VOL. XL
A FACT
ABOUT THE M BLUES\
What to known ma the "Bines
to seldom occasioned by actual extol
tag external conditions, but In th
great majority of casee by a dlsordei
ed LIVER, i
THIS IS A PACT
which may be demonstra
ted by trying a course of
Ms Pills
They control and regulate the LIVER
They bring hope and bouyancy to th
mind. They bring health and elastic
tty to the body.
4 ' TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE?
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The Secret
of
Lonesome Cove
By
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Copyright, 1912, by the Bobbs-Merrill
Company
I This information, deemed by its giv
er to be of no. small Interest, elicited
I not the faintest response. Somewhat
[ piqued, tile artist turned, to beliOid
his friend stretched on a bench, with
face to the celling, eyes closed and
heels on the raised end. His lips mov
ed faintly in . a whistle. Sedgwick
shook the whistler insistently.
"Eh? What?" cried Kent, wrench
ing his shoulder free. "Go away!
Can't you see I'm busy?"
"I'll give you something to think
about Look at this face of a cigar
store Indian at the window. No! It's
gone!"
"Gansett Jim. probably," opined
Kent "Just where bis Interest in tbis
case comes In I haven't yet found out
• He fnvored me with his regard out
side. And he bad some dealings with
the sheriff on the beach. But I don't
want to talk about him now nor about
anything else."
Acting on tbis hint, Sedgwick let bis
companion severely alone until a bus
tle from without warned him that the
crowd was returning. Being aroused,
Kent accosted one of the villagers who
had Just entered.
"Body coming back?" he asked.
"Yep. On its way nov\(."
"What occurred In the house where
they took It?"
"Search me! Everybody was shut
out by the sheriff and the doc. They
had that body to thelrseives nigh twen
ty minutes."
At tbis moment the sheriff entered
the hall, followed by Dr. Breed, who
escorted the coffin to Its supporting
sawhorses. The meager physician was
visibly at the fag end of ids self con
trol. Even the burly sheriff looked
like a sick man as he lifted aside the
coffin lid and spoke.
"There was reasons, neighbors," said
he, "why the corpse wasn't suitable to
be looked at Nobody had seen It since
last night. We've Bxed it up as good
as we could, nnd you'll now please
pass by as quick as possible."
In the line that formed Kent got a
place behind Dennett who had
decided to take another look for good
measure, as he said. The look was a
productive one. No sooner had It fall
en on the face of the dead than Den
nett Jabbed an indicatory finger in that
direction aud addressed the sheriff:
"Hey, Len! What's this?"
"What's what?" growled Schlager.
"Why, there's a cut ou the lady's
right cheek. It wasn't there when I
seen the corpse last night."
"Ah. what's the mntter with your
eyes?" demanded the sheriff savagely.
"Yon want to hog the limelight that's
yonr trouble!"
This was evidently a shrewd lash at
a recognized weakness, and the elder
moved on amid Jeering comments.
But Sedgwick, whose eyes had been
axed upon Kent, saw a curious expres
sion flicker and fade across tbe long
jawed face. It was exactly the ex
pression of n dog that pricks np Its
ears. The next mooteot a titter ran
through tbe crowd as a bumpkin in a
rear seat called out:
"The dude's eyes ain't mates!"
Chester Kent, already conspicuous
In his spotless white flannels, had
made himself doubly so by drawing
out a monocle and deftly fixing It in
bis right eye. He leaned over the
body to look into tbe face, and his
bead jerked back tbe merest trifle.
Bending lower, be scrutinized tbe nn
manacled wrist. Wben be passed on
his lips were pursed in tbe manner of
one who whistles noiselessly.
He resumed bis sent beside Sedg
wick. Chancing to took down at tbe
monocle, Sedgwick started and stared.
Kent's knnckle, as seen through the
glass, stood forth, monstrous and dis
torted, every line of the bronzed skin
showing like a furrow.
The monocle was a powerful mag
nifying lens.
