New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-27

the N'E ~, af the doctors words the whered wrist
sen 5 his grasp and the hand found the key again
e@@Don't want rest Pamela translated. "I've got
proc r,e took chance, drew her chair a tla closer
t;, and opened the black handbag that lay in her
70 The next moment she held out before his eyes the
E9parrod fragment of the ten-thouSand-dollar bill.
0' a. tl;. vhat YOU wanted to fnd?' she asked.
.Tbat's the other half, said the key. "Where did
yo, gy' father gave it to me- said Pamela, and then she
took another chance. John Scott she concluded.
ooH " f.trer Your father" clicked the kew "Prc-
.oi;ng Won re little Jane, YOU Little Jane was
4-aunSl- drowned. Ask Hiram if she wasn't. No. ask
,bs doctor You're in with Hiram, trying to fool me-.
There wa, q moments pause, then the key went on.
a(;;ycit tome. Worth nothing to you-css than half.
I'm Give IT TO vou, said Pamela steadily, IF you'll
ell me how Iohn Scott got it and why it divided"
aHegot It for staying dead said the key.
par,a. translated, then asked another question.
sIns this rt.cc What good would it be to him, since
Z was les, than half"
- GTb Who'll. bin, the key answered a gave it to
h;,, in Chicago | followed him there. The fool
t,rtcd 20 burn it, knocked il ont of his hand. Then
h. cave mi. one piece for reminder, he said and kept
the other 80 good to either Of us. Ten thousand dol
sraf he. come to Edmonton" Pamela asked "Thcn
Univ did Won go 20 Chicago;
40 good giving 1t to him, said the key, until he
n1 e{ni H. that happen, Pamela asked "whil, Mr.,
Williams and Your daughter were away at Green
'. aGiyc mr. The bill, said the key a have answered
question. enough And call Susan Harper Tell her TO
got nv l.N The old hand reached out from the key
And rlu.' the charrcd fragment of the bill out Of
Pamela hands, smoothcd it and stroked it with long,
-Tn G.. st, sid Hiram.
The 6rf flew back to the key again. no." it said;
' .Bca- 1T him have his way, said the doctor, and
he wen. over 90 the door and called.
THE sh~rnkcn, waxlike hand strokcd the bill again
Hiram wa, ling ncrvousy up and down the room.
~Ten him 10 sit down and be still, said the key.
Pamela he-tatci over the translation little.
aTcn t;w," the key insisted.
T. WI. strange To- see the old habits Of obedience and
fear working q, a time ike this. Hiram palcl little;
but he SD. down.
f.armet the nurse at the head Of the stairs and
toll her what was wanted. Whatever she thought she
went away without a word 10 carry out the summons.
Tha~.w silence in the big room till she returned and
laid the box ON the table,
Th.u't man, with his one workable hand, made ges-
tr~. which she seemed 70 have trouble in inter
nr.;rr She wheeled the chair with the patient IN It
over ~ his bed and guided the hand under his pillow
Tha~. was little leather wallet in it when he drew 1t
out again. She wheeled him back to the table.
It-.. GOOD deal Of fumbng TO get the wallet open;
but a.. last accomplished il, drew out key, and fitted
It int -h. loci, the box.
The r...o~and the nurse were watching him closely;
but paw.'as eyes had gone around To- Hiram again
Una- l. had restored II late last night or early this
morning The other fragment Of the bill that the old man
WI, looking for was still in Ilirams pocket And II ms
fac. $50. any index to the facts
Then III. key spoke Thief" it said. "IIiram,
von'~. TIL The old hand stopped on the key-lay
Their. in.~,lv holding il on the down stroke.
The tu.tor moved swiftly round the table. he nurse
gav. r..l. ,ihed outcry And the hand all that had
been . alive Of old Peter Darvcl slipped down of the
table h'elcss as the rest Of him.
HIRAM had not seen He had caught the words Of
IL P.~.a's translation out Of her mouth.
am not a thief" he protested. 81 was legally APP
pointed lis conscrvator by the court had right