Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17

| sec thai the DIOou oH tAic h"Vi
touch his naked feet, he went oack'
wards 10 the door. 80.
BY the slime he had reached W there
were answering voices from Othef
doors I'm tIze corridor. Inc lanoiauy
and her husband were calling ont ~
know what was wrong n ma'os
were already beginning to scream; u
the ostler or boots-some male person
Mt any rate-was believing from MS
chamber door.
In another minute there was a crowd
Of curious, frightened creatures round
the dOOr OF the oOm where tine oeau
man lay, and five miutes LATER Frank
was flying in one direction for a Doc
| ton. while. the esther was saddsing u
horse to go for the police.
Frank knew wen that Calling IN a
doctor was no more than a for1ns yet
be rxu through the Storm as thOsgh a
human life depended or his efforaA IL
was easier to forget that sickeI1ing
sight when he was labo<ing for breath
in the teeth OF the gale.
1t wss not until he haa done all tHft
ne co,tH be called upon To perform,
/ and w;rs back in his WI room, thaE
the thowghr occurred tU him, "Whas
rade Joyce kAl himselfg He coultg
rfnd no :gaswer TO that question: anu
tqen IL suddenly occurred 10 him That
here was u solution for all his difficult
ties. The one man who had stood in
the way VI his union with Ursula
would never trouble them ulore. IL
was impossible not 10 feel ~ u or
relief as tnat fact stood cUt more
clearly in Mia mind. Then Frank
blamed himself for the scanr pity he
was feeling Tor the poor creature who
had gone. ami remembered that he
should be Thankful that he should be
thankfu! that he had restrained his
passion the night before. And then he
fell alseep.
1t was late next morning when les
ter awoke. The morning sun, shining
brightly after the storm. was high ia
the heavens. He wondered why They
had not called linn. and sprang out Of
bed.
While he was dressing, a knock
eame { o hissdoor, and almost before he
could call u Come in" the dOoe
opened. and Clovis came into the room,
quickly closing the door behind HIM
"Clovis, by all chats wonderful
cried Frank. holding out his hand.
what made YOU turn an here to-day"
Well, il waSa desire to see whether
the experience you We're trying at my
suggestion had turned ont well or III!
BtrS / never thought 5lrfs would be the
end Of it."
The end Of itr What 40 you meanY'
Il mean-have you o heardY'
You mean about JUyee's death? Yes
ie IL. indeed. dreadful, | was the first
To find the body, you know"
Clovis started, rnther obviously, but
remained silent.
II can't imagine what can have
made him do Il" said Frank. after a
pause
'Mnie who do vhat2'
What made joyce take his lifeT'
Il cent understand yoU. Frank. DO
you mean to say that yUu are under
the impression that Joyce committed
syfcide?7 !,
Cersainiy. Who a there to kill
lxiTny'
Efan3S thought that his friend looked
al hir1 rather strangely as he an
sysereI:
1T is impossible lilac the case can
have been n of suInide.T
'.Whyy-
Because there was 40 weapon with
which the deed couid' have been done
FOUND near the body. And besides
what man that ever lived, wishing to
make way with himself, stabbed him
seif i'm three or four piaeesY'
In three or four places? Good
Heavens! l believe that was the
Fhrst TO see the body. But I did not 90
Enear enough to see that. But, Clovis.
II IL WAS not a case OF suicide, who
car have done it,"
"Don"t ask me! Z don't want to-
think"
Frank sat down on his bed and,
at his friend, ana then went OF
INTO n shout OF mirthfess laughter
You don't mean to tell me. Clovis
that VOC think Iim, a murderer?" ht,
asked, at length.
"N5e Frank. not knowingly and will
fully. I think, ii yosi were greatly pro-
as it seems This man provoked
you last night"
Who told you diatr' interrupted
Frank.
Tile landlady.'f said Clovis. with a.
look OF surprise on his face. sASbe
says she was in tile room when .Joyce
struck you. n that you rushed out of
the room yowlag vengeance, or some
thing OF that kind. She has told half
n dcZen people tke same story already
this morning"
4 Was not vowing vengeance, but IL
ia QUITE true tfiat we auarreled. HI,
Knocked me down, and lie it had been
any man on eartfi bert Ursula's father.
: would have knocked him down ~.
You really think that, after resraininse
from striking him at the time. / went
10 his bed room in the dead OF night,
NC Franz said Clovis. firmly
You shall not put words into nv
mouth in that way. l said | didn't
Know what 20 think, and I saw 80
still II yoa a tell mo what YOU
think. SHAH De very much obligea TO
YOU"
Frank was silent. dumbfounaed.
Who could have killed Richard joyce
Was 1t not natural that he should be
suspected. after the quarrel OF the
night beforey'
Someone must have done IL 10 noh
him." he said, with ais eyes a. the
floor.
Clovis shook his head. The mans
gold watch and his purse. with ten
soverefgns ia it. were found ander his
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