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CHATTER VII.
TnE is HEARD.
REND A returned to Kl
k * ¥,"*** ■'*-< sit ' * r •»"' after ar
jf 3 j. 3 ranging with Kendall
'. ( f•"' X t0 ' ,c notified at once
Hj.» < jfc Vj if lu-r father should
M '' secure Alden's release
he should come
s • to the hospital. A3
the passed out of the reception room
the eiieounten'd I>r- Johnson, who was
in the act of entering. He took a seat
upon a corner of the table »jxl met
with some evidences of embarrassment
the took which Randall turned up in
him.
"Were you listening there?" demand
ed Kendall after half a minute's si
lence.
"Well. 1 couldn't help bearing a word
or two," the other admitted. "You see,
I was looking for you, and I dkln't
want to interrupt the conversation."
"This thing must stop, Mr. Elmen
dorf," said Kendall. "I've been drag
ged luto It by the heels. 1 gave you
n:y word in the dark before 1 knew
what you were going to do."
"1 didn't know myself what I was
going to do," replied the detective. "1
came up here with orders to be present
when Miss Machine went into Miss
Miller's room."
"1 did not suppose that this decep
tion would extend to Miss Maclane
when I made my promise," said Ken
dall. "1 understood that she had seen
you; Hint she knew who you were. And
you are not disguised."
"I have shaved off my mustache,"
said the detective, "and 1 look like the
devil without it. I!ut this whole mat
ter of disguise is merely knowing what
somebody else will notice. When
you're going to be recognized, send an
other man. Miss Maelane had too
much on her mind nt the Thirty-eighth
street house. She couldn't have told
afterward whether 1 was white or
black. And so, with the mustache gone
and these goggles for my eyes, It was a
sure thing."
"Why was it necessary?"
"1 reported to headquarters that Miss
Maclane was coming down here," re
plied Klmendorf, "and the old man
wanted to get a line on It."
"Ou what?"
"Whether they'd seen each other be
fore. The result was a little peculiar,
as you'll admit. Your patient recog
nized Miss Maelane at a glance-, but
Miss Maclane says she never saw Miss
Miller before. What do you make of
It? Of course Ailss Maclane has told
so many different stories"—
"It is perfectly natural," said Ken
dall, checking Elmendorf by word nnd.
gesture. "Miss Maclane Is promi
nent in society. Her picture has been
printed in the newspapers a hundred
times. With a natural -
nterest In her, Miss Miller has undoubt
edly familiarized herself with Miss
Maclane's appearance. She may even
have seen her entering a church on
the occasion of a society wedding—
or In some similar way."
"That's the easy answer," replied
Elmendorf, "and I guess It's right. One
thing Is certain- If Miss Maclane struck
that blow. Miss Miller didn't see her,
and the poor girl's story Is tru.e."
"If Miss Maclane struck the blow!"
repeated Kendall, dazed. "What
earthly reason have you"—
"Now, see here," said Elmendorf,
"let's view this matter calmly. No
body can be hurt by a straight, honest
view of the facts, except the one that
ought to be hurt, the cowardly, black
hearted murderer who did this thing.
Talk about calmness! .Walt a minute."
lie walked back nnd forth two or
three times between the table and the
corner of the room, finally facing Ken
dall squarely nnd continuing:
"I don't usually care a— Excuse me.
1 don't usually swear, either, nnd 1
Won't do It now. I was going to say
that these things don't effect me, as a
rule; they're all In the way of business.
But somehow this takes hold of me.
llow could anybody harm that little
girl?"
And be took another turn across the
room.
"Miss Miller exerts a strange Influ
ence," said Kendall. "I suppose we're
at least as hard hearted as the police,
but I caught l>r. Carrington, the ambu
lance surgeon who went out on this
case, walking up and down In his room
and telling another of our young doe
tors what he would like to do to the
man who was responsible for this. The
room studied of brimstone from tho
language that he used. And between
ourselves, Mr. Elmendorf, the thing
filled me with horror such as I haven't
felt lu a good many years. It Is tho
personality of the girl undoubtedly.
There's nothing unusual about the
ease."
"Well, I would hardly say that," re
turned Elmendorf. "There are a few
things that I wouldn't call exactly or
dinary—Miss Maclane's conduct, for In
stance."
"She explained that perfectly to me,"
replied Kendall.
"Yes," said Elmendorf. "I happened
to hear the explanation. And now let
tne tell you something. It Is a moral
certainty that Miss Machine went to
that house before she says she did;
that she wns there very close to tho
moment of tho crime, not to put It any
stronger."
