Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-01

Ike to keep him. He's good QUE
i know that" replied Cheney
| Guthrie Is good at anything he uD-
/ dertakes but | don't believe H. fan
/ cies this 'bullering business Come
/ around tomorrow afternoon and | VIII
tell YOU all
Now Cheney was ready to move
swiftly and surely in his work lie
was sure before that Grace Money Ind
| cent the threatening letters now he
! knew H. All that was left TO do was
/ to bring about the denouemyht.
Just OF of Cheneys ofiicn was an
| alcoye room before the door Of whicn
J hung curtain In this alcoNe was his
/ secfetary'S Office. and his secretary was
a very bright woman named May Wood
/ Cheney called her.
Miss Wood. tomorrow morning
want YOU to BE- iu your office con-
/ stantly | expect a lacy visitor quite
/ society woman In fact. aud want
! every word spoken while she Is here
taken down
Cheney again interviewed the post
| master and that gentleman promised
| 10 have Ms Abney in his Cheney -
/ Office the next morning lie knew her
| and would not have any trouble In
! inducing her 10 come. Cheney didn't
/ want her husband 10 Come-uOt lust
Yet. II at an It depended on the Wo-
I man
/ The next morning about II O'Clock
Z the postmaster and Ms Abney al
/ rived. She was a beautiful woman,
1 stylisnly goWneG and possessed a pair
/ Of blue black eyes The Introduction
was brief and the postmaster with
| drew Mrs Abney had herself under
| splendid control She knew nothing
| OF what was go store Tor her Cheney
too WaS good 90 look upon that moIu-
/ Ing he was well dressed and decorated
With a red Carnation
Mrs Abney' he began after his
guest was comfortably seated iu Am
easy chair, Il am connected with the
government service, and in process Of
my work ! have formed an idea that
something is wrong with the stamp
department Of the 81 Louis postofice
And what has that 10 do with me.
pisyr asked Mr. Abney iu ri'1
contralto voice. Her eyes were look
Hg susight gi COT. Cheney
Wait please II is thought there
arc q nlWber NJ spurious stamps be-
ing sold VA ST. Louis The sub sta
lion Heor yoHr residence IS suspected
~ being implicated
What Nj Johnson Impossible.
Col Cheney. impossible
Mrs Abncy. nothing is impossible.
I have not said Mr. Johnson was i"-
rlltated. 7 am rrr-'" investigating.
~ course Mr. Abney buys an his
Fiany. tovujoHa. boat YOU, ] pre-
same. purchase STAN" Tor your cor
respondence ~ The sub station near
where YOU live"
cheney spoke In we'll modWsicd
voice His Waunrr Vas that NJ gene
tlawan his eyes were quiet. there vas
not the least sign cf gu Interior mo-
tive in this tala The hook WAS bait
Cd aud Dangling near the 6sh. and tho
nsh rjhhicd
"Yee." replied Ms. Ahney. n buy
,iq u- frautartl, ffo'u ~ Johnson
Just so. And when did you last
buy any from him.
WHY lci me SEQ three days ago
II remember ar~ht'
Hor wcworv WAS good that MAS the
DAY Johnson reuorted the sale and re-
turned tho remaining half sheet Not
= muscle of Cheney's face moved, the
swilc vss siill there
Have voT used ~ YOU bought ON
that day. Mrs. Cheney"
WIZ no ! have some Of them
here now. Here they are she sail
laying some IS stamps ON tho Table.
col cheney tArcleSsly took them.
The fsh bad swallowed the halt, hook.
line and sinker. Al that remained
was 20 land the nrizc.
Mrs. Ahnev hC xan ia wonder what
an this questioning from this quiet
maIcrful man meant 4 slightly I'M
/ comfortable feeling began stealing
/ over her Miss Wood was seated in
the curtaincd alcoye. taking down
every word,
IL have told Won all know, Col
Cheney. and now beg YOU to excuse
me. | have an appointment and must
go
The fish was running out with the
| line: Il must be brought back
wait. Just moment. please
said the colonel You know MT.
Fred Stanton. do YOU not?"
Mrs Abnevs heart began beating
faster. The color faded from her face.
Eyes. I know him. what Of IT,
You were engaged to him. were
you not7"
col Cheney. your remarks are be-
coming personal anG 10 say the least
impairment ] did not come here 10
b. msuted You have no rignt TO
talk TO me like that ! shall tell Mr..
Abney and he can settle with you.
She turned 90 leave. but Col. cheney.
who had risen again. said Wait
aud this time there was no misidking
the tone. II was a command
Excuse me. Mrs. Abney. but | do
rot think YOU win tell Mr.. Abney any,
thing about H. You were IN love
with Fred Stanton and YOU are yet He
married another woman and you de-
termined 20 get even with him. You
couldn't attack him. you couldn't find
weak spot In his armOr: but YOU
knew his wife YOU knew her condi-
ton. You would strike him through
her. Then YOU used the most damn
able Of weapons. the anonymous let
te~. You sent them 10 Mrs. Stanton.
YOU sent them TO his friends Just
one falling in Mrs Stanton's hand aud
your revenge would have been COM
lcte. You wouldn't write the letters.
YOU cut words out ~ the newspaper
and pasted them on a sheet SINH
NMl IN WN AfNftHANN AANH t'NA = ANNA
bought the paper az the stationery
store near your house. the stamps from
johnson. and while YOUR husband was
AZ his office YOU did your despicable
work. DO YOU deny this?' Col cheney
ended BY laying nine letters on the
table
When Cheney first began 20 talk
Mrs. Abney stopped. looked AZ him
hall over her shoulder and as his ac-
cusations were hurled forth a. her
she fully turned. Her color LEFT her
and her ewes moved rcsilessly from
side TO side But she was quick
vittcd woman aud when he had I'm
ished she had partly rcgaincd her
Composure
"A likely story, Col Cheney. a very
lkelv story indeed YOU have con-
oocted. Clever detective work She
was sneering you have found out
! bought papcr and envelopes. that I
bought stamps. So might any number
Of people have done the same. But
you detectives have TO accuse some
one. 80 YOU accuse me. You get me in