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THE HURON EXPOSITOR
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•.2 _ ft ft1 , , . kind of Male IS this Medical officer?"'
? ? ? 40) -Willa 'M T : "Breed? Net =lett. More 'of a poll-
- . • tidal]. than a doctor and more of a
ANON rrrT :ao.nrtdepatradretrntdbeitronatthr. ,IfFgety. as a
I "Did elle perform the autopay at his
--!-------- own how?" •
Mrs. Baker So Weak:7-..-Could vim. and the aberiff last evening._
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e re
es
e manki_d.
et evidence of the a
able Dons 10.
-dud- seri
. Israel
anne6adrai
yen veep,
Keened
were tro
o months.
s, but none of
me any goo. A
a box of•
edl I
d r
by the time I had
completely em -ed.
Doan 's Kidney Pillare 50 cen
I= or far $1. 425, at sit lade= or
disect n reeelpt of trice by
btirn Co, Limited,e'roriente,
dering &feet amity O.
R. S. galraz
_Barris ex, Conveyanc
'Notary Public. Solicitor for the
beton Dank. Office in rear -of the
Won Bank, Se.aforthet'ffoney
J. DEW,.
Barrister, Soteltor, Conveytanc
Notary Public. Office up -stairs
'Walker's furniture store, 'IStaAa
Seaferth.
F. HOLMBSTED.
Barrister, Solicitor, Convey,ancerli
Farms for sale. Office, in Scott's -
Slain street, Seaforth.
.PROIMPOOT, HAYS. & cmro
Notary Public. Solicitor for the A
dian Bank of Commerce:. MoneY to
BarristerI
s Solicitous, Notaries P'b
etc. Money to lend- In Seaforth on
daypf each -week. Office in Kidd
VETERIN.ARY
JOHN GRIEVE, V. S.
Honor .gradeate ef Ontario Vet tint
,
ary -College. All diseases of Don pet*
Animals treated. Calls promptly attendji-
ed int and charges moderate. Veter -: aid
Dentistry a specialty. Office and eel
dence on Gaderich ,street, one door , as
of Dr; Scott's, office, 13e0orth. •
F. HARMIRN, V. a•
Honor graduate of Ontario Vete-IAA'
arty College, and honorary member Of
the Medical Association of he Onte.4
Veterfaary College. Treats .diseasee Of
t
all Dome.stic Animals by the most :r 4-
ern principles. Dentistry and lifilk F v-
er a, lispeeialty. Office oppasite Ric lis
Hotell Main ;street, Ssaforth. All o0-
• ders lett at the hotelWill receive prom.,34t
atttention. Night calls received at thie
office. . t
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MEDICAL
C. J. W. ICARN,
425 Richmond street, Londsn, •On
Specialist: Surgery and Genite47
ary dbeases of men and women.
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DR..GEORGF.
Osteopathic Physician of ;C4 odei4dh
Specialiet in .wornexes and childrh9.'s
itliseases; rheumatism, acute, ch 1;71. e
and nervous disorders, eye, ear, s
ard throat. Consultation free. °Mei' •i at
Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, •Fri4
aln. till 6 p.m. f
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- DR. F. 3', BURROWS. •
es •
Office and re-Goderich swot,.
east of the )athodizt church, Seaftiti.%
Phone No. 46. Corona/. for the Cede te
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"And her 'tees &earned against a
listant
,
It Wee the -next day that she read
theline. Istlecethe color die from her
face and.,:noodlack again.
"Wberedid yen set that lbw there?'
she. ,brea her eyes fixed on me
' with'a pression. (Comment
-0. pi again. ° The dead
wan n beach quoted "The
geUse Of Lite' -411S0.)
asked. • • "It -seems to
xpross snm 'g In you which I haVe
*edette e in the piettire. Don't
- -
She. repeatfd the line softly, making
pure,teusic "I love it" she said. .
At thatel spoke as it is given te-:a
man. toteSPeak to one woman in the
,e.'„erld`" when he has found her. She
listened, with hei eyes on the pie -
cured face. But when I • aaid to her,
tTort, who have all . my heart, and
Whose narnee even, I have not-ris
:hereno word for me," she roses and .
threw out her hands In a gesture that
3ent a chill through me.
"Oh, no : Not" she Med vehemently. '
"Nothing-eecept goedby. Oh, why
lid you speak?!
