The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-02-07
Illustrations By
Irwin Myers


poses-the tide of girls from the d,
partment stores; and farther dow
below them, hurrying home, the great
est of them all, the tide of the factory
workers. There below, according t
their agreement, the second maj
HasbrOuck Rutherford, the other part.
in interest in the Gorgam Trust Fund
watched-if indeed he were in condi
ton to. Jasper Haig could not be sur
of this. But he himself, always re
purpose, sat still, his eyes fixed upor
Fifth avenue and the passing girls, the
girls in black.
In the center of the street flowed
by the endless, almost terrifying melee
of motors-the 1at-topped limousines
of the returning business men, the
takes and their sharp-nosed, sharp
eyed young pirates of drivers with the
dropping cigarettes in their diSillu-
stoned lips, the great green busses
toiling up the slope from the south.
The broad street was for those who
ride, the broad walks for those who
walk-for pleasure or from necessity.
Suddenly Haig stood up, cigar ashes
upon his immaculate shirt-front. There
she went at last-the exact type of
woman he must havei You would
have said the very herself!
Almost within reach of his finger-tips {!
The pale and delicate face, like a fine
flower sown on barren ground, the
same deep, haunted eyes that saw un-
pleasant visions.
And as he saw her, he cursed him
self for a fool, and started-hiS hat
fortunately still in his possession
and bolted out the great door of the
justly celebrated club, opening upon
the side-street. But when he was IN
Fifth avenue again, hurrying, peering
over women's shoulders, he passed up
through the crowd on the broad walk
in vain. Quite naturally AS well
go hunting n oak leaf in a wind
storm in the autumn woods as one
in that crowdi
Jasper Haig turned back finally,
thinking. After all, it was a great
could find her some way! He always
had accomplished, so far, what he had
The only great anxiety now
came in that all~-dominating question
Of time.
So, eyes down, planning what forces
he could use in a wide, quick still-hunt
for her in the morning, he came again
into the high club entrance and al
most into collision with the great form
Of the other man, the other party at
interest. Hasbrouck Rutherford, coars-
ened, grown fat-witted, it seemed to
Jasper Haig, even during the present
crisis-the desperate illness of his
wife. Haig watched him with a not
unfamiliar feeling of hostility and con-
wondering how any man could
possibly be such a fool at such a time,
when every ounce of b~rain-power that
he had was needed.
well" said the younger man, turn
ing toward him his great bulk and the
familiar odor of liquor on his breath.
"What luck? The same?"
mo-" said Jasper Haig, talking in
monosyllables. But a smile, an oblique
smile almost of pleasure-a rare
vision of personal satisfaction-came
and passed from his thin lips.
"You haven't found her!" exclaimed
the other, his face nothing with sur
prise.
1--WE seen her." Jasper Haig replied
s%uccinctly. And he briefly told how
he had caught the girls face, and lost
1t again in the crowd.
Gust how nearly was she like her?"
asked Hasbrouck Rutherford, breath
hard with excitement through the
full, moist lips about his great cigar.
Jasper Haig described the girl with
that exactness, if not warmth of de-
tail, with which the clear, unbiased
vision of a successful legal mind would
see a woman, young or old.
Mine men out Of ten would have
in court" he concluded, sum-
ming up, that she was your-was
Adelaide herself"
about her size?'
Her size, her coloring, her face,
'ven-even that peculiar look Of hers
and afraid"
but not so sick?" the other man
isked quickly.
"Naturally-not that. Not so hag-
5ard, and younger. And carrying her
elf erect-by an effort, / should say"
'They do" commented Hasbrouck
rutherford, especially this hot wealth
r. That's the woman of it. They
tay with their job till they carry
outfit they're any good, if
got any pep at ALL" stated
rutherford, who approached the sub
from a different, more intimate
nd more emotional angle than Jasper
Taig.
THE black dress would probably
one Of the shops-Fifth avenue,
should say from the general outline
nd material" ventured Jasper Haig.