The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-28

what they was nayin' an then
begun 20 take an interest Seems
one OF 'om was "a lawyer from Kan
sas city or Omaha. an the other
EaEabo was rich guy from down
East who was hunun a niece who
had disappeared out IN this country
tho name was Churchill
Is your name Churchill7"
"Minol Not in thousand years.
That was all a damned lie. Wen. as
nctr az | could get hold of the story.
this yerc girls mother was nurrin'
/ Ia Richmond durln' tho war. an fell
ia love with Ynnk an married him.
She never knowc'd she was no hcirciss.
an didn't dare 80 home cause she'd
married a Yank. Her people didn't
get on 10 It for a long while. an
then. | reckon they didn't get the
story straight Maybe they didn't try
very hard euyhow she'd dropped
plum outer sight. Later they found
out somehow that she'd married a
regular army officer. named Carlyn.
an gone West with him ! dunno
Just what delayed 'cm after that. but
afore they got these folk. located.
the wurnan died. icavin' n little girl.
an her husband he was "a colonel
by that timo-put her into a Catholic
school. II took 'cm while o. rnd
that out. an even then they oouhr {
learn where the school wnsr IA
ways didn't reckon mayl,e the
Churchill wasn't In no hurry e. "a
ovef tho coin. Meanwhile. the col
onel got on 90 some extent. an began
TO make Inquiries down East but
before he accomplished much. he got
mixed up one night In a street fight
down IN Sheridan. an would have
been killed u u hadn't been for a
sergeant he had with him named
Calkins, lie got him home alive. but
no eroaked later. That left the Md
alone at school. but these folks adm,
know where.
III was In ST Louis"
| Sure. they found out later. but by
that time she'd gone. This ycre old
sergeant. Calkins. had come with a
power OF attorney. or srnsthing. an
got her out That's where l furri
begun To set real interested after
this fellow Caikins got into the game.
IN tell yer why l got Il into my nut
that maybe I'D hlt hot trail. where.
n II PANIED out all right. there might
be some DOODLE In u for me run
steers for the XII about four months
once. an We used 90 drift into
Ponca 20 blow ourselves. knowod
there was an OF fellow hanging
round there. in McCarthy's place
mostly. aor,cr I'm. horn sport. they
called or Dad Calkins: an heard
somewhere he had girl Twin with
him bout seventeen. or so Some
how | got TO mullin' over this. an
finally decided 90 40. what kind Of a
lead ia struck. II looked like easy
money. II she waA the Girl. an didn't
know yet what was up
You went 10 Ponca for that pur.
posef-
Just rroSpectin' iika Drifted in
hunun' n job. an then hung round
tiil ! got my bcarin'r. Them other
two guys went off somewhere else.
an so had easy saiiin' couidn Z
sc, next tho Rirl ut all. reckon
she never left the shack. but got a
look nj her. an II wasn't no trouble
10 pick up an acquaintance with Old
Dad Ito was damned tight .mouthesi.
tho. drunk or sober. an finally I had
70 throw the fear Of God into him 90
make him spill"
I You mean you threatened him -
"fep' never supposed IL would
shake the CUTS out OF him tho way
u did. tho. Tho old fool went plum
baity when | told him what
knowed- He thought was after
him--a detective. or sornething--an
he JUS, crumblcd IN. without maxim
no fight at all reckon he'd been
hidin' her so long. no just naturally
got II into his nut he was guilty
Of some he'll OF crime. Enyhow
the next thing knowed. he'd gone
out back OF the dance hall. an Eho,
/ himself"
He stopped. shaken by paroxyrn
OF coughing. Shelby held him tight.
b. and finally tho spell passed away
the man resting weakly in his arms
but with mind evidently wandering
Il used TO talk all right" no whis
pered hoarscly. Ensplng for breath.