CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-02-27
CHAPTER TX.
a rEw WORDS WITH Mr.. ROBINSON.


lef, n, ornb,n and nanntIess Imn,.di.
.,e,v af,er ,bis misfor,ppe .s ~, ala
,o, me- ~. ,,,.o,,I, ,,,I,h ,yho,, M, ,,,.
exnac,ed IN i've H.. y,aIiad an, ~
town There hannened 10 he n high
Wind ,ha, dnv ans ,,,e bov walked
with II hacansa ,h,. contrary ,o,,r.,.
vould bnvc been dIsaprecabIr'
M .ne n,da any at,,,nn, ,o hiring
MIN back and 80 he trau,nea fnr non,
a ,,oel eo,i,,, ,othin,, ,,,,,, ,I,v n,,d ~
good meals the mex, according 10 the
varvln, charity of tho n,.onl,. .l,t,.. ,h,.
roaJ Fln.Ilv nm ,.,s,,,.ntri,. old l,..tor
I'm n certain small ,ovn found the i,ov
~ ON bIs doorst,.n one morninr and
that was ercat niece Of Iuck for
younp EIm.udorf He had n good
Lo,oe I'm the doctor.s hons. for eight
v,.arx ,y,,bou, ,.ro n, Iabor. ent,v.,I
fhe advnuta...s ~ ,h, ,xe,.li,nt srhaoIs
nj the village ana was nearly ready
IA en,er c,iles.. vrh,s, his h.n.fa,.,or
aI,d
ri. do,.,nr tef, n yooa nronorty b,r
m, ,viit R,infivas s,vonnad Jn,rn IKE
. aoct ~ birIs rI,ncnaors had NOT
~, .,ton,.J ~, Ia1 40. i...I ..t,,,,s
.nd ore d.y ~. dIsc,,,er,.d mai ~. b,,5
,o,bt,, a, ali ex,,,.,,, N trvnt,,i ~ d,..
cent r,tnen, and tho sum NJ go
srb. .nI,ctd,.,,r.. ,b,, ,htx v,s ,b.. e,-
A., ,,r. 20 <evv yort decided Flmeo-
dorr,s cop,se tIc arrived in tho me-
tronahs without a nenuy bup,,,1 an N
baardInv house near thr siattou ear.
r,ca hIs ,rint tbaro a, I,is shnpider
and thcu went an, 20 looL for wor,
Tie had many oocun,ttans In the
next nv. wears but none 10 his liking
Finally he h,.,.ann. = ,.t.rt la t. small
ho.,i which Was l,aup, az ward ,..,,I-
fict,ns Yictdinv 10 tho ,.n,u,afi,n
tb,,. ,hroy-n tnfo bts Us,x bc ae,..i.
op.d In,o n iIc,,,.nsnt ~ Tho dtstrtct
ieaa,r Ic,rpI,s. NOR. ,rt,ls ,h,n no
hsd the har,lIl,,o,, nj MAY ana ,,ro,,,,.r.
In. IN. I,.sa b,A.a,,s., ~ III sc,uuieS
1, became a delusion Win hi,n. how.
ey.r ina, b,. ,r.s ,o,,,, ~, ,hc ,,,,,st ~.
boo,st IN created hc,n-ss tha, he
wo,,id do anv,bIng 10, n,on,.v aua ma,
only III hard ucs prevept.d MIN fro,u
selling his soul nj /, good nepre Once
WHOM his affairs were n, low cbb his
patron suggested The poIlcc. ami
Ijiu.rtorf b.,ramr n fu,ub.r of the
force In the firm t,ollef Thai a earr,,n,
man INK. himself could max. nancy
therein. Rut b. ind a ncrv.rse wn, OF
beln,. dlssstisf,ed win ten,n,atton
and he gained a r.outn,,on for hon.
reiv which his best friends denior.i
IL was purc chance. n mati,r no, wor.
thy of mrntIon. which secured his
transfer 10 tho stan of tho dc,.c,iy,
hur,,u IIe had no a,reti,e ,or ,h..
wort vet he mus, have ncss.ss.d /,
certain dtncss for Il perh,ns IN. nd.
v,nt,g. of a.riv mental ,r.i,t,,, .da.
ed TO nm unfalllny memory and a nor
crptIou Of iIttt4 things that was ,iu.
20 IN. German b,ood In him hcIncd 10
make N real J,tectlv,. M MIN
yct tb.re IN ma noncv IN d,,.,,,,,,
nion, and but small ndyonr.,n,,,, -
Elmcndorf well know WIN, ono
needs Is the skin ,o cons,ru,, !, yood
strong pull" coupled with the ca
pacity to turn the incidents OF the pro-
fession TO ones personal advantage.
In these Important particulars III, 1eu.
dorf was q dire failure. II. secured no
pull. and he wns forced To live almost
cntir.Iy upon his salary. Indeed his
continuance on the stan wns due
largely to the favor In which he wnz
held by certnin men connected with
the press. The feeling that II Elnep.
dorf should be sent back TO patroI duty
somebody would get .ronsted- for IL
long aud hard In at lens, two OF the
big papers was the deciding fnrtor in
hIs case on several occasions.
He was useful. however. In affairs
nike that with which the present rec
erd has to do. where carly rumor con
nectcd persons of prominence md
wealth with criminal eases and II was