I s6iod and watched her go. That
vas five 'interminable clays 'ago. I
lave not seen tier sineee feel It is -
tier *Ili that 1 "s.hall never see her
gain. And I mast! You understand,
Kent, you must find'.iterl
I forgot to tell you that when I was
sketching her I asked if she could
bring somethieg.pink to evear, prefer-
ably coral. §he came the next time
with a string.k of the most beaatiftl
rose topazee hare ever seen. set in a
most curious sole gold design. It was
that eeklitee -and none other that the
WOrli.illi with the fa -oldie wore, helf
copeenled, when she Came here,
Today:eat Is yesterday really, since
alb finishing tMs nt 3 n. m. -the mes-
senger boy brought me a telegram. It
was from my love.. It had been sent
from Boston and it read:• . b4,
L>estroy the lecture for mi sake. It tells
too Much of both of us.
The. messae was unsigned. I -have
destreyed the pleture. HOP mei
• F. S.
of Huron.
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DRS. SCOTT & 'MCKAY.
J. G. Scott, graduate of Victoriaei
College of . Phyeicians and Surgilil
CHAPTER V.
An inquiry.
M I running a Strangers' Rest
here?" Francis SedgevIck ask- -
ed of himself wheri he emery=
ea' upon •his porch the- morn -
lug after Kent's visit.
The occasion of thts ry was a
man :stretched fiat Ott the - lawn, with
Ids feet propped up comfortably against
the stone wall_ Elis white serge. snit
was freshly pressed. A soft white hat
.cOvered his eyes against the sun glare,
To put a point to this foppishness, a
II arrow si Ike 11 ribbon, also pore'white,
depending from his lapel byttonhele,
stet -est -NJ an eyeglass in his pocket.
Ws was a i'euutekabie' face, both in
contoun and . in coioring. Front chin
to 'cheek. the skin wag' white, with., a
tint of blue showing beneath, but the
Ann -Arbor, and member of the. 011 10 central parts of the lave were bronzett.
Ceroner far the Cautity of Huronte l
'I'lle Pi 1.%.` VIS Meg, lean end - bony.
' C. MacKay, hoeor graduate of T4rility
University, and gold medaIliat of Tido- The rlieek hones were Ingle the month
ity Medical College; member of the- i Col- _we s large. tine (7 11 t it nil ti t- tit ; the nose,
ley. of Physicianz- and Se.rgeoles, Ontario_ sol id. set like a rock.
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......i„..„„. At the sound of a foutstep t he man
DR. H. IIUGH ROS. te . pushed hie iinf downward, revealing a
Graduate of University of TOrento knobby forehead and hair •rteseii eyes
Faculty of .11.-dicine, 'member 00001- i in which there was a 1011 11 of sum -
lee° of Phyticians andSargtons t: On- ' eel -Ilene or eronede.
$
taxi(); pass graduate cc urses in U icago N;(),,(1 mrning,- slim thei lid tit. awl
Clime' Sc'haal of Chicego; RoyanOph- then. all but recoiled from the Aide°
thalmic Plaspital, London, Enkland,1
-University College 1-lospital, 1.4tAidan
England. Office--Bick of the Doeltinien
33ank, Seaforth. Phori,...! No. 5. !itight,.
calls answered from ri;„----icience;lillIftotia
stnet, Seat Dr th.
- AUCTIONEERS. ' t • .
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i THOMAS BROWN. c
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Licensed auctioneer for the ecKintiee:
of Herm and Perth. Correspande0Ce ar-
rangemente for Fale dates can bi.?made
by calling 1...p Pitons 97, Saafet or
The Expceiitor office. Charger.: der -
ate and satiz-factiOn guarantee ,..;
JOHN ARNOLD, '..1
Licensed auctioneer for the ceAnties
'ef }I.runand Perth,. Arrangemeilits. for
sale d-2,tie:-.., can. be made bY ca.rplgep ,
By SAMUEEI ROMPS ADAMS
Caaartilbto 19
Not Do Her Work -Found Didn't even Italie an undertaker to
Relief Itt Novel, View. laY•Otr
•The lobe•of Kens ear began to out-
Adrians Web. ."*.;" X:7-fillifered Urals, fer from repeated handling. "The body n
witlefemake-Weekniseeride.ndeneneeeed "hasn't been identified, I sappOse?" I°
get so weak"that i "NObudY'S had so 'mach as a wink at
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could hardly do my it but the two and Ira' Demiett. He ,
Work. Wb en 1 viewed the corpse last night. That's I
.waahadi my ashesj why I guess • your friend needs his I
had to sit down mid friends and maybe a lawyer:* •
when Iwtmjd evoep "EXactly. •Mr. Dennett doesn't seem
bythe Ilebs-Merrill theflooiXdreuldeget e to be preciselya deaf mute."
uld ' Lawyer "Bain emitted bubbling'
.fe-ie whom, quite somo time -sinCe Iry won any
Peer sewtealt that I
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? ? ? ? ? ve°teneet. a drink °chuckle of the fat throated.
