The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-09

/ street with scarcely a nod of recOgni-
/ ton Maitland kept MOllie informed
/ as to their love affair. He wished to
\ make the baron so hated by his former
/ sweetheart that she would try TO ruin
/ him. At the time he was gaining her
/ confidence. After several weeks of this
/ maneuvering he made an engagement
( with Mollie TO meet him at dinner. She
] was also to bring her brother, who had
/ but recently turned Gp and who Matt
/ land was anxious to see. When this
I was arranged Maitland invited the
baron and Mabel to the same luncheon.
I Mollie came first and her brother
! followed Something in the mans face
or figure seemed very familiar to Matt
land and yet he did not remember 10
have seen him before. But as the
brother raised u glass of wine the de-
! tective almost leaped from his chair
There. clasped about the stem of the
champagne glass, were the fingers he
had been so long seeking. There was
no mistaking the hand. He would
( have known it among million How
many hours he had pored over its out
line. building up from the faint red
lines a complete structure. He had
I often thought he could tell just the
/ texture of the skin. And here it was
/ Just as he had pictured it,
]
courtly, his companion fresh and pretty
as a wildwood flower. For this night
she had laid aside her new finery and
wore a simple dress, no ornaments save
/ bunch of violets at her throat. At
/ their entrance MOllie's eyes flashed
/ fire and the man beside her grew livid.
| But before word could be said Matt
land sprang up and, grasping the bar
| on's hand, said: My dear fellow,
/ hoy ole tn
sit at our table. And you. Miss Mabel,
/ how pretty you are tonight. Here are
/ some old acquaintances. Now we shall
have a jolly time"
| Il decline to meet them" said Mollie,
rising.
"A tramp and a street waif!" sneered
! the brother.
Take that back or by heaven you
will never speak again" shouted Van
StaaI, advancing on the stranger.
You are; you know you are"
/ shrieked Mollie, beside herself with
rage. Where did you get the money
with which to trick out this little
mink? From the express company.
! All need to do is to say the word and
| you go to the pen"
! "And then" cried her companion,
your little pet there can go back to
\ the street" A blow on the cheek cut
I staggered under the force of it, but.
| drawing a revolver, would have fired
| had not Maitland caught his hand and
wrested the weapon from him. But he
was now mad with rage and, springing
at the baron's throat, he cried
Tramp! thief, devil It is my money
| you have been spending; mine, mine.
mine, mine. You dug it up out there
! I'm the swamp and ran away with it.
/ will have uO71r- life
Not just yet said Maitland, step
ping between the two men and cover
ing both with a revolver in each hand.
Your lives are too precious to be vast
ed in that way. For the present they
belong to me-" He blew upon whistle
and four officers entered.
Take charge of these men, he said.
! 'Handcuff them securely and see that
they do not escape. This lady. too.
may as well go along. This little girl
is innocent. 7 viii see that she is
properly cared for"
At the trial the baron, with ingenious
COmplacency. confessed his part in the
affair He smilingly acknowledged his