Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-09-19

one rose 20 ner feet ana curing
the rest of the afternoon made an
effort to DO natural. But she could
not succeed. 1t was as though she
were the sport of n playful dovil that
made her betray the condition of
her nerves despite herself. And all
night she lay awake wondering whom
and how she should hear the news.
She rather hoped it would bo soon.
It would lesson tho tension, she felt,
to know tho worst
She had not long to wait. Direct
ly she came down in the morning
somebody told her what she was OK
peoting to hear. The crushed body
of a man had been found on the
ledge of rock under tho cliffs. II
was oonjectured that he had fallon
over early on the previous day, n:
the people at the hotel had missed
him at luncheon time. He was a
youngish man, and his name was
Anthony Cazenovo.
Mrs. Rymer laughed. 1t was hor-
rible of her, but people with highly
strung organizations frequently re-
ceive nows of tho kind in that way,
and if sho had not laughed she would
have shriekod, which would have
boon mo. difficult to explain.
You shouldn't have told her so
suddenly" said Rymer. But of
course you could not guess that Mr..
Cazenovo was an old acquaintance
OF my vito.
There was good deal of talk at
breakfast about tho affair, and u
great many oonjccturcs rs to whoth-
er accident, suicide or foul play was
answerable for it, In Brighton or
Bournemouth nobody would have
known anything about it, but Sand
Regis was one of those delightfully."-
benighted little Watering places
where al big haul of maCkerel is an
event and real brand now tragedy
a gift of the gods.
A young gentleman present had
seen the body and spoken to the
fisherman who had found it. OF
course he was full of the subject,
and no entered into elaborato details,
punctuated with eggs and bacon,
which left nothing to the magma
ton.
Have you over noticed how in
fallibly anything with gore in it ap-
peals to the average middle class
AL, OH ID ~
to voce to his wife. These people
are positively enjoying themselves.
Why, what's the matter? Are you
not well?"
He had happened to look at her.
She was leaning back in her chair as
white as marble.
"They are ali beasts" she said,
shuddering. THAT boy is II king
me sick. hate to hear about blood.
1t affects me almost as much rs sec
ing it. am glad we arc going home.
They will be talking about it again
at luncheon, suppose, and at din
ner."
But the Rymers did not return to
London that day, because Mrs. Ry-
mer received summons to attend
the ooroner's inquest upon the sub
jeot of her disgust, the late Mr.. An
thony Cazenove.
She held the paper with the tips
of her fingers, and her face wore a
look of fate
II suppose, she explained to her
husband, that somebody saw us to-
gether ON the cliffs. Didn't ! tell
you before that / met him? sup
pose I forgot. This is very unpleas-
ant. Must go?"
"Of course you must" he said.
Don't be n baby, Pauline They'll
only ask you half dozen questions.
It'll be- over i'll five minutes.
Her examination, however, lasted
longer than that, for reasons of
which Rymer had been uniformed.
In the cour 80 thereof she stated that
she had made the acquaintance of
Cazenove on the continent during
her first husbands lifetime, and
that she had lost sight of him for
some years until recently, when they
met again in London. The meeting
on the cliffs was accidental.
Then how does it happen, asked
the coroner, that a note signed
Pauline Rymer' was found in his
pocket agreeing to an appointment
proposed by him? Is the handwrit-
ing yours?"
She admitted that it was.
There were other curious facts
connected with the affair for which
Mrs. Rymer had no satisfactory ex-
plantations. Briefly they amounted
to this: She had been seen walking
with Cazenove near the spot where
the tragedy must have occurred and
subsequently alone in a state Of no
tioeable agitation, and near the de-
ceased was bunch of ribbons which
matched others on her dress.
The Q. c., who had accompanied
his wife, sat through the ordeal
quietly, attentive and watchful. The
course of affairs must have been an
overwhelming surprise to him, but
he made no sign beyond a faint
stare when he first saw the drift OF
the examination. He merely nodded
encouragement now and then as hel
wide, terrified eyes sought his acros:
the room. And occasionally hi
smiled-an ostentatious, sarcastic
smile which signified that the impli
cation was really too absurd to b.
taken seriously. He had practiced i
with effect in many courts, and i
reacted upon the bulk of outsiders