The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 28, 1902, Image 2
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CH Al'TEK IV.?CONTINUED. ,
Madane starunl at the sound of the
voire; jt was to different from what ho
expected.
"My daughter toM me thorc wa*
setae sort of trouble," bo began.
"If was wry kind of her," saki Al'
- don..
"You probably beard that Mr. Akton !
was under arrest," sakl the captain. |
' Tliat Isn't so. lie's held uo a witness. '
There's no charge aguinst hlni. He :
and ! bad a little disagreement about i
what was the right thiug for blrn to do. !
Yoti see, he doesn't understand my po i
- -
sltlou. l'n> L?*ld accountable in these ;
cases. But I don't want to ma to no !
trouble for no inun," ho wont on, with
that profusion^ of negatives which is
often an ornament of his language lu i
moments of earnestness, "ami if 1 k
eould see a decent way of letting htm
go without getting myself Into trouble,
why.Td be glud to oblige Mm und his
friends."
"Permit roe to consider the legal najx^ct
of the case," said the lawyer, sit- '
ting npon a corner of the table that ,
was in the middle of the room and fao i
tug Neale, while the otherfc were be- '
hind biro.
There was stlence of half a minute, j,
and then the lawyer got upon bis feet. !
"It seems to be perfectly simple*" he |
laid at last.
"If you say 60, that settles it" replied
Neale, ristng and walking toward
the door. "Sorry to have troubled you. j
Mr. Alden. Good night."
And he boweu as the three men J
walked out, MncJane weak and trero-;
b'iag with excitement -Alden jxrfr-ctly '
mechanical. As ttwy pas9ea me sergeant's
desk the lawyer discovered
that he had left his cane in the captain's
room, and be returned. He was ,
absent about five minutes, at the expt-!
ration of which time be Joined Maciane '
upou the sidewalk. Aklcu was not <
there.
"He has gone to the bospltul in our
cab." said Maciane. "The men is In a
trance. He scarcely spoke teu words.
W'hut detained you7"
"The captain was showing rae a
present that he had Just bought for his j '
little l;o>\" replied the lawyer. "Ifs
one of those Iron buuka. "That'll make
him thrifty, like h!w father.' ?ikl the
captain. So. to etx-ouni^e the child."
Sinking hia voKi^to a vrfcfoper. "I put,
fSGO into the bank whih> the captain
was looking out of tlx* window, Per- j
haps you didn't notice that I counted ;
some of my lingoes aa I sat on the cor-j
ecf of the table; not so many as I hu?i
< 'expechd, but Neale vtm really glad to
get rid of him. Ifs the easy wuy all i
around."
"Only $3C0t" exclaimed MadaDC.
"Well, that tru* ea*y"
CHAPTER V.
TUB TVkTir.NT AT ST. WTinPKF.D^B.
the tvwy to St. Win]fml*8
wtth Ercoda
fF ^To Mr. Earnes and Mr. .
ulM 1^ Ungfjerty exerted,
o| I Jjg^L themselves to be 00 ;
tertolnltiff. P>y way
*? of opening a conver
iuxj g^|OWtn<;
that personal ijit<fest which a lady ub
ways appreciates Mr. Barnes mentioned
the singular cireuinstattoe that he
happened to know o n:*u- w!k> hml seen !
MI.hk Machine that afternoon. He wondered
whether Miss Machine could
guess where It wns that ttilts man had,,
B-'t'ii her. Upon Brenda's aeknowl?<dg- j
ii.g that she wus unable to solve this.'
riddle Mr. Buroee kindly gave her a.
elew.
"If you could reqietnber where you
were at precisely ten minutes to 3." he
said. "why. that would settle It."
Rrenda smiled at the great trstuteu.*ss
of. Mr, Barnes, but she d?vi'?>ed to,*
be letl in?o a review of her movements
that afternoon. %p. Iluggeity then
struck iuto the conversation with the .
remark that It was curious bow jieople
eoutd forget where they had Ix.'Wi. and;'
he Instanced the case of a yoeug lady
TV,ho laid lost an excellent allid in a
rtudr.al ullair through the error *>f m>t
mking the i*>li<v Into her oonfKk'iKt
et an early stage of the proceedings,
whlkj the facta won- fresh fu her tirtml.
Kreuda suggest*1*! that perhaps the
hitly did not fully trust the police,,
whoreujajn Mr. Iternes asserted warn:
?y tr.at uvtt was tne greatest. imtn&Ke
possible to a human lmli.fi.
"Always trust the i*>l!oe?" l>e saM. !
