THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
.Strumas jmz
ELKIMTIOflSCDiaiOICS
SYNOPSIS.
Konneth urhwnld, nn unmicccsaful
Wrltor, liceuuo of socialistic tenrionrli.
holds up Andrew Galbralth, incident of
iim iiuyou uinio accunurs. in tho jirusl-
uuiii n vituiu umco nnu ('scapea Willi iw,-
t-w in riian. ny original metnoda lie- os-
oaper. ino lino ana cry anil hoos nhounl
fr uellfl Julio an a tlBckhunil. Clmrlottn
piirnnnm 01 wanasKtt, Minn., who had
poon him cash Qalbralttra chock In tlio
.,.., rucuKnisya Rim, ami opcldpfl to do
puuncn nun. Hho neca the hrutul mato
rwiuucu irom uromnn ny uriHWold. Him
talks to Orlawold and by his advlco sendn
fc tattor ot botrayal to aalbralth nnony
. 0lwold In iirrentod on tho ar
nral of tho boat at St. Louln. but escapes
imm lllfl Aftnlnr tin .1A.I.I... .....
L--i- ---- m . uui,mi:n nil 11-
qMjfv. Minn., its a hiding placu, and aftor
"'""'"if. nimaeir properly, takrs
tlm
muui. uiarRcrr urn
VULttcttrr
IfirHori,
flnancl
daughter of
OrleraOD. tho financial
wohnoJoi.
tarta
campalKn
for norlui
recognlUfta by tha "old families" of the
tgvjn. Orfcyold falls III on tho sleeper
lTlVJ,'t.oari1 .for oml tak"" t" her homo
i riiaKa ot Mirgery. who finds tho
ESlSSi J?0?? sultcaso. Bronin.
S 4T,' lrM Mm trail. Marcory asks
EmjUt,0 1 K1l Edward Ilaymor Into
Raancjai hot wnlor and thon help him
" ar'woM recovers to find tlm
toiea rnonoy Bono. Ho meets MaruerV
EiS-S i, V"5 forms n friendship wltli.
. nun iimuuiaKiurert
OHAPTER XIV. Continued.
"Maurico, I've got to find that young
woman If I hnvo to chase her half-way
round tlio nlobo, and It's tough luck to
Hguro out that if you hadn't boon In
such a blazing h 1 of a hurry to
got your suppor that night, I might be
ablo to catch up with her In the next
forty-olnht hours or so. But what's
done Is dono, and can't bo helpud.
Chaso out and got your passengor
Hat for that trip. We'll tako the worn
en as thoy come, and when you've
helped mo cull out tho names of the
onoa you'ro nuro It wasu't, I'll screw
my, nut and quit buzzing you."
Tho clerk wont below and returned
fclmost Immediately with tho list. To
gether thoy wont over It carefully, and
by dint of much momory-wringing
Maurico was able to'glvo tho detec
Uvo loavo to cancel ten dt tho 17
Dames In the women's Hat. tho rpmnin.
Ins seven including all the might-have-
uoons who could possibly bo flttod
Into tho clork's recollection of tho
woman ho had aeon clinging to tho
ealoon dock stanchion after her Inter
Plow with tho deckhand.
It was while ho waB waiting for the
floparturo of tho first north-bound
Iraln that ho planned tho search for
tho young woman, arranging tho
aamoB of tho bovoii might-have-beens
In tho order of accessibility as Indl-
"I've Got to Find That Young Woman
, Jf I Chaso Hor 'Round the Globe."
catod by tho adtlrossou given In tho
nollo Julie's reglstur. In this arrange,
cnont MIbb Churlotto Farnham's uamo
stood as No. 1. ,
. Landing In Wahaska tho next ove
ntug, Drofllti's first request at the ho
tel counter was for tho directory. Hun
tilng an eagor finger down tho "F's,"
ho camo to tho name. It was tho only
Parnham In the list, and after It ho
road; "Dr. Herbert C, offlco 8 to 10
8 to 4, 201 Main St., res. 16 Lake
feouloTurd."
Then ho registered for a room and
froparod tq draw the net wljlch he
onfld would' entangle tho lost ldon
tlty ot tho bank robber. Aftor a good
Bight's sloop In a real bed. ho uwoke
refreshed and alert, breakfasted with
En open mind, and presently went
bout the not drawing methodically
tad wlth-oYery contingency carefully
fcrovldod for.
