Tannersyille, September 12th. Made no arrangements. Expected to meet Clement at dock. Sorry if I have occasioned you annoyance. You know cause of neglect. Mrs. Van Cortlandt now out of danger. XXIX. The Rev. Clement Markham to Mr. Ronald Markham, San Antonio, Texas: [Telegram.] Breyoort House, New York, September 12th. Van Cortlandt in Catskills with sick wife. Saw his partner, Edgecombe, who can tell me nothing. I have ascertained that Margaret left Littleton day before yesterday for this city. With her departure from Littleton all trace of her is lost. She has not returned to Minneapolis. I am wellnigh crazed with grief and anxiety. Advise me at once what is best to be done. Shall I advertise? Will it be well to employ the police? For Heaven's sake, answer promptly and fully! XXX. Mrs. Clement Markham to Mrs. Winthrop Tremont, Boston: [Telegram.] 68 Clinton Place, New York, September 12th. _City of Paris_ arrived. Mrs. Warden been to dock and got passenger list. Clement's name in it, so he certainly made mistake in his cable despatch. I state facts fully and clearly, so that you may understand why Mr. Van Cortlandt was called suddenly to see sick wife in Catskills, and so, while Clement must be here in New York, perhaps close by me, am unable to find him, and he, of course, does not in the least know where to find me. There are hundreds of hotels here in New York, and he may be at all of them. I don't know what to do, and am almost frantic with anxiety. Telegraph me at once, dear Aunt Lucy, and make telegram perfectly clear, like mine, and long and full and explicit. This is no time to think about what telegraphing costs. Perhaps Clement has gone on to you, or the other ship may have got in sooner. If he is with you, implore him to return to me at once. Would it be well for me to employ the police? That was my first thought, but I was afraid that I might make his disappearance get into the newspapers and be a scandal, and that would not do for a clergyman. And he has not really disappeared; it is only that we neither of us know where we each are. My head is one horrible buzz. Shall I advertise? Had I better offer a reward? Give me your best advice, dear Aunt Lucy, and please answer immediately. XXXI. Mr. Ronald Markham to Mrs. Winthrop Tremont, Boston: [Telegram.] San Antonio, Texas, September 18th. [Delivered 18th.] Clement is at Brevoort House, New York. By characteristic blunder has missed Margaret. If you know her address, please telegraph him. XXXII. Mrs. Winthrop Tremont to Mr. Ronald Markham, New York (forwarded to San Antonio, Texas): [Telegram.] Boston, September 12th. [Delivered 13 th.] Margaret is at No. 68 Clinton Place, in great distress because Clement does not come to her. What foolishness has overtaken these innocents now? Please set them right. XXXIII. Mrs. Winthrop Tremont to Mrs. Clement Markham, No. 68 Clinton Place, New York: [Telegram.]