New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-25

DO you believe that y she demanded
g Frankly" said Kendall, my opin-
ion is that Miss Miller knows perfectly
well who did this deed. =
And her motive for concealment ~
II leave that to her own heart was
| the reply. yet it would seem that
there could be but one''
/ "A motive of the heart" said Brenda.
"Do you realize that this amounts to
an accusation?"
! Then let us not speak Of it any
more" said Kendall ''Let us get back
to Mr.. Alden.
We have already done So" she said;
but the doctor would not be drawn
| into such an admission
| After the police officer had gone. :"
he resumed. Miss Miller asked me
whether note addressed to her had
been found in her room. / answered
yes, and then she inquired whether
| Mr. Alden had been informed OF her
| misfortune. Fearing to excite her,
| substituted for the truth the fiction.
! that just outlined to you, and my
poor little patient merely sighed. She
| did not ask when she could see Mr..
Alden nor mention his name again
in any connection
"From which you infer
Nothing whatever" insisted Ken
; dali.
"You do not trust me- said Brenda.
not without bitterness. "You believe.
Mr.. Alden guilty of this frightful crime,
and you dare not say so in my pres
ence for fear that l may not be dis
Greet and you may be put into an un-
pleasant position" 49,. e
81 could scarcely be put into posi-
ton more unpleasant than this one,"
said Kendall earnestly. 81 want to
tell you the exact truth about-about
everything that / know or imagine,
and it is deadly hard to do it when
you look at Inc as if were an enemy.
This is as near as |. can come to an
accurate expressions: Miss Miller's man.
ner convinces me that she is shielding
the assassin, and there is no known
reason why she should shield any one
else than Mr.. Alden ,l..
"But why not take the perfectly easy
alternative that she is telling the
truth?"
II will" said Kendall, 'if you wish
me to-"
IT am very serious" said Brenda.
"This is promise you are making?"
1T isl replied Kendall, his face
flushed and his voice not quite steady
1T is my word of honor given to you,
and so twice sacred as the word of
FRIEND" he added. ''You We're good
enough to say that we were friends
two years ago." ~.
81 have better cause to say it now"
she replied. Let me hasten to prove
my sincerity in the usual way. by bur-
dening you with confidence. You
must be wondering at me-"
'Why?"
because I am here'
, ct is fine thing" said Kendall
earnestly. $50 much know"
II will tell you more" rejoined
Brenda, land it will make you think
better of Mr.. Alden. This tragedy of
today is revelation to me, but not of
the kind that you suppose. Mr.. Alden
had not concealed from me that his
heart had been won away. but did
not understand. He told me of Miss
Miller's existence two months ago, but
would not hear all he wished to say.
He intimated that he had begun to re-
gard her with feelings that made his
engagement to me dishonorable I
viewed him with pity and Brenda
laughed very softly and without mirth.
Il was so incredibly ignorant of every
thing outside my own sphere that
could not imagine the existence Of
such woman as lies now In that room
out there. 49,.
"Clareiice said she was an actress,
and he looked at the as man upon
the defensive. can see him now.
pictured 4 siren, creature grotesQuely
Unworthy. appealing to his wild and
RECKLESS nature with thin articles
that would be clear as glass to him
when he should view them with a dis
passionate eye. Truly, was only
sorry for him. ashamed of him a little,
yet very anxious to help him. 1t seem.
ed to me that breaking our engage
ment would be the very worst thing
that could happen to him. and so re.
fused to consider the woman ut all.
One meets hen in society. DR.. Ken
dali, whose well known ways Of life
have An unfortunate tendency to per-
vert women's ideas in such matters
We admit the existence of certain per.
sons whom we see in the park with
elegant equipages. but we cannot con.
slider them as rivals"
''But surely he spoke OF her with
respect - said Kendall.
Absolute" replied Brenda, .'but
thought him the more fool. He said
one evening" remember and It was
only Z very short time ago that Miss
Miller cared nothing for him and never
would. l was merely convinced by his
sincerity that the woman was playing
Z deep game. and swore by such gods
rs have that would sxve him from
her. AndBo It went on until last even
ing, when he sent me note which