The sheriff's heavy voice rose. "Any
one here present recognize or identify
tbe deceased?" he droned, and, with-
■Dak de muHtnrl"
*
out waiting for a reply, set the lid In
place and signaled to tbe medical of-
Actr.
"Feller citizens," began the still
■baking physician, "we don't need aay
Jury to And tint tbia unknown drown
ed woman"—
"The deceased was not drowned."
NeWS Sn&nshots lluertn of Mexico' resigned after h'uvtug beeu dictator for nearly a.year ami a half. The elimination of liuertu from
" the Mexican problem had been demanded by President Wilson from the start of big administration. Ulster celebrated the bat-
Of the Week tie of the Boyne without breaking Into real war over home rule, although Irish tings were torn down by Unionists and many
heads cracked. The new American battleship Nevada was launched nt Qulucy, Mass. It will carry ten fourteeu-lnch gnns.
Dr. Edwin Carman, whose wife was arrested In the,Freeport (N. Y.i murder mystery, consulted dally with her regarding her defense. Cardinal Gibbons
returned from abroad and prepared to observe his eightieth birthday on July 23. John D. Rockefeller celebrated bis (eventy-llfth birthday playing golf,
while guards patrolled his estate against pi.-islblc macks of anarchists and I W XV. agitators.
CAICRGIIIJ; .IUIII DIM reverie. cuester
Kent had leisurely risen In Ills place
and made tils statement.
"N-n-not drowned!" gasped the medi
cal man.
"Certainly not! As you must know,
If you made ail autonsy."
"No autopsy was necessary," replied
the other quickly. "There's plenty of
testimony without that. We've heard
the witnesses that saw the drowned
body on the grating It washed ashore
on." ,
"The body never washed ashore on
that grating."
A murmur ran through the crowd.
"How do yon figure that?" called a
voice.
"On the under side of the grating I
found a cocoon of a common moth.
Half an hour In the water would have
soaked the' cocoon through and killed
the Insect Inhabitant. The Insect was
alive."
"How'd the grating get there, then?"
"Dragged down from the high water
mark on the beach. It was an old
half rotted affair no ship
would carry. Ask Snllor Smith."
"That's true," said the old seuuinn,
with conviction.
"You're an expert, Mr. Smith. Now,
was that grating large enough to float
a full grdwn human body?"
"Why, as to that, a body ain't but a
mite heavier than the water. I should
say It'd Just barely float It, maybe,"
"Exactly, but plus several pounds of
clothing and some dead metal extra?"
"No."
"The clothes would have been soak
ed. and handcuffs weigh something."
said Kent calmly.
"There might have been extra spars
under the grating that got poundfd
loose on the beach and washed away,"
propounded the medical officer des
perately.
"Look at the face." said Kent, with
finality. "This Is a bad const. Most
of you have seen drowned bodies. Did
any one ever see an expression of such
terror and agony on the face of one
who came to death by drowning?"
"No, by thunder!" shouted somebody.
"He's right"
Others took up the cry. Clamor rose
and spread In the room. The sheriff
silenced it with a stentorian voice.
"What are you trying to get at?" he
demanded, facing Kent.
"The truth. What are you?"
Schlager's eyelids flickered, but he
Ignored the counterstroke. "Look out
It don't lead you where you won't want
to follow," he returned, with a signifi
cant look at Sedgwick.
"This Is as far as It has led me."
■aid Kent In his clear, even voice. "The
body, already dead, was drugged down
and soaked In the sea and then lashed
to the grating by a man who probably
Is or has been a sailor."
"Thejn the deceased met death on
shore, and presumably by violence."
■aid Lawyer Bain.
"Ifa murder!" cried a woman
shrilly. "Bloody murder! That's what
It Is!"
"Murder!" echoed a voice from the
doorway. Oansett Jim. his half Indian,
half negro face alight with fury, stood
there pointing with stiffened hand at
Sedgwick. "Dab de murderer!"
CHAPTER VII.
Simon P. Qroet Does Business.
NO one moved In the courtroom
for appreciable seconds after
that pronouncement.
