The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-20

senger named Frank Chaplin is sent in
with a note by the driver, saying a
man has been fatally injured and de
SlreS the minister to attend at once.
Armoy responds with alacrity, taking
ms seat beside the driver. and is soon
being driven down Maple street toward
the home Of Edna Lee He does not
know, on account Of the darkness of the
street at what house they stop. As
ne enters the door. he is seized from
behind by stalwart men and a hood
saturated with a drug is thrust down
over has head. After he has lost con-
seriousness, he is undressed and put to
steep ln the bedchamber of Edna Lee.
a hey to the room is put in his clothes,
a basket of choice wines, some of the
bottles broken and half empty is put
alongside the bed. In this condition he
il round by two policemen called SlOuth
ana Scraggies, who break into the
room, rouse him from what they be
/ ileVe to be a drunken stupor and take
him 10 the police station
! The papers are full Of the scandal on
/ the Following morning. The city could
/ not have been more startled. declares
4 the author had il awakened to find
/ that during the night an active volcano
/ had burst from one of the mountains
/ nearby
/ Armby engages Judge Truman, one
/ OF the ablest and most highly respect
/ ed lawyers Of the city, to conduct his
/ defense and the preliminary hearing is
I immediately set The first witnesses
/ called by the prosecuting attorney
are Mike Harms. Abe Wood and Ned
/ FRANKLIN who swear to having seen
I ARMY repeatedly enter the Lee house,
( usually after dark and sometimes late
3 az night. Abe Wood declares that on
I the previous night he saw Armby IN
4 lock the side door of Miss Lees house
/ and enter, taking with him a basket.
! ne cnlef Of police sweaTs that numeT-
/ Gus complaints had reached him that
/ Armby was visiting the Lee place for
/ immoral purposes. and he had detailed
l two reliable men TO look into the mat
I ter They had frequently seen Armby
50 there at night, but having no means
/ OF knowing the purpose Of his visits
/ the chief called his men off. On the
I DAY OF the shock he was told that If he
would send some of the police force TO
a certain place they would secure evil
dence that could not be ignored Ac-
cordingly, he had detailed Slouth and
Scraggles to probe the matter to the
( bottom. The chief declines to make
/ known the source of his complaints,
as he is pledged to secrecy. Officer
Slouth relates the details of the dis
covery Of Armby in bed. Abe Wood
having informed them that he was
there Miss Lees rage upon entering
the room to find the officers there was
mentioned She had not been home
until after the arrival of the officers. I
He testiiies also that Armby was in
toXicated.
Armby goes on the stand in his own
behalf and relates what happened up
to the time he was drugged.
In the denomination the key TO
the room which had been placed in
Armby's pocket is brought up and Gre
ates a profound sensation in the court
room.
Armby is released on a bond signed /
by Colonel Blakeslee. who. in spite of
the serious and damaging case against
Armby, uoes not lost. e0nffdence-1fi nm 7
Evelyn Blakeslee sends for him the day
following. and. saying the time has
come for her to speak, declares her
love. Armby goes to the BIakesiee 4
mansion to live. He determines after /
while to leave the city for a time /
and starts out for the Deep river cOun- I
try. wild and perilous portion of the /
state Before leaving. he sees Edna /
Lee, the unfortunate girl upon whom 4
all the blame is falling.
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After Armby's departure she finds /
herself in sore distress. Because of 1
the blemish upon her name. she can 4
get no sewing to do. TOpliff appears. !
and, without making known his iden- 1
uty. forces money upon her. Every
evening she finds silver piece upon /
the floor. Finally she discovers the /
source Of the silver stream. and there
after will not touch IT, Topliff. believ- {
ing he has made great inroads into
her favor. finally ventures to call. She
receives him with pistol in hand. and
when he makes to her an immoral pro-
posal she aims the weapon at his head 4
and backs him out of the door. Top
lifts outrageous proposition and GER
tain discriminating remarks are over
heard by Colonel BlakesIee and his
daughter. who have at the right mo-
ment appeared at the house to offer aid
to Edna Lee. The conversation is also
heard by mysterious little woman in
black. who stood at the door They al
low TOphh TO depart, then rush to the
suffering girl. although the mother
stops long enough to bury her fingers
in Topliff's long hair and hiss her name
Marian Lee-intO his ear As il aft
erwards develops, the woman in black
is the mother of both Edna Lee and
Armby, who have. of course. not
dreamed of their relationship. any more
than Edna has dreamed she is the il
legitimate daughter Of TOpliff.
Things work out in favor Of Armbv
after the event with TopIiff at the Lee
house One by one, the friends Of the /
minister drop onto clues that indicate
a black conspiracy. Edna is taken into
the home Of the Blakesiees and suffers (
a long siege Of illness. during which
she is nursed by the woman in black.
After she is Wen again. Edna in spite
of Blakeslee's remonstrances takes her
pet horse and starts out for Deep River
to bring Armby back. She has :. merrill
Gus journey over mountain passes and
rugged country inhabited by GIocksin's
band probably Robbers RoosD. At
an inn the first night out she discov-
cred that Topliff and Sharply had fol-
lowed her. During the night she over
hears them plotting to prevent the re-
turn of Armby by killing him. if need
be. AS for the girl it is decided to
slaughter her horse and thus interruDt
her journey. Edna finds in the land
lord of the inn the man in whose fam
lily she had come west. and he speedily
prepares and starts out for Deep River
with her during the night The fellow
who comes 10 kill her horse finds only
one in the barn and discovers when if
is too late that TOplif's animal is that
one week is lost on the trim on
account Of the disabling of the horse
but Edna perSeveres and finally gets
again under way, but unaccompanied.
Her journey is an exciting one. Toplin
and Sharply have hired a band Of ont
laws to Overtake her at any cost. AS
She is speeding along a ravine one dav
she discovers that she is being chased.
Her horse finally falls. exhausted. and