"Guilty or. luuoccnt. It's the only thtng .
to do."
At tlie hospital It became immcdl- ;
aiely evident that Homes ant* FJfvggerty
had encountered, a mysterious and
formidable obstacle. Tbey vrere about
to accompany Breads Lpto the reoep-!
Hon rpom, and abe bad began to (bar
tfrt tby nUgbt new la^ya bar iflU^
titTNERSj
) FIELDING P !
Charles W. Hooke. j
oSS?S2o25^2c2SSo2SSS2^S'
I
si*? remained lo the building. but flor
some Inscrutable reason tbey vnrtlshed.
ami Kreadu's last ghmpeo showed .
them obviously crestfallen.
She bud been somewhat lightened In i
spirits ter tie* absurd comedy played
by these dull w!tt?d men. H hod end- <
ed, however, and the real signllk-aooe !
of the drama again asserted Hself.
The reception room of St. Winifred's
is lofty and bans and there was it chill ,
air in it even on that sultry Juite even-:
friB. Hreoda observed that the place
inspired her two componiona with- a
vague terror. The moid was seized ;
with a visible trembling,, and tho etah
wart James shifted his heavily shod*
fe?>t upon t.'ie floor. arousing singular- I
!y loud echoes that seemed to affed
him unpleasuntty. v ! <
Tho attendant wito hod shown them I
in returned after some minutes' absence
with two men. otte of whom
Itrooda had seen In the boll as they entered.
He wns the typical hospital phy- ;
f ''' ' ^ ^
/ /' ::
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"Hisii Jfadanef" she cried tn a weak ;
voice. I
slciao of the popular eooeeptkm. Been- 1 i
da noted only that ho wore spectacles I i
and. that bis uppor Hp was very thin [ I
and rigid. In his companion Brenda , I
was rejoiced to recognize a yo?ng doc- ;
tor of her acquaintance, Sdmoer Ken- , 1
dalL She advanced hastily, with e*r , 1
tended hand. j '
"I)r. Kendall." she exclaimed, "t had i
do kh-a you were connected vrna st j ]
I bare cotue to we Mtea ; 1
Miller. U she oouecknhsV What hes i
sbesakir P
Tbe physician seemed to be labwtaft i
under conekkiaMo enjharrasameDC Ho I
took IiretHla's hand with a ?+uk-k, nere- I
oos movement, hikI he oteeped tt hard- j
er than tbe forma of polite society pee- '
mit Rot he did ik>* meet the powtg
lady's eye* j i
"Our patient Is cor.sck>oftiM he 8nkh 1
"She bus ua excellent ctmooe of recov i
ery. ludecd umler ordinary clrrum-; I
stances there would he small OHtee fVjr j 1
alarm. To our great *wprki<\ we find ,
' _ V _ j w ... ...K.. h.Xt.^1 I
UJJiV MUV <
tbe wound. It wav be only a top#? ot
memory duo tr> shock, but I myself hn\r
that she will never be ub*e to anew*
the question.* i
"She <Joe? not know?" echoed Breoda. |
"You uiuet understand;** wW Kpo- j
dall. "tbot the wwuifHdt stood befclud i
hot. H*v. wboewr It ruwy tmv beejo. Is i
sui>{x**d to hove enter**!1 tbe rotaa '
wilile Miss Miller was out of> 12*4- hal-;
cony. I l>av?> bud tbe atcunotl-ty i
described to U).'- fn tin? corner ot the
room law tbe eastero window the*? Is ;
<}Ulte a large closet >*>o ?>- j
tk**l It*"*
Brettd* Incliisd her head. : *
"The aosossiu trw.y haw Mddvtvb+m- ]
self ther?s" Kendall cvntlmiod. '"Mies
Miller mw-K/tbcro sb^ptng h/tn tbe (
f*x:i thiouidi that cAstcro wtwb/w*. 1
jwmI she knows nothing wf**t bof> i
V>ei)**J lietweeu that nvMnonl aod tbe '
this.1 of Imm- twivkentag tow*" : 1
*V1m- sifl Hots" saxl llivntia. "Kbe . 1
wilt !>xr>efi)tof some t
"Sho etui nevor renwHnber ut?* eba (
did i?ot .. <* ? ?rv<>?~ tn-ixkil Ketxhj-Tk "Tl
uwiy N' that sto? neither sow nor head j
the aesessm. .W to The wnnnd. F herd- 1
ly know what, to sr.y. Tto? knife enter- s
- - 1 - * **. -v t )
W' UiK" lifTl m^J ITLn; ?
