Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-04-07
and that this had grown upon him MS

and that this hud grown upon him ms
he grew older.
Today his irritabilIty was SO
marked, his uneasiness so much
greater than anyone had seen II be-
fore. that the attendant whom Corvet
had sent. a half hour earlier. to re-
serve his usual table for him In the
| grill--"Tbe table by the second win
dow"-had started away without dar-
ing TO ask whether the table was to
be set for one or more. .C0rvet him
self had corrected the omission: "For
two" he had shot after the mar u
The tables. at this hour. were all
unoccupied. Corvet crossed TO the
one he had reserved and sat down |;
he turned Immediately TO the window
at his side and scrapej on II little
clear opening through which he could
see the storm outside. Ten minutes
later he looked up sharply but did not
rise. as the man he had been await
ing-Spearman. the younger OF his
two pnrtners-cgme in
Spearman seated himself. his big.
powerful hands clasped on the table,
his gray eyes studying Corvet closely.
The waiter took the order and went
away.
| When he returned. tue two men were
! obviously IN bitter quarrel. Corvet's
tone, low pitched but violent, sounded
STEADILY In the room. though his words
were inaudlble. The waiter. az he set
the food upon the teble. felt relief that
Corvet's outburst had fallen on other
shoulders than his
For nearly an hour the quarrel con.
tinued with inter mitted truces OF ST.
lence. The waiter. listening. as walt
ers always do, caught at times single
| sentences.
you have Lad that idea for some
tlme?" he heard from Corvet.
ave have had an understanding for
more thar month";"
"Hcw definite?"
Spearman's answer was not audible.
but II more Intensely agitated C0rvet |;
he dropped MS fork ana. after that,
made no pretense of eating.
The waiter. following this. caught
only single words. "Shernll"--that,
OF course, was the other partner. "Con-
stance"-that was SherrIll's daughter.
The other names he heard were names
of ships But, as the quarrel went on,
the inanhsrs Of the two men changed !;
Spearman. who at first had been ns-
sailed by Corver. now was assailing
him. Corvet sat back I'm his seat,
while Spearman pulled at his cigar and
now and then took II from his lips and
gestured with 1t between his fingers,
as he Jerked some ejaculation across
| the table.
Corvet leaned over to the frosted
window. rs he had done when alone,
and looked out. Spearman shot COM
ment which made Corvet Vince and
draw back from the window; then
| Spearman rose. C0rvet looked up M
BIN once and asked question. 10
which SpearmaD replied with snap
Of the burnt match down on the table:
he turned abruptly and strobe from
the room. Corvet sat motionless.
The revuIsion to self-contr0l. some
times even to- apology, which ortlIna-
rily followed COrvet's bursts Of irrIta-
ton had nst come TO him; his agitu-
ton plainly had increased. He pushed
from him his uneaten luncheon and
got up slowly. lie wesi out to the
coat Room, where the attendant hnnd.
ed him his sOat and hat.
He WINGED as he stepped ont into
the Smartipg. binding swirl of s'eet.
hut his shrinking was not physical: II
was mental, the unconscious reaction
10 some theught the storm called M.
The hear WAS barely fear o'clock. hHi
no dark was II with the storm that
the shop windows were NJ motorcsr ~.
slipping and Skidding mn the broad
boulevard, with headlights burn ns.
kept their signnls gathering a,p
stantiy Ia warn other drivers blinded
by the snow. The sleet-swept side
walks were almost deserted; here or
there. before hotel or one of the
shops. limousine came 70 the curb.
and the passengers dashed swiftly
across the walk to shelter.
Corvet turned northward along
Michigan avenue, facing into the gale.
The sleet beat upon his face and
lodged In the folds Of his clothing
without his needing Il.
He continued to go north. He had
not seemed, In the beginning. to have
made conscious choice OF this dlrec.
ton; but now he was following II pur-
posely. He stopped once at shop
which sold mems things TO make a tel
ephone call. He asked for Miss Sher-
rili when the number answered; but
he did not wish to speak to her, he
said he wanted merely TO he sure she
would be there II he stopped in to
see her In half an hour. Then--north
again. He crossed the bridge. Now.
fifteen minutes later. he came in sight
OF the lake once more.
Great houses. the Sheriff. house
among them. here face the Drive. the
bride path, the strip of park. and the