The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-02

Huntersville to check up the provi.
sions that will arrive on tho train
tomorrow morning, I've told Trents
clerk to wait there. as I prefer to
see to the other matter myself. I
l-I-hate deceiving Leo"
$50 do l, but It cannot be helped.
Did he bring me up here to get me
; away from Hohenhauer?"
Mr.. Dinwiddie's complexion sud.
denly looked darker in the light of
the solitary candle. "Well-you
see"
II suspected 1t for q moment and
then forgot 1t. No doubt It Is the
truth. So much the more reason
why he should know nothing about
that mans following me. Why
should he be made uneasy-per-
haps unhappy? But what excuse
to 60 of without him?"
They have a Ford down there.
I'll tell them to send that. With
the provisions therell be no room
for four people,"
THAT will answer. And ri give
Hohenhauer piece Of my mind"
But. Mary, you don't suppose
that one Of the most important
men In Europe. with limited time
at his disposal, would take that
journey unless he had something
very important indeed to say to
you? Not even for your beaux
yeux. should think, or he'd have
asked Trent to get him an invita-
ton to spend several days at the
camp. must say I'm devoured
with curiosity"
Mary shrugged her shoulders.
I'm too sleepy for curiosity. What
time must we start"
About nine. II the car gets here
on time. It takes two hours to
comesup the mountain, and they'll
hardly be induced to start before
seven. I'll tell Larsing to tele-
phone at six"
Its now eleven. We have eight
hours for sleep. Good night, and
believe that am immensely CRATE
full You've arranged It all wonder
fully"
She stamped her foot as Mr.. Din.
widdie silently closed the door.
"Moritz! What does he want?
Why has he followed me here?
But he has no power whatever over
my life. so why should care what
ne wants! :. But that this
this-should be interruptedn" 49,
She undressed without tS'm 'and
slept i'll.
y The flight next morning proved
simpler Of accomplishment than
she had anticipated. The ne.
were going to neighboring lake
to fish. Larsing having excited
them with the prospect of abun. >
dant trout; and why fish in your
own lake when you may take q
tramp of several miles through the
woods to another? They begged
Clavering to 60 with them, and las
man cannot exist for long in the
raref1ed atmosphere Of the empy.
rean without growing FESTIVE, he
was feeling rather let down, and
cherished sneaking desire for a
long day alone with men.
But he told Mary that he did not
want to 90 out of their woods and =
down to that hideous village for
any such purpose as to watch her
sign papers, and he stood On the
landing waving his hat as she and
MI. Dinwiddie crossed the lake in
the motor boat to the waiting Ford.
For once his intuitions failed him,
and he tramped of with the other
ren. his heart as light as the
mountain air. and his head empty
Of woman.
Mary looked back once at the
solden.brown lake, set like a jewel
n its casket Of fragrant trees, and
wondered If she would see 1t again
with the same eyes. She was both
'esentful and uneasy. although she
still was unable to guess what
1arm could come of this interview.
u Hohenhauer wanted her to 70 to
washington she could refuse. and =
le had long since lost his old mag.
,etic poweriover her.
But as the Ford bumped down
he steep road between the woods
she felt less like Mary Ogden ev.
Try moment !. those mists OF
Illusion to withdraw from her prac.
1cal brain returning to the
Heights where they belonged
me wondered how she could have
Jared to be so unthinkingly happy
the sport Of the cynical
.oos: sentimental folly
hat she had called exaltation?
After all! After ALL!
Gould she recapture that mood
When she returned? Certainly,
whatever this man wanted of her
t would be hard facts, not illr
Ions. he would invite her to deal
Nth. Even when he had been tkex
nost passionate of lovers, his brain
ad always seemed to stand aloof
luminous and factual. He had not
n Illusion. He saw life as it was
nd although his manners were
uave and polished, and his voice