Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04

angling was 81 mere pTettAt iSt
Interior purpose, what, he couid no.
imagine. He could hardly lave iold
why he suspected the MAJ. AMI thal
he was influenced Dy intutiye disd'sl,
was another cause tor irr!tltlon, Tor
the doctor took pride IN helag Q Hill
of science, and as he hated mysteries
he scorned 10 be influenced by an!-
thing that did not proceed rom CT ap-
peal directly t@ reason.
The trouble with DIR. Williams was
that he was exactly like other !"en III
most respects. and that lie hal not
yet grown old enough 10 know IT, 1T
is 4 rare man in whom reason ihalh-
tains an uninterrupted d0Einai'on' a
rarer still who is utterly py
impulses arising from instinct.
MI. Philbrick tried the front door or
Prof. Drummond's house 2 fuunu IL
! locked. He stood, arms akinbo, look
ing at ii a moment, aud ;Gen Went
leiSurely to the French windows mat
faced the piazza. He cid not try 10
raise any of them, for lie conld see
that they Were fastened. presently
he descended the steps and disappear
d beneath the piazza in the direction
of the basement door.
LII. llllalUS UllIu WIS ia eAANi
He lay there in the grass on the
top of the knoll trying Il nFlAe up
his mind what he ought 10 do. lie
thing that had formCd itself in bis
thoughts as a vague possibility bad
happened. Mr.. Philb-ick hal tafen
advantage of the eNpecicd absence or
all occupants from FairTfew 10 80 into
the house, or. at least, 70 iIy IL get in.
1~l,nw H. $40 III - his w.. enid
be for no other reason tdan that be
was determined to ulrlyel Inc nys-
terry of the recent tragedy. IL mattertd
nothing that there was I'D apparent
reason for his making an investigation.
He had denied that he was personally
acquainted with Star&wcather, but
that may have been 4 lie. The fact
was beyond doubt that he hoped 10y
a search within the house Ia Ind a
clue TO the cause of death. some clue,
that meant, TO the guilt o. .'r0f. DIum-
mond.
The doctor tried TO marshal lis
thoughts in logical array. lie recalled
his promise 10 Amelia, a promise made
in all sincerity and with 4 conscious
ness that ii might lead him TO tae GER
tainty that Prof. DrurnmOnl was a
~lulAtItE ne Sdiu - IlllSti- tuaA
that promise was made as muCn On
his W account as On account # tie
young wOman who asked for IL. He
declared 10 himself hat be was Ecuud
in honor not only 30 Ter. DIt 10 his
wi self-respect 10 keep that promise,
no matter what might he The end of
his investigation. And he would Keep
that prOmiSe-but that did not mean
that he was TO permit another ard a
stranger TO delye into the same ter
rible secret. Ii was one thing 10 as
sure himself if the facts 50 warranted
that the professor had been guilty Of
the greatest crime recognized ~ mans
laws. and another thing 40 proclaim it.
With this reflection came the all
compelling influence OF lis Lore for
Louise, and he recalled how he had
more insight into the mystery nan
any other man in Belmont: now for
the sake Of his love he had underworld
to diSarm his first suspicious and 10
suppress what might see ike evidence
of guilt TO the unthinking. He Lad
reasoned that Starkwcarhnr might
have been the victim of accident. and
that the professor, fearful of the con-
sequences if the exact truth were
hAAtNI H. IAdu AlNtulth Il AAllt IHlE 10
account for the young mans death.
Better. the doctor had thought, that
this distorted invention Of an excited
moment should pass current, il the
community would accept it, than that
general suspicion should be provoked
TO action and TO an Investigation i'm
which the discovery Of the facts would
De the more damaging TO the professor
nv rA2Gnn ~ hsz -, -
event, Louise must be saved from
knowledge OF her fathers guilt, If guilt
1t should prove { o be.
That could not be ACCOMPLISHED If
TINS stranger Were permitted TO make
an investigation with a hostile mind.
with ~prejudices against the suspected
man, with the power to distort every
appearance into a certainty of guilt.
Ii the truth must be found, and il
must be, it should be found by himself.
the doctor. and known only to himself
perhaps.
So, in spite of the possibility that
Mr.. Philbrick might be able to accom-
plish as much as himself. and thus un-
willingly fulfill Amelia's desire for the
truth, the doctor came 10 an end of his
hurried and confused reasoning. and
rose from the grass determined to 90
at once TO Fairview. and by one means
or another prevent Mr.. Philbrick from
learning anything TO Prof. Drum
mond's disadvantage.
The doctor did not 60 directly across
the fields TO the house by the river.
he returned TO the road. feeling that
1T would be better, If possible. to avoid
any open antagonism TO Mr.. Philbrick.
and 10 that end he wished TO return
70 Fairview 10 appear 10 be a casual
and ordinary. The angler had gone
beneath the piazza. and had disap
peared from the doctors view as soon
as he was within the shadow of the
structure. Without rejecting that al
though everything beneath the piazza
was invisible from the knoll, all the
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