The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-11-09
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time will not be long. she must come
to me for comfort, as she used to do
when she was tiny girl and had
fallen down and bumped her little
nose. And when she does" He fin
ished with an expressive gesture.
This time it was Stanley who
hitched his chair nearer to the law
yer. He spoke for five minutes with.
out interruption. When he departed
quarter of an hour later, he car
ried with him the little chamois
bag. sc- @ ~ n1
Leaving the lawyers office Stanley
walked two blocks south on Broad
way. He turned to the left and in
| the middle Of the block turned In and
was carried twenty stories up Is.
! suing from the elevator he walked in
to his old office and inquired for Mr.
Waterman.
Name, please" said an office boy
| whom he had never seen before. He
gave his name, and was taken directly
into his old private office-now Water
| mans.
"Here you are" said Waterman
gaily, rising and giving him his hand
"Seem like home to you, eh?'
"Yes-yes."
always liked your private office the
| best, so after you'd gone l moved In
here. Well, how are you? Hope
you're going out to lunch with neY
Sorry" said Stanley. Cant I've
got to go uptown"
"Too bad. How about dinner at the
club?"
Cant make it. You see I've got
| the Swami more or less on my hands,
and until | get him launched I've got
to stand by"
''How about tomorrow"
Stanley swiftly reflected. His visit
| to Waterman was the last thing be
| wished for, yet he had made the ap-
| pointment from design. 1t was imper.
| alive to the success of the course up
on which he had now embarked that
Waterman and Doris should spend the
| week end at his home In the country.
! Everything hung on that. He there
| fore wished to do everything In his
power to make Waterman feel at ease
with him. So he answered:
"Yes. Bm free for lunch tomorrow.
Anywhere you like"
| "Fine," said Waterman. Make II
the Strollers club. Never see anybody
| there you know. We've got lot to
| talk about, and we shan't be inter
rupted."
"Yes," agreed Stanley. you're
| right. We have lot to talk about.
And don't forget" he said. as he
turned to go, you're coming down to
the country on Saturday"
Sure" agreed Waterman promptly.
wouldn't miss 1t for anything"
AS he spoke he slapped Stanley on
the shoulder in his old hearty, friendly
way. His hand rested for an in
slant within six inches of the Colby
| diamonds!
Thus far, Waterman reflected, the
| week end party at Stanley's country
house had been entirely successful.
| Waterman had not come upon the Wis
! it without some trepidatiOn. So far
as Stanley was concerned, it is true,
he felt no uneasiness. He had seen
nothing in his old friends manner to
alarm him in the least. There were,
to be sure, moments when he sensed
a difference, but after all. he reflected.
| they had not seen each other for over
year and. say what you would, alb
sence did change people.
The WATERWAYS had arrived late the
previous afternoon by motor from
New York. They were welcomed not
only by Jim himself, but also by Mrs.
Hutchinson, Jim's only sister, who had
motored over from her own country
house a dozen miles away, to COM
| plete the party. at her brothers re-
quest.
There had been no opportunity for
intimate talk. Stanley had taken care
of that. His mind was so filed with
the thing he had to do that very night.
that he had no wish for tete-a-tete
either with Rollin or with Doris. His
main concern was to keep Waterman
in blissful Inconsistencies of the blow
that was about to fall upon him.
Waterman reflected that, after all,
it was good thing for him that Jim
had come back. Jim had always been
his good fairy-no doubt he would
! continue to be so.
In another room just across the
wide hall. reflections of a quite differ
ent character were at that same mo-
She, too, was dressing for dinner
not with her usual deliberatiOn, but
with urgent haste. She felt that she
must, in some way, manage TO get q
few moments alone with Jim. There
were certain things that must be said
between them. She had In no way
altered her point of view regarding
her husband. since the day she had
asked him to consent to divorce.
Her eyes now fully opened to his
character, she had felt only contempt
for the transparent efforts he had
since then been making to restore
himself to her favor. She read his
mind all too clearly. And when. up
on their return from the country club
that afternoon, Waterman had settled
himself in her dressing room as If for
a friendly chat. she had peremptorily
cut him short and dismissed him. And
now she was feverishly dressing
There came tap on her chamber
door, and Mrs. Hutchinson came In
"Sorry to interrupt you," she said.
"but I've got to go home at once. and
don't want to go without saying
good-by. George has just telephoned