ftml pa****) dowDWHi*) wy done to ttx- \
body w^nlL Onlltinrfiy H woirM lw ak j
?x*t tqipofirfbk* to hnfi*< wwb a 1
wound. Tho HwsHfi?hi imwt two t*?co t
plugolorty ignorant at ttUHttw# tr 1
ptrike dovpwsni at ft fput. fbr tho i
chanot* \xv>r+> a tlnn>8ao<J to t**? t2io< I
rho !>ooy strwtijiv wtxjM pwtux-t tibo . 1
vital part*. The knlfo ba-vt i
ctearod tbo first rit> ?od hH fWrtv t
against thft^-cond. lVti* it bnppvo* that;
Mi88 Miliar tvovlwd at* Injwy oo CMb | i
precise spot ywtrs ag0w<ae m tmOqH ot I I
wbfch tbe first rtb ht. wotor <?t?l
C*es?^ Time tbe ?## C*y?r- i t
od by mi extraordinary itinnec. Hh
Ilk a u-Htv JlrsS to r**in*? lieititf fwo ly
bev. tHxi, to sirtko at the fr< r.(
o( tbo txxhy wMle stundlmr behind it
Cjpihr to ?vokJ the Mood tl at tiitx-t fol
krv* tin) Mow. Having shriek. he tio
donhKnlly mtppoHrsI Uwit ho hod r<wb
?1 tin twort. and orrfy a nJr>:<*k> pjo
wot+ii. (hir andwhnx-o be! lev
?] 'tun the wall of the heart was jaino
ftiivd and that a dot of likxxl was stop
I>i?ur tbo ttvnod, as laippens once lri i
million Tt at te not tie* cuse. N?v
orrfy <1M tin! knife tr>h*?? the heart. bn
H inte^tl tlx* artork-s in ;i way that on
h* itlvine ?*rovkkMMv? can account fur
So the ilrst offtndon <?f t+xx] was n<?
fWl<nv?>d !>v tho ftunl drain t!iat miph1
haw N^u expected. Ihj I mute* m.vseli
ehorr
"I t-.n<H*rsrnrx1 erxHtgh," said Bcenda
"I know that she tuny nvowr, ?n.l 1
thank Ood with all my soul"
Tlsre wiw a pause. during wtitol
Kendall's emtMrriMemcnf. that b:i.
been k*->? notkvfthk- while his mind wni
bent up?n a description of Elsie's in
Jury. ot?oe UK>rv aaoertej itself. Rrendi
ot^Tved fticit Lis face wns flushed am
his forehead motet and sin; was puz
zled
"TTaw yon fofcl her that I am hero?
ahe asliisL "Does she wish to sis? i n'?'
"Wo Law Dot tbentkwd it," be re
pbe-1, ~lmt you need have no hestta
tkMk Wo hovo given lx-r a very nh-?
room," hi? hurried o?l "You'll tin.
that everything in the ?wM te lx*lnt
cJojh? for her. Shall we go in?"
The otlier physician thin eon*? for
worth and Tlmvia govc hi m her hand
though Kendall, in the extremity of hi>
cus' mi r mssmeot. forgot to utter the
form m pr?<<semu(*Mj.
A straight and long ecrrkjor, th<
k>ng?-st. as it aeemod to Brenda, thai
mortal architect hod ??'*or designed, lw!
rearward to the part of the building it
whkh Mies iwwl rx**n (sequester
tvL Kendall k*l tie* mi.v. and bis ool
league walked behind. For the thin;
time tbot day Brenda oxiferienoed tb(
sensation of surrendering hr ration
The hoepital la*co;ne a prison; she was
being marched to sortie deep cell l>e
yuud the reach of retwiie or the light ol
toy. Then, in a moment. she saw Dr
Kendall .open a cVkh* and step back ttinl
she might jxjee befote him.
Rreoda*s ftrut glance happened to fall
directly tipon the fu<x; of the pntieut
and she cannot truly bo sold to Levt
Been anything else in the room. The
bod was only an indistinct splash ol
white. The bare walls, tbo plainly
curtained window. the nurse In profile
motionless us a figure on tapestry, entered
into the feeling, but not into tin
rievc of the sceoo. She behold only
that sweet and sad little face, so pn-t
ty, 90 maidenly and tender. And th(
real uneeoce of this despicable crhno,
the Inconceivable Inhumanity of it
s*eemod to speak straight to Bronda's
heart in that language of nature whict
k? xvitlKHrt words.