"What do you mean?" demanded
Kendall.
"You have heard of tho mysterious
Woman lu the case?"
"Yes. She was seen by Dr. Blair
leaving the house. But there's always
something of that sort In every nlTalr
of the kind. It will be explained."
"I wish Miss Machine would explain
It," Mild Elmendorf, "for she was tho
woman. I>r. Blair knows It beyond a
shadow of doubt."
"If he knows It," returned Kendall,
"why hasn't he said so?"
•'Would you? Put yourself In Ula
place. Would you throw that rope
around a woman's neck before getting
a little more light on the matter? As
a man of (lie world and a doctor who's
leaned In his business the value of
keeping his mouth shut, would you do
It? No. Aud I>r. Blnlr feels Just the
same way. lie wasn't born yesterday.
When the time comes, he can give his
evidence."
Kendall laid Ids hand upon Ids hair
perhaps to »-::il:.fy himself that it was
not beginning to niand on end.
"Do you believe that lie will testify
against her?" lie demanded. "Eltnen- 1
dorf, this Is deadly serious."
"Well. I should think It was," said
the detective, "ar-1 the longer she keeps
quiet about it the more serious it gets."
It was Kendall's turn to walk the
floor, and he did it.
"There are a thousand chances to
one," continued Elmeudorf, "that if
the story she tells you is true she can't
prove It. Suppose she was in a storo.
Who's going to remember her or the
time of day? Take her motive, take
her admissions to you If they were
made in court, combine them with
Blair's evidence, and what do you sup
pose the result would be?"
"You cannot have seen her with Miss
Miller." said Kendall, "and still sus
pect her of this crime."
Elmendorf hesitated, as if he could
hardly briug himself to destroy the
last refuge.
"There's one way to look at that," ho
said at last. "Miss Maclane goes to
that house wild with rage after her
scene with Alden. She has the 'fixed
Idea' that's more In crirtie than even
you doctors think It Is. She gets In
without seeing anybody because of the
defective catch of the lock. She walks
Into that room. Miss Miller is on the
balcony, liight on the table, where the
devil must have put It, Is that knife,
open perhaps, for the envelope that
held that note was cut. Miss Maclane
takes that knife, and on the Instant
Miss Miller comes in through the win
dow, the other girl shrinking back to
ward the closet. She Is behind Miss
Miller. She doesn't see her. Y'ou know
how it would be with the girl entering
from the balcony, the bright light be
hind her. My friend, It's ull over In a
second, and Brenda Machine doesn't
know what she's done until she comes
to this hospital and sees In that bed a
creature as different from the woman
she supposed she had struck down ns
God could make."
Kendall's forehead was dripping wet.
"But the money?" he gasped.
"Who knows anything about the mon
ey?" demanded Elmendorf. "It may
have lain out of sight until Neale nnd
his men got there, and one of them may
have lifted It. This is not for publica
tion, Dr. Kendall. It's between our
selves."
"It's a nightmare." said Kendall. "I
don't believe a word of it."
"If you don't like the way I've put It,
let me give you another view," replied
the detective. "Miss Maclane goes to
the house heaven knows why, per
haps from curiosity. She goes up the
steps nnd sees through the glass panel
of the outer door Alden In tho hall.
Willi the door of Miss Miller's room
oi»en this woCld ue possible. I've tried
It. Seeing Alden, Miss Maclane hur
ries away. She doesn't know what Al
den has Just done, but she doesn't want
to meet him. Dr. Blair sees her, but
does not see Alden, who comes out aft
erward. This would be natural, for of
course Blair's back was turned after
y —-<
-
The doom heloui were suddenly flung
open, <tnd a man appeared.
he passed the house. Let me tell you
that Miss Maclane, when she was ques
tioned, spoke of the chance that the
mysterious woman had merely gone up
the steps mid then come right down
again."
"I'd rather take that view of It," said
Kendall. "But, even so, you must have
it motive."
"Motive!" echoed Elmendorf. "What
did Miss Machine tell youV Didn't sho
say that Alden told her that Miss Mil
ler gave him no encouragement? Sup
pose he went up there after writing his
letter, which cheerfully assumed that
everything was all right, and suppose
she told him, once and for all, that sho
wouldn't have anything to do with
him. Eor her sake he had tempted
financial ruin by breaking it off with
Brenda Maclane, and now he finds that
he's got nothing to pay for it. I'll tell
you Alden Isn't the uiun to tako that
calmly."
