The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-08

Jury has now been ont twenty eight
hours. Ms head spins, III walk in the
park an honr to toue ME up
That" | declared, is where Martin
went to smash"
1T is" assented the doctor. Cant
YOU some way connect that jury business
with the mystery? Can't you make that
and the walk i'll the park and the dizzy
head mean something to your Put your
self in his place. Mr.. Marsh, can't youo"
Can't see it, | replied Tim not a
NidocQ YOU know In short, l make
nothing out of it"
Nothing at all!' cried young Ma n,
III despairing voice. turned to ZEE
him at the door with a lady whom
supposed was his mother. They had
been eavesdropping, and | did not like
Nrangles OBTAINING hand, Mrs Martin.
came quickly to my side and sank down
with her arms about me
My darling.' " she whispered Won't
my love help you to see it all as it is"
leaped to my feet and flung the wo-
man off. Wrangles face was an added
Insult.
BY heaven. SIR | cried; III this is
a joke, well sir" and | started for the
door, Il don't wonder poor Martin left
home"
Just then the detestable Jolworthy en-
tered. | read insolent intentions i'll his
eyes and met them in perfect kind
They've enough OF you, sir !
growled, savagely as could,
He grinned iusultingly,
"Oh, drop this bluff, he said at
makes me tired
"Will YOU leave, sir. and let me finish
my business with these people," ! de-
manded, very angry.
Jolworthy sneered audibly started
for him. He lodged around the library
table. | vaulted over it. As | alighted
Jolworthy, possibly somewhat cut up by
my violence, extended his fist quite
vigorously, Something cracked back in
my head and l could do nothing but
fall on the floor.
1t will always seem that it was a very
long while later when | awoke. The
slender youth and his mother were over
me. They looked strangely alike-then it
began coming back Why, I was ip,my
house My wife and boy
"Mr. Marsh" he said, "are you bet
ter?"
was irritated.
Harold" l cried, whats the matter
with you? Don't you know your own
father7 Who is Marsh, and what's the
matter with my head Helena, how does
all this happen? Why, Helena!'
My wife threw a towel one way and
bottle of camphor the other, after
which she shriekcd in a. loud voice and
cast her arms about my neck ! will not
say what she said into my left ear
discovered that my right ear was COW
cred with a huge damp towel
Harold was yelling like an Indian buck.
And then that great boy kissed me.
was angry
BE quiet, you silly people" I cried,
striving to look not too deeply disgusted
over such hysteria. Now, tell me, did
the jury report?'
Harold whooped and Helena began to
Harold" I commanded sternly,
Something has happened Tell me-!
"Yes," cried Wrangle, who had been
standing behind me all the time. Tell
him, Harold, all of it-beginning with
three weeks ago"
reared my son to be truthful at all
times, but did not believe all he then
said. After he had done l turned to
Wrangle:
What brought me out of it?"
THAT laundering rap Jolworthy gave
you," he answered, grinning.
Il don't know who Jolworthy is" said
I, going over to Helena and taking her
in my arms then and there; "but white
or black, or whatever, insist that he
he invited here to dinner and that the
best in the house be his"
But Helena did not seem to care about
Jolworthy