CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-02-20

I rIIe couuTpilaIIc,. or tSarups 0as run Oh
meaning The man looked self as,
sertiye. confident AMI pleased.
| II h,..- your pa.,lon" said he. ..Who
Is In ..l,rrap herq.f''
II am for rh,. moment" replied Yen
d.,Ii
| Eprn.s l,esitnted. looking sidpwise ~
| Alden. Then his glance. shifted 10 ri.t-
bouatI,st upou the table and reioun,Igd
In the direction OF the doctor.
..Id like Ia have a word with YOU
he said.
Speak up" said Kendall. What il
ity.
.sTbose fiowers are for tho Mile. girl.
of courser, said BARNES We'll von'd
hetter take n Inol, M .em h.fore vou
eona ,.,, In oh th,,.r. rI..i,,
! cuess. but Won can't t,,. TOO careful
What do Won m.nnY~ demanded
| Kendall
4 Barnes poiuted a finger at Alden.
..,rbat man put somefblng into them
he said II saw him do fl don't
know what IL was. hui there's drugs
/ thai. II you smell of Them. why. it's
your finish"
Kendall was 100 much surprised TO
Il EIbpHk, Alden took "a lIlSfN Sipil fOWHFi
Barnes and collIded with Eln,endorf.
who cour,eously begged his par,lon.
MeanwbIIe Brenda nicked mn tb,. hon
auer from the table. and as they all
turned toward her she opened the pa
per over the vloleis and pressed them
against her lips
They are very fragrant she said
-'That's all right" returned Barnes
dogeedIy. but he put something in
there. What was ny
This BIT of paper. / suppose" said
Brenda. taking IT in her fingers Your
message. ClarencpT-
Il think somebody ought to read it,
said Barnes looking at Elmendorf out
OF the corner Of his eyes
Alden thrust Elmpndorf aside a. If
he had been n paper dummy aud then
checked himself Rarnes was already
In fh. hall
Il can have no quarrel with this crea-
iure.~ said Alden. As to my mes
sage. appeal to Dr. Kendall"
This is more than absurd" rrjoined
the doctor Miss Maciane. whenever
you an. rraey"-
As Brenda stepped forward the bit
Of paper Slipped ont from among the
tfoxrrs and fell ." the ioor Elmen-
dorf picked Il up.
Il hope you won't mlsundrrstand
me- be- said Perhaps see farther
ahead tian you do II 1 was IN Mr.
AldeIs place. ia let somebody read
thIst'
ue r-s,,. the message. 10 Brenda. who
ciau,.,d nj Alden n. she took IL. lie
raised his hand In a gesture Of mega
finn
..Noy- look here. all OF YOU" exclaful-
al Bsr,,,s Here's thts girl In the
( ANA h. noIuird with his thumb In the
snn,,aes,l direction of Eisle's room l.
I ..,si,o.s hiding what sh. knows. son't
ray u.s. In This mans interest. but it's
I IN sor,el,oly's Interest. that's sure
IN. vouiJn'f l,,. III. fIrs, woman that's
had M. M. r, 90 GO, the knife aud say
nothing don, accuse anybody. es-
paeially not this man. for aiu't got a
rhi,e against him. He's all right 50
FAR aS know. But what I -ay Is that
the girl ought not TO bc getting mes
s,.-rs on the ouIet-
Aldcu's face was white as paper. and
his owes v..ra otirr II l. urol,ahIe that
cx,ry i,,ne in Darn,s' body n,.l,s,l with
ant.cination Ian, h.. had been kicked
TOO often i'm the wav OF business to dee
before The ectunl contact.
.I,v, stood all of this that NV srs-
tcm can absorb.- said Kendall. with a
seriousness that srarccly ntte,l with
tho pe,.nllar nhrase which hal come
into his moutb AFTER this dime novel
nonseps, Of poison.d bououc,s don't
care 10 have ANYTHING more from YOU.
Go, out'-
..Yon.re making a mistake said