The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-06-22
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handed her into the carriage. lis
tened patiently q few minutes 10
her fearful and nov indignant flow
Of words. aud then BOT before her
his own plan aud promise. II
ended Ia his leaving her within the
doorway 81 her mothers poor little
home In the NaepoBgall quarter
with a slip ot paper In her eagerly
elutehlng fingers aud her promise
that never again would she. OF
should her brother. approach the
HaYnor mansion in search Of Ned
Bufnham.
not one word Of this had be told
VIM beyond the mention Of his
having visited MaeDougall street
Not one whisper Of u could he tell
him now, for his chum'u sinful
secret was aH n sacred thing There
had been no hetfafala ln Sigma Chi
VIM. remembering lngrnham'H eK-
PLANTATION and hia own surprise that
anything should take man Of In
Krahama social standing 10 such a
quarter. was puzzlInE over the mea-
sage aud putting things together.
That was message 30. l. The
next came a few days later and
again 20 the care % Capt VIM.
who meantime had rciulned bis
regiment az somewhat distant
camp. So that the message was
nearly three days older when Il
reached the hands OF our college
bred recruit and found him broom
ing cut the dusty EauEway Of the
stables lie had sent the fret %
nutnham. bidding him find Major
Chalmers. N atiIl IN New York and
n Chalmers denied all knowledge Of
the dispatch. as inEmhhm believed
be would. then n eurravur through
the telegraph officials. and If need
be tbs chief Of police. 90 detect the
sender. -Four times ln two weeks
iuHTahHm had written full-hearted
aud affcctiouate letters 10 bis ehum
Three times lu those two weeks had
letters come ia at least partial re-
plF. aud over those letters Hef had
ponaefed long aud painfully Even
AZ be bore thia second telegram
from the darkensd depths If the
stables 90 the MONDAY light With
cut. be was thinking 81 the fret %
those letters written four days after
their parting Il read
Dear Rex Yours from Wizards.
Wlth ita strange Enclosure. came 10
the old den. - dismal without you.
tao days ago. and ever since ] have
been working and puErlinE Chai-
mera left Tor tha South the night
after sou left for Washington there
waa bad news of Premier reported
DYING az Baton huuKei. but / have
not yet been able 20 find the office
from which that remarkable mes
sage Wns sent Chalmers Was with
the governor quite a while the
sxenlf9 20 the discovery aud expect
ed to he the bearer 81 good deal
81 that money hack 10 Mississippi
aud Louisiana lie had % 60 wlth-
out q dollar because Watson sealed
un everything antll uncle should re-
cover Chalmers aent awny wrath
Gal. saying ugly things about uncle
aud bis miuiuna. and he was ia q
mood 10 send yen that dispatch and
Rad time % do T. Chalmers pro-
feasea 90 believe the assault and
robbery Of which yon we're the vie
tim vas all a plant that goa hired
somebody % knuek you down and
fnn. after you had carefully hidden
the gold. Thea that old fool II a
Watson admitted to him that sou
sera several minutes alone ~ the
open safe while Editha was away
saying adicu % her captain down
Ia the ball Then. bat pahaw' Rex.
bat should ! be telling you these
ldiuiIe stories for uf course there's
always a lot 81 amateur detectives
aud fool headed pfattlera AZ anch
times. aud yoa'd split your sides
Laughing. or swearing. az the theo-
riea I've had % listen Co. Indeed. I
most had a fiaticuff with one follow.
Sigma Chi II that bat be took water
a. once aud others iuterpoaed Rest
assured you shHn.t suffer while I'm
around
The governor steadily improves
physically. and Tracy says that he'll
soon be sitting up and might reeov-
er entirely. only he seems 30 dread
fully cut up about these and other
losses II Is Edltha who nov
seems 20 need the doctors aften-
ton. She ia keeping her room just
nov. with Mrs Fairbanks to com
fort her. and hasn't been down
stairs for three DAYS. Nothing fur
Their from oar importuuate Via-
ilafa Brother James seems % have
meandcrcd elsewhere. n bo Is her
brother. which | have doubted these
many mooua Thine. NED"
The next arrived five DAYS later.
Dear Rex understand. Of
course. just how annoyed ron feel
about this miserable business. but I
don't understand how you can ex-
pect mo 60 give you categorical de-
tails. n isn't 50 much tho words
people use. It's the way people use
them-tho way they look. and the
tone. or expression or something
can't describe it-that betraya the
suspicion lurking IN their brains.
Don't insist dear boy | assure you
I am doing everything in nay power
10 get 90 the bottom OF this outrage
that's what I cali a. and your
aauInn hack would only cnmnlIeafa