Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-11-01
She looked at him with q food Of

She looked at him with q food OF
gratitude In her gray eyes.
"Yes-shes my twin sister-she was
Mr.. Rawlton's typewriter before she
ever knew Dick,--and she had written
some very foolish letters. Mr.. hawl
ton was madly In love with her ana
wanted To marry her. Marjorie is fool
ish and imprudent. but she's a good.
girl" anxiously. "she had let him
give her a diamond ring and hand
some presents OF all kinds. After she
met Dlck-she sent them all back. MT.
Rawlton has worried her ever since.
The notes were undated. and he has,
when drinking. threatened to show
them to Dick. Marjorie was very del
icate Just then and when she received
the note containing his threat
thought II would kill her-I went to
see Mr.. Rawlton that night myself. ]
made the appointment with him over
the telephone, and he had sent the
servants out purposely. He had been
drinking-he took the letters out oil
the desk and waved them tauntingly
In my face. There was q pistol In the
same drawer where the letters had
been. He picked II up suddenly and
said he had q great mind to blow his
brains out-just to make the mink un'
happy for the rest OF her life-to lei
her think she was the cause OF II. He
was as crafty intoxicated by then as
q man could possibly be. ] seized thu
pistol to prevent any chance OF his
harming himself. The pistol went on
hitting him In the forehead. ] only
had one lucid idea-that must not bt
found there. put the letters In m!
pocket. and the pistol. which had been
partly In my hand when the shot wa
fred-I also put In my pocket uncon
sciously. I slipped through the sid
window and went home. That's all.
she said. the deathly pallor spreadint
over her face again.
| Gilbert lifted her face with boil.
hands and looked into her eyes.
why did you apply to me for o
position as stenographer?" he asked
quietly.
She returned the look quietly rs ont
who had told the worst and no Longer
feared.
; Il saw In the papers that you had
charge of the case. and ] wanted to b.
where I would know the minute you
found out anything. could not bea'
TO expect to see my name In any pape!
| CHANGED to pick up. The suspense
was too dreadful"
Gilbert sat on the edge Of his desk
and reviewed the circumstances rap
idly.
"No-theres too much circumstan
tial evidence-you would perhaps bt
acquitted. but there would always b
people who remem5ered-and whit
doubted" he said. Mary. will you pu
the AFFAIR In my hands entirely and
let me manage II as think best?"
Her face suddenly relaxed into re
lieved content.
II could not find more capable
hands," she answered softly.
At the end Of 20 days Gilbert re
ported to the chief
You can mark me down one fall
ure," he said. lighting a cigar. non
chalantly. I'm tired Of the bloomins
thing. I'll acknowledge that ! haven't
been able to give It my undivided at
tention. The fact of the matter Is
I'm going to be married tomorrow t.
Miss Silverton. granddaughter OF ole
Gen. SIlverton you know"
The chief raised his spectacle'
above his shaggy eyebrows.
"Confound 1t, Gilbert, ] thought 20,
had more sense than the rest OF EN-
But there are times when no man hal
the use of his brains"
He rose and put his hand on TIT
younger mans shoulder.
But good luck to you. boy; goo'
luck! ! shan't expect anything-er--
sensible-of you just now"