CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06
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The domination OF II single tn ught
"such splendid news at iir h,,spi
tal.' said he, "ihai | ventnrcd down
here for a few minutes. ! can sac her
this afternoon lack" he added al.
dressing Robinson. "you'll hayt To iook
Out Tor my mail for ihe next few days
] shall be nj ST wluired's all ths
time. or 8i the bonse nrNi door ON The
west. Any news ibls muruiug Mr
Eimendorf7-
NO" replied The detective 4 cams
down ., hara iiiii.. f-ik witt ~
,iu. but AZ neither OF us Knows
. .ih.uE tle result was not important
By the way. can write a note at your
deskT'
Aidep was iusi RAISING ilie lid
"Cerialniy." said he an,l Elms niorf
sat down aud wrote fast with sput
tering pcu.
Il don't See any bloiter here" hr
said. when the pen stopped SER, .ching.
Never Use onc.' reJUined Alden. 4
don't have time There's y pad, but
never blot anything on it,
"You don, spin as much ink as do
said Elmcu,lorfi except on your sl.iia.
turc You write that black enough
Habit OF mine replied Alden.
"How do you happen To know anything
about ny
Il saw the note you wrote yes,cr.
day"
Alden flushed.
Il couldn't belp it, said Eimendorf
hastily And let me tell you that I'm
greatly mistaken " the result of my
seeing IL isn't very important"
'in what way
Eimendorf begged TO be excused from
giving an immediate answer. aud Al
den did mol insist.
This making trouble that you men
tened last evening he said. ''is get
ting its work In this morning. sm
shadowed by ia. most conspicuous
man Ia Grcatcr New York. Every
ssme he fancles that ! have forgotten
his presence he barks Ike a dog and
remarks TO every one who will listen
that the grip Is worst In hot weather
Eimcndarf glanced AT Alden with an
anxious eye. He SEEMED to have some
thing on his mind. but he said only;
I'm surprised. There nrc shadows on
the force who cant be picked ont so
caslly."
Alden regarded him intently over the
top OF tn. desk upon which he was
kaning
'sec " I've got amy more letters out.
side. Jack" he said and added when
Robinson had left the room. DO you
mean to say there's another oncY'
Sure" returned Eimcudorf. zone
for trouble and me for business.
don't know why tell you these things
except that I hate Nealc. lie wants 10
know where you were yesterday. and
be thinks you'il go there again. lie ex.
poets you TO throw the man with the
grip AID never notice the other one
I'm remember this, Elmendorf" said
Alden,
"Irs a gift" replied thu detective
AS for that you've paid me airrady
with the Information that you don,
use a blottcr. Good morning III see
you later iu the day"
II may have hccn about half an hour
aficrwnrd when hc presented himself
nt the house whrrr John Robinson
lived aud introduced himself To the
lapdlady thereof. With the result that
be was presently ushcrcd up two
flights Of stairs To large room AZ the
rear OF the house. Len alone there. hc
remarked TO himself This doesn't
seem to go against me so much as IL
usually does
Then he proceeded 10 examine tho
personal Effects Of MIR. Robinson. The
examination was Thorough. but the
product was SIngularIy mcagcr. lie
discovered an cnvelope containing
some pawnbroker's tickets showing
loans upon watch. winter overcuat
aud ring OF small value. and In
waste paper basket n pari OF mn cnvr-
opc which Ind been addressed to some
person In Philadelphia, but the nnmc
was missing. Remembering that Rob
lnsou had thought OF Philadelphia irst
when groplng about Tor talschood.
the latter discovery assumed somc little
Importance az gui'ir for subsequent
investigation
The particular object OF The detect
ives search eludcd him. however. aud
when he left the house he was far
from satisfied with Ills iuck.
II though, | knew why Robinson
went homc." he said, hut either
didn't OF he changed his mind"
lie spent some hours In verifying
Rohlnsen's statement about the place
vhrre he had passcd the alrht aud Ia
attempting 10 ascertain the young
mans fayerlte haunts and the names
Of his companions. The vcrncaiion
was easy. but the search for the mans
associates yielded little. Apparently
Robinson had not n. Wide circle OF nc
uiaintances.
ReturnIng to the lower regions OF the
city. Elmen,iorf encountered bit OF
hctter forinnc In lcnrn,nr thai Robin