The Lawless West
“He had no idea of the hubbub that broke out behind him in the Haines house when he delivered the letter.
It was opened by a gray-haired lady, and, when she scanned the contents, she frowned, and then rose from her seat and began to walk the floor anxiously, very much as men do when they are in trouble. As a matter of fact, Larry Haines had managed to write into that apparently harmless note the message that all was not well with him. It had been in an entirely simple manner, and it had succeede...d because Jack Trainor knew nothing of the domestic history of the Haines family. The alarm note lay entirely in the opening address—Dear Dad, read Mrs.Haines—and caught her breath. Her husband had died ten years before!
It was one of those things that could not indicate a lapse of mind. One does not carelessly write down at the head of a letter a familiar name for someone who has been dead for ten years and in a quiet grave.
She read the note through. It was certainly sanely phrased. There was no evidence of liquor in it.MoreLess
It was opened by a gray-haired lady, and, when she scanned the contents, she frowned, and then rose from her seat and began to walk the floor anxiously, very much as men do when they are in trouble. As a matter of fact, Larry Haines had managed to write into that apparently harmless note the message that all was not well with him. It had been in an entirely simple manner, and it had succeede...d because Jack Trainor knew nothing of the domestic history of the Haines family. The alarm note lay entirely in the opening address—Dear Dad, read Mrs.Haines—and caught her breath. Her husband had died ten years before!
It was one of those things that could not indicate a lapse of mind. One does not carelessly write down at the head of a letter a familiar name for someone who has been dead for ten years and in a quiet grave.
She read the note through. It was certainly sanely phrased. There was no evidence of liquor in it.MoreLess
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