Seditiviek, a bit nettled; 'rei./a 1;9 llaw •
bafoie 1 dki my prizes -for silent thought," he stated.
j_ .. '. -
ter tliat. you - ve been waiting, tor alithisawould have .,"You are known hereabouts?"_ he add-.
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,mer, ; , . so _paarii, that mi.,tohaeo lie thdeeneought 1 _wgebe sid,,vrefetreyruattipe.au„se.
"You wonldn' ire far ..wreng."
“And *bat e an I do for yo....before irkitinto ocesumptiaa. One day I "c1aneett Shp, ,yender.-lookslaS if he
leave?' a d. Sedinrick Mgt& found a pie,* of .hIewing around kinder cheep/led the honor of your ac-
youthe yard -end 1 pi it up and read it. quaintance."
cantly. - '' - It isidd ',Saved froin. the Grave,' and • Over his. shoulder Kent caught the
"Take a:little ilk with. Me prearrdtr told what Lydia E. Pink:ham), Vegeta- half 'breed's glance fixed. upon hint with
' ire" -kiaid the- all In *Other vded, ble Compound tea doe.:for:women. I stolid intensity; A tmich On his arm
,bruShIng the :bit 'clear. a hts..faee. glowed it ie.* hlisband lind he said, made him thrn to the othereside, where
"Kent!" .excl pierlethe,ardist. 'Why don't you try 3t it i "a -
"well, you ap ear surprisedi witati ou I did, and Sailor Smith faced him. .
atter I had taken- two. bittles- I felt "Didn't hardly know, you with Year,
kind of 'artist °a you not AO receirldzid better•andI sag to my bialiand, 11 don't . beard Ciff,” piped the old mane eHowdra
a 'Man' SILOPIY USO he shavealh10 need any more,' *14 111'1114d -.‘Vott had priefessor? You're finieldel 11P- lilie•
read beard : A lAi yourrr eaaand44Y3 ;:r.a4 re erD3 story.
1 l' 'ya -o you a I "knowv° i c e'it' s' r v-1 : BaKiin, -9 Teehhiseit St., Adrian, Mich- won't you? Mr. Sedgwiek is with me."
t better take At a little longerjanYwaY-`' your own iveddin'."
So I took it far thus - nioieths and got
well and etrOng." --Mrs: AlAhvg) E. "Araa:oydouingooninilgigi;nisii4daied? tbsiet .swelithentint,
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o'clock? Howe Or, it's a good story."
"Thank you."
"As •a story.
leaves mit mo
points."
•"Thank you a
**You're weleo
, trappings of the horse?"
"I didn't notic pacularly. Black,
I think; yes, ce inli black. Rather
a large horse. • hat'e, I can tell
you."
"Humph! Col r, size and trappings
of the rider?"
• "Reddish bio'
like a butterfly's
with -'enthuslas
clear sun brown
say quite tall -ba
you wouldn't reg ize her tallnese. She
was dressed in light brown riding
cottnme, with ae toque hat, 'eery aim-
• plee tan gauntle and tan; boots --that
is, the first tiraei saw her. The next
2
time" --
"Hold on; a d' essmaker's cataipgue
is no good to en I I couldn't remem-
ber it all. Vitas he in riding clothes
on any of her lat r visits?" .
"Any sears or
• • ."TCheratavstbalYpnity0t,l,
As• information; it
of the important
t _
• Coior, size and -
n shair with gloss
eiing," said the artist,
; "deep hazel eyes;
d,skin, tall -I should`
se -so feminine that
Phone 2 on 23 Dublin, or 41 844forth,
or the -Expositor Office. Char g*, mod-
erate arel satisfaction guarant40..
- B. Id PHILLIPS. ,.
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2t Huron and Perth. Being a piraeticat
farmer and thoroughly underatOding
'be vatue of farm stock and imp4meate
pieces me in a betted' =position ;do re -
...lee god paces. ' ohargee mc4ferate.