' Tho first step wbb to assure him
olf boyond question that Miss Farn
ham was the writer of tho unsigned
fetter. This step ho was able, by a
fptoco of groat good fortune, to tako
linost immediately. A bit of morn
ing gossip with the obliging clerk of
tlio Winnoliago houso developed tho
tact that Doctor Farnham's daughtor
had onco taught in tho free kinder
feartcn which was one of tho cbari
tahlo outrcachlngs of tho Wahaska
wbllc library, Two blocks east and
tone south; Droffln walked thorn
jirmptly, made himself known to tbo
librarian as a visitor interested in Jdn-
4
eaPY!GffraycAM.rj scewxx sons
uergarten work, and was cheerfully
shown tlio records. When ho turned
to tlio pages signed "Chnrlotto Farn
nam uie last doubt vnnished and
assurance was made sure. Tho nnony
nious letter writer was found.
It was Just hero that Matthow Drof-
lln fell under tho HmltntI6ns of his
trado. Though tho detective In real llfo
Is ns little as may bo like tho Inspector
Uuckets and tho Javorts of fiction, cer
tain characteristics persist. When ho
found himself face to face with tho
straightforward expedient, tho craft
limitations bound him. He thought of
a dozen good reasons why ho should
mako has,to slowly; and ho recognized
in nono of them the crnftsmnn's slant
toward Indirection tho tradition of
the trado which discounts the straight
forward attnek and puts a premium
upon tho methods of the deer-stalker.
Sooner or later, of course, the at
tack must be made. Hut only an ap
prentice, he told himself, would bo
foolish enough to mako It without
mapping out all the hazards of the
ground over which It must bo nmdo
In a word, ho must "ulnco" MIrr Fnrn
ham precisely; mako a caroful slmlv
oi uie young woman nnd her environ
... - .
ment. to tho end that ovcrv thrnnil of
unvnniago should bo In his hnmln wlmn
ho should finally force her to a con
cession. For by now tho assumption
that Bho know the mysterious hank
robber wns no longer hypothetical In
uroinn (i mind; it had grown to tho dl
mensIonB of a conviction.
vhii ino patient cur nsltv of IiIh
trlbo he suffered no detail, however,
inviai, to escapo Its Jotting down. To
famlllarlzo himself with the colncs
and comings of one young woman, ho
mndo tho acquaintance of an entire
town. Ho knew Jasper Grlerson's am-
mtlon, and Its fruitage in tho practical
owncrsuip of Wnhaska. Ho knew that
fcuwurd Itnymer had borrowed money
irom urierson's bank and was llkely
iu uo unnoio to pay It when his notes
foil due. Ho had heard It whlRTinrnil
that there had onco been a love affair
botween young Itaymor and Miss Farn-
nam, and that it had been broken oft
by Raymer's infatuation for Margery
unurson. Also, Inst and least imnor
tant of all the gossiping detnlls, as It
Bccmeu at the time, ho learned that
uie oetwltchlng Miss Grlerson was a
croaturo of fads; that within the past
monui or two she hnd returned from a
Florida trip, bringing with her a sick
man. a total stranger, who had
picked up on tho train, taken to the
great houso on tho lako shore and
nursed back to life as Miss Grlerson's
latest defiance of tho conventions.
It should hnvo been a memorablo
day for Matthow Droffln when he had
this sick man pointed out to him as
Miss Grlerson's compnnion In tho hlch
trap. But Droflln was sufficiently hu
man to boo only a very beautiful young
woman sitting correctly erect on tho
slanting driving-seat. To bo sure, ho
saw a man, ns ono soos a vanishing fig-
uro m a Kaleidoscope. But thero was
nothing In the clean-shaven faco of tho
gaunt, and bb yet rather haggard, con
valescent to ovoko tho faintest thrill
of Intorcst or of memory.
CHAPTER XV.
r
In the Burglar-Proof.
A week and a day after tho opening
of now vlstns at MIbs Grlerson's "eve
nlng." Grlswold Itaymor's lntorces
slon with tho Widow Holcomb having
pavod tho way took a favorable op
portunlty of announcing his Intention
or leaving Moresldo. It flgurod as a
grateful disappointment to him one
of tho mnny sho was constantly giving
him that Margery placed no obstacles
In tho way of tho Intention. On tho
contrary, sho approved tho plan.