"If that's the fact of the case," said
Kendall, "how do you explain her si
lence ?"
"My dear sir," replied Elmendorf,
"you've got me. I can't. But who can
explain a woman anyhow? You believe
that Miss Miller Is telling the truth,
don't you?"
"Did you hear me say so?"
"To Miss .Machine? No. The first
thing I heard you say to her was that
It was n fine thing tnnt she had done."
"1 did say thai I believed Miss Mil
ler. That Is my present attitude."
"In some respects," said Elmendorf,
"It Is the worst you could take—for
Miss Machine. By the way, you will
permit her to remain with the patient?"
"Why not?" demanded Kendall stern
ly-
Elmendorf replied with haste that
he saw no objection whatever. Thero
was a brief silence, and then Keudall
left the room, saying that he would
return presently. As he passed the
bend of the steps leading up from the
main entrance of the building tho
doors below were suddenly flung open,
mill a man appeared. He seemed to
Kendall to come up the steps without
touching them. lu an Instant Ills hand
was on Kendall's arm, nnd the doctor
carried three hruiics for a *vcuk as
the result of it.
Though the two men hail a club ac
quaintance. Alden did not show tho
slightest trace of recognition.
"Miss Miller?" lie said, his voice per
fectly steady, ghastly steady, as Ken
dall afterward described It. "Is sho
alive?"
"She Is." replied the doctor, "and
there Is no Immediate danger."
"1 thank you," said Alden. "I was
pretty nearly gone. 1 beg your yur
•lon, how do you do, Dr. Kendall?"
And he extended bis hand.
"I understand perfectly," said the
doctor. "Miss Miller Is conscious, en
tirely rational and suffering far less
pain than yon would suppose."
"Who did this?" demanded Alden.
"She has told you?*'
"She does not know."
"She does not know!" echoed Alden,
his head sinking upon his breast.
"I am sorry to say that It will uot
be wise for you to 6ee her tonight,"
said Kendall. "We must not subject
her to excitement Pleasp wait here."
And he led the way to the reception
room. "I will go to Miss Miller's room
and bring you word."
Alden found himself In the presence
of Elmendorf. whom he took to be one
of the doctors connected with the
establishment which may Indicate
that there was more in the d'tective's
disguise than he had been willing to
admit to Kendall.
"I called to inquire about Miss Mil
ler," said Alden after maintaining
silence to what seemed the limit of
his power.
"\ou are Mr. Alden. I take It" was
the reply. "Well, you want to cheer
up. Miss Miller Is doing fine."
"Has slie asked for me?"
"Yes." but It was uot Elmendorf's
voice that replied. "She has asked for
you many times."
Alden turned to see Brenda at the
door. Ho stared at her as if she had
been a figure raised up by some sud
den conjuration.
"Brenda!" he said at last. "I find
you everywhere."
"Did uot my father tell you 1 was
here?" she asked, and he shook his
head.
"I shall remain with Miss Miller un
til her mother comes," said Brenda.
"Dr. Kendall has arranged It."
Alden seemed momentarily to be at
a loss for words, but he did not strug
gle for them or labor visibly with emo
tion. His manner still remaiued as It
had been throughout—restrained, me
chanical.
"You are true blue, Brenda," he said
steadily. "You always were."
"I am very glad to be here," she In
terrupted, speaking softly and leading
him aside. "She Is nil altogether lova
ble girl, and 1 am going to be a sister
to her," she added, smiling, "Instead
of to you, ns is customary under the
circumstances. I will see that she 1s
not harassed by questions and that she
lacks nothing that can possibly be
had."
"I cannot see her tonight," said Al
den. "Can I send a message?"
"I will take It to her," replied Bren
da. "And, by the way, 1 saw some
violets In her room. She likes them
especially, does she not? I think Dr.
Kendall would let me take In a" few
from you."
"In live minutes I will have them,"
said Alden. "You will wait here? It
Is very kind of you."
He left the room hastily, and Breoda
explained his errand. Kendall's man
ner lid her to think that she might
have made an error In suggesting the
violets, but It was a very different mat
ter that was upon the doctor's mind.
He was making an effort to express
himself when Elmendorf Interrupted
him.
"Dr. Kendall Is worried," he said,
"because he has permitted me to play
a trick upon you. To tell the truth. I
don't like It any better than he does,
nnd here is where It ends. I am not a
doctor. I am a detective sergeant
from headquarters. You saw me at
the Thirty-eighth street house this aft
ernoon. My name Is Elmendorf."
