The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-12-05
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CHAPTER I-George- Anderson and
wife see remarkable man come out or
the ClerMOpt hotel look around furtivelY.
wash his hands In the snow and pass on.
Commotion attracts them to the Clcrm ont.
where 1t is found that the beautiful MISS
Edith Challoner has fallen dead on the
mezzanine floor.
CHAPTER Henderson describes tie
pan he saw wash his hands in the snow.
IEe hotel manager declares him to De
Orlando Brotherson.
CHAPTER HI-Physicians fnd that
Miss Challoner was stabbed and not shot.
Fhich seems to clear Brotherson or sus-
b!cion.
CHAPTER IV-Gryce, an aged dstec-
i've, and Sweetwater: his assistant, tase
Btabbed herself.
CHAPTER VA paper cutter founo
pear the scene of tragedy is believed 10
be the weapon.us
CHAPTER V1--nr. Challoner tells OF a
patch of letters found in his daughter
besk, signed with initials strange TO nm
Al are love letters except one when
shows that the writer was displeased
CHAPTER Widths letter was signed
initials which lead to the CONCLUSION tiiat
BrotherSon wrote all of them.
CHAPTER VIII-Anderson goes with
Eweetwater to identify Brotherson. VINO
Is to address meeting Of anarchlsts
The place is raided by the police ano
Rrotherson escapes without being identi-
ned.
CHAPTER IX-Brotherson is found liv.
ing in a tenement under the name OK
Dunn. He is an inventor.
CHAPTER x-Brotherson tells the cor
pner Of his acquaintance with MISS Chai-
Toner AID how she repu'sed him with
tcorn when he offered her his love,
Unjust be pardoned. She had smiled
upon me once, and she smiled again
Days before we were formally pre-
sented, I caught her softened lcoh
turned my way, as we passed each
other in hall or corridor. We were
friends, or SO it appeared to me, be-
fore ever a word passed between US
and when fortune favored us and we
were duly introduced, our minds met
in strange sympathy which made
this one interview a memorable one
to me. Unhappily, as then consid
cred it, this was my last day at the
hotel, and our conversation, inter
rupted frequently by passing acquaint
ances, was never resumed. ex
changed few words with her by way
Of goodby but nothing more. l came
to New York, and she remained in
Lenox. A month after and she toe
came to New York"
"This goodby-do you remember
1t? The exact language, mean?"
II do; it made a great impression
on me. I shall hope for our further
acquaintance she said. We have
one very strong interest in common.
And if ever human face spoke elo
quently, it was hers at that moment
thought it sprang from personal in
terest, and it gave me courage to pur
sue the intention which had taken
the place Of every other feeling and
ambition by which had hitherto been
moved. If she could ignore the social
gulf between us, l felt free to take
the leap. Cowardice had never been
a fault Of mine. l realized that
must first let her see the manner OF
man / was and what life meant to
me and must mean to her if the union
! contemplated should become an &C
tual fact. l wrote letters to her, but
l did not give her my address or even
request reply. / was not ready for
any word from her. l am not like
other men ard ] could wait. And !
did, for weeks, then suddenly ap
peared at her hotel.'
"This was when?". put in DR.. Heath
anxious to bridge the pause which
must have been very painful TO the
listening father.
"The week after Thanksgiving.
did not see her the first day, and only
casually the second. But she knew
was in the building, and when ] came
upon her one evening at the very desb
In the mezzanine which we all have
such bitter cause to remember,
could not forbear expressing myself il
way she could not misunderstood
The result was Of kind to drive Z
man like myself to an extremity O
self-denunciation and rage. She rose
up as If insulted, and flung me one
sentence and one sentence only befor,
she hailed the elevator and left m,
presence. A cur: could not have beer
dismissed with less ceremony"
That is not like my daughter
What was the sentence you allude to
Let me hear the very Words Mr.
Challoner had come forward and nov
stood awaiting his reply, a dignifies
but pathetic figure, which all mus
view with respect.
II hate the memory of them, bu
since you demand it, will repea
them just as they fell from her lips,
was Mr.. Brotherson's bitter retort
"She said, You of all men should rec
Dgnize the unseemliness of thes,
proposals. Had your letters givel
me any hint of the feelings you hav,
just expressed, you would never hav,
had this opportunity OF approachin,
me- That was all; but her indigna
ton was scathing. Ladies who hav,
supped exclusively Off silver, show i,
fine scorn for the common ware @
the cottager."
The assertive boldness-some woul,
call 1t brayado-with which he thu
finished the story of his relation
with the dead heiress, seemed to b,
more than Mr.. -Challoner conld stand
with hook of extreme pain and ne,