Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-07-25

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" 01 some old friends In the
~ valley. and Shirley, left
W alone. carried to the ia
BILE several letters that
had come in the late mail The events
OF the afternoon filed her mind, and
she was not sorry to be alone. 1t &C.
CURED to her that she was building up
a formidable tower Of strange secrets,
and she wondered whether. having be-
gun by keeping her own counsel as to
the attempts she had witnessed against
John Armitage's life, she ought now to
unfold all she knew to her father or to
Dick. In the twentieth century homi-
eide was not common practice among
men she knew or was likely to know,
and the feeling Of culpability for her
sh-nce crossed lances with a deepening
s5mpathy for Armitage. She hal
learned where he was hiding. and shs
smiled at the recollection Of the trining
bit Of strategy she had practiced upon
Chauvenet.
She had kept Dicks letter till the
last. He wrote often and in the key of
bis talk. She dropped q lump Of sugar
into her coffee cup and read his hur-
ried scrawl: t
what do you think has happened
now1 have 81 worth OF kilograms
from Senator Sanderson wiring from
some God forsaken hole in Montana
that it's all rot about Armitage being
that fake Baron Won Kissel. The news
paper accounts Of the expose at my
supper party had just reached him.
and he says Armitage was on his Gar
mitage's) ranch all that summer the
noble baron was devastating our north.
ern seacoast Where, may ask. does
this leave met And what cad gave
that story to the papers? And where
and who 10 John Armitase1 Keep this
mum for the present even from the
governor. II Sanderson Il right. Armi-
tage will undoubtedly turn. up again
be has a weakness for turning up in
your northumberland sooner or later
he's bound to settle accounts with
Chauvenet. Now that think Of IL
who In the devi; Ia he! And why didn't
Armitage call him down there at the
club? AZ I think over the whole bust
is though ! had been kicked BY Il
hor-c."
Shirley laughed softly. keeping the
note olen tRfore her and referring to It
n,usingly as she stirred her coffee She
Ould not answer any cf Dicks ques
ions. but her interest In the contest
'etween ArmitaRe and Chauvenet was
.itensified by this latest turn ~ the
fair. She read for an honr IN the
library. hut the air was close. and she
brew aside her book. drew on light
oat and went out upon the veranda
\ storm was stealing down from the
hills. and the fitful wind tasted Of
rain. She walked the length Of the
veranda several times. then paused at
the farther end Of 1t, where steps Ied
out into the pergoia. There was still .
mist OF starlight. and she looked ont
upon the vague outlines of the garden
with thoughts Of its needs and the
gardeners work for the morrow. Then
she was aware Of q light step far out
In the pergola and listened carelessly
to mark It. thinking 1t one Of the house
servants returning from q neighbor's
but the sound was furtive. and a. she
waited 1t ceased abruptly. She was
about to turn into the house to sum-
mon help when she heard stir In the
shrubbery in quite another part Of the
garden. and in a moment the STOPPING
figure Of n man moved awifflv toward
the pergola.
Shirley stood quite still. watching
and listening. The sound of steps in
the pergola reached Der again. then
the rush Of flight. and out in the gar
den a flying figure darted In and out
among the walks. For several minutes
two dark figures played at vigorous
hide and seek. Occasionally gravel
crunched under foot and shrubbery
snapped back with q sharp swish
where It was caught and held
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