The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08


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The money she coulo possibly need.
ai'a shes lost her rather. whom. 1t $
QtlVe certain. she loved dearly. 50
WAat romans
Only one thing.' l said. deeply TN
teFested in tins exposition sudden
passion.
re oaaed sN~NltaNtly.
Itat II. Now, who was the Won't
I'M From t1e nrsl l MAS certain II
.S"4a HNl oe ms QauShter-the Very
N5touShl was pFepQSterous Ii seems
4t'l'0St eqaaaiN ABSURD, however, 10
suPPoSe thai hiottadaY could be NAKED
~ VITA ANY 9tAef woman He Ger
ttuAtN mas NOT oeen Tor the last quar-
v.,s,i 81 . Selssr'm nnt before that
Wclt rs hot 50 certain, And there's
ore stFlklhs point which seems to in
UiSSee MS quit
lGS-Aeu mean. of course. her re-
N.'rIlsAttNe 70 MS dRushter.
tee'set9. H3%h 4 feSeinnt ance mNs
cNlS.a leStliotallGe unusual, even
~ .M'itb II "oHid not Tor a mo
t1ss,'V ~ aevelNea iIosers. We U
tstsseItloet hoWeNer, lhat Rogers office
Vas not brilliantly lighted. and that he
$3.50 Saailceu 81 hef. sun: Whatever
llall'pf atlIefeIees thefe may have been.
she mad the air. the general appearance,
.1e look OF Miss Holladay. Mere facial
80 ess,.1plaiies may hstppeh IN q hundred
he an ~ e+t IN, par .he ar, the look.
st ~ al.ose.le1 IS very alfterent-i in
aicates a blood r~eiatlonship. My theory
Is ina she is an Legitimate child. per-
Viz I ioua ne years older \
MISS tioliauay.
pause T 10 consider. Ias theory was
asohap!e' ana see IL mad Its faults.
), Now. lee ; see whefe this leads us"
Ho,l Ioh,l.iu leo. Lev US assume mat
ilIeni.tnas a's neen pfoVlalhg tor this
Ilies'..in@le aaugIlter Tor years. At
ei,s, 49, 'is supi'oit, OF, perhaps, the
~ : .iti'!hs iet insufficient.
: CO.. rue dite'' lee us p In
elieV1uai appeals by letter. she does
the desperate thing of calling at his
bh,,e 10 proa 1s IN person. She finds
49, ~ MO" ms feputa-
sloil ior oostinaey when he had once
= ~ up Nus hiiha. she f~epfoaches him
nd ~ - aiieaas uespeIa's'
aa'e ne alsWers WIN mat singing sar-
eSslacy OF anger. she snatches up the
as'iie and stabs him: then. in an agony
" " Sc e~liueaNofs lo check the
she sees az last that 1t is use
iess, 'hal she cannot save him. and
ier,es ene once. All this Is plausible,
81. ~
. very plausible, assented. looking
at MN IN some astonishment. You
..ussst one lhlas, however. Rogers tes-
ellieu lhat he was intimately ac-
ludih.ea Win the affairs of his en-
plosef; ana that he would inevitably
nave known OF any intrigue such as
suggest.
My companion paused for a mo- /
nents thought.
Il don't believe Rogers would so In
7vitably have known of IT. he said,
last. But. admit that-then there
IS another theory. Holiday has not
Who learns of her pa~rentage, and goes
10 hin to demand her rights. This fits
me case. doesn't ito"
Yes l admitted. 1T also Is plaus-
Bile.
1T is more than plausible" he said
quietly. whatever the details may be.
he body of the theory itself is unim-
he facts. l believe it capable of proof.
you see how the note helps prove
The note"
started at the word. and my sus-
'icions sprang into life again. I looked
It him quickly, but his eyes We're on
he cloth, and he was rolling no in
little pellets of bread.
That note" he added. proved two
hlngs. One was that the writer was
leeply interested in Miss Holidays
Welfare; the other was that he or She
new Rogers. the clerk. Intimately
more than NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as we'll
S a physician knows an old patient"
Il admit the first" l said. You'll
ave 10 explain the second"
The second is self-evident. How did
writer of the note know of Rogers
bus lntirmity?"'
~ - ~ eoula anyone
know it, That's what sbn,,ld
'ka 10 have oxploipad po,b.r. -,