Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-19
.Yst cansstt Jim seems to BE- known

"Yet Gansett Jim seems to b known
here"
.Oh: is II Blair that the Indian
works for? I never knew. ClosAr'n
deaf mute with lockjaw, he X. Well,
expect the reason hs comes here
occasionally 10 that it's the nearest
license town.
"'Lo! the poor lnjun whom = wants
VIII walk ton miles - easy aslyoua
wink" ~
DO, you know most OF the post
ofiices around here?" e1
There isn't but one postmaster
within twenty miles that ! don't call
BY his hrst name. and shs's . post.
"Then You could probably nnd out
by telephone where the Blair family
| get their mail" M
"EAsy!"
And psrhsps what newspApss
HIN! Yes, I guess o." ..
TRY It. - soon - you get hAck."
Back from wheref''
Back from the medical ohacsr's
place think hs must have returned
BY this time,
you. want to see Tim Brssd!''
mo; Just his records, Burial per.
naits. I suppose. are . matter Of public
record" sS
"Yes. All you've got to do 10 to 20
and ask for 'em. You won't need me-
"RAsrettable ~ his bad taste jss
said Kent with Z solemn face. II fear
that Doctor Breed doesn't regard me
with that confidence and esteem which
one reads OF In Illuminated reaolu-
TONS" III
And you want me % an accelEator,
chi" smiled the lawyer. "All right.
It's the Jane Doc permit you're sitter.
suppose" IN III
which,"
Jane Doe. They buried the corpse
from Lonesome Cove under that name.
Unidentified dead, you know"
"Of course! or counsel" assented
Kent.
"lf you're looking for anything queer
in the onfcial paper you won't hnd It. :"
you've examined It yourself"
Yes fs
Good! Nevertheless. I'd like to. see
the record" Ia
Together they went to the medical
omcer'sf quarters. Doctor Breed had
COLl0 Al ull000 MAuOt0U UOlOI0. sVvINAs
out preliminary, Lawyer Balm said:
Il want to sec that Jane Doc certl-
ficate, again ..5 a II
Aren't you afraid Of wearin' out the
ink on 1t. Adam?' retorted the other
with furtive grin.
and l." said Chester Kent In hts
suavest manner, venture to trouble
| you to show mo the certificate In thu
case of Wilfrid Blair
Something like spasm shook the
lineaments OF Doctor Breeds meager
face "Blair!" he repeated. How did
you know" He stopped short.
How did know that Wilfrid Blair
is dead?" Kent finished for him. Why
there has been time enough, hasn't
there?"
The physician's hands clawed ner.
livously at his struggling hair.
Time enoughT he nurmured.
Time enough! I'm only just back
from the Blair place myself
! News travels faster than horse Z
observed Kent. n.
1T don't travel % fast . Ill that"
retorted the medical ;ofhcer, and shnt
his teeth on the sentence % IL he could
have bittsn the tongue that spoke It
"Ah,," commented Kent neSligently.
Then he died within two hourss0r
so?"
This morning retorted the other.
Its all In the certificate"
All" inquired Kent, 20 significant
" that Lawyer Balm gave him = quick
look.
IAN that's your business or anybody
else's," said Breed, recovering himself
q bit ss
Doubtless. And rm to be, permitted
to zee this document"
Breed pushed paper across the
table. There II Is. Just finished
making 1t out"
II see" said Kent, giving the paper
q scant survey, that the cause OF
death is set down az cardiac failure,
well. What's the matter with
that - f9.s.s5
Just tribe non-committal, isn,tsit?
You see, we all die of cardiac failure.
except those Of US who fall from air
ships a-s3,S s.
THAT records good enough for the
law" declared the medical oficer
Idoggedly.
who was the attending physician7''
II was sls'
Indeed! And to what undertaken
was the permit issued?"
1T was issued to the family. They
can turn 1t over to what undertaken
they please
Where Is the interment to be -
Say, looky here, Mr.. Mani! cried
the physician, breaking into the sud
den whining fury Of hard.pressed tim
idity. Are you trying to learn me my
business? You can 60 to hell! That's
what you can do"
With your signature on my certi-
ficate?" inquired the scientist. I'M
moved. II won't trouble you 80 far,
Doctor Breed. thank you"
Outside In the street, Lawyer Bain
turned to his client. You didn't look
at the Jane Doe paper at ALL
mo. I'm not 20 interested In that
as in the other"
Something queer about this Blair
death?"
why, the fact that the attending
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