Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-12-27
More Mystery About Tennant

When Malcolm Starmount entered
his breakfast room the next morn
ing he was much disappointed at not
finding Mary. Although he had not
sent any message to her room, some
way he expected to find her await
ing him in the sunny room which
was to him the pleasantest in his
town house.
"Will you see if Miss Devlin is
in her room, Barkerf
Miss Devlin has gone out, sir.
She told me to tell you that she and
Miss Jeffries have gone out to do
some shopping"
Starmount was not only little
surprised but little hurt at this.
All the time he had been dressing
he was thinking of the light that
he would see in Mary's eyes and
the little eonvulsive clutch Of her
tiny hand.
The usual cynical smile that one
was used to seeing on Starmount g
face came back to his lips as he
thought that he had at last dis
covered that Mary Devlin was just
like all the rest.
"Did Miss Devlin say when she
would return, Barkerf"
mo sir, She told me to tell you
that she did not know. She said,
however, that she was going to
Marchmont's."
This brought more cynical twist
to his lips as he recognized the name
of the most popular and most ex-
pensive importing house on 9Th Ave.
Many a bill had he paid for Nal
da Courteney there. He knew it was
the shopping place of the most ex-
elusive women of society and demi-
monde in all New York.
He was rather surprised that Mary
should have known anything about
the place but he said to himself that
because she ka'f more money than
she had ever had in her life before
she could not resist spending it.
He turned away from his omelette
aux fines herbes with disgust, swal-
lowed cup of black coffee hurried
| ly and was just lighing cigarette
preparatory to going out when Ted
Parker came in.
IT suspect, Nal, that you have
been wondering where I have been
the last few days. l expected to
see you here the middle of the week,
but l have had more trouble than
thought possible in Strengthening
out that South American tangle.
"It seemed that Miss Courteney
wired someone she knew in Buenos
Aires to met the boat and welcome
Tennant.
"AlI would have been well and the
mystery solved one way or the
other if she had not over-reached
herself by wirelessing the Uruguay
at Colon telling Tenant that she
had asked her friend to meet him
at Buenos Aires.
when the boat arrived however
mo Tennant. This was immediate
ly cabled to Miss Courteney. Then
of course, she told everything she
knew to the newspapers.
II got the wireless working agair
Immediately for the ship had left
the port.
"At last I got in communication
with the purser and he sent me 1
message to the effect that Mr.. Ten
nant had decided to disembark a
Rio JaneroI as his man had beer
very ill during the entire voyage. II
fact he had not been able to leav,
the stateroom and Mr.. Tsnnan
thought that he could get bettel
ears for him at some hospital OF
land than on ship board.
''I wired to ask what the name Of
Tennant s man was and also TO wha'
hospital be was taken.
81 received this message: Mr.
Tennant was booked in staterOon
A as Richard Tennant and valet. In
fact he had evidently not intended
taking his servant with him as ".
only had one man listed for Mr.
Tenants staterooni, and tho VALET
passage was paid after the boat lefi
the dock. Mr.. Tenant did moi
leave any address but he is prob
ably at one Of the hotels or hospi
tails in Rio Janeiro.'
81 cabled to our representatiy,
in that efty and he searched every
hospital and hotel and found no on'
lby the name Of Tenant or of tn,
description Of either Tennant or Sa'
ther at any of them"
"What do you make Of it all