Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22

certain to protect a lady, and go for
| help II 1T were needed, is whet has
made Mrs. Brathwaite feel so Sc
/ cure
AT this moment another door was
opened and someone came into the
hall. We all three stepped hurriedly
out from the dining-room to find
Miss Dacres standing there IN a
wrapper. She staggered and seemed
dazed. She brought peculiar chem
zeal odor with her.
what on earth is all this noise %
she said. do you call this a quiet
house? / have not been able to sleep
a wink, at least since / was walked
up about an hour ago by your CAB
| bling. shall leave tomorrow. Oh!
Oh! 1 feel SO dizzy" She clutched
at the stair rail and dropped her
candle on the mating.
81 think" began, I was about
to add-'you will,' when Elder
Wynne stopped me with a glance. i
saw now that had better keep quiet
and leave matters to him.
"Is it this gentleman who has the
back room who is making all this
disturbances she continued "You
told me, you remember, when came
here that he never was at home at
night, that"
Here Mr.. Beldon stepped forward
and bowed. 81 am glad at last to
meet this young lady face to face,''
said he. "Will you introduce me to
her, Mrs. Brathwaite ?''
GA strange place and time," 1 re-
marked.
II do not wish to know you, sir"
| answered Miss Dacres, freezingly
''You have annoyed me ever since I
have been here, and if there were
not very potent reason for my re-
naming, 1 should leave at daybreak."
Mr.. Beldon turned away, apparent
ly much mortified. "She's regular
tartar" he whispered in my ear.
what have done to her?''
ut was only DR.. Wynne's cough"
said l, (which got me up. He has
his syrup now, and will go back to
bed" took the glass from the old
man and turned to go up the stairs,
whereupon Miss Dacres also turned
and went into her room and locked
the door. Mr.. Beldon followed suit
as to his own chamber, and Elder
Wynne and 1 were left facing each
other.
He began to cough and wheeze as
he mounted the stair, following me.
AS L was on the fourth step, heard
sound in the upper hall. I looked
upward' and distinctly saw the
whisking away of red wrapper.
Only Aunt Jane Mary wore a red
wrapper. Could Glory have come
into the house to sleep and have
taken my aunt's robe? That was
the only solution that I could come
to. What an outrage! Could such
thing be possible?
L went on to my room, and to nv
surprise, when I turned to close my
door, saw that Elder Wynne was
close behind me. He followed me
into the chamber, and saved me the
trouble of closing my door Then
he Strengthened himself, and in a
twinkling threw off all his disguise,
and stood before me, an erect, wiry,
clean-shaven man of, should think,
about eight and thirty. 1 opened my
mouth to exclaim, 1 suppose, per-
haps to scream. He raised both
hands in air.
Don't say word" he whispered.
You know that 1 am all right.
came with President Smith. You
can trust me-"
1 was certainly very much fright
ened. Perhaps this man was playing
upon me. Perhaps he was deceiving
Marmaduke Smith as well as me.
Now be quiet" said Elder Wypne
perfectly quiet. I don't ask you
to believe anything that I say. You
can go in town and see Marmaduke
Smith tomorrow morning and ask
him. You will see that speak the
truth. l am a detective on the DO
lice force of the city, sent out to
Gainesville in the interest of a
better government. Now I will go
back to my room. Go to sleep, Mrs.
Brathwaite, and rest assured that 1
am exactly what I tell you l am.
But let me give you a note of warn
ing. Do not attempt to manage this
case yourself. I will attend to it,
With these words he picked up his
disguise and slipped across to his
own 'room.s 1. locked the door and
lay down to quake until morning. I
did not sleep a single wink, and at
about six o'clock, pale and red
eyed, l descended the stairs. l felt
wrecked in body and mind AS soon
as it was time, I should send in to
tho Ci11o oro 60.