Satisfactfon gue.ranteedor no pdre Atl
erlers tett in Exeter. will be prdmptly .
etterided to. •
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CP. It Time Table'
Guelph and Goderich Biii.nolt
TO TORONTO
goderich.1.Y. 7.06 a ro tele p ra
Antguro...- .... . . ... :: 7.30 " • 2'25 "
Blyth. 7.40 " 2 4 ' ••
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Walton-............. 7.5 " 2 _
blilverton ,. .. .... :: S.% " '4 ,g t'
Linwood ;Mt:: . . ,....• 8,45 ' 0 "
?trolls .• ' 0.05 " 4t00 I;
t
Ouelph .. , . • • -, 1E1 t:g 43 gg
g.-
4uelph Jot „ ..
oronto.... - . - . . A, 10.20 '• .
FROM TORONTO
°
Toronto... .... ... . . rgv. 7.20.a. 111.
Guelph, 40t. . ,AI, 17i:42% ::
Onelph
&attn.- .. ...... " 1.0.69
Linwood ic.t. •" 11.24 "
niiverton.-......-" II -42' '4'5'.
Wagon... . .... .. ..• -. ,• " 12.14
Blvtis ' 12'.9.8 a : IS •
cickiericia 1 , 1.03 p. m. '
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Connections at Linwood for Listowei. I Con
. eotione at Guelph Jot. with main line fer . Galt
Iroodetock, Londoni Deciel nd Chicagga an 1 al
nternsediate lines,
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"Kent!" exclaimed the artist.
that replied, so harsh and raucous it
was.
"Yell rise late," it said.
ee hear yourgoribeicin on it." retorted
ddkar
though you eera to
think otherwise. Age?"
"We -ell, twent$ perhaps/'
"Add five. Sa twenty-five."
ended Sedgwick Ifld
. "what' for?" d
"Pm allowing
mance. Did you
. "Not particula
waa al -ways spic
to foot"
"Humplel Wa
Iasi week she ea
r the discount of ro.
notice her boots?"
ly, except that she
and' perm' from head
It pretty warm the
led on
erepenge,
"Did she show it?"
"Never 'a bit. Always looked_ fresh
as a flower,"
'Then, althou
didn't walk tar
road back of thei
tle copse in an o
torcar has stoo
she had driven le
across the hill to,4
"Could we tri
•Sedgwick eager)
"No •faether •
•
What is the- hit
when she arrive
"Once she sta
begged her to s
all
• drew into lierse
• tion."
"Half past 6. Atiewing for a heir
past, 7 dineer a time to dress for it,
she would haveperleaps twelve to fif-
teen miles to gol'n. the car: - The name
she gave is obvi usly not her own, not .
even, I judge, h 't maiden 'lamer".
• Sedgwick tur ed very white. "Do
you -mean that she is a married 'wo-
man ".Iire dema ded. .
u have failed to see
e other gently. "A.
eeding and social ex -
hardly have cemet to
married woniten might-
erself with full confi-
.witb the same confl-
otild respect her. And,
my dear boy," hljadded Kent, with bis
quiet winning siluile, "you are a Man to
inspire confidence. Otherwiee 1 tette
self might have suspected you of hav-
ing a hand in the death of the woman
on the beach." -
"Never Mind the woman on the
beach., This other matter is more then.
life or death. Is that flimsy supposi-
tion all you have •to. go on?" °
• "No; Her travel. Iler wide ac-
quaintance with men and events. Her
• obvious poise. And, reverting to tan-
gible fact, as clinching evidence, there
are her -gloves, which she always
wore.",
"What about her gloves?"
-"You never eaw her left hand, did
she came far, she
• get here. There's a
hill yonder and a -lit-
en field where a mo-
-
I should say that
rsblf there and come
ou."
ck the car?" asked
an the main road.
t she ever left here
afoot?" ••
d. till half past 6. I
y and dine. but she
at the Mere stigges-
.
. "-How Auld d
it?" returned
young girl of
perieuce would
your studio. A
who respected
• dence and kne
, deuce that S'Ou
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Itt Use For Over 30 -Years
Always bears
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Signature of
Not Well Eitougli to Work.
