The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-08-10

present eagerly pressed on tOWdru liz
room of the dead.
CHAPTER vi. .
The Jcweled Stilett0.
The captain of police was first to
place his hand upon the door knob.
"Who has the key?" he inquired.
Without a word of answer, Mrs. Mar
tin placed it in his hand. He opened
the door and entered, followed b the
two police officers, the detective and
MI. Baldwin. who were in turn ollowed
by all who could force their way into
the room.
The mother and father of Clarice.
whose first intention had been to seek
their daughter. had been borne along
with the crowd, and now stood gazing
on the dead face of him who had. by
the law of God and man, been made
their son-their daughters husband
scarcely more than two short hours
ago.
Mrs. Mowbray gave a groan Of abso-
lutte suffering; her face became utterly
colorless, and she seemed in danger or
fainting. Brian Mowbray turned sick
at the sight, and was glad TO occupy
himself in the care of his wife.
He drew her backward out of sight,
and would have carried her from the
room If the doorway had not been
blocked up by a throng of people close
ly wedged together there. AS 1t was,
he kept her from another glimpse OF the
dead man. and was equally careful him.
self not to look in that direction.
a Mrs. Martin had again entered the
.~ooxo. hut oIa ~uith1roW RI tho window.
where she stood concealed by the heavy
!. velvet curtain, gazing out on the rear
of the houses in the next block.
Carl, the Swiss valet, was profoundly
affected. He gazed with streaming eyes
on the dead face, till, unable to bear It,,
he buried his face in both hands, Sob
hing and weeping.
1.-The kindest master-the kindest
master!!" he sobbed. "Ah. when will l
find another?" a5
Mr.. Baldwin had Immediately pro-
,ceeded to the duty for which he had
been summoned and, having sealed all
such private papers, drawers, escri-
torres, ETC., as he deemed of imports
ance, he, too, came forward to look at
the still, white face of Philip Grayson.
1t was the face of a man who had been
a kind friend to him, and the lawyer
had valued the friend.
He heaved a deep sigh and turned
away. 1t was a sight that no man
would like to dwell upon. and, hard
man of business though he was, Mr.
Baldwin s%huddered. and there was q
suspicious. dewy moisture in his keen'
gray eyes. i
But here was one person in that room
whom no one seemed to notice particu-
-v.rlv %h4,,oh To an 0hSQrV1nf eve she
was, of all there, the most profoundl,
affected by the tragedy h a had been
enacted in that room. h was Mrs.
Grayson's new waiting maid-the
French girl, Leonce.
She was a remarkable looking girl
TALL. slender, and eminently graceful
and ladylike in appearance. In COM
plexion she was a clear, pale brunette,
with eyes and hair of midnight dark
ness. delicate, c~learly-cut features, a
full, red mouth, exquisitely-fin teeth.
as white and even as a row OF pearls.
and the kind Of hands and feet that are
considered a proof of good birth inslGu-
rope.
Naturally pale, as brunettes OF her
type always are, h was now OF a hvld
pallor, and even her red mouth was pale
and ashen. and her lips thin and com
pressed, as IL she feared some sound OF
: terror or grief might force its way be-
tween them.
Her dark eyes cleaned and glittered
like light on polished steel. and her gaze
never for a moment dwelt on the muir
dered man, but roved Wildly over the
apartment, with a curious ~tntentness
chat evidently took a mental inventory
OF everything in 1t, and seemed to seek
, for something 1t did not find, yet feared
to hnd, or feared still more, that some
other eyes than her, own might 1fno
first.
3 But. apparently, no one noticed her
particularly, and her extreme pallor,
terror and agitation SO evidently held
under strong control, might easily have
passed for nothing more than signs OF
X natural emotion under the %circum-
stances. even IL she had been specially
u observed.
Tha captain of police knelt down be
side the body and looked critically at
the face; then, raising the right arm.
let IT fall with a dull, heayysthud.
IT suppose the bodysha been
ined by doctor?!" he said, inquirinsly.
DR.. spfague at once stepped Onward
Twas for some years physician to
the deceased. II have Examined the
body. Death vas caused by q "
IN the throat, made by some sharp ano
pointed Instruments shouid mage,
sometbing IN the nature Of assmall dag
ser a poniard. Death must have been
almost instantaneous. as you. will lob
.serye the carotid artery has been com
niefefY severed. Under such circum-
q VIII die within three
nEninlites-posstbly, sooner It st -
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