CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-04-10

We shan't need absolutely all" said
the detective. .'luu can skip the .d
ones aud the fat ones and the shori
ones. In fact. ] want a tall. thin. gatInt
man. and If you could reinembcr walk
Ing down Broadway with him awhile
ago. perhaps two months
Alden laughed gently.
II say. Brother Elmendorf" said he
you're rartlet aren't your
Perhaps am" the detective admir-
ted. This new ciew absolutely staui>
my case on its head. Ii seems to p-3Nt
squarely and fairly that rverytLn-
had figured on was mel Only wrong:
was upside down. However. let Us " =
be hast, Let us t''ink about the do,
to- III take lis, OF Them
And he produced pencil al d paIn:
for that purpose.
Vow" said he well begin with
A."
Tall thin. young doctor. Whose
name begins with AZ" said Alden.
81 don't know any: but. passing TO Il.
there's Blair
Elmendorf .saned back ai-inst the
wall and put the pencil and paper into
his pockets
do you reas 10 tell me hat you
came upz'' he asked IN a sort OF hope
less lone almost laughablc-
why. certainly" replied Al en-. I'D
met him
.'you showed no sign of It over At
Mrs. simmons" said Elmendorf.
Didn't /? Well the I-o-I knows
what did there. Blair certainly bow
ed 10 me-
Il was watching you" said Elmen-
dorf However. this simplitics mat
ters- You didn't know EIair well:"
Not Intimately III met him several
times. and he added with a smile.
Il may have walked down broadway
with him. hut don't renemhcr.
ITS only n small matter" said the
detective. with resumption Of his
usual demeanor. Il want TO ask Blair
a question: that's ALL
"I-ll go over with Aou." said Alden.
"Wait Till ] have seen Kendall"
lie walked toward the doctors room
and Mt tl,. first turn OF the -.all enco1n-
tered Brenda
You were going to see DIR. kendall!'
she asked. Please wait. IN his room"
She hurried by him ana reached the
spot where Alden and the detective had
stood. just as the latter was upon the
stairs. for il had not suited Elmendorf $
purpose 10 wait for Alden.
Il must speak with you privately at
once she said. Come"
There was n sort of bay window open
ing from on. of the corridors. and she
led Eimendorf there. They were par
could speak in guarded tones without
much risk OF being overheard
MIR Eim-ndorf." she said how
could you do i.Ii> ihingf I have seri-
Gus wish 10 know.
Il t.,n D.. aus,hinl- he answered.
the piciuf,, Il shame aud woe. There's
lbsolut,i! ~ 90, Il IN me- What made
you ihink. fis-rs- was:
.-Do YOU remember that you rose
when you saw that ! was not seated.
said sh.. lin I:lSie's room that first ter
, plc d 6; Iai's not much. but your
manner was fully tha of a gentleman
Il WAS trained in a g.ntletnan's home
in Massachusetts" said Eimendorf. so
was the gruIIcman's dog. and we both
remained brutes-"
You arranged place TO listen" said
Brenda. -in that unused room next El-
sizes. The nurse who helped you has
confessed 10 DIR. Kendall 1t was she
told this afternoon"
she and not II" echoed Elmendcrf
in a voice OF the dead. do you think
I ever listened the; Miss Maclane.
there's some limit =. IN TO what ! VIII
do. No. no. I took the chance; f-ats
all. This nurse. whom ! seem TO have
got ir-, lot OF rouble. as ! always
get e.srybody e sooner or latcr-this
nurse listened when her duties would
let her. knew Miss Mile, would
some -'ay tell her story to you"
Now that you have heard the story.
That shall you doy' asked Brenda.
lit seems evident" replied Elmen-
dorf that DR. Blair is the physician
referred to in that story. He has
;nown her secret from the beginning
That was why she had him here. to
plead with him. Well. Eve no faith in
Blair. He's crooked, or I'm no judge.
tsut he seems to have played fairly
crcdiiahle part toward Elsie Miller.
'-Dr. Blair exclaimed Brenda
..Think OF his being called to dress her
wound. Think OF his standing there
in that room with Ncale aud ourselves
and keeping his own counsel so quiet
iy. | begin to have an admiration for
him."
Well wouldn't 40 so far as that.
said Elmcndort He has had his self
lsh ends TO serve, However, that is
neither here nor there now. am
going to him and shall make him tell
ma, m ho thnY man Is -