The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-31

H. crowd IN the IOuDS OeiO"
!, 80 ewes were tired-and still
un1n S,smept due long before. had
:. =. arrived. l waited another h, ,Sa,
'o' .....-another twenty-and then (
nlau' ',bs elevator there emerged .
n0I trinity dressed woman whose
.n was that of happiness and .
hole being spoke OF JOY
49,. beep having more fun" she
aid eIcitedly. .,ouod iol,.
.,ly holding up my watch
hs sss seated herself beside me and
Ian pulling off her gloves.
u.rsnt seen the inside OF police
...,on today" she began. Instead
=. nsen doing-guess what2"
IN give up.
owe been Judge at baby show.
"a ,bere were more cute little Kid
-. there than | ever saw before IN
wife II reminded me Of when my
:, little girl used to be about that
dse, and when
Suddenly she stopped and looked at
ps laughingly.
can of which reminds me OF
...vv. she added, and then without
,,itiug for the request she knew was
-. IN come, she began the telling
1T
n was shortly after I had gone on
A. force One morning | walked into
A. mice looked in the mailboX and
uIled forth a letter from the captain,
.adrsrsed to me. 1t told me that |
h,A reen borrowed by an attorney
tou fhe police force for a few days
md that was to report to him. And
heldsntally, let me say right now be
An. 7 mention any names. that OF
puue they will all be changed.
aop1 like this business of holding VI
! ,erson's real name after a things
N over and probably forgotten about
M everyone except those vitality con
eaned."
look OF seriousness came into the
mes with that, and | remembered, al
Ae little woman at my side raised
hand to wave it daintily in time will
Ae music of the hotel orchestra, tina
here had never been time when sh
ia not shield the real names of thos
Nth whom she had come in contact i
her detective career. And for that bi
d soft heartedness toward the less fol
innate of this morbid old worlds pee
Mes. respected her. The music wa
hllIng bit. Miss Clement began tn
active recital of her story.
when got over to the Chamber
Oummerce building. | met my lawye
employer and was taken to his offic'
And then for the first time | learne
q the case on which ] was going
work.
TT seemed that a very rich ma
named Edwards had died, with an e
hte 90 tied up by the will of his fath'
hat II died with him. He was su
uved by his widow and one daughte
thought to have been adopted. E
wards himself had been prohib!tt
nom making any kind of will. tt
state must go on to the next dire
Aeir, II there was one, or to the wifi
Tie attorney told me that he felt su
hat there was direct heir. sin,
sdoption could be classed that wa
but there was nothing to show f
Il Since her foster fathers death. Il
/ tfl, who believed she had been adoI
ID In early infancy. had been cast o
BY the foster mother who had claim
hl the estate. There were no pape
70 back up the girls claim. All Z
mother would say was that the g
merely had been taken in and that s
had never been legally adopted. A
% since the will OF the grandfath
insisted that legal papers were nec'
nry, there seemed to be little chan
Tor the girl to get any share of t
money.
A pretty little thing she was t,
soout nineteen, with brown wavy ha
eyes that were as blue and as de
q the ocean, with a heart that "
clean and pure. Until the time of
loster fathers death, Louise Edwal
mao never known what it was to W;
'or anything. Luxury had been her!
untl death had interviewed. Then
eVthing had changed. Mrs. Edwai
was OF a different type from her
oand, Morbid, cold hearted. mere
NY, she had driven the girl out, |
aehied herself to everyone and '
now locked in the Edwards mansi
refusing to see anyone concerning
Ease, determined that there should
no chance of the girl ever learn
whether or not she ever had b.
legally adopted.
And there said the attorr
snen he had finished his story TO
d = your case. want you to see \
EDWARDS someway and find out fl
ner whether or not this little girl
serves share of that estate. |
safe that she does: | believe that
EDWARDS legally adopted her. but
nave been unable to get at the ia
NOW. Miss Clement. it is IN to you
4 looked at him and laughed.
It's Just about as easy As catcl
!. eounterfeit in Africa, l said. but
Wy anything on earth once. Do
nihk you can borrow me a six nor
eid baby somewhere. Ny little ri
too old
A what?' The attorney 10,
surprised.
A six months old baby
What do you want it for?'
laughed at him again. II the
INVITING | dc like. it's my little
snen | am looking ahead on a