Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-16

the disdain she has shown q man she
has taken no pains to understand"
you saw Miss Challoner lift her
hand, you say. Which hand. and what
was In It? Anythingf"
"She lifted her right hand, but II
would be impossible for me to tell you
whether there was anything In It or
not. simply saw the movement be-
fore turned away. IT looked like one
OF alarm to me. felt that she had
some reason for this She could not
know that II was In repentance came
rather than In fulfilment OF my
threat"
A sigh from the adjoining room Mr..
Brotherson rose, as he heard 1t. and in
doing 80 met the clear eye OF Sweet
water fixed upon his own. It's Ian.
guage was. no doubt, peculiar and 1t
seemed to fascinate him for a mo-
ment, for he started as IL to approach
the detective, but forsook this inten-
ton almost Immediately, and address.
ing the coroner. gravely remarked;
Her death following so quickly up
on this abortive attempt OF mine at an
interview startled me by Its coinci.
dence as much as II does you. II In
the weakness of her woman's nature,
1t was more than this--if the scorn
she had previously shown me was a
cloak she instinctively assumed to
hide what she was not ready to dis
close, my remorse will be as great as
any one here could wish. But the
proof of all this will have to be very
convincing before my present convic-
tons will yield to 1t. Some other and
more poignant source will have to be
found for that instant's impulsive act
than Is supplied by this story OF my
unfortunate attachment"
Doctor Heath was convinced, but he
was willing to concede something to
the secret demand made upon him by
Sweetwater, who was bundling up his
papers with much clatter.
Looking up with, a smile which had
elements in 1t he wsHFhardly conscious
of perhaps himself, he asked In an of.
hand way:
Then why did you take such pains
to wash your hands Of the affair the
moment you had left the hotelf"
Il do not understand
You passed around the corner Into
- street, did you not?"
Very likely. I could 20 that way
as well as aqothsr." -, 1ey
And stoppsd at inc INST lamp,
post?"
"Oh. see. Some one saw that child.
ish action Of mine"
What did you mean by IT."
Just what you have suggested. i
did go through the pantomime OF
washing my hands of an affair con.
sidered definitely ended. had resist
ed an irrepressible impulse to see and
talk with Miss Challoner again, and
was pleased with my firmness. I'm
aware Of the tragic blow which had
just fallen, was full of self-congratu
lations at my escape from the charm
which had lured me back to this no
tel again and again in spite OF my bet
ter Judgment, and l wished to symbol
ize my relief by an act of which
was. In another moment, ashamed
Strange that there should have been 9
witness to 1t. (Here he stole a lool
at Sweetwater.) Stranger still, thai
circumstances. by the most extraordi
nary of condolences, should have Civ
en- so unforeseen a point to it."
you are right, Mr.. Brotherson. TIL,
whole occurrence is startling ant
most strange. But life is made up O
the unexpected. as none know bette
than we physicians, whether our prac
tice be Of public or private char
acter."
AS Mr.. Brotherson left the room
the curiosity to which he had yielde,
once before, led him to cast a glanc
OF penetrating inquiry behind him full
at Sweetwater, and IL either felt en-
barrassment. II was not the hunte,
but the hunter.
But the feeling did not last.
I've simply met the strongest ma,
I've ever encountered" was Sweetws
ter's encouraging comment TO himself
All the more glory II can find
Joint In his armor or hidden pass
age to his cold, secretive heart"