"I see," the doctor said. "A scrivener then?" There was a distinctly negative tone in his voice.

"I guess you could say that." A few more questions, and I explained my background in Lawrence, Kansas; a bit about my education; and the fact that the men who had tried to kidnap me and then shoot me were old enemies. I didn't go into detail about the death of Mrs. Bledsoe and her son Matthew. When I mentioned that I was married to the daughter of Horace McNab, they were less disappointed with my choice of profession. McNab was a well-known banker in Denver and had several real estate holdings in the city. As it turned out, his bank even owned the mortgage on the Hellweg house.

Not long after our chat, Dr. Hellwe...

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