The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-05-02

| SheSh, uiSt Thing tOInOrrOW mOFnlnS,
and buy Liberty bonds with It'll
And don't go on feeling guilty
about 1t, either. You didn't sell him
out. He said to me, when l saw him
last, that he had never expected you
to tell him anything" And after
spending few minutes more upon
him in argument and reinsurance, she
exclaimed, out Of full heart, "Oh,
Henry, I'm glad you're back in the
bank! 1t makes one less person l
have to worry about, anyhow"
He had begun to smile over the
touch of evaporation which was I'M
mistakably mingling with her good
will for him, when he saw in a flash
that she was seriously worrying over
some one else.
| I'm going to have dinner tonight
with Trix and her husband. They're
in town and it's their wedding ami
versary. I've got to make up Lay mind
what to say to her about it, or wheth-
er to say anything. OF course he's her
father, and
| You see, Joe's disappeared from
that place Doctor Bennett took him
for his cure. Just-vanished. With.
out leaving trace Well, of course,
that's the way Joe would do it If he
did it at ALL"
How long agow Henry asked.
Tuesday; after breakfast, some
time. They notified Doctor Bennett
that night, and he came straight
around to me. Four days ago, that Is,
you see."
-Four days." Henry repeated, SOM
berly "He couldn't vanish, could he?
There's lake right near that place,
isn't there, Jennie?"
That's what Doctor Bennett is
nearly out of his head about. That's
one of the things. He never killed
himself. Henry. I'm perfectly SURE he
didn't. No, that isn't feminine intui-
ton. I always knew he meant to run
off. He had me bring him a hundred
and fifty dollars in currency that morn
ing, on the quiet"
at strikes me as rather funny YOU
did that" Henry demonstrated.
| She gave short laugh. 1T didn't
strike Bennett as funny. He pretty
near took off my head. But I'd like
to know why shouldn't have done it.
Joe's not a criminal nor a maniac.
He wouldn't have gone to that place
If he hadn't been too tired to argue
about it. He can cure himself in his
own way. Why, Henry, he quit drink
ing for whole week down the: in
New York, right in the thick of every
thing. Then something happened to
him-he didn't tell me what-and he
began again. 1 think he's gone away
to cure himself now. Anyhow, he'd
never have taken a hundred and fifty
dollars II he'd meant to jump in the
| lake. You can see that"
whats being done to find him?"
Henry asked.
The muscle in Jennie's jaw defined
itself. "Not thing" she said. That's
what Bennett and have been fighting
about. / won't have it, Henry! If
he wants to disappear it's his own
business. He can go where he likes,
and come back when he gets ready. OF
course it's hard for the people who
are fond of him, but he never did
think much about things like that. For
all know. there may be few people
that. he wouldn't mind having believe
he'd drowned himself. But it would
never occur to him that you or / or
Trix would think he had done that
/ h. 20 do fe,
wait until he comes back"
"What does Beatrice think about
itY Henry asked, obviously. "Of
course If she agrees with you, there's
nothing to be said"
"Well, there you are" Jennie con-
| fessed, miserably. That's why hate
| to go to dinner with them tonight.
| You see, Trix doesn't know. She
doesn't know anything, I mean. Doc
tor Bennett would tell her In a minute.
of course. And she could give him
all the authority he needs for starting
a search. But he doesn't know where
| she is. That made-up name she uses
when she does exhibition-f1ying at
fairs and things wouldn't mean any
thing to him, if he happened to see
it. And she's going to California in
day or two. She's got contract to
do some stunts for the movies, but
if she got the idea that he was down
and guaranteeing around, like a lost
dog-she'd drop everything and try
| to find him; and the worst of it is
she'd most likely succeed. 1t would
be about the worst thing that ever
happened to Joe If she did" She drew
long breath and leaned back in her
chair. "Well, have talked it through,
anyhow, Henry" she concluded. Much
obliged"
She came back to Henrys own af-
fairs when he rose to go, gave him
both hands again, and wished him
luck. This office won't seem the
same place without you" she said.
That was a dreary winte- for Jen-
ME, and would have been hardly en-
durable but for the companionship.
out of office-hours, of Henry Craven.
They were much together, especially
after Margaret returned to Italy In
January. They went TO most of that
seasons plays; dined together at least
as often as once a week, sometimes
| in odd little restaurants, sometimes
in Jennie's fiat. They talked life yer
endlessly: ideas, people, their own ex-
periences and states of mind. Some
/ times, but not often, they I rSed of
Joe, of whom in all those months MOTH