Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-07
SECOND INSTALLNENT.
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4 ND from an upper back window they
~ were also being observed, for when
1 Marie md Brcck had gone out the
family party in the library had In
stantiy dissolved. Mrs. Dunbarton.Kent had
risen without word and had gone up to her
room. where. with door locked and in lowered
tones. she had called . New York number.
els that you. Haslctt7" she asked "Yesf
Well. this Is Mrs. d. X. Something queer
has happened. A girl appeared this After
noon and applied for the chaufseur's place.
"a sirl!" cane the answer. Then. after
. pause. "That Is strange There was .
girl hero IN answer to our advertisement.
Ny stenosrapher told Mo about IT, but no
one hero gave her the address-who could
have done so?"
MRS. Brant-Olwin."
THAT can't be-Mrs. Brant Oiwin Is in
Florida
"She says she doesn't know tho woman's
name who sent her to me. but she described
her. and the description fits exactly. She
says she met the woman Just outside your
ONCE door," and Mrs Dunbarton Kent gave
the history Marie had given her and related
H,rie's experience with the woman at the
elevator. III the woman wasn't MrA
ntOlwfn, II was some one exceedingly
like her. Haslett," she concluded. Tho
girl looks an honest sort and she's pretty.
che must have served in France. She looks
and talks like . French girl. the better
educated sort Tho thing is, who has put
her up to this and why? It's reported Mrs.
Brant-olwin IL in Florida, but Il shs?"
~ know positively that she is In Flor
fda," tho man reiterated. Somebody may
be personating her, though. And the girl
may be either the gullible sort or deep, used
here to the Office. for have description Of
her from my stenographer. No ono here
In tho ofice knows that the advertisement
was inserted by mo for you. All they know
ID ludI dANCA tAoCO AOA q CA0UAoN1 AVE NY
Delf. They were amused at a girls having
answered 1t, and think they laughed at
her when she appeared. My stenographer
told me about 1t as a great joke, 50 she GER
the boy or the stenographer. And she
didn't get It from Mrs. BrantOwin Tho
things ridiculous anyway. girl proposing
to take charge Of a garage like yours But
they're raising heaven and earth" he
caught himself up. then went on. "The
right sort Of person ought to talk to her.
draw her out believ& You've kept her,
Of course?"
.Yes-it seemed the only thing to do.
You see, Haslett, I'm certain she knows
Breck. received her in tho library; We
were all there-and she recognized Breck
tho moment she came In. He looked like
stone-as usual but she looked queer,
taken aback. I thought"
THAT'S curious" he returned, thought.
fully. ut was certainly the wise thing to
keep her, though"
II was afraid not to. I've sent her out
to the garage with Breck. Willets is
there"
"That's just right think had better
come out this evening. You needn't send to
the station for me, I'll walk over and back.
O. l want the address Of that boarding
house. too. I'll make . few inquiries
II was going to give 1t to you. Her
trunk is there. and I told her I would send
for it,
"1Il attend to it. It'll be easy enough
for US to go through it, too. And. whatever
you do, don't show her In any way that
you're afraid Of her. You need a chauffeur.
you'll give her a trial, and she must prove
that she is capable. II she is not she will
get her walking papers-let her understand
that And Mrs. D. 4, try not to worry
over this occurrence. II it leads to trouble
we'll do our best to meet it--we'll talk it
over tonight. Remember that suspecting
and proving are two different things" .
MAYBE they are" Mrs Dunbarton. Kent
returned bitterly. At present Kent house
is hell-7that l know" And she rang oil
abruptly She rose and walked about her
room restlessly. Then she sat down heav'
lily and closed her eyes, her expression pained
and troubled.
When Mrs. Dunbarton.Kent had left the
library, west had taken up Ine aIteTnoon
paper and had gone into the morning room
and as soon as she was alone Bella hAd
dropped her knitting and had gone lightly
and swiftly to her room.
1t was a corner room Two Of its win
do~s looked into the park. One Of the big
: oaks grew almost against her window. bu,
from the other two windows she could SCI
the garage and the windows Of the chauf
feur's room With the aid OF the lelt
glasses which she took from a locked drawe
she watched Breck and Marie disappear II