All three arrived. I am waiting your advice. Something queer.
W.
In other words, the other two boats, the Hazel Dollar and the Talthybius, had safely made Vladivostok.
Meanwhile, Crowley had been having other troubles with Smith. One day he called for him at the Briggs Hotel in Chicago and found that he had disappeared. He learned that he had gone on to New York, leaving as his forwarding address simply “Station L, General Delivery, New York.” Smith had two causes for anxiety. In the first place, he had not heard from his wife and did not know whether she had arrived safely. Consequently, on June 18th he had telegraphed to a friend in New York:
Can you give my wife’s address. Important. Answer paid,
and received a reply the same day giving the address. He left Chicago at once and telegraphed her from Buffalo the following evening:
On train 36 Grand Central Depot 703 Sunday morning.
Lewis.
On Sunday afternoon Crowley telegraphed him from Chicago:
What is the matter? Was surprised when found you had gone. Send me some word to Stratford Hotel.