EisVs brown eyes opened wide,
They had beeu half dosed. and she
bod been looking at heaven know?
\rtuvt; nothing in that poora purely,
nothing that ew l>ad been anywhere
perhaps. Tbey turu<>d to Uremia with
otter aurjH tea
"Miss MactaneT gbe cried in a woah
eotoa. but diet!net ns the tone of a llttk
stiver betL "You have come to see
tnet Lk>w kind of you!" Then middenfjr,
"Why dkl you (Jo it ?"
Br^fxiu sank upon lier k. ^es beskk
the bed and took Rlsle's ham
"1i was hq Impulse?a met-u impulse,"
she sokk "txrt I am very glad I came.
I am so aorry for you. I a in a good
nurse. I hare been taught. Will you
rer i;m? ?fay nere wtth >ikj uumj yvu nr?
ws^ir
T\ro ?ohi? gntber?sl lu Elsie's eyes
ikxI gH<k?d riowiy down hrr checks.
[le< lip <|uhvred llko a child's.
"1 i?brtn*t g*-t weik" Rbe Sttki. "J tkm'1
W?W)4 K>.~
Aod then the t?srs t-iuue very faeC
CHAPTEII VI.
KH AROCME.VT HOW mH OEFETtPE.
one Is In the vfllkl
r Sr r J n*?e ,M>^ experience
yf| tony runny
yaf ly p???sons for desiring
^jVIa fl/pk] ge further hi pr<'ffav<HV
to ivtiTrnln#.
As n rtiK, bnwevtir.
receone we awuIIounxI up In the
h*>thx"? at fhrhw ?rnU ru the Interest
we trtee Tx> (Kie*B own stiTiggk? with
3x>derli rmgei. a pbysfcyiu will hour
iiarr;# p?*>*4o nvy thut tl.ey <h> not
vtsi) to retxwr, bfit n>>'t of them will
fw#t until after the danger hi over t<ekse
giving yttemoce to words which
!* eoperajii powers moy take too serixjety.
Df. Kendall was rn/t r? the leost pre
?ni*J to ty-or swb en expression front
ihfc? perfknrittr patient. Ho vakjM bmr
;<>i0 thet ehe wee ixw' \cb?> enjoys!
1fe\ envy mlncite of It. Oftalnly she
?iw a? foil of us-fonti vitality as a
i\Mina ftwu fit the wornl*. Plainly
l4*?jikla win* ?* k-est tk> nxx-h surprised
m KetxfaJL mxl tbo physk-ian ?waKed
jer ons>e with cHtlrni Interest If
rbo aboukl aek ar> tMtpltt notion or offer
tn artfuroefrt. it would shew tlxit she
>t>d txH the toettnet of the uonm. It
?w? to the no ton* of en osnmlnotfoa.
n*l F)iWM)a p?.*?M rt w-hh jfrent credit
"tl ywi will xvi\ nie I raoy stay," she
?M, *1 will <Jo something that will
DAfee^oo feei mcch better."
Tftm know that I want yon to stay,"
add- Otto. "ft vcu very. very good
5 i of you to come. and I tiiaiik' you tiu
!ly."
c "Such Ndrvg the eas?s" replied Breo1
da, "I am going to fix your hair. One
moment, wii Ho I make myself ready.
And bow," she added. "don't more;
not n muscle. See, I ran reach It without
tla.> slightest troubhx"
And with cool and steady bands she
arranged the brown masses In which
J there lurked a stnuye glow lite ml
1 gold in the sen. It was cleverly done.
r Elsie felt the earefusing hands, but they
'1 were so (lott that not a treinor reached
| the wound. I>r. K? observing
closely, nothknl his hod as one who
' i considers a question satisfactorily set<!
tM
^ i "Such beautiful hnlr!" said Brenda.
! "iV.1 must l>e very vuiti of it.'*
But Elsie averred that sin? did not
' care for dark hair; It was so common.
She wotild much rather have Brondu's.
11 "The entente cordiaic is now fully es':
tabllsbed," said Kendall. "Miss Mao\
lane, tin1 ixuietit Is in your bands. I
" j shell expect her to be playing gojf In
1' alMiut a week. It won't l>e necessary
'' 'for you to assist me any further. Dr.
'j Johnson,'* Ik* continued, addressing bis
t; colleague. "I will join you in my
> i r^m."
Dr. Johnson bowed and withdrew.
" Dr. Ketidull hx>k a sent by the bed,
'j and without appearing to do anything
I particularly important he determined
' i with-great thoroughness the condition
! of his patient. Not all that he observed
\touid be eomprebeuslble by a layman.
