New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-16

here. AK any oos on the hdll IN what
stable you can md gray horse with
. large black spot on his left shoulder.
Now must dish up my dinner"
'Just one question. madam. Was The
hat what folks call q derby7 Like
this one, madam" he explained, draw
Ing his own from behind his back.
YES, 4 think 20. A. well % can
remember It WAS like that I'm afraid
I didn't Do It any good By my han
ding ! had to clutch It quick, and
I'm sure I bent the brim, to ray moth
ing Of smearing It With Aour marks.
I had been cutting out biscuits. and
my hands were white With 6our," she
explained simply.
0weetwater made one hnal plea, and
that was for her name.
Elisa Simmons" was..the straight.
forward reply. and this ended the IN
tefvieW.
Sweetwater' went on up the hill.
Toward the top he came upon livery
stable Stopping in his good humored
way, he entered into talk with man
lettering inside the great door. Be
fore he left him he had asked him
these questions:
ANY gray horse in town.
"Yes, one. It belongs to a respecta-
BILE family. There's a funeral there
today
mot Miss Cumberland'sv' exclaim-
ed Sweetwater, all agog in moment.
Eyes. Miss Cumberland's."
The next turn Sweetwater took was
toward the handsome 'esidence dis
trict browning the hill.
Fifteen minutes later he stood in a
finely wooded street before an open
gateway guarded by policeman.
Showing his badge. he passed in and
entered a long and slightly curved
driveway. AS he did so he took a
glance at the house. It was not as pre-
tentious as he expected, but infinitely
more inviting.
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o'clock, and it was now half past 2.
AS Sweetwater reached the head Of
the driveway he saw the first Of a
long file of carriages approaching up
the street.
Lucky that my business takes me
to the stable" thought he. what is
the coachman's name? l ought to re-
member it. All! Zadok-Zadok Brown.
There's combination for your
He had reached this point in his
soliloquy-a bad habit Of his, for it
sometimes took audible expression
when he ran against another police
man set to guard the side door: A
moments parley and he left this man
behind, but not before he had noted
this door and the wide and hospitable
veranda which separated it from the
driveway.
81 am willing to go all odds that l
shall find that veranda the most in
teresting part Of the house." he re-
marked in quiet conviction to himself
as he noted its nearness to the stable
and the ease with which one could
step from it into vehicle passing
down the driveway.
1t had another point of interest, or,
rather, the wing had to which it was
attached. AS his eye travelled back
across this wing In his lively walk
toward the stable he caught a pass
ing glimpse of nurses face and fig
ure in one Of its upper windows.
Once around the corner, he perceiv-
ed that the stable door was closed,
but that window we'll up the garden
side was open. Encountering no
watchful eye, he stepped up to the
stable window and peered in.
A man sat with his back to him pol
ishing bit of harness. This was prob
ably Zadok, the coachman. Sweetwa'
ter suddenly experienced momenta'
nv confusion by observing the head
and shoulders of Policeman HeXford
leaning toward him from an opposite
wiudow-in much the same fashion
and certainly with exactly the same
intent as himself AS their glances
crossed both flushed and drew back,
only to return again, each to his sever
al peephole Neither meant to lose
the advantage of the moment. Both
had heard of the gray horse and wish
ed to identify it.
There were three stalls, and in each
stall a horse stamped and fidgeted.
Only one held their attention. This
was a mare on the extreme left, a
large gray animal with curious black
patch on its near shoulder. The faces
of both men changed as they recog-
nized this distinguishing mark, and in
stinctively their eyes met. The coach
man rubbed away with less and less
purpose until his hands stood quite
still and his whole figure dropped IN
irresistible dependency. AS he raised
his face, moved perhaps by that sense
Of watchful presence to which all OF
us are more or less susceptible, they
were both surprised to see tears on 1t.
The next instant he had started to his