The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-14

"DoeS she know Mora p
"That's more than can tell you"
"Well, do you know where she can
be found at present?'
81 don't know where she's livin. but
can find her for you if there's any
money in it, the last part of the sen
tence added slyly.
oh, have no fear! You will be we'll
paid. How soon can you find this
girl?"
by this afternoon. l reckon You
see, l know woman as knows her
we'll. sort of brought her up, as you
might say. But they don't live to-
gether now. cause the old woman took
to gin. But the gill makes it point
to see her two or three times a week,
so I've only got to find out what time
she's expected, and you could lay
round till she shows up. And there
you are, as neat as wax
The proposition seemed to be good
one, for. even though this girl and
the mysterious Mrs. Morton might lie
the same person, still her change of
ISS!0SASS NOulN III uO way prevent
her from visiting her old foster moth
er. Besides. now that he had heard of
this elder woman Mr.. Mitchell was
more than ever pleased. for. while he
might have difficulty with the girl. it
would be comparatively easy to eN-
tract information from the old wo-
man, who could be made garrulous if
tered.
Very well. Rogers" said Mr. Mitch
cl. The sooner you find out about
this the better. Suppose you visit the
old woman at once. and l will go with
you"
"One times the same as another
with me" replied the old sot, and the
two men left the room. AS they We're
about to pass the bar Rogers slyly re-
marked:
Did you speak? Yes; thanks. Gil
me a whisky straight, Jack with
which he leaned against the bar with
the air OF an old habitue.
Mr.. Mitchell handed a fifty dollar
Dnte to the Darkeeper and told him
that he might keep the change, which
the man did Then Mr.. Mitchell fol
lowed Rogers out of the place and up
town to Gingy looking house in Hen
ry street where Rogers stopped, re-
marking:
P'raps I'd better go up first and see
how the land lays. Ell? The cid party
may be drunk and not receivin Wis
itors.''
Very well,' said Mr.. Mitchell, "but
hurry back"
This injunction was obeyed. for
within ten minutes Rogers was down
stairs again. apparently excited.
Say, mister said he. you've
struck it rich. The old woman's sober
and the girls with her Go right up
second floor front, right side-and if
you don't need me any more. Why
II can settle. eh?" said Mr.. Mitchell.
finishing his sentence for him. Here
is some money for you. Good day"
Right you are, mister. You know
my address. Apollo hail. office hours
from 8 a. III. to 10 p. m. Ia. TIA" And
he shuffled off, holding himself little
more erect because of the money in
his pocket.
Mr.. M:t-hel hesitated for moment,
wondering how best to effect his OBJ
ject. He had not expected to find the
girl at this house, and he would have
preferred to have talk first with the
old woman alone. But now that the
girl was so near at hand the opportu-
nifty of meeting her should not be lost
He had learned from Fse rs that the
name of the old woin;... was Susan
Cooper that she had been married al
one time to soldier and that she was
living upon government pension.
She was never sober, except when
short of money, and this was usually
near the end of the quarter, during the
last weeks of which she did odd jobs
when she could get work. and so man
aged until the next pay day.
Mr.. Mitchell very quickly decided to
pretend that his business was with
Mrs. Cooper. so that the girl need not
be warned of his wish to meet her. He
assembled the rickety stairway in the
usii hAASSS, ASS1lus LIS Way Mltll Oul-
stretched arms, and knocked at the
door of the old womans room.
Come I'M cried voice within, no
effort being made to ascertain who the
visitor might be.
Mi. Mitchell entered and found him
self in the presence OF both women or,
as he would have said from his first
glance. of Il woman and a child. He
easily recognized Lillian Vale, although
She was older than she looked in her
photograph. Yet she seemed more like
a child than woman. He recalled to
mind the hearty laugh with which
Preacher Jim had greeted his sus-
PIGEONS in regard to this girl, and now
that he saw her he was compelled to
admit that there was reason for the
criminals amusement. Nevertheless
when Mr. Mitchell had once reached a
conclusion by logical deduction he was
tenacious of his opinion until confront
ed with most convincing proof that he
was in error The coincidence of this
girls stage name and the flower en-
broidered upon the infants garment