Brenda exhibited surprise, but no re
sentment, merely saying that the de
tective's presence was doubtless neces
sary for reasons unknown to her.
"I am as anxious as any one can
be," she said, "to have justice done
In this deplorable affair. Do you think
you can find out who committed this
crime, Mr. Elmendorf? Do you sus
pect any one?"
"I haven't got any authority to find
out anything or suspect anybody," re
plied Elmendorf, In a tono which indi
cated that this familiar situation was
not agreeable fu the present instance.
"I go where I am sent and then I make
a report WhaJ becomes of the Infor
mation afterward Is a matter with
which the sultan of Sulu has more to
do than 1 have. But I'll tell you what
I tliftik." lie added earnestly. "If this
poor girl gets well, that will be tho
last you'll hear about the case. If she
dies. It will all have to come out.''
"But you don't think she will die?"
cried Brenda, paling.
"I hope not," replied Elmendorf,
"and of course my opinion In that
matter Is worth even less than It la
In the other. Hut we mustn't take bar
recovery for granted at this stage of
the game. Am 1 right, Dr. Kendall7"
"There can bo no certainty yet," re
plied the doctor gravely.
"Her condition might change for tb«
wort*; quite suddenly. Isn't that ao?"
continued Elmendorf.
she might become unconscious and re
main so to the end. That's the fact, and
we must face it. This may be murder,
UIH! the safe way Is to get at the truth
now while we can."
"1 won't have her questioned any
more tonight," said Kendall, with de
cision. "I've blocked off a coroner
already who was here for an ante
mortem statement, and I am prepared
for the next comer. Miss Miller shall
not be harried Into her grave, and If
any attempt of tho kind Is rnado 1
will show a few points of law that
will surprise some of our miss
officials In this town. A physician's
authority beside bis patient con be
put Into practical form if the individ
ual understands the subject. And I
do."
"Your advice goes, with me," Elmsn
dorf hastened to say; "but I don't
think the particular question I had In
mind could do any harm."
"You may state It," said Kendall.
"It was about a picture that I saw
In her room," replied the detective,
"a photograph of a palutlng. I should
MI.V I'd like to know where It cam®
from; how she happened to get It
I'gly looking thing It I*, and I couldn't
help wondering about It."
"You mean the picture of Tantalus,"
Mil. l Uremia "1 saw It. Why do you
attaih any Importance to It?"
"If I uli. uld tell yon. you'd laugh at
me." replied Klmeudorf. "so I won't do
It Ju«t now Hut If you should get n
good ehniirr to ask the question"—
"I have already done so, singularly
enough," said Hrenda "She was awake
when I returned to the room, aud we
P|H<KO of HOl ne things (hat she wished
to Im \ e brought here She asked for
that picture I must have showu my
surprise, for she Immt dlately began to
pnioe i lie pleture. aaylng how much
■■!.<• admired the facial expression of
the tortured king, and she mentioned
having bought It at an art store on
Twenty third street a few weeks ago.
As n student of facial expression, hav
ing her dreams of tragic triumphs some
day. the thing might naturally have
appealed to her."
"I didn't think about her being an
actress" said Elmendorf. "That ex
plnlns it no doubt. They like those ex
treme typical faces. I was foolish to
No.* 11
Imagine that the picture could Lava
had anything to do with this case."
L_ [TO BX CO.MI.NL ml . " J
COLORADO'S FIRST GOLD^
How the Diaeorfry of tke Preclooa
Metal Wai Made.
On May B,IST>O, as stated In Fossett's
"Colorado" (1876), John Gregory, a
prospector, climbed the hill into what
Is still known as Gregory gnlch (mid
way between the present Central City
and Black Hawk), scraped away the
grass and leaves, filled his pan with
dirt and took It down to the stream.
Upon panning (washing) it down,
there was about $-1 worth of gold in it.
This was followed by a stampede to
the Gregory diggings, as they were
afterward called. Gregory employed
Ave men from the new arrivals and by
means of a sluice took out $972 in one
week. Other rich strikes were made
almost daily, and large amounts of
gold were taken out in a short time.
The Bates. Bobtail, Mammoth, Gun
nell, Gurroughs, Illinois and hundreds
of other lodes were found, and thou
sands of claims were taken up. As the
summer of 1859 advance® the wealth
of the gold veins and gulches of what
is now Gilpin county became more and
more apparent. Over 15.000 men were
congregated in Gregory, Russell nnd
tributary gulches, and many of them
were accumulating wealth rapidly, but
everything valuable was soon pre
empted, and large numbers were forced
to hunt their fortunes elsewhere.—En
gineering Magazine.
