[Jennie Baxter, Journalist by Robert Barr (writer)]@TWC D-Link bookJennie Baxter, Journalist CHAPTER XXI 7/12
He is not so celebrated as all that comes to.
Ah, I remember now.
I met the detective the other night and asked him if anything had come of that romance in high life, to solve which he had asked your assistance. He said the search for the missing lady had been abandoned, and mentioned the name of Lord Donal Stirling as the foolish young man who had been engaged in the pursuit of the unknown." Jennie coloured at this and drew herself up indignantly. "Before you say anything further against Lord Donal," she cried hotly, "I wish to inform you that he and I are to be married." "Oh, I beg your pardon," said the editor icily.
"Then, having failed to find the other girl, he has speedily consoled himself by--" "There was no other girl.
I was the person of whom Mr.Cadbury Taylor was in search.
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