By the World Forgot

degree as the hour drew nearer. Too late she repented of her determination. She wondered why she had not allowed Harnash to take her away and end i

minute was at hand and nothing had happened. A dozen times she started to call her lover on the telephone and a dozen times she r

assembled at the brand new Maynard mansion on upper Fifth Avenue. Two of the attendants were school friends from other cities and they were guests at the house. The wedding was to be

resents of fabulous value, which lost nothing in their description by perfervid pens, were under constant guard in the mansion. Details of police kept back swarms of unaccredited reporters and adventurous sightseers. On the morning of the wedding day the stre

they affected disdain and annoyance, enjoyed it too. The newspapers had played it up tremendously, and the affair had even achieved the signa

s best clothes, slightly deploring the fact that as it was to be a noon wedding its blooming would be somewhat limited thereby. More tickets had been issued to the Cathedral than even that magnific

Riot calls had to be sent out and the already strong detachment of police supplemented by reserves. Thus is the

ven o'clock. From there they would drive to the Cathedral in plenty of time to receive the wedding party at the chancel steps. A

room, which was filled with a dozen young ladies in raiment which even Solomon in all his glory might have envied, who were to make up the wedding party. There also had just arrived the youn

t, who was next in importance to the

apparently in great surprise, a

r us to get up to the Cathedral anyway. I'll b

said Grant, one of the fittest members of the par

man will be here in a minute, I'm sure," sai

to usher left the room t

maid-of-honor, "will you please tell us where Derr

Harnash. "As a m

ainly," interposed th

om. She was whiter than Harnash himself, but her lack of color was infinitely becoming to her in her sumptu

eleven o'clock with you. It's after that now and you

spite of himself he could not prevent his li

e whole assembly broke into exclamations. Had Harnas

n Stephanie's direct and piercing gaze. He forced himself to

e you se

l night. I started my man out at once in a taxicab, jumped into my own car, and I've been everywhere--the office, his cl

Harnash--" began Stephanie, but Harnash was to

an that in my alarm. I finally notified the police on

Stephanie that checked f

ed Josephine Treadway, who had no

ely hard to tell, and I'd rather die than menti

at once," cri

dinner last night at--w

ner, too," sa

, it didn't break up until quite late, or, I should say,

s the most abs

kind go under it's worse than--yo

anie

you see

make a clean

, I be

to their own devices. He had arranged to spend the night with me. We stopped at one or two

ely difficult task to which he had compelled himsel

Treadway impatiently a

he limousine in the garage and insi

u let h

d

hy

to be frank, I didn't try. You see we were ne

s

bout, drove off

found the

ar South Water Street, badly smashed. Be

hanie, who had listened breathlessly to the conv

h definiteness which carried conviction to his questione

all?" aske

thfully, none noticing the equivoke but Stephan

Josephine, gathering

le," cried the girl, biting h

at it had come; not that her feelings had changed, but there was the

What can be outrageous or horrible in such a wedding as we have arranged? Why, Stephanie, what's the matte

daughter, "they c

ught for on his wedding day? If I were going to marry a stu

be any wedding," said

sed intensely. "What do you mean? Ar

it's

irls. "It's eleven-thirty; we ought to be starting. What's the meaning of this infernal foolishness? You, Harnas

task, "Stephanie has told you the truth. Mr. Harnash

know wher

found, sir,"

e has run away and left my gir

nash earnestly, "but the fact is w

d, but what has t

ess we indulged a

e that fool thing since t

en seen since early this mo

aw him

sh, briefly repeati

did yo

ed, sent my man out in a taxi, took my own car, summoned the office force to

pol

e finding of my runabout. They're on the hunt, too. We have e

Maynard, taking Harnash's acc

in not, and again shooting a quick glance at Stephanie, and then dar

nd it wouldn't take muc

deed, I have a dim remembrance of his f

will b

hat is to be

twelve now," said

d his private secretary, "Bentley, drive up to the Cathedral like mad, tell the Bi

the people, explain to the guests in

ned," said May

lly Miss Maynard, if the matter were explained at once, and fully. You wouldn

sir. It must be expla

but call off the wedding and have the explanation announced in the Cathedral in any way he likes, and then get back here as quickly as possible. Stephanie, I'd rather have lost half my fortune than have

e, resolutely. "Girls, I'm awfully sorr

d us," sai

that perhaps

one of the bridesmaids, "if you

mmons, "get me the chief of police on the telephone and when the reporters come, and they will be here just as soon as the announcement is made at the church