The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-05

die and ask him to order It"
LV
When the men returned from
their fishing trip at six o'clock
they saw several Of the women on
the lake, but there was no one in
the living room. Clavering tapped
at Mr.. Dinwiddie's door. but as
there was no answer, concluded
that he and Mary had not yet re.
turned from Huntersville. He was
too DESTROYS OF a bath and clean
clothes. however. to feel more than
a fleeting disappointment, and 1t
was not until his return To his
room that he saw . letter lying on
the table.
1t was addressed IN Mary's hand.
writing. and he stared at 1t in as.
constituent for a second. then tore
it open. It was dated Hunters.
vile. Monday afternoon" and It
read:
OcdT AScs
"Mr Dinwiddie will tell you that
unforeseen circumstances have
arisen which compel me to 60 to
New York for a few days. 1t is
excessively annoying. but unavold.
able, and do not ask you to fol.
low me as should hardly be able
to see anything Of you. II there is
a prospect Of being detained It
will not be worth while to return
and I'll let you know 1T once-on
Thursday night by telephone: and
then hope you will not wait for
the others, but Join me here. In.
deed. dear Lee. wish this need
not have happened. but at leas,
we had three days. NJ"
Clavering read this letter twice.
hardly compromising its purport.
She made no mention Of Judge
Trent. The whole thing was am.
biguous, curt. A full explanation
was his right: moreover. 1t was
the reverse Of a love letter. Even
its phrases Of regret were formal.
Something was wrong.
He put on his clothes hurriedly
In order to go In search OF Dinwid.
die, but before he had finished he
heard a sound in the next room
and opened the connecting door
unceremoniously.
Mr.. Dinwiddie braced himself 40
he saw Clavering's set face.
"Too bad" he muttered, but CLAW
erfhg cut him short. ...
II want the truth. Whist took
Mary to New York;" hfoA
"Surely she explained in Her let
ter"
"She explained nothing. There's
some mystery here and I want II
cleared up at once"
by God! I'll tell you!" Mr.. Din
w!ddie burst out. "Maiary exacted
no promise--I suppose she took II
for granted I'd not tell you. for she
told me what she had written. But
II she had I'd tell you anyhow. "a
rather break promise to a woman
than lie to q friend. Believe me-
should stand by one another. She
went down there this morbing to
meet Hohenhauer."
"Hohenhauer!" Clavering's face
turned almost black.
Eyes. Trent telegraphed mo yes.
terday that Hohenhauer was arriv.
ing at Huntersville last night and
would come up here in the morn
ing to see Mary. He said the mat.
ter was most important I went
to Mary's room after you came in
from the lake and showed her the
message. She was extremely an.
noyed and said at first that she
wouldn't see him. But I pointed
out that she couldn't possibly avoid
1t. Then she said he shouldn't
come up here. and she was very
emphatic about 1t. The only thing
to do was to take her down. OF
course you will be reasonable and
see there was nothing else to be
DONE"
what did that Internal black.
guard want Of herr And why did
she go of with him?"
"She didn't 90 OF with him. She
hired car directly after lunch in.
tending to drive as far as Saratoga
and take train from there. She
left Hohenhauer to cool his heels
until It was time to take . local
for the Adirondack Express. She
could easily have taken him along,
but think she was melting out
punishment"
punishment"
Eyes. They had q private con.
ference for nearly two hours. and,
whatever happened. 1t put her in
an Internally bad humor. She
scarcely opened her mouth during
luncheon. and as Mary Is. a woman
Of the world. used to concealing
her feelings.1 thought IT highly sig.
nificant. She looked as II she were
IN a secret frozen rage. Hohen.
hauer. however. was quite himself.
and the meal-cornedg beef and
cabbage!-went OF very WELL"
What did he want Of herr
"Of that I haven't the vaguest
idea. Something momentous. be,
yond doubt. II I may hazard a
guess. It has something to do with
this special mission Of his, and It
is quite possible that he has asked
her to 60 to Washington-insisted
upon it-appealing to her love Of
Austria. confess I don't see, what
she can accomplish there for she
never did have any Warrington
connections-of course she could
get letters from Jr-nt and