The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06

We weren't. The swcllest proposition
was Genevjeve TollIver. She was waiting
for me. She had corne In Il taxi like
wildflre through the streets. aud I had
snailed it In the car; Gould tell she
little living room--Sx10-and she was
getting her breath. II had your.your
OF our company-and I-came" She
nre. You saw--himF' she exclaimed; !
historically, and drew forth The Sum
mons and complaint and tossed 1t on the
floor Il confess eveTything I'm guilty
Just as you say, This John Doe bust
decree
Take our decree repeated why,
sattcrthwate & satterthwaite served
sides" / went on happily, Il don't DC
licve IT'S true
1T is. she insisted I'm guilty. I'll
do anything you say
/ thought for minute What Is this
John Does name?" l asked.
piHhg %iam a 5une1 Wsm sfn answ=5s6 5sdssTI is
laughed aloud knew we'll She mad made
up that name in d jffy
I've nailed the correspondent" re-
turned calmly "and 1 know there isn't
any. And what's more" went on. 1.-THE
man We thought was he is-your brother.
Mrs Smythe."
oHe turned as paIe as q eneeL- lou
saw some one at my fiat" she went
on; "a tall. light man. That Is John
Doe-William Jones"
THAT is your brother, Mrs. Snythe.'
She shook her head violently. my
brother-he was quite different. A br-u-
nette. with black hair and a smooth face
He was quite different" she repeated.
'Was?" I repeated.
Yes, she murmured. "he-he's dead. -
Well, L can't describe all the rest that
y nm ,oI tt,rr Tl,of ,ft fl,of
/ recall Is that Gonevieve Tolliver. al
! most with the appearance of a woman
who crawled after me on her knees
| begged and begged and begged me to be-
lieve that the biond-llaired chap wa;
John Doc and was not her brother. AND
! one thing she succeeded In doing She
got from me woman's promise that
| wouldn't whisper word OF it to Brock
her husband. until she gave the word.
| promised because, chow. In the end
1 felt IT would come out all right
again. / kept my promise-certie Gill
roy always does that. But I nodded &c
BlaclSie. Il wore my camera coat"
told him,
"And you snapshotted hIm?" he asked
shook my head This is what
snapshotted." 7 returned. and l produced
my little kodak picture OF that black
sydney BROCK gave a grunt Of dis.
| appointment when he saw 1T. .Thun-
der.' he exclaimed; 'iwhy. this is only
her brother, Only when knew him he
"Who was her brothcr?" queriet
| Blackboard somehow 1t seemed to me
that Blackie turned pale-but that's an
Sydney shrugged his shoulders. Her
brother-don't you know? He was Steve
Mackerley. the confidence man. who cs.
I capped from UP the river last year ant
| was shot and drowned in the attempt
! That's who he Is. confound him He
! stung me for a cool ten thousand, too
II he hadn't been drowned 10 have fol
lowed him to the end OF the world and
pue him back"
1 started-now saw the whole situa-
ton rise clearly before me-now L knew
That I was right.
WY ,h I began: ys .t woS going t
stopped in time. l had seen love on tho
face of this Sydney Brock when he hao
talked about her. But now ] saw hate
for steve Mackerley, her brother, Slsten-
TITS fine thing 10 trust a man th'
! way / trusted him, and then ht
said. And she. woman like. believed il
him, the scamp
Yes. ] had stopped in time. ! was
glad ] had, For Sydney Brock was go
| Ing on. His face had softened. "Ou1
first quarrel was over him" he said; che
wasn't worth II, And then this John Doe
business. What do 1 care about John
Doe?" he said iercely. II don't care how
guilty she Is Let her drop This Doe and
| III so back TO her tomorrow- I'm N
| love with her. you understand? In love-
! I was glad that he said Il to me. for il
! would have been lost on Blackie
Blackie has about as much understa ndine
of real love as ne has of Latin maSims
and that's nil, as the chief would say
What were you going TO say, Gertie?'
| asked Mr. Black,
! 'N-nothing," ] stammered. "only III
| keep on looking for John Doe"
kept on-not looking. bur figuring.
knew that come what might T simply
| had to bring these two people together
And yet I couldn't send her brother back
to jail simply couldn't. Why, she be-
lIeVcd IA him. And I knew she felt that
he was safest with her-oh. she had
told me of her dilemma with her eyes
And IL Sydney Brock knew about it
| we'll. | knew that even her love couldn't
stand between him and the object OF his
| hate. 1t was a problem, one that l had
TO. work out all alone. started in 10
| work 1t out.
And what do you think, Chance did
The trick. Tim DcrrinSer and ] were out
together one night at Corellis on the
| avenue-the very fastest place in little
old New York. | was working on the
| Tauuenbaum case and Tim always joined