La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-10-19
n Search for an Original.
ny =rark Summers.

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But. Jans. this !sAt for me. Saa : Mrs.
, coiiis. turning = large cabinet Photograph
| round and round. now looking AZ the face.
now at the name Of the photographer on
the back OF the card.
| Jano had Just opened the door of the rat
to let In the Aats mistress. and the two
stood In the narrow halfway.
Well. ma'arn. that's all ! know abou,
IT," said Jane. '-Ths young lady said
when opened the door. Mrs Coils a,
homer and 1 said. NO and she said.
Give her this for me when she comes in. :
She said you would know who II was.
ma am
But haven't the least idea who It Is.
don't know anybody At Halifax. Nova
Scotia"
Seems a very rice young lady" Jane
volunteered. taking peep at the picture.
ut certainly 10 q Good likeness OF her.
No. ma'am. she didn't even leave her
name. She said you would know who II
was when you saw the picture"
That evening Mrs. Coils quite enjoyed
telling her little experience of the day TO
her husband. Their uyes-hers and his.
| and Tots-were not SO brimfui of novelty
and excitement but that mystery like
this would form rnther pleasant diver
sion. The summer seaside outing had
passed away Just long enough 20 bring
hve-year-old Tot to condition OF visit
regret IcE Htf thnd-Gtt uaH anu uiE
| gings- AS for Tots papa, what he really
| needed more than anything else was dis
traction from business thoughts tina, oc-
cupied him 10 hours In the day.
81 never saw the original in all my
Mfe." said Coils. land II she meant this
| Kind attention FOR me
Jack" said Mrs. Coils. ''the girl dis
| tinciiy asked for me. l tell you.
Very well. my dear. You are quite
welcome TO her Your brother Waiter is
u de- -ltrx snt@A har or.
| him" And Colts began hiling a briar
| pipe.
Walter coming here, I d!dn', know
| he was back. OF course. Walter IS just
| the man TO solve the mystery for US.
| BY this time Tot had go, hold Of the
puzzle photograph and was staring at the
| face of II. wide-eyed. curled up In cor
ner OF the lounge. constructing unfathon-
| able theories. no doubt. about the iden-
| tity of the lady with the sweet. soft eyes.
Mamma said Tot. 'I know who can
! find her. It's either the 1anitor or"
''Or who. Tot7" asked her papa with an
| amused smile through cloud OF smoke.
.'Or the fairies.
| Good for you. Tot" said CoIiis Sup
pose we begin with the janitor."
| And with that he made his way down
| two flights of stairs to the basement. to
cross-question the janitor.
Meanwhile. before Coils could get back
| from his brief excursion. his hrother-in-
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| his saiu,ations cut short to be introduced
\ to the mystery. Where he had been. the
details OF his summer camp. his canoe
| ings his ishings. and his sufrerinTs from
mosquitoes had no interest just then for
| his sister. hardly even for Tot.
I'VE have agreed that you guess
| the RIDDLE said Mrs. Coils. 'and you
| must"
But don't see that there Is any rid
die to guess" said Brown. This girl
1 ..{.N Nr- ,aI, nf.sn In
that's all. You're not the only Mrs. Coils.
you know
Here comes Jnck. What does the jan,-
tor say jack Walter wants 10 uench al!
| the romence out of It"
"Janitor's no good" said Coils. We
| must try the fairies. Tot Perhaps Un-
Gle Walter has met some fairies this sum-
mer."
what does the 5anitor say?" his wife
| persisted.
Says he happened to be in the entrance
hail this afternoon when the young lady
| came with photograph in her hand-no
envelope--and began looking at the names
on the. letter boxes. He asked her what
name she might be looking for. and she
| said 'Collis.' Then he told her. Two
fights up. right And she thanked him
| and came w"
Girl with n friend named Coils has
come back to the city after summer out
ing and heard that her friend has moved.
borhood. Girl hears that Mrs. Coils
| lives in these Gats and thinks she'll give
| her Il little surprise Walter ratified OF
| this explanation with every appearance
OF confidence in its correctness. Then.
| looking at the name printed on the back
OF the card. he said. This was taken at
! Halifax. ehy Well. then. ! guess it's some
very fresh and inexperienced young wom-
| an of the Dominion. She looks like It.
| But. anyway. she has mixed you UP with
some other Mrs. Coils.
'.In that case" said his sister. II hope
she VIII find out her mistake and como
and take her old picture back
Not at ALL" said Walter. Lend 1t TO
me. win you? See II I don't find the
original
Lets advertise" said Coils.
| Eyes. lets advertise Mrs. Coils
agreed. .'Found-A Photograph left by
mistake last Thursday for Mrs. Colts,
Brownstone Flats. may be had by ap-
plying in person to the janitor.'"
Coils objected to this ms giving too
much publicity to his wife's name. And
the council OF war ended In the transfer
! of the picture 10 Walter with n charge
| TO find its original or perish IN the at
| tempt.
| these things happened. are in New York.
and Walter Browns business. as well as
his residence. was also In New York. But
| New York. which. as everybody knows, is
/ CI.c OF tlc laTkNsI Citics III tuc WoIiA, IN
| about the longest and narrowert OF the
| worlds largest cities. so that the dis
| tances one way are ridiculously small.
and those In the other direction are enor-
nous. The east OF II is near to the west,
| but up town is days journey from down
| town. Walter lived down town. his sis
| ter's fiat was up town. for which rea-
| son Walter was not as frequent visitor
| at that nat the nearness of his rela-
| tionship might have seemed 10 require.
When he had left them. therefore. Mrs.
| Coils straightway began TO wish she had
not let him take the mysterious photo
| graph with him: she began TO fear that
| the young woman who had brought II 10
| her HAT would hnd out her mistake the
| very next day and call to demand 1t. And
| the worst OF IL was that she knew her
| husband could never be got to bear in
| mind 10 go round to Walters ONCE dur
the American Legation. accepted at once
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