Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-30
" EIGHTH INsTALLMENT.
Plots and Counterplots.

WHEY discussed that n few moments and
hrom went out, the check in his pocket.
oooly divided between wrath and salts.
~ faction. Mentally he cursed HARDWOOD
pr ms suspicious and" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
W finally, to 3 5000. and even then not
andtnE. over the check until he'd asked his
uestlons about Curtin. On the other hand,
e hadn't had the least expectation Of getting
quartar Ct, . million today, and turning the
nsSsEMEover to Elizabeth Maiden aus trustee
he had wished That would give.
i'm time to find out how he stood with her.
Except for the amount of money, nc hadu'.
Fiayed II so badly! But no hated Harwood.
And Harwood also was divided between
9esentrnent and satisfaction. An impudent,
Silcky piackguard! But finally, with the
lisk Ioflpnly another $50, 900. he'd got those
!, Rrises IN his hands-practically. 6,
Meanwhile Elizabeth was going out. on
"a Sale street with a pasteboard box tight
lnder her arm, immensely proud. She was
vustee Of the wonderful invention; the beau
Eful Lfnse were under her arm. The two
ben I'd left it all to her. Figuratively, she
>NreW tho sword Of her honor and stood at
t!alute:s There was a safe deposit vault In
x1he basement Of the Belknap building, but
Rfhc didn't propose to 80 to that obvious
acc. 1t satisfied her dramatic sense bet
r totgo up the street to another one.
ioing back to the office presently she was
NNWar4. of the fat, shiny key to the safe de-
Nbosit poX in her handbag, as though "A, glow
4proceeded from it. IS
sht Ihad been in the Office only a few
t,ingf& when Il telephone call cnr,e:
Miss Maiden? Whitesidc speaking"
laid fthe voice, which she at once recog-
KIDD. Z VIII. you go to lunch with me to-
a. 4.as There's something I'd like to tell
"fs %1iinrl,ppu with Rotart WbiteQiHe ut
,I1Iat and the Cherub had been coming
XII her mind. There was something
il that obviously didn't belong in the
~ "a which she had chosen for herself. SO
n1 ivory coolly. she answered, mo. thank
sdif,thc voice came again, insistently. be,
v e. Nhe could hang up the receiver:
PLEASE! Just a minute!' If yop]l not go
8 lunch with me, can't I speak with You u,
minute on your way to lunch? I'll wait for
akou outside the building" He spoke quite
theerfully, digesting her snub as though 1t
Z &grefd with him! What could one do with
young man like that? Refusipg even to
{ kpeakft to him on the street see'nfd like slap.
Ping u child.
"Why-Ill be going to lunch in about
y half an hour" she replied, with reluctance.
Thanks; I'll be waiting for you." he
a answered.
"A young man. 1t seemed, whom one could
! lot snub, yet not SO much merely cheeky
y Is dlS&ing the privileges Of u fellow lodge
81 nenber. ~ :
stepping through the granite arch to the
1ka>sy, Tagging of La Sale street, she at once
law him, waiting. She fairly had to let him
eyalks away from the crowded entrance with
her. Then she halted. looking at him. She
kas not going 10 luncheon with him this
n yirnei or he with her; what he had to say
III kouldNba said there. The way she halted,
IookirG at him, implied that. So he spoke,
keryi &berly, eyes on hers:
= i realize that I'm sunk without a trace,
kou INSTRUMENTATION up. II | didn't
knoW&fhat 1 wouldn't be saying this to you.
3uttI made UP MY mind that I was shot to
u E,iecea With you, and if I could do anything
10 heir you l was going to do 1t. It's about
h. krom. We've got a detective Swallowing him
AZ S-or my uncle has-so we know just what
vi lie does. My uncle showed me the report
Vi {his morning, covering last night; just when
you and he left the. building here, the motio1
bictu&& you went to, dinner at the College
Inn. I stheater, supper after the theater,
yynu and, he away together In . cab"
Shesiwas staring at him. then lifted her
mi Thin @sss of'it p she demanded.
as News not to2be outfaced or embarrassed,
n oweyar. He: anSweredin sober earpestness:
x reGdsthe report, you see. 1t ended with
n gu and Krom getting into the cab and
81 ftythf Then, 1t picked krom UP
Il khenfh0sgot back to his hotel at half past =:
he kinds OF thing, you, see. that IN a moving
N hictllE husband or &fance goes inc 2 ~.
boufSisOf course, / couldn't have mentionea
\ "a S6iI.if I hadn't been sunksanyway. You
niRhfAhkxe thought l. was jealous Or nad
.#sS xonmnas'kA xiocy in my mind about It. But az
A4s2SaslN4 Il read the report I said. I'm sunk UNI
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