The Tupelo journal., 1911-08-11

moved on. Mr.. Grimm went straight
to his chief, who had stepped down
from the-.chair. Two other secret
service men stood behind him, block
Ing the doorway that opened into s
narrow hall.
This way directed the chief
.ersely.
Mr.. Grimm walked along beside him.
They skirted the end of the ballroom
until they came to another door open
ing into the hall. Chief Campbell
pushed 1t open, and entered. One OF
his men stood just inside.
What was it, Gray?" asked the
Senior Alvarez Of the Mexican l.-
cation, was shot," was the reply.
"Dead?"
only wounded. He's in that ROOM"
and he indicated a door a little. way
down the hall. "Fairchild, two serv-
ants and q physician are with him.
Who shot him?"
Don't know. We found him lying
in the hall here"
Still followed by Mr.. Grimm, the
chief entered the room, and together
they bent over the wounded man. Tho
bullet had entered the torso just be-
low the ribs on the left side.
ITS q clean wound" the physician
was explaining. The bullet passed
through. There's no immediate dam
ger"
Senior Alvarez opened his eyes, and
stared about him In bewilderment;
then alarm overspread his face. and
he made spasmodic efforts to reach
the inside breast pocket of his coat.
Mr.. Grimm o%bligingly thrust his hand
into the pocket and drew out its con-
tents, the while Senior Alvarez strug-
gled frantically.
Just a moment" Mr.. Grimm adj
vised quA.ly. I'm only going to let
you see if II is here. Is it?"
He held the papers, one by one, in
front of the wounded man, and each
time a shake of the head was his IN
swer. At last Senior Alvarez closed
his eyes again.
What scr of a. paper was IT." in
CURED Mr.. Grimm.
None of Your business" came the
curt answer.
who shot your"
None of your business"
"A man."
Senior Alvarez was silent.
"A woman"
Still silence.
With some new idea Mr.. Grimm
turned away suddenly and started out
into the ball. He met a maid-servant
at the door, coming in. Her face was
b%lanched, and she suffered through
sheer excitement.
"a lady, SRA lady" she began
babblingly.
Mr.. Grimm calmly closed the door,
shutting in the wounded man. Chief
Campbell and the others. Then he
caught the maid sharply by the arm
and shook some conference into her
disordered brain.
"a lady-she ran away, sir" the
girl went on, in blank surprise.
~ NIidl tdQy :. uctfldIuCu MI lh
coldly. Where did she run from?
Why did she rum" The maid stared
at him with mouth agape. Begin at
the beginning"
81 was in that room, farther down
the hall, sir" the maid explained.
'The door was open. I heard the shot,
and it frightened me SOL don't know
u was afraid to look out right away,
sir. Then. an instant later, a lady
come running along the hall, sir-that
way" and she indicated the rear of
the house. Then I came to the door
and what was the matter, sir. | was
standing there when a mana man
came along after the lady, and banged
the door in my face, sir. The door
had a spring lock. and ! was $3.50
and excited | couldn't open
it right away, strand when | did |
came here to see what was the mat
ter" She drew a deep breath and
stopped.
THAT ALP demanded Mr.. Grimm.
Eyes. sir. except-except the lady
had a pistol in her hand, sir
Mr.. Grimm regarded her in silence
for a moment.
who was the lady%s he asked at
last.
Il forget her lame. sir. She was.
the lady who-who tainted in the ball
room, sir. Just q few minutes ago"
Whatever emotion nay have been
aroused within Mr.. Grimm it certainly
found no expression in his face. When
he spoke again his voice was quite
calm.
Miss Thorne, p~erhapso"
"Yes, sir. that's the name-Miss
Thorne. | was in the ladies' dressing
room when she was brought in, sir,
and l remember some one called her
Mr.. Grimm tool the girl, still a-qu'v-
err with excitement. and led her along
the hall to where Gray stood.
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