La Junta tribune., 1907-04-13

'Did you give Him anything to eat or
drtik:". Ism
NO"
n Az She made this reply my memory
GlsEr.l NJ once 70 III, glimpse of her
ihat I hud h:Id 1t thr whr'owa. hi,
9tAIrai witihlsg hae ". .;lIt rot the rwiah.
1 isiI,gys 4 ,FHlgA hlyc kppwp that she
was GDt te.!,ns TIE u'aih.
v DID IN a;s aIa se,a.seh, 10 Ike thc
ni; lpr,wi.A Atar;'' lgr.- ,rat-r,g
Yes; he va faint He thought II
Wa f-iS tnTt R9 "wsr Sfnp.ttns.
He .ai hiszlEGs felt wlnR5au
Il taaU H. taoy looked queer" said
rG-,is "Ttc,c'ait the 'i,s,r."s Elttwdns N
nulf of very small one, Il found it
IT, his pocSe! lie was going to have
it cyntnlncd. | suppose. Wen. I'll do
that. but its poisoned sire enough.
Now" he continued, pointing his iiag"r
ut the girl IT. whose advantage Is this
mans dcuth-to whose advantageg'
II beg your pardon" said /. is this
Young lady under nrrest?'' agg.
At this moment II hnsty hand was
laid upon the knob Of the door which
communicated with the shop, .-.r-
..You can't come in." said the mar
slnl. but he was mistaken, The, lock
OF the door burst With Il rattle OF splin-
Stcrs. and Frank tllGord preciptnted
himself into the room. 9Gl ,'JsDIas .
e. Giant cnme:in. ehj' said he. r'Whnt
,lu you think about u now" ..,.,i is,,.,. /
He strobe across to the little millincr
and standing beside her, sarcd nt the
marshal. who had hot risen ffoin his
chair or even paused inl c;iressins his
silky nlistachc.
.:Glnd to sne you. Mr.. GliIord,o said
he. speaking through his hand. Have
a seat and tell ms where yoit got this
cigar that yon gave 10 yt,ir unrlc"4 b +.
Rcfore, he could reply the young wo-
man stepped in front Of him. and she
wns ii picture. had always thought
her beautiful. but in II somewha tepid
style. She was quite IL different crca-
turc NOW. :fr-t Ii r-rr rf- r.Nf-rsf -
mir. CliTord-Air. Duncan Clifford :
got that cigar here, In this store" she
criel. He told me so" !.4',i '' ~
70 The inarsliaI rose and stepped to the
broken door. now guarded ON the ont
side hy some serviceable citizen who
had appointed himself deputy.
7 ''Scnd Edgrworth In here. said the
marshal but it appeared that the to
bacconist- -jcwef''r was not present. No
one knew what in,d become OF him. .
...Ah. lie told you so!'' said the mar.
I Hmi tnriiing to the millincr and calm.
ly rcsu,ring the conversation. 'How
did lie happen TO do tliat:'rB ai4t,I /
rs don't remember, she answered.
but II the cigar wns poisoned i know
why. Mr. Edgcworth hls annoyed me
beyond endurance with his attentions.
He knew that Mr.. Duncan Clifford
came to see me often. He believed that
l preferred Mr. clifford and he linteti
him insanely."
I $50 Mr. clifford used to come TO sec
yon: Why:' 'a Ht3 s.a,s .
TO persuade me to 90 away" was
the reply. He offered me money. lie
was trying to separate me from
Frank" +a'"
ITO give up I'ranky' said tie mar
shal. What are you to him.
Il am his WIFE" she answered. but
Mr.. Clifford did not know It,"
And II lie had known It Frank
might have lost half n million dollars.
I see" .t.--..I..,l ,a4 =
The entrance OF Mr.. Edgeworth in.
terrupted tiils line OF quest ioning. p
@s".Al,.T Edgew6rth: good evening"" said
tile marshal 2Ha1ana.99 .y.;iI. ai !
Good evening, Captain Ford re-
sponded the tobncconist In n deep.
heavy voice TINT sounded strange from
his marrow chest a6d tliin lips. iaa- .
il%When did you sell this cigar to
Duncan, ClInOrdy'' asked Ford. Z. ~. .
The, ,tobacconist took the half coll
sumed cigar and examined IT In The
manner ~ mn expert i's:S t.3", i3ti..9
"I never carried. these goods.!' he
snid. ..lts sort Of large tobacco clgH
rette,. sold, eight In = box little TN
box, ]. think they're chilled the Mar.
qufs.' 'iaI-'" 's'H ''2'' '-1"tS -"
ID 'rbe marshal tarbed tolIFrauk. .bsi!q
"Give me your eiEsr cate Or 1hst.
ever you carry -thsns-ln." said he.
"Yon hays pp,sutbofityr" sEsank be-
gan. ------
Haven't IIri retorted F.ortit dtaw wlnl
u revolver. '.'You are under arrest
Well search you mt the station, and !
know what we'li' find." 4N'' s'''''f'"
WALT one m0ment."l SAID Frank
with more uaimr,ess than ] Should have
expected of SO excitahle y. man. ~
will admit that ] gave TINT cigar q, my
uncle after dinner and another Ike y
this evening ] do not believe tint II
IS poisoned. or course II Isn't. aIfhad
nothing to do with this crime. II 1t Is
n crime. and, .ts,,,.. t.i.,s,,r.,g,,s,,.
~ gave him wine In My room" cried
Esther. panic stricken Will fe;tr for
the man she loved ''rhe bottle has
been uncorked. where uny one--this
man. She flushed the sentence W
n wild g~itiise toward f:dgeworth.