Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-04-03
Haven't you seen the newspapers :"

Haven't you seen the newspapers"
asked Neale.
"Only some little pieces-just to look
at the pictures" she replied. "Dr. Ken
dali didn't wish me to read the stories"
did you see the pictures of the 'mys-
terious woman drawn from descrip-
tion?"
mo"
Miss Maclane didn't show them to
you? Wen, well! How Singular
Il selected the things to be shown to
Miss Miller said Kendall; "most of
them"
"And you cut out all about the
mysterious woman?" queried Neale.
"Why?"
at was not Intentional" replied the
doctor, reddening. II merely happened
to do it."
Il guess Miss Maclane helped you"
said NeaIe
What has Miss Haclane to do with
it?" asked Elsie.
"A good many people think she was
the woman" replied the captain. 'Its
beginning to be said all over but
there's one person who thinks so and
won't say so-yet."
who's thatf" said Elsie.
"Dr. Blair" responded Neale. You
know who he isl"
"I've me; him." she replied. Mrs
Simmons got him to come to see me
once when | was sick. | think he was
staying at the house then. What has
he to do with this affair"
The captain explained.
"It seems to me-" said Elsie, that
anybody who ever saw Miss Maclane
would know her next time. If DR..
Blair says that he doesn't recognize
her. then she isn't the woman he saw"
do you deny that she called upon
you?" persisted the captain.
Il certainly do deny it," replied Elsie.
with decision.
Perhaps ii was some other woman
who looked like her." suggested Neale.
81 don't know any woman who looks
like her" said Elsie. 81 never saw one
who did"
The captain glanced Mt Kendall and
said slowly:
t1nt hbCSH huOM bD1 pOuy W uO lOOhS
like Miss Maclane."
"Well." said Kendall. what of it?"
"Why, neither does anybody else in
the house." replied the captain. $50
Miss Maclane is the only woman Of
that kind, so far as we know, who could
have any motive for going there. And
somebody went"
Elsie was beginning to be excited to
the danger point, and Kendall cut Off
the interview, Neale yielding without
word of protest.
"Don't you worry; not n bit" said he
to Elsie. "There amt going to be no
trouble for anybody, except the guilty
party"
When the captain had gone, Elsie
pleaded with Kendall to let her see DR..
Blair.
"All these stories about Brenda must
rest upon what he says" she insisted,
'and If ! tell him positively, face to
face, that il WIS not Brenda he will
make statement that will put an end
to all the trouble. And II Is worrying
B-enda. I'm sure of It. She tries to
hide it from me. but there is something
preying on her mind. or course have
not understood what II was. but now l
can see. We must remember how hard
1t is for a girl brought up as she has
been, all surrounded by dignity and re-
finement. TO have her name In every
body's mouth in connection with such
sn affair as this"
Kendall was inclined to take favor
able view OF this suggestion. His own
opinion, formed from the newspaper
reports, was that DR.. Blair was n con-
scientious man who was trying to tell
the exact truth In very serious mat
ter: that he believed 1t was Miss Mac
lane whom he had seen, but was wise
and just enough not to say so upon any
other ground than positive certainty.
Upon the other hand, he would not de-
clare openly that the woman was not
Brenda until his mind was clear of
doubt. 1t might easily happen that
talk with Elsie would result In thor
oughly convincing him, and for Elsie
there was nothing to be feared, since
Blair as a physician would know how
TO avoid exciting her.
Accordingly Kendall said that he
would send word to Blair during the
afternoon. AS II happened. he had
leisure to go himself upon this errand,