Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-17

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the Regents Park house.
No. Darttn's knowledge OF the do
ings Of Marie Brissac de Dartisny
owed Its source to other than the
statement left by Adam Baxenter.
Taking one thing with another,
Robert was not easy in his mind and
was far from being satisfied that all
was as It should be. He felt con-
WINGED that in some manner under
or not against Dartin, the matter
had taken too firm a hold on the So
licttor's brain for him to think of be-
ing able to let 1t drop. .
He put the notes he had jotted
down, together with the scrap OF pa
per picked up in Mortimer Terrace,
ina large envelope, and placed it In
his pocket-case. 1t wa daylight when
he At last rose to prepare for bed. He
crossed to the window and pulled up
the salken blind and looked out over
the river. The sun had not yet dis
persod the mists. but above his head
the sky . blue and cloudless and
gave promise OF a glorious day.
The life OF London as yet showed
but little signs Of awakening. The
stretch OF Waterloo Bridge was de-
serted save for a string OF three mar
ket-carts, banked high with cabbages,
crawling over from some Surrey farm
to Covent Garden Market. Below
him the river. fringed with deserted
swhaFves on the further side, flowed
grayly past; in mid-stream 9 little
group oftbar9es sided idly down with
the Tide. From the trees in the EN-
bankment Gardens came the merry
chattering Of birds, and on the
benches by the stone parapet Robert
could see the huddled figures. Of the
dereltcts OF the town, snatchine un-
eastngly few moments forgetful-
ness before they reused to face am
other day and to take up again their
n~ever-ending battle with fate.
The solicitor leaned on the sill and
drew in big breaths Of the delicious
morning air. Curiously enough. he
did not feel sleepy; the day that had
passed. had been so full, 50 fraught
with interest, that fatigue seemed to
have passed him by. His eyes roam
ed with a languid interest from point
to point OF the Gene below him-the
vivid patches OF young green against
the old gray of masonry, the scarlet
OF the geraniums liz the flower-beds
OF the gardens, the opal-tinted Sur
'rey shore bristling with chinneys.
fro one or, two OF which>thin !spirals
OF smoke were now curling lazily into
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trucks came clearly to him from the
Waterloo terminus.
Their came TO him also the harsh
clanktng OF buckets and the tap OF
hammers on wood. Looking down,
Robert saw that the workmen had
begun their daily toll on the erection!
Of q new hotel on the corner site. be-
meath him. A boarding had been
built up round the demolished houses,
q structure Of boards gay with pos
ters. Robert found himself gazing
span, highly colored liner, cutting her
way through the gentle waves Of q
very blue sea On the horizon 4 bril-.
liant orange sun was throwing out
his rays, and the man saw that these
were woven into a single word.
Canada"
He must have been looking fixedly
ut It for some. minutes before he dis
covered that q meaning was being
sub-consciOusly conveyed to his brain,
from the advertisement on the hoard
ing. Canada---of course, Dartin came
from Canada he had written from 8;
hotel in Quebec, and in q flash the
man leaning from the window saw
that much useful knowledge might
gained from careful Inquiries made
in the dominion.
Els firm had had many dealings
with Canadian houses, and Robert re-
membered that in Quebec was q So
lcitor to whom Baxenter & Sons had
been OF service butte few months
back, Robert left his place by the
window, and seating himself again
at his desk composed q long cable
gram addressed to Mr.. Adolph 10
PAGE, Nassau street, Quebec. In which
he ASked that gentleman to be rs GOOD