La Junta tribune., 1907-12-14


Q brother OF youns. I should think you
had sat for this yo,rr~elf.'
-Mr. Shenstoue * d.>tautiy rela'ed &c
me-" he replied. We have common
ancestor"
But Is this sos.i OF Shensione:'' de
n,andei. tapping the photograph Il
never saw him"
You might ask Mr.. Miles" said he.
summoned Miles and showed the
picture.
Fine he exclaimed. Couldn't be
better
"Did you ask Shenstone FOR this:"
said To Sidney. He nodded.
Ever meet him beforeT'' Sidney
shook his head
Was he surprised at the sight Of
your
.He certainly WAS and amused too,
The resemblance Is so close AS 10 lie
really Ridiculous. considering the dif-
ference In our circumstances.
paid sidney the additional SiJ. and
though subsequently l.arned that
he himself had posed for the picture
1 never regretted the bargain.
About two months later somewhat
mysterious stranger called upon me
to inquire for Sidney Coibert's ad-
dress. SnsIecting this man to I've a
collector. I declined to give the de-
sired information. On the following
day lawyer from the Wall street
district came with the same request
He assured me tina, he WAS acting in
my friends interest. l told him that
Sidney Was just recovering from an
illness and was In miserable circum-
stances and that ! would make 1t
warm for any one who annoyed him.
Then gave the address.
was not altogether easy In my
mind. however. and consequently
called nj S;dney's lodgings one even
Ing In the latter part OF that week. He
was not III home. and nobody had
seen him for two days. Much dis
turbed. went to see Miss Dean in
the studio buildiny where she dwelt
In girl bachelor fashion.
Miss Dean WAS quahing with nery-
BUSINESS. though she tried To conceal II.
l was sure that she had been pacing
the floor which was Uttered with all
the evening newspapers. She began
by telling me that she did not know
where Sidney was. bur when l smiled
upon her sadly she abandoned that de-
ception and admitted that she did
know, but WAS pledged not TO tell.
He has been 50 ili.' she cried.
ciinchin. her hands dis;ractedly. He
ought to Lee Ia the country. where he
could he quiet and have pure air TO
breathe
rs he In any sort OF trouble;" !
asked. and she said no. except that lie
was very weak from illness and
needed rest.
lis lie at work.
Yes
Then he will soon have some mon
ey and can 90 out of town" said !.
Twenty dollars a week." she re-
sponded with whitening scorn.
That WAS all learned about Sidney,
but Miss Dean consent I'd TO speak more
freely Of herself thought 1t my duty
TO inquire. because for all knew she
might be pennlie~s. II appeared. how
ever. that she WAS u fairly good man.
ager. and. though the allowance upon
which she lived WAS barely sufiicient
for her support, she had never gone In
debt. Indeed she had for q time pre-
served some small savings. but these
she had spent for Sidney during his
Illness. Sidney did not know this. Of
course. II would never occur to him
that little expenses for sick mans
delicate proyender could have any con-
siderable total.
saw Sylvia quite frequently after
that. but did not see Sidney nor could
I get track of him. though made va
rious endeavors. A hint from Sylvia
gave me the impression that the mystic
rious work In which Sidney was ELL
gagged might not he viewed with np
proyal by stern moralist, and this led
me to believe that he was employed by
Shenstone. 1t was possible. however.
that he might be serving Shenstones
enemies. Could 1t be possible that his
resemblance to the specuiator WAS be-
ing used In some wild scheme Of per
sonation? Sidney would never consent
to such dishonesty, but in the hands Of
the shrewd and reckless men who We're
agllfinx Shenstone's pool my friend
would be a mere child. 1t would Ike no
trouble at all for them TO make Sidney
believe that black was white.
Sylvia was us careless rs most wOm-
eli are of the ethics OF business. Her
sole anxiety in this matter was for Sid
ney's health. / made out that she had
either very meager reports of him or
none at all
Il should not be surprised any day
to hear that he was dead" said she TO
me. with black forebOding written on
her face.
l think II WAS not twenty -four hours
afterward that I was going through the
regular daily report from one OF the
city news bureaus and came upon this
typewriter upon the thin,