First to recover from the sur-!
prise was the sheriff. "You, Jim, set
down!" he shouted. "If there's to be
any accnsin' done here, I'll do-It" j
"I do It," persisted the half breed.
"Blood Is on his linn'. 1 see It."
Involuntarily Sedgwick looked at his
right hand. There was a low growl
from the crowd.
"Steady!" came Kent's voice at his
elbow. "Mistakes like that are Judge
Lynch's evidence."
"Whab was he the night of the kill-
InT cried Oansett Jim. "Ast him.
Wbah was he?"
"Where was you If It come* tu
that?" retorted the sheriff and bit bis
lip with a scowl.
At that betrayal Chester Kent's eye
lids Unshed up and Instantly drooped
again Into sombernesH.
"This hearing Is adjourned." I wit
tered the medical offlcer "Burial ol
the unknown will take place at once
All are Invited."
During their slow progress to the
door Kent kept up a running com
ment, which Sedgwick supported with
equal coolness. The crowd, darkling
and undecided, pressed around tbem.
Aa they went through tbu doorway;
they were Joe tied by a sudden pres
sure, following which Kent felt a touch
on bis shoulder. He turned to face the
eherlff. •»
"Better get out of town quick," ad
vised Schlager In a half whisper.
"Thank you," said Kent In a clear
and cheerful voice. "Where can I get
aome tobacco?"
"Sterrett's grocery keeps the best,"
said some Informsnt back of him.
"End of the tfquare to the right"
"Much obliged," said Kent and s/r6ll
ed Manrulv *n bin car. followed by
GKAtIAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 23. 1914.
SedjnvK-k. Aa tlie.v took tiielr souis
nnil started slowly through the crowd
Sedgwick inquired earnestly:
"Do you crave tobacco at this par
ticular moment worse than you do the
peace and loneliness of the green
OeldS?" .
"Policy, m.v young friend." retorted
Kent. "I wish I could think up a
dozen more errands to do! The more
casually we get out of tow# the less
likely we are to be followed by a flight
of rocks. I don't want a perfectly
good runabout s|W>ilcd by a mob."
Both of them went In Sterrett's store,
where Kent earned the reputation
from* Sterrelt of being "awful dang
choosy about what lie gets." and came
out Into a considerable part of the
populace, which bud followed." As they
re-etnbiirked the sheriff pnt his foot on
tbe running biiiir»l
"Belter lake m.v tip." he said slg
uiilfii fitly. .
"Very well." returned Kent. "There
will be no m-rest. then?" *
"Not JllSt IIHW." '
A peculiar smile slid sidewise off o
comer '>f llie scientist's long Jaw.
"Nor at any other time." be concluded.
lie threw In the clutch. When the
car hud won the open ro;id beyond tlio
village Sedgwick remarked:
"Queer Hue the sheriff Is taking."
"Poof Bellinger!" said Kent, chuck
ling. "No other line is open to him.
He's in a tight place. But It Isn't tbo
sheriff that's worrying me."
"Who, then?"
"Gansett Jim."
"What did tbe sheriff mean by ask
ing Gansett Jim where he was tbe
night of the murder?"
"Murder?" said Kent qulzzlcrlly.
"What murder?"
"The murder, of the unknown wo
man, of course. 1 think that Gansett
Jim killed t.er and Is trying to turn
suspicion ou me." ,
"Humph!"
"But If the sheriff knows where
Gansett Jim was at the time of the
killing, be can't suppose me guilty. 1
wonder If he really does believe me
guilty?"
"If he does, he doesn't care. His con
cern is quite apart from your guilt."
"It's too much for me," confessed
the artist.
"And for me. Thai Is why 1 am
going back to tbo village."
"But 1 thought you were fright
ened."
"It I stayed away from everythlug
that alarms ine." said Kent "I'd never
have a tooth filled or speak to a
woman under seventy. I'm a timid
soul, Sedgwick, but I don't think I
shall be In any danger In Aniiulnka so
long as I'm alone. Hero we ure. Out
with you! I'll be back by evening."
