CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06
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By HOWARD FIELDING 8
Copyright. 1901. by Charles W. Hooke. Z


teciive he took ilint money home. ana
then. not finding satisfactory place to
hide H. he brought II down here by
the everlasting. he must have had IL in
his pocket right there in Elsie Milier's
room, No wonder he had nervous pros
tration-'
Alden. rs was 10 have been expected.
had left his office long before Elmcn
dorf returned 10 II. Robinson also had
gone away. hut might come back soon.
Ry the exercise OF llttle tact tine lie
tective secured permission to wait Ia
the private Office. and while fber,. he
famiIlarIzed himself thoroughly with
tle contents Of Robinsou's desk. bur It
~as not worth the trouble
II was difficult TO suppose that Rob-
iason was Sun carrying that money ln
his pocket. He must have put it soint,-
where, And Elmendorf racked lis
brains asking the conventional aud
generally Useless question. What
would ! have done in the same cir
enmstanr,sE lt came Into hIs niind
VI last that Gohlnson had been present
when Alden WIS arrested aud Tor
this reason would not have expected
to see him .at the aflie- again imne-
diat.iy Thus n.esrfing Eimcndorf
drew some keys Of convenient design
FROM his pocket and cautiously raised
she ia Of Ahien's desk. II was fairly
irr On In working surface and the
s~.iIlolc- lid Hot look promising. so
raaiOm Eimendorf Opened little
.raWcr Ia which. under some papers
iFhich s'-aued 10 have lain there a long
time he found au envelope addressed
II tyI,ewritten cbarae;ers to John Rob
insou
The envelope looked fresh and the
papers ON top OF il did not The infer
snre that the thiug had been slid into
little used drawer and under those
Did documents for purI.oss-- OF conceal
nicni was n easy a- possible Elmen-
,lorf cis,s,~l the drawer and the lid OF
the dr.k And walked tu the ~indow
with the cnveiop- iu o. h4nd. IL
looked suspicious. and Ia, d,E stlve
gently murmured tha' he would
''chsBc. it
With the thin blade OF a pvnknif- he
very adroitly raised the rumned lap
pc, without inrictlne any injury
which could not he repaired. The en-
Yeiopr contained tiye Sioo bills
wrap,s.-d in blank she~t OF the ilrin's
paper
Despite the coincideucc OF amounts.
this was not ucs-rssnriiy the money
mcntionsri Ia Aidcps note 10 Eisle. IL.
for iustan-. Mr. Rahin~on should say
thai h. had frnrnilr laid by that sum.
mud bad Thought hts employers desk
the safest place for ". tb" statement
would T.. ,-IuaIly hari TO believe or TO
dlspypNr For this ra~.'u EiLtrndorf
scrutinizcl the hills with an eager eve.
aud wlien h. found upon one Of them
n peculiar marx. Hr " a word Of
strange language hnd hrcn scrawicd
there. he WAS more than pleased.
Raising the lnwer sash Of the window.
be made a mirror Of the glass hv hold
Ing the Gun Of his black coat against
IL Placing the hill ir'fort' this mirror.
he bchcld the strange word reversed
mud II became lcrlhle as Clarence.
THE signaturs was blottcd against
the money" said he. "lt couldn't Toe
anything els. The bills werc folded
Into The note while the signature Was
wei. and of course 1t printed itself ON
one Of tiirm
II Robinson had entered the room NJ
that momrui. lir would have becn ar
rested tor attempted murder. but he