' i The most conspicuous feature In tin?
case was the Improvement of Elsie's
: spirits. She spoke cheerfully to Bren!
| da aini seemed to have acquired In so
! short a tluie a certain dei>erH]ence up'
i on her. Then, almost as sheSvas speak':
ing. her eyes dosed, her hands upon
' i the white coverlet relaxed, and she fell
1 asleep.
Kendall and Brenda watched her in
'! slleuce. for a moment while the profea';
sional nurse, who bad remained In at'
i tendance, adjusted t!ie shades upon the
! electric lights.
': "While she sleeps," whispered BreD
; da. "I would Ilk*> to telephone to my
'! father. Dr. Johnson to'd me that Mr.
; Alden is probably still held at the stnftk>n.
He must be or tie would be here,
j My father must try to secure his re|
I * i
1; lease. By the way. of course Miss Mil 1
ler asked for liirn?"
!j "For Mr. Akleu? Yes," replied Ken'1
dall.
"What did you tell her?"
| "We sak! that be had sent all sorts of
j kind messages and that be received
' j constant reports from us, but that she
must not ask to see him before tomorrow."
1
"DM she ple^d to see him at ooce?"
! j asked Brenda. *
' i Ivendall hesitated for a moment while
j they were passing silently out of the I
1 room.
'j "Miss Miller is a very obedient pa- ,
tlent." be said. "No one eouhl give
less troubh\" j
ki "Well?" rejoined Brenda. "Please1
' proceed."
"I don't quite understand."
1 "You have something more to say." !
1 "It occurred :o me," said Kendall j
, slowly, "that slie exhibited less auxle- \
I t.v to s<-e Mr. Alden than I sbouM bave
!! expected."
Tills statement seemed to furnish
'; Breuda with abundant food for
i thought. She said nothing as they
'i trave'sod the long corridor. and Ken'
dull also was silent. After Brenda
I had sent the message to her father
1 she conferred with Kendall In regard
'! to her ninalnlng in the hospital ns 1
1, Elsie's nurse and then dlspairhed l>er
! maid under Jame^t' escort for such
i things as 6he would n?ed.
' The departure of the servants left
j Bretwlo and Hernial! aVcue tu the re!
eeptiou room.
"I wish you would teil eve more
| alrout Miss Miller." sunt she. "I can- i
I not understand why sIk* should not
j have wisher] to see Sir. Ak'reii."
"I dkl not say that." rcei*>n<led Ken- I
j dall. "It was Ut niauiKT that struck '
IIH; as pwiiiihf-.
**Sbe as unaffected at<d itnpolsive
as a ehlM." said Krefida. "1 can
Imagine her asking for Mr. Aidon as
naturally as if 1*? had been a drink of
; water."
"That is jwveisely what elie did not
, do," shm! the doctor. "I/'t nx* tell you ,
just what hr.pi* ned. When she wos
broocbt to tlx* hospital, she was uu- '
i conscious. For certain reusous we
; took her to tlx* room wbfpp she now
i is. though that wouW not have been
the ordinary course. Whilo I was
uiakhig ray first examination of the
wound she hepui to r-vlve. and 1 be!
Here tlwit slxr retrained thp full cora!
mand of her faculties within a few
1 minutes. It Is not tlwrvs j>ossible to
say just when a patient's mind bo!
cornea effectually clear, but I n-ci per!
fectly euro that Mis ; Miller''- v-a* wfde
awuke som- I'rtlo time leforv she
, chose to let that f-e-t f.ppenr.
~l'ou must reinoinbei that owfr'
i
' estimated tlx* gravity of the woond
. n-fxl Indeed were expecting the worst
1 ' - ? I
j r.t ni.y :uou;er:t. L'onr-iiJenivj tfre na'
ttm* of the in!t wit' fliipor'nTrt to
I qwytkrn her iin?x-?Matvty I os-fced
Lor \?-ho hfi-.l 'nfWvlotl t?..? ninl
I ?:n>\v that s>i)*> heard ?ik! orfdcrsHood
rr.y? ??j weil as yoti do now. she
raodv ihj et^n. After bor flrrt view of ,
t^K? phiee, whk'b : be i;xHrt have recog- i
id zed hi n rom in a ho^oftal, she !
riused her eyes, uoii I tNuir tt ln'JFt j
bftve been a matTr of live amxjte# i
**** -opei-^ thecx* I
"Thinking," suid P.rcnda, "thinking,
thinking. Poor child!"