In thole 'wordis is hjaden the tragedy
of many awoman, housekeeper orwage
earner who supports herself and is often -
helping to support a family, on Meagre .
wages. Wheeler in house, office, fac-
tory- shop, store or kitchen, woman
should -remember that there is one tried
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said id -end
"All right" said Sedgwick With equal
taciturnity. . •
They :turned a corner and ran into
tbe fringe of a crowd hovering about
the town hall. Halting MS- machine
in a bit of shade,Kent surveyed the
e K„
gathering. At one point tt thickened
about a man who was talking eagerly,
the vocal center of a small circle of
silence.
"Elder Domed," said Kent, "back
from °Padystown. You'll have to face
tb,e music now. One word of warning:
Don't lose your head. or your temper
if the suspicion raised against you by
Dennett Is strengthened by me My
concern is,to get to the bottom of this'
matter. There issomething the sher-
ift knows that I don't know. • Probably
It iS the identity of the body, To force
him into the open it may be neeessary
for me to augutent• the case against
you."- ,
"Ought 1 to be ready for arrest?"
"Hardly probable at present No; go
on the stand when you're calledand
tell the trutla and nothing but the .
truth." '
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"But not the whole truth?"
"Nothing of the necklace, You won't
be questioned about that. By the way,
you have never kept among your ar-
tistic properties anything in the way
of handcuffs, have you?"
"No."
"I didn't suppoee You had. Those.
manacles are a sticker. 1 don't -I ab-
solutely do not like those mantrcles.
And on one wrist only! Perhaps that
is theveryfact, though. Well, we
shall know more when we're 'older;
two hours older, say. Whether we
shall knowl all. that •Mr. Sheriff Len.
Schlager k ows is another question. I
don't like Mr. Schlegel., either, for that
.matter."
"Dennett has seen me," said .Sedg-
wick in a low lice.
Indeed, the n rrator's voice had ab-
ruptly ceased and he stood with the
dropped jaw bf stupefaction. One aft- •
er another of his auditors turned and
_stared at the WO men- in the motor-
car.
"Stay where you are," said Kent and
stepped out to mingle with the crowd.
No one recognized at first the lam:nee-
1.31ate' flannel clad man: as the bearded
,scientist whose strange actions tad
annised the crowd on the beach. A
•he 1V3, solemn man addressed him:
toWalel the 'artist.
"Friend of his?" he asked, inidding
•
need 'ern. Going •to -give evi-
.
deuce?" • ,
"To hear it, rather," Sreplied 'Kent
pleasftntly.- "Where's the body?"
"Inside. ' Just broought it over from
Dr. Breed's. Hes the medical officer,
and he and the sheriff are running the
show. Your friend wants a- lawyer,
maybe?"
The thought struck Kent that, while e
a lawyer might be premature, a friend -1
in the town might be very useful. ,
"Yes," he said; "from tomorrow on."
"Menerin' thad you're in charge 'to-
day," surmised the big Man shrevtdly.
Kent smiled. "I dare say we shall
get on verytwell together, Mr."- His
voice went hp interrogatively.
"Bain, Adam Bain,' attorney and
counselor at law for thirty yeare. in
The exenillor started. "Him!" lie ex-
-claimed. "Here? There's been quite
a lot O' talk"-=
"Suspicion, you mean."
‘'We -11, "yes." '
"People are inclined to -Connect Mn
Sedgwick with the death of the wo-
•
man."
"What else can you expect?" return-
ed the old man deprecatingly; "Iryt
Denneit's been tellin' his .story. He's
certain the woman he seen taldin' to
Mr .• Sedgwick is the dead wonme- •
to swear to it anywheres."
"What about Gansett Jim? Has he
contributed anything to the diseus-
sion?" 'dr". •
"No. Jim's as close tongued as try
Is clatter Mouthed."
"And probably with reason,"./nutter-
ed Kent 'Well, look taw you in
- ,
Be returned to join Sedgwick. To-
gether they entered the building, wbile
behind them a rising helm testified to
the interest felt in them by the vil-
lagers. •
Within a tall,- wizened man with
dead, fishy eyes stalked nervously te
and fro on a platform, beside Which a
hastily constructed coffin with a hasp-
ed cover stood on three sawhorses. On
a chair near by slouched the sheriff,
WS face :red and streaming. A few
The Peop1eitb ti
judges of-nwrit in th
Sun. Times • hy C'.4n-nf
Soapoutsells its rivals.