"I know how you feel," sho said,
nodding comploto comprehension.
"You want to havo a placo that you
can call your own; a plnco where you
can go and como as you please and
settle down to work. You uro going
to work, aren't you? on the book, I
mean?"
Grlswold roplaced in Its proper
niche tho volumo ho had been reading.
It wan Adam Smith's "Wealth of Na
tlons," nnd ho had boen wondering by
what Ironical chanco It had found a
place In tho banker's library.
"Yes; that Is what I mean to do,"
ho roturnod. "Hut it will have to bo
dono in such scraps and parings of
tlmo as I can savo from soma bread-and-butter
occupation. Ono must cut
to llvo, you know."
Sho was sitting on tho nrm of ono
of tho big library lounglng-chalrs and
looking up at him with a smllo that
was suspiciously innocent and child
like. "You moan that you will have to
w.ork for your living?" sho asked
"Exactly."
"What wero you thinking of doing?"
"I don't know," ho confessed.
Again ho surprised tho lurking
smllo in tho velvety eyes, but this tlmo
It was half-mlschlovous.
"Wo havo a collogo horo In Wnhns
ka, and you might got a placo on tho
faculty," Bho suggested; adding: "Ac
an Instructor in philosophy, for exam
pie. "Philosophy? that is tho ono thing
In tho world that 1 know least about.
"Oh, hut I do mean It, honestly." sho
averred. "You aro a philosopher,
rcnny and truly, and I can provo It
uo you reel equal to another littlo
drive downtown?"
"Uolng a philosopher. I oucht to n
equal to any tiling." he noatulntod: and
he went upstairs to get a Btrcot coat
ana ins Hat.
Sho had disappeared when ho camo
down again, and ho wont out to Bit on
tlio sun-warmed vornndn while ho wnlt-
i'u. ne nnd already forcotton what
sue had said about tho object of tho
drlvo tho provint: of tho nhlloRonhlo
ohnrgo against him and wns looking
iorwnro with keenly pleasurable nri
tlclpntlons to another outing with her,
tlio Bccond for that day. It had como
to this, now; to admitting frankly tho
ennrni which ho waB still calling sensu
ous, and which, in tho moments of in
night recurring, as often ns they can
bo borne to tho imaginative, and
vouchsafed now and then even to tho
wayfaring, ho was Btlll disposed to
characterize as an appeal to that
which wan leaBt worthy In him.
Passing easlly(to Miss Farnham tho
ideal from Miss Grlerson tho fiosh-and
blood reality, ho was moved to won
der mildly why tho fato which had
brought him twice Into critically Inti
mate relations with her was now deny
ing him oven n chanco meeting. For a
week or more he had been going out
dally; sometimes with Miss Grlerson
In tho trap, but oftener afoot and
"Open 'I nat Box on the Table, Please."
alone. The walking excursions had
led him most frequently up aud down
the lakeside drive, but the doctor's
house stood well back in its enclosure,
and thero was much shrubbery. Once
he henrd her voice: she was reading
aioud to someono on the vine-screened
porch. And onco again in passing, ho
hnd caught a glimpse of a shapely arm
with tho loose Bleovo falling away
from It as It was thrust unward
through tho porch greenery to pluck
a bud from tho crimson rambler, add-
Ins its gracoful mass to tho clamber
ing vinos. It was rather disappoint
ing, but he was not Impatient. In tho
fullness of tlmo tho destiny which had
twice intervened would intervene
again. Ho wns ns cortain of It as he
was of tho day-to-day ronowal of his
strength and vitality; and ho could af
ford to wait. For, whatever else mlcht
happen In a mutablo world, neither an
ideal nor Its embodiment may suffer
change
As If to ndd the touch of dnflnlrennRR
to tho presumptive conclusion, a voice
broko in upon his rovorlo; tho voice of
tho young woman whoso most alluring
charm was her many-sided changeful-
ncss, as If sho had marked his preoc
cupied gazo and divined its object:
"You must have a little moro patience,
Mr. Grlswold. All things como to him
who waits. Whon you havo left More
sldo finally, Doctor Bertlo will some
tlmo tako you homo-to dinner with
him."