To his surprise. Kent turning Into 
the village square, found the crowd
still lingering. A new focus of In
terest had drawn It to a spot opposite
Sterrett's store, where a wagon, deco
rated In the most advanced style of
circus art, shone brilliant In yellow
and green. Bright red letters across
tbe front presented to public admira
tion tbe legend:
SIMON P OROOT
SIMON PURK GOODS
A stout projection rested on one of
tbe rear wheels. Here stood tbe pro
prietor of tbe vehicle, while liehlnd
him In a window were displayed his '
wares. It was evident that Blmon P. '
Groot followed tbe romantic career of
an Itinerant hawker, dealing In that -
wide range of commodities roughly
comprised in tbe qiialut term, "Yan
kee notions." Kent wns struck with
tbe expansive splendor of the man's
gestures, the dignity of his robust
figure and the beauty of a broad
whitening Ixfnrd that spread sidewise
like the ripples from a boat's stem.
Two blemishes iinhspplly mnrred the
majesty of Simon P. ;root's presence
—a pair nf plnhend eyes, mutually at
tracted to encb ether, and a mean ami
stringent little voice.
"Then*, gentleman and ladles." Sl
moji P. Gro«t was saying, "there In .
tbat place of vast silences and Infold
ing Shadows I met and addressed one
who waa soon to be no more. 'Madam,'
I aald, 'you are worn. You are wan.
You are wea*y- Trust the chivalry of
one wbo might be your fsther. Best
snd be comforted aa with balm.'
Standing by tbe roadside, she drooped
like a flower. There la no T»at f»r
me.' she aald in mournful
must away upon my mission.' * j
"She vanished, that fair creatsrr, Into
tbe forest I looked at uiy watch—
tbe unerring, unwarranted, sixteen
Jeweled chronometer which I aball
presently have the honor of showing
to you at tii« unexampled price of ,
three seventy—and saw that tlis boor >
waa exactly—for these timepieces vary
not one fraction of a second a day—
-8:46. When next I looked at the face
of Father Tlme'a trustiest accountant. !
It was to mark the hour of the horrid
shriek that shook my soul-precisely
931. And later, when I beard tbe
dread news. 1 realised tbat my ears
bad thrilled to a death cry.'.',
Kent moved away, hla cbln pleased |
down upon Ills cuosi, lie went «> iu»
otllce of lawyer Adam Bain and spent
an hour waiting, with his feet propped
up on the desk. When the lawyer en
tered Kent reuiurked:
"You rather put our two ofHclul
friends In a hole this morning."
"Just a mite maybe. But they've
crawled out I guess I spoke too
quick."
"now so?"
"Well, If they'd gone ahead and
buried the body as it was wo could
have had It exhumed. And then we'd
have seen whnt we'd have seen."
"True enough. And you didn't see it
as It was?"
"See what? Did you?"
"Suppose," Kent said, "you give me
the fullest possible cburacter sketch of
our Impulsive friend, the sheriff."
Half au hour wns consumed in this
process. At the end of tbe time Kent
strolled buck to tbo square, where
Simon P. Groot had been discoursing.
Tbero be found the ornate wagon
closed and its ornate proprietor whls-1
tllng over some minor repairs that he '
had been making. An Invitation to
take a ride In Kent's car was promptly
accepted.
"Business first," said Kent. "Yo-i're
a seller.' I'm u buyer. You've jjot
some information that I may want. If
so I'm ready to pay. Was any of your
talk true?"
"Yep," replied Sluion P. Groot aus
terely. "It was all true but the frills."
"Will you trim off the frills for $10?"
"Fair dealing for a fair price Is my
motto. You'll find It In gilt lettering
on the back nf tbe wngon. I will."
"What were you doing on Hawkhlll
cliffs?"
"Steeping In the wagon."
"And you really met this mysterious
wanderer?"
"Sure as you're standing there."
