The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-03

vague an impression this service made
upon her. She was barely able to re-
member anything about it. On the
other hand, every word Martin had
said during their walk to the church
was etched deep upon her memory.
The force Of mis- purpose to set up her
fathers name again in its proper
place, cleansed of the mud of scandal!
and suspicion; the fact that he had a
plan and that until he had set that
plan in motion everything else, even
love-making, would have to wait, put
a new dimension into her love for him.
From the church door they took a
taxi to the railway station, found the
trunk without misadventure, and took
it back to the studio. BY that time
they were both wildly excited over the
mystery of its contents.
What they found was just what
Rhoda dimly remembered the contents
to rave been, sheets of yellow paper
covered with notes, equations and dia-
grams. Some of them looked to her
Like gigantic magnifications of child's
game of naughts and crosses. Pic
lures Of molecules, Martin said he
guessed they were, but it was all. he
than Greek to him. There was an
enormous amount of it, thousands of
sheets. Several thousand They be-
gan taking them out reverently, one at
time Then they took them out by
handfuls. There was no sort of order
to them, apparently. 1t wasn't con-
ceivable that this mass of stuff was
anything that Forster wanted.
Well then, what else was in the
trunk? They got to the bottom of it
at last and gaZed at each other with
eyes blank with disappointment. 1t
seemed there was nothing in the trunk
but those yellow sheets.
Rhoda got up stiffly and announced
her intention of getting lunch. I'm
going to cook my husbands hrst meal"
She made coffee and heated UP a can
of cOrned beef hash and set the little
table while he continued to sit on the
floor in brown study, shutting his
yellow papers.
They were so occupied when Babe,
it being Saturday, came home from
work, unaware that she was looking
at married couple. Rhoda told her
promptly and her exuberant joy over
the news combined with her fury at
not having been invited to the wedding
produced the effect of an active young
tornado. She Rugged RhOda and kissed
Martin, and berated them both in her
best manner all the time
1t was right in the midst of this
tumult that Martin announced dis
cOvery. There are about hundred
of these sheets that are written in lead
pencil, but all the others are carbon
copies. The penciled sheets aren't diff
ferent in any other way that l can
see from the carbOns They're in the
same handwriting, anyhow. Can you
make anything Of that?"
Rhoda was busy opening the hot
can of hash and she said she couldn't.
Just after Babe went out she saw
him get up, in preoccupied sort of
way, and go over to the telephone.
He called the Worcester hotel, asked
for Uncle William and got him. Then
he said. "This is Martin Forbes Rhoda
and | were married this morning
We're going to have conference this
afternoon at three o'clock and we'd
like you to be here if you can, and
bring the contract between Forster and
Professor Mcfarland with you"
1t seemed strange to Rhoda that she
didn't see any blue flames from the
receiver licking about Martins ear
Uncle William was even, judging from
Martins fragmentary replies. being
polite whats happened to him?'
she asked as Martin hung up. didn't
he breathe any fire at all about our
being married?"
"Oh, no, he took that all right.
thought he would"
He spoke absently and she saw he
was getting ready to telephone again.
This call was even more astonishing.
1t was tine Worcester again and he
asked for Mr.. Forsters apartment. He
recognized the answering voice, for he
said, "Conley? Take this message for
.dr. Forster Say that Miss Mcfarland
has recovered her fathers trunk and
if the contents of it interest him. as
we believe they will now we've ex-
dio this afternoon at three o'clock and
discuss what's to be done about them.
Find out If we're to expect him. will
you" There was a breathless pause
of about minute. Then Martin said,
"All right. Three O'clock" and lung up.
There was a queer, rather scared
look in his face as he turned back
to her.
Martin" she cried, shave you found
it?-have you found the thing he
wants?"
He shook his head. 81 haven't found
thing" he told her. "But now, you
see, I've got to find it. There's moth
ing like a deadline to stimulate the
wits of reporter"
AS soon as he had swallowed what
was on his plate he took his cup of
coffee and went back to the floor.
He was still there when Uncle Will
liam came; so strangely transformed
an Uncle William that RhOda forgot
all about Martin for several minutes.
There wasn't trace of the ogre left
about him. He loosely claimed the
right to kiss the bride and did it, said,
as he patted her on the back, that he
thought she was going to be very
happy, and reproached her playfullv
for having kept him in the dark about
something, though what it was she
couldn't at first make out. II was not.