The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-23
CHAPTER II
The Problem Stated

/ AS Mark entered the girl rose and
saw in his face an establishment
which seemed not much to surprise
/ her, for she was used to admiration
and knew that her beauty startled
men.
Brendon, though he felt his heart
/ beat quicklier at his discovery, soon
had himself in hand. He spoke with
tact and sympathy, feeling himself al
ready committed to serve her with
all his wits and strength.
Mrs Pendean." he said, Il am
very glad that you learned I was in
Princetown and It will be privilege
to serve you if can"
Perhaps it was selfish to ask you
/ in your holidays she said. But,
! somehow, I felt"
Think nothing whatever OF that.
I hope that what lies before US may
not take very long. You Will do well
to let me know everything bearing
upon it that went before this sad
/ affair
7 can throw no light at all" she
said. 1T has come like a thunder
bolt and I still find my mind refusing
/ to accept the story that they have
brought 10 me"
Sit down and give me some &C
count Of yourself and Mr.. Pendean.
/ You cannot have been married very
long"
-Four years"
He showed establishment.
7 am twenty-five" she explained,
though I'm told do not look so
much as that
Indeed not I should have guessed
eighteen. Collect your thoughts now
and just give me what Of your his
tory and your husbands you think
most likely 10 be OF use"
I'll begin at the beginning" she
answered.
The story of my family IS this:
John Redmayne lived his life on the
Murray River in Victoria, South Aus
tralia, and there he made a consider
able fortune out Of sheep. He married
and had a large family. Out Of seven
sons and five daughters born to them
during a period Of twenty years.
Jenny and John Redmayne only saw
five of their children grow into adult
health and strength. Four boys lived,
the rest died young; though two were
drowned in boating accident and my
Aunt Mary, their eldest daughter,
lived a year after her marriage.
There remained four sons: Henry,
the eldest. Albert. Bendigo. and Rob
ert. the youngest Of the family. now
a man Of thirty-flve. It is he you
are seeking in this awful thing that
Is thought to have happened
Henry Redmayne was his fathers
representative in England and a wool
| broker on his own account. He
married and had one daughter: my
| self. I remember my parents very
/ well. for was fifteen and at school
when they died. They were on their
way to Australia, so that my father
might see his father and mother
/ again after the lapse of many years.
/ But their ship, The Waffle Blossom,
was lost with all hands and I became
an orphan.
John Redmayne. my grandfather,
though a rich man, was a great be
lever in work, and all his sons had
to find occupation and justify their
! lives in his eyes Uncle Albert. who
was only a year younger than my
/ father. cared for studious subjects and
literature. He was apprenticed in
youth TO a bookseller at Sydney, and
after a time came to England, joined
a large and important firm Of book
| sellers. and became an expert. They
| took him into partnership and he
| Travelled for them and spent some
/ years in New York. But his special
subject was Italian Renaissance liter
ature and his JOY was Italy, where he
now lives. He found himself in a po-
sition to retire about ten years ago.
being a bachelor with modest require
ments. He knew, moreover, that his
father must soon pass away, and, as
his mother was already dead, he stood
in a position to count upon a share of
the large fortune TO be divided pres
emily between himself and his two re-
naming brothers.
"Of these my Uncle Bendigo Red
mayne was a sailor in the merchant
marine. After reaching the position
VI q pam III lILC my al wall DNCdlll-
ship Company, he retired on my grand
fathers death, four years ago. But
the sea is his devotion, and when he
was able to DO so. he built himself
little house on-the Devon cliffs, where
now he resides within sound of the
waves.
My third uncle, Robert Redmayne,
IS at this moment apparently suspect
ed of having killed my husband: but
the more I think of such hideous
situation. the less possible does it ap.
pear.
Robert Redmayne in youth was
his fathers favorite and If he spoiled
any of his sons he spoiled the young
est Uncle Robert ralne to England,
and being fond of cattle breeding eand
agriculture, Joined a farmer, the
brother of an Australian friend of
John Redmayne's. He was supposed
to be getting on well. but he came
ana went, for my grandfather did not