For his own peace of mind, Grls
wold hastily assured himself that It
was only tho wildest of chance shots.
Since tho day whon ho had admitted
that ho knew Miss Farnham's namo
without knowing Miss Farnham In per
son, tho doctor's daughter had never
been montloncd between them.
"How did you happen to guess that
I waB thinking of tho good doctor?" ho
asked, curiously.
"You wero not thinking of Doctor
Bertlo; you were thinking of Doctor
Bortlo's 'only,' " wns tho laughing con
tradiction; nnd Grlswold wns glad that
tho coming of the man with tho trap
saved him from tlio necessity of fall
ing any farther Into what might easily
provo to bo a dangerous pitfall. It was
not tho first tlmo that Miss Grlerson
hnd seemed ablo to read his Inmost
thoughts.
Tho short afternoon drlvo paused
at tho curb In front of Jaspor Grler
son's bank nnd a moment later ho
found himself bringing up tho roar of
a procession ot three, led by n young
woman with a bunch of keys at her
girdle.
"Number thrco-forty-ftvo-A, please."
his companion was saying to tho young
woman custodian, and ho stood aside
and admired tho workmanship of tho
complicated time-locks while tho two
entered tho electric-lighted snfety de
posit vault nnd Jointly opened ono of
tho multltudo of small safes. Whon
Miss Grlerson camo out, sho was car
rying a small, Japanned document box
under her nrm, nnd hor oyos wero
shining with a soft light that wnB now
to tho man who was waiting In tho
corridor, "Como with mo to one of
the coupon rooms," sho said; and
then to the custodian: "You needn't
stay; 1,1 ring when wo want to bo let
Grlswold followed In ml.,1 hoWlMr.
ment when she turned nsldo to ono
tho littlo mnho.rnnv.ilnn,! onita
annrt nr ,1 '1.,
o"i-iiiutiii,
u , , 0 UUUOn wmcn
........... eill.0 u, UI1U muciuuii
.Innr Wl?.. M.l.
"Mtu inuu uumpiuiu privauy
"ouitu, oiiu uui uiu jaiiuuncu uux
on tho tiny table nnd motioned him to
ono of tho two chairs.
0nnn !S J'0 i8, , , , ,
Do you know why I havo brought
1ZL??J ,Wh?n..b0 Wa,8
Bitting within arm's-reach of tho small
black box.
"tr. !,.. II .OM , ... .... . .
..w.t siiuuiuu 110 BIHU. I OU lUKO
, who yo ,,leUo. and whon you
care very much about tho whys and
vw ...n, juu iv
wncrctores."
"Oh, how nicely you sav it!" .hn
commended with tho frank little
laugn wnlch ho had coma to know nnd
10 SCOK to nrnvnkn film wna cifnnllncr
against tho opposlto cell wall with her
Bhoulders squared and her hands be
1 - . " uvMiutu
1
hind her: tho poso, whether Intention
al or natural, was dramatically perfect
and altogether bewltchlne. "I wnq
born to bo your fairy godmother. I
think." sho went on Joyously. "Tell
mo; when you bought your ticket to
Wahaska that night In St. Louis, wero
you meaning to como hero to find
work?"
AO, no numitted ; I had money.
then.
"What became of it?"
4IT .1 A .
1 uon 1 Know. 1 suppose It wns
stolen from mo on. tho train. It was in
n package in ono of .my suitcases; and
Doctor I- aruham said-"
I know; nlso he told you that wo
didn't find nny money?"
'ies; ho told mo that, too. Wo
agreed that somebody must havo gone
through tho grips on tho train."
"So you Just lot tho money go?"
"So I Just lot It go."
Sho wns laughing again and tho bo
dazzling eyes were dancing with do-
light.
"I told you I was going to provo that
you are a philosopher!" sho exulted
hour old Diogenes himself couldn't
havo been moro superbly indifferent to
the goods tho gods provldo. Open that
box on tho table, pleaso.
