New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-04

He u not a criminal. but he II what -
almost worse. He IL q weakling,"
Burton looked at his watch. "By
Georgev' he said. "Oh. by the way.
Knox, where is that locked bag?"
~'In my Office SAFE"
I'LL drop around In the morning and
assist you to compound felony" he
said easily. But. as 1t happened, he
did not.
I was very late for dinner. Fred
ana Edith were getting ready Tor a
concert and the two semiinvalids were
playing pinochle in Fred's den. Mrs.
Butler always was pale and Margery
had been so since her fathers death.
The game was over when went
into the den. As usual. Mrs. Butler
left the room almost Immediately and
went to the plano across the hall I
had grown to accept her avoidance of
me without question. Fred said It was
because my overwhelming vitality op-
pressed he's. Personally, think It was
because the neurasthenic type Of wo-
man is repulsive to me- No doubt Mrs.
Butler deserved sympathy. but her
open demand for e found me cold and
unresponsive.
I told Margery briefly of my visit to
Beliw0od that morning She was as
puzzled as was about the things Hep
PIE had found In the chest. She uas
relieved. too
Il am tust as sure now that she Is
living as was week ago that she
was Dead" she said, leaning bach IN
her big chair. "Bu4 what terrible
thing took her away? Unless
Unless whatf'
"she had LENT my father great
deal OF money" Margery said. WITH
heightened coaoe "She had not dared
% tell Aunt Letitia. and the money
wae 30 be returned before she found
R out Then things went wrong With
the Borough bank. and the money ala
not come back. II you know Aunt
Jane and how afraid she % OF Aunt
Letitia you viii understand bow tee
rible II was for her, have wondered
II she would 60 TO Piattsburs and try
to find father there"
THE Eagle man is WORKING on that
theory now replied. "Margery, IL
there was letter C. added to eleven
twenty-five would you know what It
meantf'
She shook her bead IN the negative.
"WAl You answer two more ques-
nonsr' I asked.
Eyes, Il can"
"D0 yQu know why you were chloro-
formed last night ard who I'D it?'
4 think I know who I'D 4, but
don't understand. I have been trying
all day to think It out. I'm afraid to
60 to sleep tonight"
"You need not be- / assured her.
III necessary we will have the city
police In ring around the house. II
you know and don't tell. Margery. you
are running risk, and. more than
THAI. you are protecting person who
ought to be IN jaikr
"1'm not sure" she persisted Don't
ask me about &, please
What does Mrs. Butler say9@
Just what she sold this morning.
ana abe says valuable papers were
taken from under her pillow. She was
very III. hysterical. all afternoon"
I took Margery's small hand BE-
tween my two big ones.
why don't you tell meg urged
'Or you needn't tell me. know what
you think. But there isn't any motive
that can see. and Why would she
chloroform your
T don't know" Margery shuddered
''6ometim@-I wonder-do you think
she Is altogether sane9'
Fred and Edith came down the
staire, and the chance for quiet con-
versatfon was gone.
swatch the house," said Fred "And.
by the way, I guess he lowered his
voace-"the hdy's story was probably
straight. There are fresh scratches
On the porch roof under her window"
Il was relief to know that, after
ALL Mira Butler was an enemy and
dangerous person to nobody but her
self. She retired to her room almost
q coon "a Erred and Edith bad gone.
I was wondering whether. 30 tell MAJ
gerry about the experiment. that aftee-
noon, Debating how 10 ash her what
letters she had got from the post
master aE Bellwood addressed TO MISS
Jane and what she knew Of Bella. At
the same time 1tl,eas with me II I
hold back the account Of the terrible
events that came that night, DO tell
how beautiful Margery looked as the
hmplight feb on her brown hair and
pure profile and how the Impulse came
over me to kiss her as she sat there
and how didn't, after ALL and only
stopped over and kissed the pink palm
Of he1 hand
She dtdnr mind It Speaking as
nearly as possible from an impereonai
standpoint. doubt II she wos even
surprised You see, the ring was gone,
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