Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-12
the stairs.
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mere ne anOCnef OIL
fcer, who. receiving word from, his
~blue-coated brother below, admitted
him to the indicated room
For just an Instant Brooke paused
after crossing the Threshold. The
gas was turned low, making a semi.
gloom. in. which objects were barely
visible. but He promptly discerned d
mans figure stretched :motionless up
on a white-sptead bed; and his eyes
accustomed themselves to the, dusk,
he. made out that the chamber had
two other occupants. One Of these
sat in a corner. his body bent for
ward. The other; evidently q thiro
police officer, stood near. him as il
Turn up the light there, please!"
Something about the recumbent
figure on the bed had struck him as
familiar. That it was that of a very
tall nan he had seen at first glance;
and he feared-felt, indeed-that il
was Mr.. Colby. { 80
Now the gas fared and he recog,
nized him instantly. The eyes were
closed and the face was pallid, but
the chest rose and fell in slow, regu-
lar respiration.
Shot In the shoulder. DOCTOR"
It was the of1ceA who volunteered
this information.
Brooke saw now that the should
had been rudely bandaged, and that
through the bandages the blood was
beginning to ooze in q dark red strain.
He questioned. however, that the
wound was serious. It had probably
been painful. and the loss Of blood
vas weakening. and, strong ~ Nj
Colby was, these had been suf,cient
to cause faintness. What he needed
most was a stimulant, and Brooke
called upon the policeman to get II
for him.
"Then we'll take him to the hos
pital," he added.
AS the officer moved over to the
door to communicate the request for
brandy t. the man outside. Brooke
turned his attention to the prisoner
in he corner. He was tall and
slender, with a not unpleasant race,
fair-haired, and wore a short cropped
blond 1castache. He did not appear
to be over thirty.
AS Brooke looked at him he
glanced up quickly, and the pretend
ed doctor thought he detected a visit
ful. ~beseeching expression in the
could be Kennedy. The fellow was SO
exactly opposite Of what he had i'm.
agined Kennedy to be.
The policeman having ordered
what was wanted closed the door
again and waited inside. Brooke
turned to him for information.
How did it happen?" he asked.
II don't know much, about it." was
the reply, except that the fellow in
the corner pulled q gun on two
v~isitors what he had. One Of them
got away untouched. but the other
one Re winged, as you see." +
And he Is under arrest -
yes. He's in charge. all right"
whats his nance"
Smith,"
Then he was not nastaken. rhi.
was not Kennedy.
And the wounded mani"
I'VE haven't got his name yet. He's
been unconscious since We got hers.
Smith rays he doesn't know it,
why did he shoot him?"
| Smith volunteered ITO answer THU
question himself. ~ s
Il shot at the other man; not at
him. I never saw him before"
Thsn the door opened and the
seized IL eagerly and poured a por.
ton OF 1t between Mr.. CoIbys lips.
Almost immediately 8 tremor ran
through the length OF his hitherto
inert body. Then there was q nut
tering Of the eyelids. and his breast
heaVe0 under q long sigh.
Again Brooke allowed 4 little OF the
liquor to trickle over hts patients
tongue. with the result this time that
his eyes opened, and. without raising
his head, he psered cusiOusly About.
Brooke seeing what wAe A hnInfs-
takably . glance o. fscoSnltion, fash
ed back It him . visual warning "a
be on HIS guasd.
I'm thA doctor" No aAil. % make
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Mr.. Colby waited ! moment to 81
his potse.
Tn ali risht, / think. hA an.
swered. bravely enough. There's o.
ache in my shoulder. but II can't b1
much moEA than q scratch. I fei
agalnst something and struck my
head. That's what put mo out al
Ibusiness for 8 littl4."
Can YOU IT dp7
There WAe M moon, ~ yet, but
the MINT wss w~onAsfftIly cisar and
brilliant with stArp. They had come
now into locality that s.kas n1fnofj
suburbAn. Horses were secA1tsrod and
There were. many bare cpen spaced,
Across nj % these presently,
Brooke cauehtI sight pk 4 long stretch
iof boaEd SencanG. s10ve wnsch dis
] dnet-Agatn1k tee SI1s Gfey ok the
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