Ho did It half-absently; at the first
sight of tho brown-paper packet with
11 1 . 1 1 1 .
hi, uiu uiecinc duid suspended over
the table seemed to grow black and
tho mahogany walls of tho tiny room
to spin dizzily. Then, with a click
that ho fancied ho could hear, tho buz
zing mental machinery stopped and
reversed Itself. A cold sweat, clammy
nnd sickening, started out on him
when ho realized that tho reversal had
made him onco again tho crafty, cor
nered criminal, rendy to light or fly
or to slay, If a life Btood In tho way of
escapo. Without knowing what ho did,
ho closed tho box and got upon his
feet, eyeing her with a growing feroc
uy mai no couiu neitner Danisn nor
control.
'I soo: you wero a littlo beforehand
with the doctor," ho said, and ho
strove' to say it naturally; to keep tho
malignant devil that waB whispering
In his car from dictating tho tone as
well as tho words
"I wns, Indeed; several dayB beforo
hnnd," sho boasted, still JoyouBly ex
ultant
"You you opened the package?" ho
wont on, onco moro pushing the lm
portunate devil aside.
"Naturally. How else would I havo
known that It was worth locking up?"
Her coolness astounded him. If sho
know tho whole truth and tho demon
at his ear was assuring him that sho
must know It she must nlso know
that sho was confronting a great
peril; tho peril of one who voluntarily
shuts himself Into a trap with the fear
maddened wild thing for which tho
trap was baited and sot. He waB
steadying himself with a hand on tho
table when he said: "Well, you opened
the packnge; what did you find out?"
"What did I find out?" Ho heard hor
half-hesitant repetition of his query,
and for ono flitting Instant ho made
sure that ho saw the fear ot death In
tho wldo-open oyes that wore lifted to
his. But tho next Instant tho oyes
wero laughing at him, and Bho was
going on confidently. "Of course, ns
soon as I untlod tho string I saw It
was money a lot of monoy; and you
can Imagine that 1 tlod It up again,
quickly, and didn't loso any more time
than I could help In putting It away
In tho safest placo I could think of.
Rvory day slnco you began to get well,
1'vo been expecting you to say some
thing nbout it; but as long as you
wouldn't, I wouldn't."
Slowly tho blood camo hack Into tho
saner channels, and tho whispering
demon at his ear grow less articulate.
Ho took the necessary forward stop
and stood beforo her. And his nnawor
wns no answer at all.
MIbb Grlerson Mnrgery--aro you
telling mo tho truth? all of It?" ho de
manded, Booking to pinion tho bouI
which Iny boyond tho deepest depth
of tho limpid eyes.
Her laugh was as cheerful as a bird
song.
"Telling you tho truth? How could
you suspect me of such a thing! No,
my good frlond; no woman over tells
a man tho whole truth when she can
help It. I didn't find your money, and
I didn't lock It up In poppa's vault: 1
am merely playing a part In a deop
and diabolical plot to"
Grlnwold forgot that he was her poor
bonollclary; forgot that she had taken
him In na her guest; forgot. In tho
mad Joy of tho reactionary moment.
everything that ho should havo remem-
bored saw nothing, thought ot noth-1
lug savo tho flushed fnco with Its glo
rious eyes and tempting Upa: tho eyes
and lips ot tho daughter ot inon, I
I Sho broko
away from him hotly
after ho had taken the fiushed fac
rZ:,: . ?r "?r; oro.Ke
of othnr .,! nV .
M ,,ar0D 1,110 ino clla,r tho
n..i ... .7 ". "T 1
uiiiui niiiif hi inn Tfi iwn cim
T B 8 "nd 5 10 burln8 cheeks
mm uiu iiuiverinc linn in tlio omnk nf
tt round ann wh,ch made room for It.
- sou on tno narrow tab o by pushing
" J """v l" ui',u
bug edge
it una in nnpmnl n-io,..t.i
picked up tho box nnd put It on tho
other rii flit fvrnt-ril.. n .1 ...... 1. . .1 1 II..
llCr Chalr' Eravo,y and 'methodically,
Thon ho stood before hor again with
,,,S bflCk ,0 th0 Wtl11' siting 'or whaf
ovcry gentie arop or blood In his veins
... " ..w..., uov.u,
hub icinnc nun nn riniiiv .ino.irfo.i
HIS nUn Shmpnt unn lnnr- In nnmlncr.
o ls ,, wl,o ho .J ' . Jo
needn't spare me at all. Tho only ex
oa it, iih BUCCfiRiPii ppniiv. "vnn
CUro I nffr 4i.
offm,B 1 tZ '
She looked up quickly nnd the dark
nvnn Wfir A a tulmtnlti r Tint ..l.All.n. it..
n- 0 . . ...
it; iii a tiL'iu 111 11 11 r nr nn v nr n iTrnrrnr
I , " w wuC3i.u
generosity ho could not toll.
men tuero was nn excuse?"
she
flashed up at him.
