and-smiled to him.
self with some amusement. What
was Wethermill doing in company
with Nine. Dauvray's maid
But q he passed he caught q sen,
tence spoken suddenly by Wether.
mill.
well, it Il true; I must have
money" And the agitated voice ano
words remained fixed In his memory
He heard. too. warning "FIush!.
from the maid. Then they passed on,
OF his hearing. but he turned and
sGw Wethermill was talking volubly
What Harry Wethermill was saying
he saying in q foolish burst Of
Iconfidence.
.You have guessed It, Helene
IpAtent twice over-once. In France,
tonee in England-and the secone
time had been a month ago. He had
receiyed a large sum down. which
went to pay his pressing creditors
He had hoped to pay the sum back
from q new invention.
But Helene. telr yous. he said
II have q coincidence and when sht
anliled he explained. "Oh. not whaj
1.-THE priests would call q conscience,
that I know. But none the less j