right heeire it wasn't there -when
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den, his eyes stiffened. A convulsive e013 the corpselast night)"
-AIL wliatre . the matter with year
shudder ran through his big bod.y. He
jammed the cci-Ver back, and, with fln- I ?deg?" 'admanded the sheriff savage17-
'Yon want to bog the limelight, that'S
gels that actualli drummed on the
wood, forced the basps into place. i sic;nr t-Ivnbie!” '
"Blies come to lifer cried a voice ' This was evidectly a stirewelelasie at
fre,teellectilt.eariir.m_ Ned tire sheriff whirl i, a' recognizede weakness. and- the elder
moved on amid jeeting cernmentst
- * • _ • - e et
.pered in hiti-ear-not more than. a sin-- ' ildrd
Ing upon the medical officer, be *his- = taut nedgwicetti.reshaoweene.errio'ithsadexp- breenes.
gle 'word, •It seemed to the -watchful i 41 is h tit111:11Kand fade across the long
Kent. - _ . Lia,wed 1,..--eit was exactly the ex -
The doctor turned ghastly. "Omits," , pressieu 1 ,ft dog ,,that pricks m). Its
Ile • Said bie a quavering 'voice to the i • ' ' • • - . e ----
amazed erbwd, "the program willno t
ii• ears. The •next moreent a titter Tan- .
be carried. Opt as. arranged The -the , through the crowd as *bumpkinIn *
is'not 'Uteri" -He stopped; mopping t
of the deceased ,i rear seat dolled out:
"The dudes eyes ain't matesr
well,. the condition
his brow. _ ' ,,, Chester Kent- Already eenspictionie
But Yankee curiosity Was not - so in his ' spotless white flannels; ' had
e ily 03 be balked of its food; it made himself doubly so by -drawing
"That ain't the law, dee," lied'siaid.
d expression in Lawyer BOA, - °tit aarg9neele -141d tkatti fixing- It.1.11
his right eye He leaned over the .
"I'M the law hbody to look into the face; and his
ehlager
ere," declared Jerked back the -merest trifle._
S, Planting himself solidly be- - bend
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tween the crowd and the coffin. One Bending lower, he serutinized the ran -
band crept slowly back toward his hip.
"Don't ,Pull any gun on me," retorted
the lawyer quietly. "It ain't necese
sari."
ryou heard Doe Breed say the body
wasn't &ten to he viewed," pursued
, •
the sher1ff. e.
rThat's ail right too. But the doe '
hasn't got the final word. The la*
has. And the laid says, that the body
shall be duly viewed. Otheiwise, and
the deceased, being burled Without.
view, an order of the collet to exhume`
may be obtained." • • --
"Look at Breed," whispered Kent to
Sedgwick.
• Ti3e medical officer's lips, were gray
as he leaned forward. to pluck at the
sheriff's arm. There was a whispered
colloquy between them. Then Breed
spoke, with a pitiful effort at self con -
trot: '
"Lawyer .Balfts.point is eorrect, un-
doubtedly correct But the body must
- prepared. it :ought. to 'a' been
looked to last night. But somehow I
-we--- Will six citizens kindly
volun-
-teer to fetch the coeftn back to .my
perspiring men and women were scat- • house?"
tered On the benthes. 'Outside a Clock
struck 11 There Was a quick inflow
. •
of the populace, and the Man on the
platform lifted up a- chittering veneice.
"Peller citizens," he said, "as radical
officer I declare these proceedings
opened Meaning' no disrespeet to the
deceased, We want te get through as
spry as. :possible 'First we Will hear
witnesses. • Anybody who thinks be
can throw any light on this:business
can have a hearing. Then those as
wants may view the remains. The
burial Will take place right afterward
,in the town buryhe ground, our feller
citizen and Sheriff, Mr. Len Schlagen
having volunteered the expenses."
you?"
- •the town of Annalaka."
"Oh, I See. Yon mean the _wedding
.0 I mull/ know medfriend's name.. What
- 4
tinge Well, _ I suppose," contanued
Sedgevick, with‘a tinge of contempt in
his. voice, "she .'coeld ha.Ve taken off,
her ring as easily as her gloves.". -
There Was no -answering contempt
in Chester Kent's voice as he. replied;
"But a ring, constantly' worn and then -
removed, eaves an unmistakable mark.