'No," ho denied, as ono who finds
tho second thought tho worthier;
tnero was no excuse."
Sho hid found a filmy bit of lace-
1. .1 . . ...
uuiuurcu iincn at ncr ocit and was
furtively wiping her lips with It.
i thought perhaps you might bo
ablo to to Invent ono of somo sort."
sho said, and her tone was as colorless
as tho gray skies of an autumn night-
fall. And then, with a childlike appeal
in tho wonderful eyes: "I think you
will havo to help me a little out ot
0ur broader exporlcn
What ought I to do?"
ce, you know.
His reply camo hot from tho rcflnlnir
uro of self-abasement.
'You should writo mo down as one
who .wasn't worthy of your lovlng-klnd
ncss' nnd compassion. Miss Grlerson
men you should call the custodian
and turn me out."
nut afterward," she perslstod
pathetically. "There must be an after
ward."
1 am leaving Aiereside tins eve
ning,' he reminded her. "It will bo
for you to say whether Its doors shall
over open to mo again."
She took the thin safety-deposit key
from her glove and laid It on tho ta
ble.
xou havo mado me wish thero
hadn't boen any money," sho lamented,
with a sorrowful little catch In her
voice that stabbed him llko a knlfo. "I
hnven't so many friends that I can af
ford to loso them recklessly, Mr. Grls
wold."
Damn the money!" ho exploded;
and tho mnledlctlon camo out of a full
heart.
Her fingers had found the bell-push
and wore pressing it. When the- cus
todlan opened the door, Miss Grlerson
was her poiseful self again.
"Number throe-forty-five-A Is Mr.
Kenneth Griswold's box, now," sho an
nounccd briefly. "PieaBO register it In
his name, nnd thon help him to put It
away and lock it up."
Grlswold went through tho motions
with tho koy-bearlng young woman
half-absently. Man-like, ho was ready
to bo forgiven and comforted; and
thero was at least oblivion In her
charming little shudder as tho custo
dlan shot tho bolts of the gato to let
them out.
Br-r-r!" sho shivered, "1 can never
stand here and look at tho free people
out there without fancying myself In
a prison. It must be a dreadful thing
to bo shut away behind bolts and bars,
forgotten by everybody, nnd yet your
sen unaoio to forgot. Do you ever
havo such foolish thoughts, Mr. Grls
wold?"
For one poignant second fear leaped
alive again and ho called himself no
bettor than a lost man. But the eyes
that wero lifted to his wore the oyes
of a questioning child, bo guilelessly In
nocent that he Immediately suffered
another relapse Into tho pit of self-de
splslngs.
"You havo made mo your prisoner,
MIbs Grlerson," he said, speaking to
his own thought rather than to her
question. And when thoy reached the
sldowalk and the trap: "May 1 bid you
good-by horo and go to my own place?"
Of courso not!" sho protested. "Mr,
Raymcr Is coming to dinner tonight
and ho will drive you over to Mrs. Hoi-
comb's afterward, If you really think
you must go."
And for the first time In their com
ings and goings sho let him lift her to
tho high driving-seat.
CHAPTER XVI.
Converging Roads.
Matthow Brofiln hnd been two weeks
nnd half ot a third an unobtrusive spy
upon the collective activities of the
Wahaskan social group which Includ
ed the Fnrnhams beforo ho decided
that nothing could be gained by fur
ther delay.
Having his own private superstition
about Friday, Brofiln choso a Wednes
day afternoon for his call at tho house
on tho lako front. It was n resplen
dent day of tho early summer, which,
In tho Minnesota latitudes, springs,
Mlnervallkc, full grown from tho nod
ding head ot tho wintry Jovo of tho
North. In tho doctor's front yard tho
grass was vividly groen, gladioli and
Jonquils bordered ho path with a
bravery of color, and tho buds ot the
clambering roso on the porch trellis
wero swelling to burst their calyxes.
