The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07

making "a be j. and from the upper
line down to the lower line, making
the Y t. They use only the let
ters ON the keyboard, and the punctu-
alton marks as they would rightly be
used. Generally they put hyphen
after the letter to be capitalized,
though occasionally they use the cap
itai letter. Ii is so childish that /
fancy IL is only friendship code, and
that ii Is not used for matters of any
real importance"
"Then this letter Is of no impor-
lancer" asked.
Not to the writer. OF vast i'm.
pOrtance to rs, believe. 1t explains
why the original letter was stolen,
among other things. Here is one of
the copies that made of it."
We had come to the stream. and to
the shade of the aspen trees. | sat
down on one of the rocks. above the
first fishing hole. and unfOlded the
papers she had given to me, and read:
"SalutationsI Do you remember,
my dear and gay Gaby, after the V.
affair, when you visited me In the hos
pital, that you said. with your initiated
Mona Lisa smile, Sorry. old dear. !
made a trifling mistake, did | not?'
The incident has probably passed from
your memory. 1t has not passed from
mine, because | did not believe then,
and do not believe COW, that you in
tended to fire that shot at V. instead
of at me. Y'u proved your inno-
cence, however, like the expert you
are so, let the dead past ct cetera.
Particularly since did not die. but
have lived to make, also, a triling
mistake.
81 find that l was In error concern
ing the train robbery. After due re-
lection, have remembered that,
reading of the details in the Denver
papers, your respected father and
merely regretted that we had not had
the forethought, and the cleverness, to
have pulled the affair ourselves. Since
this Is the case, we could not have
hidden the money, as seem to recall
telling you that we did. on the Desert
Moon ranch. 1t was pretty dream
Of ourS-that was all.
"Shall | explain? Do you remem-
Der the sweet cOcotte with the cOlored
sash at Cannes? Very young. very
exquisite, and almost very innocent?
She watched us, from her table, out of
the violet corners of her long, long
eyes. When we left the place, you
and |, my gloves were missing and
returned for them. You were duped,
my dear, were you not?
'She Is not as lovely, lot as gay
as you were at eighteen. But you are
no longer eighteen. And you have
grown exacting, and a bit vicious ire
calling, again, the v. affair.", and a
bit selfish, too. q knew that you COL
lected the final five hundred pounds
from Baron T.;
"These, and all things considered,
| seem TO myself to nave acted rather
nobly, rather cOmpassiOnately. l
spared you the heartache of witness
IIS yOut ouiS was q
tender leave taking. was it not? 1
paid the expenses of long and costly
journey for you and the gentle
Danielle. (Gad, Gay, I'd nave paid
twice as much to be rid of you for
half the tme!, | sent you to fond
relatives. 1 provided you with an
Interesting and romantic occupation
treasure hunting. | gave the right
eOus Danielle the opportunity for
which she was Dining; the opportunity
to try her hand at turning you into
an honest won an
"Tell her, by the way, that her
lover. or as she virtuously insisted,
her husband is still with me, and that
he is behaving himself admirably.
suspect that my Lii Is bit over fond
of him; but | have warned her that
one who has had the chaste affections
of the little nun would be unlikely to
succumb to her ardencies.
"Lili now inquiries to whom am
writing. She Is eighteen; she has
seen you; so dare tell her, to you. In
far country with an amusing name
Nevada.
"She mispronounces it, deliciously.
She blows it, and you, charmingly
away from the tips of her tiny pink
fingers. She kisses my ears. She
tells me that she owns me. So, sup
pose, | should not sign myself, as of
old. Yours. with an ever increasing
devotion, Bimbi."
"Good lands aliver | said. My
stomach hurt me, and my head ached.
81 am sorry for young Mr.. Stanley"
Miss Macdonald said. "But, you see.
was right in thinking that Miss Can
neziano's life might hold a secret"
"Noi No" Danny stood there in
front OF us, holding &c an aspen tree
for support.
81 wondered whether you were COM
ing out from behind the tree" Miss
Macdonald said.
81 saw you looking at me. You are
cruel. You are very cruel"
For a minute all could be was
sorry for Danny. | got up and went
to her and put an arm around her,.
Danny, honey" | said, "are you
planning divorce. after you've had
your six months In Nevada2 Was he
cruel to you? Unfaithful?"
"No, no." she said. "NOthing like
that, nothing at all. can explain
every word of it. But will anyone be-
lieve me?"
"You jus. try It." urged. "I'm all
set for believing you. right here and
now. Come over here, and rest, and
tell us all about It."
l led her across to the rock where
I had been sitting. and made place
for her beside me.
ITO RE CONTINUEDl