Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-24

| sidewiSe. one knee above the other her white arms immaculate against the somber background of crimson
 She was very handsome. indeed. just then. though a keener light might have proved less f1attering.
 "Now. Mr Kirkwoodf" she opened briskly with second intimate and friendly nod and pahsed. her pose re- ceptjvc
 KirkwOod sat down again. smiling good natured appreciation of her un- preiudiced attitude.
 Your son. Mrs Hallam'-
 "Oh. Freddie's dcing well enough Freddie" she explained has deli cate constitution and has seen little of the world Such melodrama as to- nights Is apt to shock him severely | We must make allowances. Mir Kirk wood. 1 think" she said deliberately. "that 1t Is time we came 10 an under standing"
 Kirkwood agreed-"Yes." atfably. : "l purpose being perfectly straight forward To begin with. don't place ! you. Mir. Kirkwood You are an un- l known quantity. q new factor Won't you please tell me what you are and are you n friend of Mir. Calendar's?"
 "I think may lay claim 10 that honor. though"-tO Kirkwood's way of seeing things some little frankness on his own part would be essential if they ! were to get on-"I hardly know him. TIau \ hnI hA t,t af meeting him only this afternoon" 1 She knitted her brows over this statement.
 That. | assure you. is the truth" he laughed.
 But l really don't understand"
 "Nor l. Mrs HalIam. Calendar aside. am Philip Kirkwood. Ameri- can. resident abroad for some years. native of San Francisco. of cer- tain age. unmarried, by profession poor painter"
 "And?'
 Beyond that? presume l must tell you, though confess Fun in doubt" He hesitated. weighing can dor in the balance with discretion.
 But who are you forf Are you in George Calendars pay?"
 Heaven forfend!" piously. "sIy sole interest at the present moment Is to unravel most entrancing mys- tery."
 Entitled Dorothy Calendar of course. You've known her long?"
 Eight hours. believe he admit ted gravC'iy -''less than thnt. m fact"
 Miss Caleudur's li,erests will not suffer through nuytmng you may reG me
 Whether they will or no. see must swing looSer tongue or yonlI be showing me the door"
 The woman shook her head amused Not until she tod him significantly
 Very well. then" And ne iauucheI into an abridged narrative of the nights events as he understood thpln. touching lighrly on his own circun- stances. inc real poverty which had brought him back to Craven street by way of Frognall. And there you have Il all. Mrs Halam."
 Tt is so like Calendar" she ex,.laim- ed. "so like him that one sees how foolish 1t was to trust-no. not 10 trust. but 10 5elievp--that he could ever be thrown of the scent once he got nose to ground. So if we suffer. my son and l. shall have only my self to thankw
 KirSwood waited in patient atten- tfon till she chose to continue. When she did. NOW for my side of the case" cried Mrs. Hallam and. rising began to pace the room. her slender and rounded figure swaying grace fully the while she talked.
 George Calendar is scoundrel." she said. "a swindler. gambler what | believe you Americans call a confi- dence man He Is also my late hus- he found fl convenient to leave Eng land. likewise his wife and daughter. Mrs Calender-a countrywoman of yours. by the bye-tlled shortly after ward Dorothy. by the merest acci- dent. ob,ained situation as private SpSTSlUTN III ttlf uDuStUtiu OI tue Colonel Bucgoyne of The Cliffs. Corn wall You follow meY'
 .'Yes. perfectly"
 "Colonel Burgoyne died. leaving his estates to my son. some time ago. Shortly afterward Dorothy Calendar disappeared We know now that her father took her away. but then the disappearance seemed ineXplicable. especially since with her vanished great deal of valuable information. She alone knew of tlle location of cer- tain of the old colonels personal ef fects.
 He was an eccentric. One of his pecullarities Involved the secre,ing of valuables In odd places. He had no faith in banks Among these talua- bles were the Burgoyne family jewels --quite 8 treasure. believe me. Mir. Kirkwood We found no note of them among the coloners papers and with. out Dorothy were powerless 10 pursue search for them. We advertised and employed detectives. with no result | fnt