[CHAPTER XI.—A Rebuff.]
CHUYLER CLUETT waited patiently for the time allowed his wife, in which to write to him, to pass, and no letter came.
What could it mean? Had she lost his address? Did she intend to defy him?
These questions chased each other through his mind over and over again, and he could find no answer.
But he waited another day beyond the allotted time, and then determined to solve the mystery.
To do this he would go to the house of Colonel Ivey.
He first sought the residence of the colonel in the city, and found it closed up.
This proved that the family had not returned to town.