"Whnt passed between you?" mi
"I gave her good evening, and she
spoke to me fnlr enough, but queer,
and said that my children's children
might remember the day. Now, I ain't
got any children to have children, so I
wouldn't have thought of It again but
for the man that came Inquiring after
her." ■ ■' ,
"When wus that?"
"Not fifteen minutes after "
"Did you tell the crowd here that?"
"Yep. 1 sold two dozen wedding
rings on the strength anil romance of
that point. Prom my description they
"And yaw heard the woman ory out
less than an hour laterf
allowed It was a palnlci Hum named
Hedgwh-k. I thought may he I'd call in
. and have lilui much up the wngon a
bit where she's rust)'." .
"And >«»u heard Ihe woiiiuu try out
leas than nil hour later?"
"That's « i urtoijs thing I'd have al
most sworn It wns a tinlti's voire that
yelled. It went through me like n
shnr|>eiicd Icicle.*"
"All thN wn* 'night In-fore last.
What have yet; U-e:i doing meantime?"
"Iwevc over to Marcus form- * !«>
■rade yesterday. There I heard ale it
Jbe murder ami came I sick here to
make d little business out of It. Would
It be worth IS to you. likely, a relic of
the murderer?" suggested the old man.
"Quite likely."
"Muni's the word, then, for my part
In It The next morning I followed her
| trail a ways. Too see, the yell In Ihe
night had got me interested. Klie'd met
somebody In a thicket. I found the
string and the paper of the handle she
waa carrying there. Then there waa a
fight of aome sort, for the twigs were
broken right to the edge of tbe thicket
and Ihe grewnd stomped down. One or
both of 'efo moat have broken out Into
I the open, and I lost the trail. But tbla
Is what I liund on a baxel bush. l>o
I I win the Ave u^ ,r
Till' nil ill nil' 111 II I|ll|l Pigging Into
Ills pocket, Kci t|>i  nl ii -til h lit 11, wblcb
be bunded ovu • snd u«>g possession of
Blmon I'. j root's "relic." It was an
embroidered silver star, with a few
turn wisps uf cloth cllnglug to It.
CHAPTER VIII.
Betlionings.
"1 VACTB (bill contradict encb other
L are not facU." pronouueed
r Cheater Kent.
• Kuuiea of tobacco were s ris
ing from three pipe* hovered about
the porch of tbe Nook where Kent,
Bed g wick and Lawyer Bain were hold
ing late council. A discouraged obser
vation from tbe artlat bad elicited
Kent's epigram.
"Not all of them, anyhow," said
Bain. "The chore In this case Is to
And facts enough to work ou."
"On the contrary." declared Kent,
"facts In tbla case are as plentiful as
blackberries. The trouble Is that we
Vave no pall to put them In."
"Maybe we could borrow Len
Bellinger's." suggested tbe lawyer
dryly.
"We don't seem to be getting mucb
of any whore," complained Sedgwick.
"Complicated cases don't clear them
selves up In a day." remarked Kent
"In this case we've got oppouents who
kuow more than we do,"
"Bcblager?" asked tbe lawyer.
' "And i Dr. Breed. Also, 1 tblnk,
Gansett Jim. What do you think, Mr.
Bain, is tbe mainspring of tbe sheriff's
action V
"Money," ssld the lawyer with con
viction. "lie's as crooked as • snake
with the colic."
"Would It require mucb money to lo
fliience him T'
"Aa mucb aa he could get U the
case was In tbo line of blackmail, he'd
bold out strong, lie's shrewd."
"Dr. Breed must be getting some
of It"
"Ob, Tim Breed Is Len'| little d og.
Be takes orders. Of course he'll take*
money, too, If It comes bis way. Like
master, like oinu."
"Those two," sii Id Kent slowly,
"know tbe Identity of tbo body. Kor
good and aufllclenl reusons, they are
keeping that Information to them
selves. Tboso reasons we' aren't likely
to find out from them."
"Murderer has bribed em." opined
Bain.
