The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-04

'"Well, 1 told you that l had two
objects in coming to Satuit. The
first was to see Molly and the Sec
ond was to see Ace Blake. When
I put Molly on the train for Satuit,
] went back there myself in my
car"
''Did you see Ace?"
Eyes, I had an appointment with
him"
How had you made that ap-
pointment?"
''By mail"
''Can you remember what you
said in the letter."
mot exactly. 1t was brief-only
q few sentences. In effect, wrote
that there were some things must
discuss with him and that 1 would
meet him in some quiet place
where we could talk privately.
asked him not to tell my people that
I was coming. That was all, l
think"
'Where did you meet Ace?"
''In Locust Lane"
Sand what timer"
Half past three in the after
noon"
"You two men were alone?"
Gas far as 1 know"
''Molly did not join your"
Walter gave a swift dissenting
nod of his head.
''Was your talk with Ace AMIGA
ble?"
A sardonic smile brought strange
havoc to Walters pleasant look.
"Quite the contrary"
''How would you yourself describe
your interview"
Walter considered the matter
with an appearance of great con-
Scientiousness. 81 would say that
in psychology it was characterized
by all the emotions and in diction
by all the phrases of two men who
were ready to beat each others
faces off,"
81 get you perfectly" Patrick
commented. "In other words, you
had an argument"
Eyes"
Patrick let silence seep into the
room for considerable interval.
Then he said, "I've got to do some
thing now, that 1 don't any more
enjoy doing than you'll enjoy hav-
ing me do. hate to ask the ques-
tons I've got to ask. Of course,
you know as well as l do, what my
first question is going to be. 1
want to ask you what you and
Ace were quarreling over"
Something apparently leaped sud-
denly into his mind for he turned
like shot to Molly. Molly" he
said, 81 must remind you that as
Walters wife, you would not be
compelled by any court of law to
give testimony that concerned
him"
''But I want to tell everything"
Molly replied with her splendid cam
did fearlessness. eff there's any
detail which Walter can't remem-
Der and can, I shall be very glad
to supply it to you"
"Ace and l." Walter said, "were
talking about Molly"
"You had quarreled and were
quarreling about Molly?" Patrick
suggested.
eyes, we had! We were!"
Walter stopped short and looked
at Molly. She looked at him. For
a perceptible interval, the glances
from those two pairs of young eyes
interlocked. Never in any human
gaze had seen such a passion of
-,
Walters look; never such worship
and faith as was in Molly's.
Patrick and I watched that beau
tiful phenomenon, silent. 1 felt the
tears pricking behind my eyeballs.
Patrick's look grew, as 1 knew it
always did when he was touched,
definitely more non-committal.
81 think, Pat" Walter started,
shat the time has come for me to
tell you about my whole relation
with Ace Blake. 1t concerns Mol
ly of course"
$50 on!" Patrick said.
"You will remember" Walter
said and strangely enough he ad-
dressed himself to me, that 1 act
ed as Aces secretary for two
years. You will perhaps remem-
Der, Aunt Mary, if you remember
dates, that Molly and 1 became en-
gagged while l was Aces secretary;
that six months later Molly broke
the engagement and that, six
months later, she became engaged
to Ace"
81 remember all that" said.
81 understand" Walter went on,
''that Satuit has rocked with ru-
mors about that broken engage
ment. Almost every theory has
been advanced to account for it and
almost everything that could be
said has been said. None of them
is true. Oh, I do think that one or
two people cenjectured that Ace
Blake deliberately set himself to
the work of breaking our engage
ment. That was true. But how it
was done, nobody but Molly and l
have the remotest idea"
Walter paused and his look hard
ened. I was astonished at the
change that came over him. Sud-
denly he looked, not so much ten