The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16


since Euphemia baked n pie for tn
iceman. What is it now' Somebod..
poison the dog?"
She cleared her throat.
1.-The house has been broken into
Mr.. Lawrence, she said. 81 hav,
lived in the best families, and neve
have | stood by and seen what l saw
yesi erday-cvery bureau drawe
opened, and my-my most sacred be
| longings-" she choked.
! 'Did you notify the police7'
"PoiiceiW she shifted. "Pohce! L
was the police that did 1.-two detec
| tives with q search warrant. Il
wouldn t dare tell YOU over the tele
| phone what one of them said when hc
found the whisky and rock candy fol
my cough
"Did they take anything?" / dc
! manded, every nerve on edge,
"They took the cough medicine, -
she returned Indignantly, "and they
said
"Confound the cough medicine!'' !
was frantic. "Did they take anything
clse7 Were they in my dressing
room?h
Yes, 7 threatened to sue them, and
told them what You would do when
you came back. But they wouldn Z
sealskin bag you brought home from
Pittsburg with youln
/ knew then that my hours Of free
dom were numbered. To have found
Sullivan and then, in support OF my
case against him, TO have produced the
bag, minus the bit of chain had been
my intention. But the police had the
bag and, beyond knowing something
of sullivan S history, / was practi-
pn11v M nnnrcr bic 5iconynry ibop l,o-
fore. Hotchkiss hoped he had his man
in the house Off Washington Circle,
but on the very night he had seen him
Jennie claimed that Sullivan had tried
TO enter the Laurels. Then-suppose
we found Sullivan and proved the
satchel and ITS contents hlsl Since
the police had the bit of chain it might
mean involving Alison in the story.
| sat down and buried my face in my
hands. There was no escape. / fig.
ured it out despondingly.
Against me was the evidence of the
survivors of the Ontario that / had
been accused Of the murder at the time.
There had been blood-stains on my pill
low and hidden dagger. Into the
bargain, in my possession had been
found travelling bag containing the
dead man S pocketbook.
In my favor was Mcknight IS theory
y.
tive for wishing to secure the notes,
she believed | was In lower ten, and
she had collapsed Mt the discovery of
the crime in the morning.
Against both of these theories / ac-
cuse purely chimerIcal person named
Sullivan, who was not seen by any of
the survlvors-save one, Alison. whom
| could not bring into the case. I
could find a motive for his murder
8, To- L.
but again-I would have to drag in
the girl.
And not one of the theories OK.
planned the telegram and the broken
necklace.
Outside the office force was arriving.
They were comfortably ignorant of my
presence. and over the transom 1oated
scraps of dialogue and the steno-
grapher's gurgling laugh. Mcknight
had relative. who was reading law
with him, In the intervals between call
ing up tho young women of his ac
QuaiDtance. He came in singing. and
the Office boy Joined in with the uncer-
tainty of voice of fifteen / smiled
grimly. / was too busy with my own
troubles to find any JOY In opening the
door and startling them into silence. I
even heard. without resentment, Blobs
of the uncertain voice inquire when
BI3ke WoulH ne DacK.
| hoped Mcknight would arrive be-
fore the arrest occurred. There were
many things TO arrange. But when at
last, impatient of his delay, / tele-
phoned, I found he had been gone for
more than an hour Clearly he was not
coming directly to the Office, and with
such resignation as I could muster ]
paced the floor and waited
| felt more alone than I have ever
felt in my life. "Born an ORPHAN as
Richey said. I had made my own way.
carved out myself such success rs had
been mine. / had built up my house
Of life on the props of law and order,
and now some unknown hand had with
drawn the supports, and ! stood among
ruins.
suppose it is the maternal in a
that makes man turn TO her
when everything else. fails. The eternal
boy in him goes to have his wounded
pride bandaged, his tattered self-re-
spect repaired. If he loves the woman
be wants her TO kiss the hurt.
The longing TO see Alison, always
with me, was stronger than was that
morning. II might be that would not
see her again. I had nothing to say
10 her save one thing, and that. under
he cloud that hung over me, ! did not
dare to say. But | wanted to see her,
20 touch her hand-aS only a lonely |
man can crave it. ] wanted the com
fort of her, the peace that lay in her
presence. And so, with every step
outside the door threat, ! telephoned |
o her.
She was gone! The disappointment |
vas great. for my neod was great. In |
, fury Of revolt against the scheme of |
hlngs, ] heard that she had started |
home TO Ricbmond-bu that she might |
till be caught at the station.
To see her had by that time become
IN obsession, ] picked up my hat,
hrew open the door, and, oblivious of
he sbocle to the office force of nv pres
nee, followed so Immediately by nv
kit. / dashed out to the elevator. AS
won't down IN one cage I caught a
glimpse of johnson and two other men
[oing up III the next. ] hardly gave
hem thought. There was no han
ON IN sight. and jumped on passing
ar Let come what might, arrest.
T,ison, disgrace, ! was going to see
| saw her. flung into the station.
aw that It was empty-empty, for she
'as, not there. Then hurried back
the gates. She was there, familiar
CURE in blue, the very gown in which
always thought Of her, the one She
ad worn when. heaven help me- had
lssed her, at the Carter farm. And