What the conneefion between' her and
• the corpse on the beach naay be is the
• problem. My immediate business is to
discover who the dead woman
"And mine," said Sedgwick hoarse-
ly,' "to diseoVer -the living:"
"We'll at least via together," re-
pliedK "comer'
Twenty.painutes of curving and dodg= sic
ing along the rocky!' roads in ,Kent's 'our ticalth.by taking
t Nveaken or gripe. Preserve
runabout brought tliem to the -turn.
pike in sight of the town of Annalaka. ' D r. Morse's_
"The inauest is- set for. 11 o'clock," -Indian 1PLoat
"Thank you. My name is Kent. YoU
•
Constipati011
is an enemy within theeamp. It will
undermine the stfongeat constitutimit
and ruin the most vigorous health.
It leads to indigestion, • biliousness,
impure blood, bad complexion, sick
headaches, and is one of the most
frequent causes o(. appendicitis. To
neglect it is slow suicide. Dr. Morse's
Indian Root Pills positively cure
Constipation. They. are entirely
vegetable in composition and do not .
1
'
1 Ten times six •offered their services.
The box was carried out swiftly, fol-
lowed by the variable hum a excited
conjecture. Quickly the room emptied
Itself except for a few stragglers.
Sedgwick, wilco bad followed the ine
npromptu cortege with his 'vision, was
brought up sharply by the glare of a
pair of eyes outside the nearest win-
dow. The eyes were fixe1 on his own.
Their expression was distinctly ma-
levolent. Without looking round,'
Sedgwick said in a tow voice;
"Kent"
• Np Answer came.
"Kent!" said the artist a little lopdee.
-Huh?", responded a muffled and eb-
sti-acted voice behind him• . .
"See Imre for a -moment."
• There was neither sound. nor move-
ment from the scientist:
'An Indian looking chap outside the
•
window is trying to hypnotize me or
- SOMethilig of the sort"
This information,. deemedby its giv-
er to be of no small interest, elicited
not the faintest respOnse. Somewhat
piqued, the artist turned, to beholde
' his friend stretched on a bench; with
face to the, ceiling, eyes closed and.,
heels on the raised end. His lips MOT -
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 Urthink
about. Leek_ at 1,,this face of a cigar
store Indian at the window. • No! Ire
gone!" .
"Cele esett Jim, probably," opined
Kent "Just where his interest in this
ease comes in 2 haven't yet found out
Re favored' me with Ms regard out-
side. And he had some 'dealings with
the Sheriff on the beach. But I don't
want to talk about him now nor about
anything else."
Acting on this hint, Sedgwick 14 his
companion severely alone until a„bns-
tle from without warped him that the
crowd was returning. , Being aroused,
Kent accosted one of the villagers who
had just entered.
"Body coming back?" he aeked.
"Yep. ' On its way now." :
",What occurred in the house where
they took it?"
"Search' me! Everybody WaS shut
out by the sheriff and the doe The
had that body to theirselves nigh twen-
ty minutes."
• At this moment the sheriff entered
the hall, followed by pr.'. Breed, who
escorted the .coffin to itg supporting
3aWhorees. The meager physician was
visibly at the fag end of his self con-
trol. .Even the burly ---siteriff, looked
like a sick man as he lifted'aside the
2.offin lid and spoke. °
"There was reasonS, neighbors," said
lee, "why the corpse wasn't suitabie to
be looked at Nobody had seen it since
last night We've fixed it up as good
.s we -tepid. andyou'll now please
pass by as quick as posellele."
In the line that formed Kent got a
place behind Eider Dennett 'tither/had
decided to take another look for good
measore. es he said. The look Wils a
productive one, No sooner had it Sall -
en on the face of the dead than Den -
nett jabbed an 'indicatory finger in that
Erection and addressed the sheriff:
"Hey, Lent .Whiit's this?"
"What's what," growled Sehla.ger. .
eNtrbv. there's a cut on the lesIvPH,
CHAPTER VI.
eDah de murderer"
E first witness, a sheep herder,
T,,
rose In his place • and, without
the- formality of an oath, told
of sighting the body at the edge
of the surf at 7 o'clock in the mornirid.
Others, following, testified to the posi-
tion on the beach, the lashing of the
body- to the grat,iug, the wounds and
the manacles. . Dr, Breed announced
briefly that the deceased had come to
her death by drowning and that the
sk,u11 had been crushed in, presumably,
when the waves hammered -tbe body
upon the reefa. ..
"Then the 'corpse Inuit have come
from a good •ways° out'," said. Sailor
Snlith, "for the reefs wouldn't catch it
at that tide." .
