The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-06-11

was daZod. Sn0 could not polloV0 IT,
There is the ring" F'lirty Florrie
added, indicating a very impressive
paste diamond.
Quickly she reached into her bag
and drew out two photographs, with
out word, handing them to Elaine.
There's the proof" Florrie said
simply, choking a sob. 3.
Elaine looked with a start. Sure
enough, there was the neat living room
in the house on Prospect avenue. In
one picture Florrie had her arms over
Kennedy's shoulders. In the other,
apparently, they were passionately
kissing.
Elaine slowly laid the photographs
on the table.
please please, Miss Dodge-give
me back my lost love. You are rich
and beautiful am poor. have only
my good looks. But-I-I love him
and he-loves me-and has promised
to marry me-"
Florrie had broken down completely
and was weeping softly into a lace
handkerchief.
She moved toward the door. Elaine
followed her.
"Jennings-please see the lady to
the door,"
Back in the drawing-room, Elaine
seized the photographs and hurried
into the library where she could be
alone
Just then she heard the bell and
tKennedy's voice in the hall.
"How are you this afternoon" Ken
nedy greeted Elaine gayly.
Elaine had been too overcome by
what had just happened to throw it
off SO easily, and received him with
studied GOODNESS.
Still, Craig, manlike, did not notice
it at once. In fact, he was too busy
gazing about to see that neither Jen-
nings, Marie nor the duenna Aunt Jo-
sephine were visible. They were not
and he quickly took the ring from
his pocket. Without waiting, he
showed it to Elaine.
Elaine very coolly admired the ring,
as Craig might have eyed specimen
on microscope slide. Still, he did
not notice.
He took the ring, about to put it
on her finger. Elaine drew away.
Concealment was not in her frank ma
ture.
She picked up the two photographs.
what have you to say about
those?" she asked cuttingly.
Kennedy, quite surprised, took them
and looked at them. Then he let them
fall carelessly on the table and
dropped into chair, his head back in
a burst of laughter.
"Why-that was what they put over
on Walter" he said. she called me
up early this afternoon-told me he
had discovered one of these poisoned
kiss cases you have read about in the
papers. Think of it-a1l that to pull
a concealed camera! Such an elabo-
rate business-just to get me where
they could fake this thing. i sup
pose they've put someone up to say
ing she's engaged?"
Elaine was not so lightly affected.
"But," she said severely, REFRESHING
her emotion, 81 don't understand, Mr..
Kennedy, how scientific inquiry into
the poisoned kiss could necessitate
this sort of thing"
She pointed at the photographs &C.
cusingly.
"But," he began, trying to explain.
mo buts," she interrupted.
"Then you believe that +"
''How can you, as a scientist, ask me
to doubt the camera?" she insinuated.
very coldly turning away.
Kennedy rapidly began to see that
it was far more serious than he had at
first thought.
Very WELL" he said with touch Of
taken-I-Ill-"
He had seized his hat and stick.
Elaine did not deign to answer.
Then, without a word, he stalked
out of the door.
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tory the next day when I came in.
"Say, Craig" began, trying to over
come his fit of blues
Kennedy, filled with his own
thoughts, paid no attention to ne.
Then he jumped up.
"By George WILL" he muttered.
poked my head out of the door in
time to see him grab up his hat and
coat and dash from the room, put
ting his coat on as he went.
"He's a nut today" I exclaimed to
myself.
Though I did not know yet of the
quarrel, Kennedy had really struggled
with himself until he was willing to
put his pride in his pocket and had
made up his mind to call on Elaine
again.
AS he entered he saw that it was
really Of no use, for only Aunt Jo-
sephine was in the library.
"Oh, Mr.. Kennedy" she said inno-
Gently enough, "I'm so sorry she isn't
here. There's been something trou-
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