The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-08-25
IfiT CRCUIAP STAIRCASE

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your patient. wish nsrs,y 70 ssk
question"
Won't you sit Aovnr
1T will not Be necessary. Doctor.
has any one come to you. either early
this morning o. to-day. to have you
treat q bullet vounA?"
Nothing 10 startling has happened
to me-" he said. "A bullet wound!
Things must be lively at Sunnyside."
Il didn't say It Was at Suanysids.
But as 1t happens. It was. II any such
case comes to you. will It be too much
trouble for you to let me know?
Il shall be only too happy" he said.
81 understand you have had hre up
there. too A nre and shooting In one
night is rather lively for . quiet place
like that"
1T is ~ quiet ss . boiler shop" !
replied, a. turned to 60.
And you are still going to stay"
Until l am burned out" respond
ed. And then. ON my way down the
steps. I turned around suddenly.
Doctor" asked at . ventura
have you ever heard Of . child
named Lucien Wallace!"
Clever as he was, his face changed
and stiRened. He was on his guard
again in Q moment
"Lucien Wallacer' he repeated.
mo, l think not. There are plenty Of
Wallaces around. but I don't know any
Lucien."
was a. certain ~ possible that
he did. People do not lie readily to
me. and this man lied beyond doubt.
But there was nothing to be gained
now: his defenses were up. and left.
half irritated and wholly bamed.
Our reception was entirely different
at DR.. Stewart's. Taken into the
bosom of the family at once. P1inders
tied outside and nibbling the grass at
the roadside. Gertrude and I drank
some homemade slderberry wine and
told briefly of the fire. OF the more
serious part Of the nights experience.
of course. We said nothing. But when
at last We had left the family on the
porch and the good doctor was UNITY
ing our steed. I asked him the sane
question had put to DR.. Walker.
Shot" he said. Bless my soul.
NO. Why, what have you been doing
up At the big house. Miss Innss?
Some one tried to enter the ho1Ds
during the fire. and was shot ~
slightly injured" said hAstAy.
Please don't mention it; We vlsh -
make as little Of 1t al possible"
There was one other possibility. and
We tried that. At Casanova statioa I
saw the station master, and ASKED hin
U any trains left Casanova between
one o'clock and daylight. There was
none until 8 q. m. The next question
required more diplomacy.
Did you notice on the six O'Clock
train any person-any man-who
Nmped . little?" asked. please
try to remember; We are trying to
trace q man who was seen lettering
around 6unnyside last night before
the IRE"
He was all attention In . moment.
"I was up there myself at the fire."
hs said volubly. I'm . member Of
the volunteer company. First big fire
we've had since the summer house
burned over to the club golf links.
Ny wife was sayin' the other day.
Dave, you might as we'll "a saved the
money in that there helmet and shirt
And here last night they came in
handy. Rang that bell 80 hard l
hadn't time scarcely to get EN- on"
"And-did you see = man who
nmped7" Gertrude put in. a. he
stopped for breath.
Not at the train, man," he said.
mo such person got on here to-day.
But I'll tell you where I did see .
man that limped. I didn't wait till the
company loft; there's q fast freight
goes through at 4:4s, and had to
get down to the station. 1 seen there
wasn't much more to do anyhow at
the hre-we'd got the flames under con
trol"-Gertrude looked at me and
smiled-'so l started down the hill.
There was folk here and there goin'
home, and along by the path to the
Country club I seen two men. One
was short fellow. He was sitting on
. big rock, his back to me. and he
had something white in his hand, as II
he was tying up his foot. After I'd
gone on 4 piece looked back, and he
was hobblfnE on and-excuse me- miss