The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-12
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4 - duplicated"
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like" 'Va
Tho doctor paused az tho he r.,
finished n sentence, az tho ~
amended phrase had interrup,ss
bis thought.
Welt" said Edenborouxh rr,,.
Did you hear how they got baIa
OF ~" "''a
Intercepted in the post, I r,n
cred. on it's way abroad"
In our post7" said Edenborouv,
Almost a casus belli in itselr
should have thought"
And have yon no idea how /.
came there?" asked Dollar blp,,
ly--but now he meant 10 be blunt.
he was not sorry when his ma,
flew into 4 feeble passion on The
spot.
What the deuce DO you ms,n
Doctor Dollar1 ! know no mors
about the matter than--T was m.
ing 10 say. than you debut be-
gin 10 think you know more thar
you PRETEND"
u didn't think had pretended"
said Dollar, simply.
Well, what do you known IA.
manded Peterborough. in a fury 0,
suspicion. "All. suppose?" h.
added, with schoolboy sheer. when
the answer was slow 10 come.
Yes, ALL" said the doctor, very
gravely and reluctantly, as tho
driven into a announcement OF life
or death.
There was no outcry OF surprise
from Edenborough He had some
pride. But his knees began to trern.
BILE In tho freight. and his IN
clenched hands TO witch.
Il don't believe It," he exclaimed
at length. You tell me what you
know"
"All that you yourself suspected,
and made yourself III with suspect
ing-and couldn't sleep for suspect.
ing-long ago,"
Pitiful tone and tender hand car.
ried a heavier conviction than the
words. And now II was the patien,
who had sunk into the chair. the
doctor bending over his bowed and
quivering shoulders.
, You are not the first man. my
dear Edenborough." he went on.
who would seem TO have been be-
trayed in cold blood by a woman
by the woman. Mark my words
closely. say II seems so. would
not condemn the greatest malefac.
tor unheard. meant TO hear Mia
Trevellyn first-feeling In my
} bones. against all reason. that there
. may still be some unimaginable er.
PLANTATION. But, II the worst be true
!, OF her. then the best is true OF you:
!. for you are the first man ] have
I known TO bear the brunt as you have
borne IL. my dear fellow"
, What makes you suspect her.
: rroaned Peterborough to the ground
, Its not a case OF suspicion
, don't deceive yourself as 10 that.
r Peterborough. ! know that Miss
!. Trevellyn produced - and parted
with-thoss last two sketches
5 about which there's been all the
/ trouble. only suspect that she
. got you TO show her the originals
almost as soon as they we're made.
on the plea OF her tremendous in-
tcrest in the navy"
Quite true: she did" said Eden
borough, but as tho he did not ~
preciate what he was saying. a.
tho something else had stuck 10
: his mind. But IL was tremen-
J dous interest" he exclaimed,
{ jumping up. 1t was her fathers
interest: his life. indeed, Isn't y
= inconceivable that his dsugnter-
Z apart from everything else I've
found her--that she OF all people
! should do a thing like this?"
| Il am afraid the inconceiyable
} happens almost as often as the M
f.. expected" said Dollar. with sigh
"Criminology indeed prepares us
for little else. Think OF the per
fectly good mothers who. have
flown TO infanticide as the first re
lief OF a mind unhinged, The in
! version OF the ruling passions Is
one OF the sure symptoms OF In
sanity"
But OF course she's mad" cried
Peterborough. 'if she's guilty at all
, But that's what | can't and won't
[ believe. | can believe IL one min
ute. but not the next, Just as I've
I suspected and laughed at my suspf
/. cions all this nightmare time. One
, look In her face has always been
> enough, and would be at this min
ute"
We'll. We shall soon see" said
1 Dollar. glsncing at the clock But
: can only warn you that my eyi'
! dence is overwhelming.
Lets have Il, then: what Is
, your evidence7" demanded Eden
borough. In fresh fit OF stone
blind defiance.
"My dear fellow. you force my
hand" said Dollar. Heaven
knows you have a right--and Il
can't make matters worse than
they are. My evidence consists Of
: full and circumstantial comics
sion by a scoundrel TO whom ! took
your own dislike at sight, and
whose career have spent the week
Investigating. l needn't tell you
mean the infamous Rocchi."
"Rocchi." whispered Edenbor'
ough at the second attempt, as
tho his very tongue rejected the
abhorrent name. Yet now he stood
perfectly still. like man who sees
at last. Well" he added in an
: ominously rational voice, Il must
live long enough 10 send him TO
, hell. whatever else | do
You will have 10 find him first,
|, said Dollar. "He has gone back TO
his paymasters-not his own coun-
! trymen-they kicked him out long
, ago. I've taken II on myself TO do
the same, instead OF handing MIN
over to the police and doing an ID,
finite deal more harm than good
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