CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1898-10-13
a Search for an Original.

"Hut. lane, this isn't for me, sa- Mrs
coih: turning large cabinet photosrapn rsla
now at the name of the photographer on
| the back OF the card.
Jane had Just opened the door OF the NAT
to let In the fats mistress. and the TWO
stood In the narrow hallway.
Well. ma'am. that's all know about
it," snid Jane. ''The young lady said
when opened the door. Mrs. Coils at
homc2' and l said, No. and she said.
She said you would know who It was.
ma am"
.But / haven't the least idea who 1t is.
don't know anybody at Halifax, Nova
SCOTIA
Seems a very nice young lady" Jane
volunteered, takipg peep at the picture
1T certainly is a good likeness OF her.
| No, ma am. she didn't even leave her
name She said you would know who It
was when YOU saw the picture"
That evening Mrs. Coils quite enjoyed
| telling her little experience of the day TO
her husband. Their lives-hers and his,
and Tot's--were not SO brimful of novelty
| and excitement but that n mystery like
this would form a rather pleasant diver
sion. The summer seaside outing had
passed away just long enough 10 bring
| hve-year-old Tot to condition of wist-
full regret for her sand-hill days and dig
ginss. AS for Tots papa. what he really
needed more than anything else was dis
traction from business thoughts that oc-
| cupied him 10 hours in the day.
81 never saw the original In all my
| life." said Coils. land II she meant this
kind attention for me-
Jack" said Mrs. Coils. ''the girl dis
/ tinctly asked for me. tell you
'sVcry well. my dear. You are quito
welcome to her. Your brother Walter Is
coming here this evening. Give her to
| him." And Coils began filing briar
| pipe.
.walter coming here? / didn't know
he was back. OF course. Walter Is just
the man to solve the mystery for us"
| BY this time Tot had got hold OF the
puzzle photograph and was staring at the
face OF 1t. wide-eyed. curled up In cor
| ner of the lounge. constructing unfathom-
able theories, no doubt. about the iden-
| tity of the lady with the sweet. soft eyes.
Mamma said Tot. II know who can
| find her. It's either the tanitor or"
..Or who. Tet?" asked her papa with an
amused smile through a cloud of smoke.
"Or the fairies.
Good for you. Tot said Coils. Sup
pose we begin with the janitor."
And with that he made his way down
| two flights of stairs TO the basement. to
cross-auestion the jnnitor.
| Meanwhile before Coils could get back
from his brief excursion. his brother-in-
| law Walter Brown. turned up and had
his salutations cut short to be introduced
| to the mystery. Where he had been. the
details of his summer camp his canoe
ings his flshings. and his sufferings from
j mosquitoes had no interest just then for
his sister. hardly even for Tot.
1--WE have agreed that you can guess
the riddle" said Airs. ccliIs, ''and you
must"
"But don't sec that there Is any rid
die to guess" said Brown. This girl
pretty girl. too.-has made mistake.
that's ALL You're not the only Mrs. Coils.
YOU know
Here comes Jack. What does the jani-
tor say. Jacky Walter wants to uench all
the romence out of it,
..Janitor's no good" said Coils. I'VE
must try the fairies. Tot Perhaps Tn
Gle Walter has met some fairies this sum-
| mer''
"what docs the janitor say." his wife
persisted.
Says he happened to be In the entrance
hall this afternoon when the young lady
came with photograph In her hsnd-nc
ervelope--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
flights up right And she thanked him
and came up
'Ciirf with. u friend named Coliis has
come back to the city after summer out
Ing and heard that her friend has moved
Friend probably somewhere In this neigh
! borhood. Girl hears that a Mrs. Collis
lives in these fats and thinks she'll give
her little surprise" Walter rnttled on
this explanation with every appearance
of confidence In its correctness. Then
looking at tho name printed on the back
OF the card. he said. This was taken al
Halifax eh? We'll then. guess It's SONS
4 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. coilis.'
'In that case" said his sister. ~ hope
xx<lII h ss.l<. -.<x1
and take her old picture back"
mot at all.- said Waller. LEND II tr
me. will you. See II don't find the
original
Lets advertise" said Coils
Yes. let's advertise" Mrs. Coils
agreed. "Found--A PHOTOGRAPH left b,
4 mistake last Thursday for Mrs Coils
/ Brownstone Flats may be had by sp'
plying In person to the janitor
Coils objected to thia an giving toe
much publicity to his wife's name. And
the council Of war ended In the transfer
4 OF the picture to Walter with charge
to find its original or perish In the at
tempt.
Now. the Brownstone Flats. where~ 81
4 these things happened. are In New York
and Walter Browns business. as well az
his residence. WIS also in New York. But
New York. which. as everybody knows. Il
one OF the largest cities in the world, Il
about the longest and narrcwest OF The
worlds largest cities. SO that the dis.
tances ono way are ridicuously small
and those In the other direction are enor.
nous. The east OF II is near TO the west
but up town ir days journey from dowr
town. Walter lived down town. his sis-
ter's fiat was up town. for which rea-
son Walter was not az frequent o visitor
at thet fiat as the nearncss OF his rela-
tionship might have seemed TO require
When he had left them therefore. Mrs
Coils straightway began to wish she hnc
not let him take the mysterious photo
graph with him: she began TO fear thai
Il the young woman who had brought II tc
her fiat would lind out her mistake the
very next day and call to demand IT, And
the worst or 1t was that she knew her
husband could never be got TO bear In
mind TO go round to Walters once dur