"Though she is obviously abuormirlly
sensitive to pain," Ivendull continued,
"She I tore what bad to bo done with the
fortitude of a Christian martyr, f
mode up my mind after awhile the* a
miracle liad protected her and that she
| had a chance to survive; therefore I
I censed to ask quest leva, deciding to let
j her take Iter own time. When she
{ spoke. It was not in reply to me. ami
1 8l>e seemed to address no one. "I am
| going to die,' she sakl. and then she be!
r ?>
I
1
I KaukUl and Brenda iratchtd far to ?lh.-neti
fur a moment.
' (.'an to cry very softly, as j-ou sow ber
a few minutes ago. 1 replied thnt 1 did
i nut think so, but she shook ber bead.
1 murmuring soiuethlug about the grief
i of far mother, wbo couhl not oouie ia
i time to see her. I usked for her inofbj
er"s address and mo# informed by a
j police sergeant wbo bud Jiut been adj
mined to the room, coming under orders
frotu Captain Xeale, that Mrs.
| Simmons, me lautnaoy, uhu leit-gyupu'
ed to Mrs. Miller.
I "The sergeant then came lumt*?rtx>g /
| up to the side of the bed armed wtfh a
; notebook and a pencil Without wutt1
ing for hlui to put a siDgle question
| Miss Miller told her story of the crime
I as I told it to yon. She had stepped
i out upotl the veranda and had almost
Immediately re-entetvd the rooui by
. the eastern window. She neither saw
nor beard any oue. Beyond a confused
| memory of a sharp and terrible pang.
Buddeti, unexpected and probably ojeaningteea.
because the in hid is darkened
before It can comprehend, she can recall
nothing. There was very little for
the sergeant to put down in his notebook."
"DM he believe her?" asked Breodo.
"Yes; 1 think the sergeant dkl," replied
Keudall. with a slight empbosis
on the noun. "At least the only hxiicaI
tioo of doubt bo gave me was to aslc
roe in tlie corridor afterward whether
the wound could have beeu self inflicted.
1 told him to dismiss the Idea, and
he seemed to have no dlfUcuIty to doing
so. It Is not. ut the tirst glance, a
physical impossibility. but practically
it is precisely that."
"Suppose s'.ve should say that she did
it." said Hreudu.
"With apologies to Miss MIllern" responded
Kendall, "I must tell you that
tli-ot n,.# nff?^ mr nninkm In
the k>Hst If si* has any desire to
shield the guilty, she cannot do t? In
that way."
Itrendn's keen gray eyes 6earch?>the I
physk Inn's face.
"Do you believe tbftt?" she demanded. i
"Frankly." sakl Kendall, "my opinion
Is that Mlse Miller knows perfectly
well who dkl tbla deed."
"And l?er mot h e for concealmenT?" '
"1 leave tbat to ber own heart," was
the reply. "Yet it would seem that
there eoukl be but oo*\"
"A motive of tbe la-art." said BrencJa.
"Do you realize tbot this amounts to
an accusation?"
'Then k* us not spesk of It any
more, said Kendall Let us geCDacK
to Mr. Akleu."
"We have already done so." sbe-said;
but tin* ?loetor would not be d>awn
into such an adiniesiou.
"After the police oiDeer bad &>oe."
lie resumed. "Miss Miller asked me
whether a note mldressed to her had
been found In Iter room. I auawred
yes. aiKl then she Inquired whether
Mr. AWen bad informed otf ber
misfortune. Hearing to excite her, I
eul*tituted for the truth* the aetKm
that I >us< outlined to you. and my
poor little patient merely sighed. She
did no* :vsfc when 9bo could see 3fr.
Akleu nor mention his name again
In any connection."
"From which you infer"?
"Nothing whotever." insisted- 'Kendoll.
S
"You do not trust me-." said linen da.
nnt without bitterness. "You
Mr. Aklen guilty of thla? frightfulorfme,
ami you chire not say so la my presence
for fefw thot I may not be discreet
arxl you nwvy be pat into fQt unpleasant
posttlou."
"I couki scarcely be put Into a .position
more unpleasant tban this one."
sokl Kemtan earnestly. "1 want to
tell you the. truth about^-^rbout
everything tba-t I fewv or imegtne.
ami K Is deadly hard tp do It when
you look at mo as ft I were an enemy.
This la as near ae I can come ?o an.
accurate expression* Miss Miller^wnanHer
convinces tnetiiat abe (a
[Jo b? Continued.]*
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