-"Nobody knows how the dead come"
to Lonesome Cove," said the sheriff in
his deep voice. ' . •
• Elder Ira Dennett was the next and
last_ witness called. Somewhere be-
rdeath the elder's dry exterior 'lurked
the iustinctsof the drama. Stalking to
- the pletform, he told his story with
' skill and terror. He made a te/ling
point of the newly ' finished picture be
had seen in Sedgwick's studio, 'depict-
ing the moonlit charge of tire wave
mounted corpse.. He sketchedoht the
encounter between the artist and the
dead woman vividly. •
Then Sedgwick rose. He was White,
Vet his voice•was under perfect control
ae reeesaid: - . . '
"It Is all true But I do not know -
the woman who accosted me. I -never
'saw her before that evening. She spoke
strangely to me and indicated that she
was to meet some one emd go aboard
- ship, though I saw no sign of a ship."'
"You couldn't see iteuch of- the ocean
from your house," • said the medical
officer. '
"I walked on the cliffs later," said
Sedgwick, and a mu rmunwent theOugla
the courtroom, "but I never found the
woman. And as for throwing her out
of a ship,. or any sudh fantastic non-
sense, I can prove that I was back in
my house by a little 'after 9 o'clock that
night"
He sat down coolly enough, but his
eyes 'dilated when Kent whispered:
"Keep your nerve The probability
will be shown that she was killed lee -
foie 10 o'clock"
Nove, however. Dr. Breed was on
his feet again. "Form in., line, ladiea
d gen'tlemen," said he, "and pais the
co p as spry as ppssible."
At s heriff Scblag,er stepped fop
ward and loosened the hasps prepara-
tory to removing, the coven "The
bodyhas been left." said he slipping
the lid aside, '"just cis"--- Of a suds
manacled wrist. When he passed ell
his lips were pursed in the manner of -
ane who whistler; noiselessly. -
He 'resumed his seat beside Sedge
evick. Chancing to look dow,rt at MO
monocle, Sedgwick started and. stared.
'Kent's knuckle, as seen through the
glass, stood forth, monstrous and_ dis-
torted. every line of the bronzed Ada
showing like a furrow. - -
the monoele was- a poeverfial mag-
nifYing lens.
The sheriff's heavy voice Tose. "Al*
one here present repoknize or identify
the deceased?" he droned, and, virith.;
"Dah de ritkirdererin
out waiting for a reply, set the lid _he'
place and signaled to the medical of-•
cer.
. "Feller citizens," beget thee still
shaking Physician, "we sdon't need anyi,
jury to End that this unknown drown-
ed woman" -
"The deceased was not drownette"-
Emerging. - from his reverie,' Cliester
Kent .hati -teistirely risen in his- place
and made his statement
"N-n-not_deownedlTgasped the medi-
cal man. 1. •
"Certainly not! 'As eou`must know,
, if you -Made an autopsy." d'
"No autopey wa te..ceisarYet" replied, -
the other quickly. ' S'There'stndenty...of
testimony -without' that We „heard
the witneisee that saw the drowned.
body onthegratieg it washed.ashore
:dr' •
"The body '-never 'washed ashoreon
thatgraMer 41;
A isurmite .ran throngle the crowd.
• '!How do '..dirff-411-kiffe Iiikt?l'-'611ed a
voice:
"On the under sidekny, the a At I
found a cocoon of :"ceinntoit moth.,
'Half an hour in theciA.Ter 'Wenrirhave.
soaked thei,edeorin etbrSngt illed:
the ihsect-inhaleitant.. The -insect was:
.t.F.11064 kt:
"HOWNI•the grating- getetlee,,,taen?"1,
:`Dragged down from the high water
mark pet the beach. It...was an old;
half rotted affair such as no ship' °
vronld carry. Ask Sailor 'inith.""
.`t.That's_tfue,"tetaid the. Old -Seaman,:
WttbeeenvIction. e 4
"You're an expert, Mn Smith: Now,
was that ginting laege=•eno)igh to dear
a fig -grown human body"?" s .
"Why, as to that, a body, Ititt;t ,but*toti
mire heavier tjmn the ,water.,. Lshertidl
say it'd just liareleedoat 1t tnattpe."
"Exactly, but plus -several pounds of
clothing and some dead Metal extra -rt
"Nor' •'
"Tho clothes would have been seek -
ed, and haadenids weigh somettdng,"
-said- Kent calmly.. =
• .
d"There might have been extra sparde
under the grating that gut pounded
loose on the beach and washed away,"
propounded the medleal -officer elesei
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