The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-27
BY SPECIAL
DELIVERY
BY ELIZABETH s COBB

Will not HUu NY nHtne un int pphV
roster. however, for am not listed II
my professional capacity outside of tn
lay Office which employs me-Walton
Burllngame Evans But, II you
search back. you win find me In the po
lice records under my : ms. Lee Gan
drin.
There will ever remain with me The
memory of wicked. misspent year.
came to Chicago from peaceful coun
try home with several hundred dollars
Inherited from my only relative, an
uncle. l was caught with the white
lights glare and royalty l scattered my
money. My liberality brought me in
contact with men who were bad at
heart. When my last dollar was gone.
leaving me In debt. they coolly invited
me 10 replenish my resources by join
Ing them in their criminal career.
My Instructions were simple. The
boss of the gang had given me a whis-
tie and revolver. / was to signal with
the former II policeman or a watch
man came along. l sat back far In the
shadow
Just then from the mansion there
rang forth a shrIll cry, followed by the
echo OF a pistol shot. With Shrek.
MS though pursued by haunting demons.
dashed 10 the mouth OF the alley. One
way was clear. but did not seek II.
Approaching from the opposite direc-
tion was a policeman. ran straight
way up to him. I seized his arm fran
fically, shouting into his ear:
ron. come into this house Muir
der is being donew
We got inside to find family and
servants rushing about in bewIlder-
menf and terror. The butler had dis
covered my evil companions making
way with the silver. They had fired
at him and escaped with their booty.
As we came outside the policeman. for
all my activity In Fastening him to the
scene, placed me under arrest
II was one of the crowd" I con-
fessed instantly and told my story.
At the trial the Judge appointed
young lawyer TO defend me. He was
Wayne Milton. you are incrimlnat-
Ing yourself" whispered the young
man as told my story
IT deserve and expect punishment"
j replied definitely. and then. listening
intently to the mlnutest detail of my
experience, the judge motioned my
attorney to his side. They held low
toned consultation and Mr.. Milton
came back to me. took my arm and
led me from the court room.
81 have pledged my word that you
Will never appear here again." he
said. my man. truth has saved you.
Wayne Milton. he with the frank.
,fathoming eyes, and a golden smile
and tender heart for all humanity
oh how much he did for me. His
firm gave me work, AT first serving le- |
gal papers and watching cases in
court, and later working into the intri- |
cacies OF cases where my knowledge |
Of criminals developed an instructive
detective ability. Mr.. Milton at the
end OF the year removed TO Clyde. a
little town 200 miles distant from the
city. | was living respectfully. earn
ing good money and never forgetting
the kindness and friendship of my pa
IRON. II was during his second year
Of his practice at Clyde that re-
ceived an urgent telegram.
get leave OF absence for week
and come on" II read. Important"
l was az Clyde by first train. Had
Wayne Milton asked me to give up
my position 10 assist him would have
willingly done so. | went at once 10
the Office of Mr.. Milton. found him
troubled, restless, serious.
He locked the door and placed a
chair close to his side for myself.
He drew photograph OF a lovely
girl from a desk drawer and held 1t
towards me.
"She is beautiful" | said. simply.
"And as good as beautiful. She Is
Miss Ruby Ashton. the daughter Of a
wealthy widower who. up to a month
ago, sanctioned our union. Then sud
denly he forbade me the house and
announced that he was getting his
business affairs here adjusted. and in
tended to remove permanently TO a
distant country. To be brief, Ruby
discovered that he was being harassed
by soulless blackmailer, receiving
letters mailed locally. She managed
10 get hold Of one mailed two days
since There II is"
read the missive. II was brief and
10 the point. II shall not write you
again. unless you notify me by six
o'clock Tuesday evening next that you
are willing TO hand me over $4,000
for the three notes.
As | studied over this letter in my
room at the hotel TINT night, | noticed
an odor emanating from its envelope.
Frying the pasted flap found a num-
Der OF small particles evidently at
tached TO the tongue OF the sealer
when he closed the envelope. The
particles were tiny. but Enthusiastically
bits Of cloves.
Next day made several important
discoveries. The letter had been writ
ten on hotel stationery. That day.
too. ! Fixed my suspicious on one OF
the guests. He was constantly visiting