"Possibly. But that presupposes
that the sheriff found something on
the body which led him to tbe mur
derer, wblcb Isn't likely. How Improb
able It Is tbat a murderer-allowing for
argument that there lias been murder
—who would go as far as to cover bis
trail and the nature of tbe crime by
binding tbe body on a grating, would
overlook auytiilng like a letter iucrlm
lnatlng himself!"
"What did the sheriff And. then, lu
tbe desd woman's pocket 7"
"I'erhaps a handkerchief with a dis
tinctive mark."
"And tbat would lead blm to tbe
Identity or the body 7"
"Presumably. Also to some one,
we may assume, wbo wss willing to
pay roundly to have that Identity con
cealed.""
"That would naturally be tbe mur
derer, wouldn't It 7" asked Sedgwick.
"No. i don't tblnk so."
"It looka to me ao." said tbe lawyer.
"He's tbe one naturally Interested In
concealment"
"I'm almoet ready to dlsmlae the no
tion of a murderer at all."
"Wby soT demanded both the oth
er*.
"Because there waa no murder prob
ably "
"How do you make tbat out?" que
ried Bain.
"Krom the nature of tbe wounds thst
caused death."
"They look to me to be just such
wounds aa would be made by a blow
with a heavy club*"
"He vera I blows with a heavy club
might have caused such wounda. But
tbe blows would have bad to be deliv
ered peculiarly. A circle on tbe akull
all Incbee In diameter. Impinging on
tbe right ear, la crushed In. if yon
can Imagine a man awlnglng a base
ball bat at the height of bla shoulder
repeatedly and with great force at the
vtctim'a bead you can infer aucb a
crashing In of tbe bone. My imagina
tion hardly carries me ao far."
"Beating down from above would be
tbe natural way," as Id Bain.
"Certainly. No socb blow ever made
that wound."
"Then bow was It made 7" asked
■edgwtck.
"Probably by • fall from tbe cliff to
tbe rocks below." _ '
"And tbe fall broke tbe manacle
from tbe right wrtstt"
"The broken manacle waa never on
the right wrist."
lawyet,
"No; It's certainty. A blow heavy
enough to break that Iron, old aa It la,
must have left a mark on tbe Dealt.
There waa no mark."
"Whv should any one put oq« hand-
COIT OU a HU>»BU ana irate uw V>MI
dangling?"
"Suppoae the other waa not left dan- '
giingr
"Where wna It, then?"
"On the wrist of aoine other person,
possibly."
"A man hnd chained the woman; to
hi unci fV aald Sedgwick Incredulously.
"More probably the other way
roood." ,
"TliHt'a even more vck3iio7able."
"Not If you coiiMlder the evidence.
Tou will reineinlter tlint your mysteri
our visitor, while talking with yon. eat
lied o heavy bundle. Tbe manaclea
were, 1 Infer, In that"
"But what conceivable motive could
the dead woman have lu dreaalng her
self up like o party, going to meet a
man and rhnlultig hint to herself?"
"Wbou yon have a bizarre crime you
must look for blxurre luotlvea. Just at
present I'm deallug with facta. Tbe
Iron was on the left wrist of tbe body;
"therefore It was on the right wrist of
the unknown compnnlon. It la natural
to perform a quick, deft like snap
plng on a handcuff with the right bond.
Hence, presumably, your vlaltor waa
the oue wbo clnni|>ed tbe cuffa."
"And the man broke qff bis?"
"Yen Hut only after a atruggle, un
doubtedly. If I could And a mnn with
a badly bruised, right wrist I should
consider the trnll'a end In sight. You'll
make Inquiries, will you, Mr Buln?"
"I will; and I will keep an eye on
Len Schlatter and tbe doc. Anything
more now? If not I'll say good nlgbt"
After tbe luwyer had ninde bla way
Into the durkness Kent turned to bla
host. "This nfTalr Is really becoming a
very pretty problem. Why didn't yon
tell mo of your meeting wltb Simon P.
Groot?"
"Who?"
"The patriarch In tbe clrcue wagon."