A I'nntltllnns Doc.
"Tes," said the manager of the de
funct "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company,
"It was our dog that broke up the
show."
"The doe, eh? What was the matter
with him?"
"Too fastidious. You never saw such
a hound in your life. You know the
play, of course. ' We tie a piece of
meat in the folds of Eliza's frock, and
that's what draws the dogs after her
w'lien she runs across the blocks of
ice. Well, what do you thing this dog
demanded?"
"Can't imagine."
"Porterhouse beefsteak, sir, and with
the tenderloin left in! Yes, sir. How's
that? And you couldn't fool him. He
wouldn't chase Eliza a foot unless the
meat was a choice cut. No, sir. And,
by gain, sir. our company had to live
on liver and bacon so that blamed dog
could have his steak. Yes, sir."
"The demand was too much for you,
was It?"
"No, It wasn't. That is, it wasn't
until he began to Insist upon mush
rooms with his steak. Then we Just
threw up our hands and quit."—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
A farlom Name Combination,
"What Is In a namo?" has been a
question eufllciently unanswered to still
remain a Mfftject for discussion, but
what Is In two names should have a
double Interest. If you don't think so,
take two names as well known ns any
in American history and look at them.
They are the names of Lincoln and
Hamlin. Of course there Is nothing
peculiar about them as they stand, but
■et them differently and observe the
result. For an Instance, place them
this wise:
HAM LIN
LIN COLN
Bead up and down and then across.
There Is something In that, isn't there?
Now, again:
ABRA-HAMLIN—COLN.
Can you find two other names of two
other men whose oflicial lives and
names combine as these do?
Joe'a Revelation.
Not long ago a nice young man was
Invited to dine at the home of an east
end young woman and accepted the
Invitation with pleasure. It was just
a family dinner, and everything was
passing off well when an unpleasant
and quite unforeseen incident occur
red.
They were all discussing the pie,
when the young woman's little broth
er, who had been regarding her close
ly, suddenly spoko up.
"Gee," he said, "look at Marie tryin'
to put on style just 'cause Joe is here.
She's eatln' her pie with a fork!"
It is needless to add that the cheru
bic child experienced a very unpleas
ant quarter of au hour after Joe had
goue.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Presbyopia.
Old sight (presbyopia) begins at altout
the age of forty. It Is first noticed by
the tendency to hold the paper farther
off. Tlie glasses should not enlarge the
letters, but simply render them clear
and natural at the ordinary reading
distance. Whatever the ocular defect
the proper glasses should be obtained
as soon as it is discovered.
Bra Franks.
Witness—He looked me straight in
the eye and —
Lawyer—There, sir, you flatly contra- .
dieted your former statement!
Witness—llow so?
Lawyer—You said before that ho
bent his gaze on you, nnd now you'll
please explain how he could look you
straight In the eye with a bent gaze!
Apple Tree* In Tasmania.
Tasmanlans plant apple trees closo
together. The average orchard Is set
out ten feet apart instead of twenty
or forty feet, and as much as COO bush
els are sometimes gathered from a sin
gle acre.
The Other Ilnlf.
Some one lias said, "Half the world
does not know how the other half
lives," and some one else has retorted,
"Half the world does not care how tho
other half lives."—Allantu Constitu
tion.
Charitable.
Artist I'd like to devote my last pic
ture to a charitable purpose.
Critic Why not give It to an Institu
tion for the Hind? New York Herald.
They Were Star"».
After a dinner given by Stephen
Price of Drury Lane theater, all the
guests but Theodore Hook and the
Itov. Edward Cannon retired. Price
was suffering from gout, but as they
disregarded his hints to retire he stole
off and left them in high talk.
On the following morning Price In
quired of his servant. "Pray, at what
time did those gentlemen go last
night?"
"(!o, sir?" replied John. "They're not
gone, sir. They have Just rung for cof
fee."
Water Tljjht nnlkheads.
Another meritorious so called modern
Invention, the water tight bulkhead, Is
now attributed to Chinese experience.
In a paper presented to tho Institute
of Marine Engineers the use of the
bulkhead principle on Chinese Junks
from time Immemorial was pointed out.
Itrnilr.
11,. —I wonder what your father will
say when 1 ask him tor your hand?
Six Don't worry about that, dear.
H<> rehearsed It with me this morning,
und lie does It beautifully.