CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-01-23
CHAPTER I.
AN IrsM OF NEWS.

U~ - ~ should by all th. best
NXOkJI traditions. Surely the
creature could not
have squirined through thai tangle OF
humanity between Brenda aud the
door OF the car. Yet there he was.
standing close against her knees and
looking straight up into her fnce.
Often the eyes Of children seem TO
read our hearts. II ~ because they are
new 10 the world aud are content with
superficial views. Adults try 10 look
in through our eyes. and they fail. aud
we note the faliEre: hut children du not
try. and we. s"sIng them satisfied. treD
Bile for our .nmost secrets.
Brenda shook her bend TO Intimate
that she had no wish to buy the news.
but the boy did not move. He coutin-
ued to bold his papers before her. gnz-
ing over them into her face meanwhile
with an unwinkInE starr,
II was prohable that II she bought
paper the boy would pass on. 10 iiron-
da laid hand upon her purse. The
hnnd remained there rigid. and for
some slow seconds the ragged urchin
and the smooth product OF all tbs social
rehn.ments were Ike figures on a can
vas. both for nxliy OF pose aud for bal
anee OF contrasting expressions. the
child still calmly staring. his utter ig
norance conntrrfcirius wisdom. the wo-
man tense and eager. her eyes search
ing and unsntlsted.
Il viii take this paper" she said.
speaking with considerable effort and
she gave the boy colu
- - n. "a
walk Of Broadway. gazing across at the
ugly brick front of the opera house
with a confused notion that II could
give her important information. but
WIS pcrverSely refusing to do so
She merely wished TO know where
she was. mud the familiar scene I'm
pressed her as " she had not l'een
there In n long time and had forgotten
Then her mind became clear. She
paused In deep thought and at Its end
raised her hand as II TO heckon TO
cabman: but. changing her purpose.
she stepped into doorway aud read
once more the item In the paper that
the little boy had thrust under her eyes
Al the trx, glance one who knew
Brenda might have xaid that the story
lay outside her world and could not in
tcres, her However. u was what
journalist might call good news" and
therefore II was printed with the lines
very far apart by way Of emphasis
and II bore the marks OF haste Tbus
II ran:
Elsie Miller. an sets.ss iisinE st i,s West Thtf
iy-sishih street stsbl-J b. .asns person IN
known In her lhis sfterneau
II is iodEing horse o~r.d and Occspisd By
Mn Alice slnmoss Miss Miller had Hired In the
rear room 90 ths trsi eosr iot .onss ntanibN
Tbe crime discovered BY servant. ~ho ~
tsred the room and found Miss Miller nnosnseieo'
thr soor. pr. 4. O. nisir Of ico wrsi rfify'
eighth street hastily Summoned. ard he pro
nouDeed the wound u,ortsi u Is lust below the
collar bone. the left sists, extending sharply
dc~n~srd within the body and undoubtedly pierre
ing the outer ~sll az the heart hat Miss Miller
rboaid have survived The ~ouns ionEvt thsn tee
s,cusd, s regarded usirav,ioes By Dr. Blsir
and other physicians sescrzi Of whom. Including
Ambulance sorE~on Csrrtngton u 81 Wiui'red's
hospital. ~err At the hou>r within ic~ minutes
after IN. diseossrs Of the ertrne.
The wespsr sss hpnting knife. having long
elsas and d~ef's loot handle The blade ss -
euiisr. being much thihn-r than that al the crii
nsfy bunting knits II found on the sccr
bessde ths body. says that she has sern
the knlie In Mis- Miiicf's rsom within the last
fsw days
On . table 10 the room ~as a letter which msy
explain tie whole affair, Tue police have II ahd
rtfuss TO divpKs its ruuientA but Vt s known
that tho wrttef Is Ciseepce .licn bfokcr
~ith Office on Broad street tie is the nnlt son
of the late st Clair Alden. who pfsciirslb dts
Inherited him
Mis-. Miller Is . very toau,iiui Eirl. ,sii sod o,
the brunette iype She Is % yssrs old. 81, PLAY
cd the part Of Mamie in The Hone,hcs,' an
unsuccessful coms.iy produced In this city two
year, ago. since thsu her sors has not been seen
hsr-.
Brenda walked down Broadway to
Thirty eighth street and turned west
ward Immediately she perceived the
morley crowd which the news of the
crime had brought together and she
hesitated. Then. shutting her Hips
firmly together. she n snmcd her orig
iual purpose
The house numbered l5S had n high
stoop and yard the size OF dinner
table. in which the grass was green and
well warcred, though the neigbboring
yards were brown with the heat and
drought OF thnt remarkable month OF
June. The house itself had an air OF
neatncss and the flavor OF home. bu,
Its privacy had been invaded FIRST by
crime and then by nli the train thar FOL
lows II. The door stood ajar for pry'
ing eyes, aud the two gigantic police
men lounglng ut the head OF the steps
seemed the chief intrudcrs rather than
the guardians OF the place. Brenda,
for NIL that was upon her mind, felt the
desecration and shuddered nj H.
The policemen, who had been leaniar
against the ratings. stood erect aud
pu, their shoulders together as Brenda
ascendcd the steps. They seemed to
MI all the space aud their heads 10 tow
er TO the house top. But the thing must
be gone through with now. and Brenda
gathered all her force.