The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-09-24

Colonel Moreau's story. sneereu young
Randall. loath to credit such an enemy
; with one worthy motive.
You bet your bottom dollar 1t don't"
agreed Bunce.
| THAT will do, Larkin." said Kirby
sharply. There's nothing more to be
said. We're through here
Despite Adele's earnest request to
| remain and the plea that she had the
right to know the meaning of this
strange contradiction of evidence, he
| resolutely turned to leave the room, his
partner obediently following.
But once again Nj. Veaudry, sinking
stepped forward and detained his
sometime rival.
Make him speak, Toni" he cried.
, turning to young Randall. This min
iature of your mother we found in
! Colonel Moreau's pertmanteau." And
/ he handed the other the red morocco
box.
"But--but my father lost 1t to your
exclaimed the bewildered boy, turning
to Kirby.
mo, not to me. Mr.. Randall" Again
that same patient. emotionless tone, to-
tally devoid of resentment or even in
terest
"If-if we've been in the wrong"
tremulously whispered Adele, raising
her head proudly, but pleading suppli-
cation speaking strongly from her eyes,
'you will set US straight, you will be
fair?"
For long mopent Kirby hesitated,
then finally turned to the now eagerly
waiting boy.
"Mr. Randall" he said. with elabo-
rate irony. 1.-The question involved In
my conduct is so purely professional
that 1t may be almost impossible to
clear 1t up to the satisfaction of lay
man. Mr.. Bunce. being one of the
brethren, would comprehend me per
fectly, but | shall have to point out
that in my profession there are sepa
rate castles, both high and low, eact
controlled by its own standards"
"You accuse Colonel Moreau of being
gambler?" said young Randall as
the other paused.
II regretfully admit that he hat
some claim to the title." replied Kirby
! with intentional elegance Of manner
, "for. the group to which the colonel
belonged countenances certain prac
: tices, such as the intoxication of op
, ponents aud he elimination of chance
in the fall of the cards, and this, W.
feel, shows lack of foresight tendln:
to bring discredit on the entire profes
, sion, which might in time drive its fol
lowers from their legitimate field O.
q industry. For that reason. when
discovered the late Colonel Moreau IL
private stateroom Of the Shotwel
despoiling a gentleman who was-wh
!, was not himself. | took charge Of tn
despoliation of what remained, intend
ing to make restitution In the morning
q when the victim should be in bette
a condition"
!, Young Randall being one who cher
ished his hatreds and affections ant
renounced them with difficulty, thi
, hew and obviously accurate version o
his fathers suicide left him in a stat
!. Of mental fog. Where Adele was onl.
n too willing and eager to believe, tn
3 boy was loath. To the girl Kirby ha,
once appeared all that woman ca
n think of man. but to her brother b
a had ever been the personification o
). evil Tom had blindly nourished hi
, hatred. Now he felt strangely bewi
a dered, self distrustful and unclear
q His credulity had been shattered wit
a his self respect. He flushed hOtly q
n the thought OF how implicitly and O
a such meager evidence he had believe
the specious and totally inscription
h Moreau, how from such tissue Q