"Ob, I'd forgotten:' Wby, when I waa
trying to trail the womun I chanced
upon blin and asked If lie bnd aeen
ber. fie hadn't."
"lie bad. Also he heurd a terrified
cry shortly after. The cry, bethought,
was In a uian'a voice. Simon P. Groot
Isn't wholly Jacking In aeuae of obser-
Tatlon."
"A man'a voice In a cry? What
could tbut mean?" ,
"Oh, any one of several hundred un
thinkable things." aald Kent patiently.
"Walt! She must have attacked
aome other man aa ahe did me. Bbe
was going to a rendezvous, waan't
ah*? Then she and tbe man abe went
to meet quarreled, and be killed ber
by throwing ber over tbe cliff."
"And the handcuffs?"
Sedgwick's liunda went to hla bead.
"That, of course, la tbe inexplicable
thing. Ilut don't you think that waa
tbe way abe met ber deatbfTJ '
"No."
"Then what do you think?"
"Never mind that at preaent The
point la tbut Simon P. Groot naturally
aupposed you to have been mixed np
In whatever tragedy tbere waa going.
You've an unfortunate knack of manu
facturing evidence against yourself,
Sedgwick. Tbe redeeming feature is
that tbe aberlff can't very well nae It
to arreat yon."
"1 don't aee why."
Kent chuckled. "Don't yon aee that
tbe luat thing tbe aberlff wanta to do
la arreat anybody?"
"No, I don't."
"Wby, be baa tbe body aafely burled
now. You'll remember that be waa In
a great hurry to get It buried. Identi
fication la what be dreader}- Danger
of identification la now over. If any
one abould be arrested the body would
be exbumcd and tbe danger would re
turn In aggravated form. No; be
wanta you suspected, not arrested."
"He la certainly getting his wish."
"For the preaent Well, I'm off."
"Wby duu't you move yonr things
from the hotel and atay here with
me?" auggested Sedgwick.
"Getting iiervoua?" inquired Kent
"It len't that but 1 think 1 could
make you more comfortable."
Kent sbook bla bead. "Thank yon,
but I don't believe I'd better. Wben
I'm at work ou a case I need privacy.
No boiiae, not even a man's own, can
possibly be ao private as s strange
hotel."
"Perhaps you're right" admitted the
other wltb a laugh, then lapsing into
pronounced gloom for tbe first time
be aald, "It aeema pretty tough that
1 should be In all (bla coll and tangle
because a eraiy woman happened by
merest chnnre to make a call on me."
Kent's pf|ie glowed In Uie darkness
| and silence before lie replied. Then
be delivered himself ss follows: "Sedg
wick"- puff-"try"-puff-"to forget If
you citn"~puff-puff- "that stuff aboot
the i-rnary WOIIIHU"- ptiff-puff-puff.
"Piirgrt It? How should I? Why
should I V
"Because"—puff -"you're abeolutely
on the" - puff - puff • ''wrung track.
Mood night."
| Sundayuian'a Creek road, turning
aside Just before ll gains the turnpike
to tbe Eyrie hotel to evade a stretch
of marsh, travels on wooden atllts
i across a deep clear pool fed by a
spring. Tbe nioat rigorous constable
| could have found no bssts for protest
In the pace maintained scrota the
| bridge by s light electric ear, carry
ing s abort. Blender, elderly nan, who
peered out with weary eyaa Into the
glory of tbe July eons bine. At the end
of tbe bridge the car stopped to allow
Its occupant a better view of a figure
prostrate on tbe blink of tbe pooL
; Presently tbe figure came to the poo
j tore of all fours. Tbe face turned
upward, and the motorist caught the
glint of a monocle. Then tbe face
turned again to Ita quest
| "Are yon looking for something
. lost 7" asked the man In the car.
"I'm hoping to discover tbe eggs of
certain neuropteroua insects."
I "Ahi Too are ao entomologist
then."
"To some extent"
"So was I, once— wbeti 1 bad more
time. Business baa drawn my atten
tion, tbougb never my Interest away
' from It I've entirely dropped my
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