Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-16
cuApTER xxx.

CHAPTER xxx.
eal,tion to avenge the murder
1 l1s Lynn was by no means neet,
sso U1sa The difficulties that seemed
apl--~ themselves even at first sight
1'''sI l;,o daunted her, nor was she
y WIZ v. +bo discovery that might be the
Aa u ~ her researches, for nothing
:: 91 ha more cruel than the suspense
l - ~ torturing her, no certainty more
wa sh ,U tbe suspicion which at pres
'i y. WAS WAS obliged to feel. By an in
'ls .. ""c than any evidence OF &C
- t. of she was persuaded that he had
,t tac of her; and none other than
t'n Prnsep knowing the persecution
u s1 andured at his hands, it seemed
- ..a cIpar wherein lay the motive for
.;ma and that he had been the MUIR
:, che could not doubt.
G,t be had sinned for her sake count
.- Dthino in his favor; it seemed instead
w "a the blackness of the crime by
- -an her in a way a participation in 1T.
\, i'j II not been so she might have felt
.bonnd to disinter the truth.
@ s'o' first TO last it had been her own
u -burs only; or so it seemed now,
mod meant all for the best, but she
,r5t with bitterness that had she been
lirtp9tioned things might have turn
ort better. Her fathers words re-
,a3 TO her that the consequence re-
mod when the actual fault was dead
n,,ottpp, and the aphorism seemed
wiser that she herself had proved it
govipg decided that it was her duty to
+rs tbe murderer to justice, however 1T
+,6t Dain herself-and she knew that it
rrH be less painful to suffer in his
gl than betray Stephen Prinsep-she
s,no time in putting her resolve into ex-
atOn.
Her first move was to visit the spot
r4re Jacob Lynn had been found dead;
/ nj having managed to evade her moth
i Il companionship, she set out alone.
| a, on arrival she found a small group
tpople assembled there, curiously ex-
| mining the ground; for the interest ex-
/ lid by the murder had been wide
| Tead
Me passed on quickly, and few min
is walk brought her on to the parade
|1md HeStating for a moment whether
|7Rurn later, or to relinquish her pur-
e for that day, her glance happened to
upon the end house of the married
MS barracks, and she remembered that
woman who lived there had been i'll,
nj she had meant for some time to go
aSe her
lossing the parade ground, the
|1-sht struck her that if Jacob Lynn
accompanied on the afternoon he was
lqdered, the inmates of that end house
Id De the most likely to know of it.
i was perhaps a fortunate coincidence
at had brought her here. K
The woman was at home, and we'll
cough to be pleased to see visitor. She
H lying back in a straw easy-chair on
1' yeranda, and, seeing Jane approach
:: tried TO move to meet her.
Don't get up, Mrs. Phillips, You are
Ut able to do SO, l am sure. l did not
Alect you would be out of bed"
! have been sitting out of doors for
F2st week. | was sitting here the very
\, Lynn went to his death. 1t gave me
lcA shock that I was thrown back
.2'e than bit. If it hadn't been for
10 should have been well by this time
41at It was his fault, poor fellow"
'Aae mad flushed at the unexpected men,
VI Of the very name she was anxious to
induce But she was too confused to
sE advantage of it. However, Mrs.
~4llS required no encouragement to
@-4ae a conversation, and went on
1say;
Lucy would have had me up at the in
,S ~, no doubt, but I was that upset I
4 rll nave answered a question they
ssa me- And, besides, what l knew
We We're others knew as we'll as l."
'O1 mean, asked Jane, nervously, for
4. rue OF amateur detective was emil
irl' dlstasteful to her, you mean You
y. y saw him pass alone?"
j l4a' all. saw the khidmatgar pass
vt man who found him, you know. I
y. 10 one else go by that afternoon. ex-
had forgotten that-somebody
/, ,'G IN gray clothes. l couldn't see
y Nc was, but he must have struck
IVY Nv toward the hospital, for his name
y, !. 0 M, out at the inquest.
very likely. The two roads branch off
r r,.g, You did not happen to see who
y w. ~, l never thought of it till now. I
" saw mat he was tall and wore a
! Ia! And after all it didn't matter,
" y laa nothing to do with it?"
, - ~ VI course not" agreed Jane. ris-
r;,, 'm very glad you are better, Mrs.
bgs My mother will be glad, too.
AVS oeen talking about coming to see
. WI since she first heard you were
s ,;a by the way she had come.
iba hue {, mere was no one passing along
er,aa 'nort cut. and she stood in the
boS SSohlpound, wondering what good
bSo a uohe by coming there. If there
ror T9 9hything to lead to discovery,
eTiS S nave been found before this.
7o IIMenee seemed to crop up without
.DSr ' AZ Moving her foot restlessly
stana :ne broken stump of a tree an
av Sr twis broke, and, as it fell
Nh tbo e saw something wedged in be-
It. IL tooFs. She stopped and loosen
scba5 was a mother-of pearl button
b aS ~ piece of smooth gray cloth.
t!emannti snf have been torn. from a
kn agl trinsep wore such short CATERS
.ale r%; but then so many others in the
ID aat,,o IRE them, too, that unless she
d mo- NJ The piece she held in her
4, notb;ne part from which it had been
bat Ing os could be proved.
50 ~ '9urSe. was impossible. and be-