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Updated: June 16, 2025
I was fairly aglow with excitement when she paused, and I told her at once my story of the day's happenings. 'Tell Miss Jenrys, I said, 'that I can, at the right time, explain all the riddles he has astonished her with, and ask her to be patient yet a little longer. And then I went back to the others, to tell Mr.
I next told him in as matter-of-fact a manner as possible how I examined the bag, and how, when all other hope of a clue to the owner failed, I read Miss Jenrys' letters; how, when the first letter failed to give me the owner's address, I read the second in full.
Since our last meeting my position in relation to Miss Jenrys had been changed. I was now in some degree the guardian of her interests, and while I believed in and admired this handsome and secretive stranger guard, and might have entrusted him with a secret all my own, perhaps, my mouth was closed concerning the young lady whom he professed to know yet was unwilling to meet.
'We must see it all, auntie, June Jenrys declared, her fair face glowing with the sweet content with her companion and the moment, that not even the sorrows of her distant friends, which had weighed so heavily upon her own kind heart, could for the time overshadow or abate.
What life could be more serene? Young, fair, rich; a lover and many friends; and now en route for the World's Fair, to enjoy it in her lover's society. Happy girl! the only little speck upon her fair horizon when she penned that letter was the fact that her dearest friend and schoolmate was not quite so happy. And June Jenrys?
I was watching her narrowly, and as the two crossed to the side nearest us I saw her start, stop suddenly, and turn toward her companion; as she thus stood, her back was toward the bridge, and a glance in that direction showed me a tall, well-dressed man, who carried a bunch of long-stemmed La France roses, and whose brisk steps brought him in a moment face to face with Miss Jenrys.
I had seen just such a card, minus the pencilled address, in Miss Jenrys' card-tray on Washington Avenue; and that pencilled address! It was that of the café to which Miss Jenrys was to send her note concerning the evening excursion. I had not spoken of the adventure of the bag during the afternoon, and I had not meant to do so.
Fie upon thee, June! Do thy duty, else June's hand went out in a pretty gesture, and between the two they made the 'dilemma' clear to me. Some time since, when Miss Jenrys had expressed a wish to see the Plaisance thoroughly, I had offered my services, promising to take them safely through the strange places, behind the mysterious gates and doors, where they had not ventured to penetrate alone.
No, Miss Ross, I think there is no need of going away, now that you are warned and will use caution; but, Miss Jenrys, you will be cautious about going out alone, and especially at evening you should have an escort, a protector. 'One might as well be a prisoner at once as be compelled to remain indoors on these lovely nights, said the girl rebelliously. 'Auntie, I will carry my little revolver.
With rapid steps I crossed to the opposite window, and, taking off my hat, bowed before the surprised and now somewhat haughty-looking blonde. 'Miss Jenrys? I said interrogatively. She bowed assent. 'May I speak with you a moment? She did not answer promptly, and I put my hand to my pocket and drew out my card the same that I had proffered to the guard a few days before.
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