Brofiln turned In from tho sldownlk
and closed tho gato noiselessly behind
him. Whllo ho had been three doors
away In tho lako-fro'nting street, a
small pocket blnoculnr had assured
him that tho young woman he was
going to call upon was Bitting n a
porch rocker behind tho clamberlns
rose, reading a book.
Sho had risen to meet him
time' he' 'had "SuSed 2.f anS
no .Knew l'!nl ,lor nt &anc0 was ap-
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prnlslvo. Ho had confidently counted
"u u."" "e,"B ,ni8Ken ror n strange pa
i 1 . i .
tlent In search of tho doctor, and ho
wns not disappointed.
"You nro looking for Doctor Farn
ham?" sho began. Uo is at his of
Hco 201 Main street.'
Brollln was digging in his pocket
for a card.
it r i a. .
father's offlco Is, but you aro tho
I wanted to sec " ho said- and
gave IS the ? roSnd-cSmered 'card
i Know won ennujtli wliero vonr
uio ono
aud ho
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its blnzonment of his uamo and m
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Will you como Into tho houso.
Mr." sho had to look at the card
again to get tho name "Mr. Brottln?"
Bho asked.
"Thank you, mls3; it's plenty cood
enough out hero for mo if it Is for
you", ho roturned, beginning to fear
that tho common civilities were eIv-
ing her tlmo to get behind her de
fenses. "I guess wo can tako it for granted
that you know what I want. MIru
Farnham," ho began abruptly, when
no nnd shifted his chair to faco her
rocker. "Something llko threo months
ago, or thereabouts, you went Intr a
bank In New Orleans to cot a draft
cashed. Whllo you wero at tlio pay
ing tellers window a robbery wan
committed, and you saw it dono and
saw tho man that did It. v Vvn rnmo
to get you to tell mo tho man's
name.
" havo told It once, In a letter to
Mr. Galbralth."
Brofiln nodded. "Yes: In a letter
that you didn't slcn. I've como all
tho way from Now Orleans to get
you to tell me his real name. Miss
Farnham."
"Why do you think 1 can tell you?"
was tho undisturbed query.
"A lot of little things," said the de
tective, who was slowly coming to his
own In the matter ot Belf-assuranco.
"In tho first place, ho spoke to you
in the bank, and you answered him.
Isn't that so?"
She nodded again. "You know bo
much, It 1b surprising that you don't
know It all, Mr. Brofiln," sho com
mented, with gentle sarcasm.
"The ono thing I don't know is tho
thing you'ro goln' to tell mo his real
name," he Insisted. "That's what I've
come hero for."
In spite of her inexperience, which.
in Mr. Broffln's field, wns no less than
total. Charlotte Farnham had Imagi
nation, and with It a womanly zest for
tho matching of wits with
"Damn the Money!" He Exploded.
whoso chlof occupation was tho meas
uring of his ownwit ngalnst the subtle
clovorncss of criminals. Therefore she
accepted the challenge.
"I did my wholo duty nt the tlmo.
Mr. Brofiln," sho demurred, with a
touch of coldness In her voice. "If
you wero careless enough to let him
escapo you at St. Louis, you shouldn't
come to me. I might say very Justly
that It was never any affair of mine."
Matthow Broffln's gifts wero subtle
only In his dealings with other men;
but ho was shrewd. enough to know
that his last and best chanco with a
woman lay in an appeal to her fears.
I don't know what mado you writo
this letter, in the first placo," ho said.
taking tho well-thumbed paper from
his coat pocket; "but I know well
enough now why you didn't sign It,
nnd why you didn't put tho man's real
name In It. You you and him fixed
It up between you so that you could
say to yourself afterwards what you've
Just said to me that you'd done your
duty. But you haven't finished tlnln'
you duty yot. Tho law eay3 "
"I know very well that tho law
says," was her naming rojoinaor; "i
havo taken tho trouble to find out
slnco I came homo. I am not hiding
your criminal."
Brollln was trying to gain a little
easo by tilting his chair. But tho house
wall was too close behind him.
1'eonlo will say that you nro holpln
to hide him as long as youf won't tell
his real name what?" ho grated.
4
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