The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-05
CHAPTER xxlil.-contlnued.
The Mystery Of Mary.

l.ss The Mystery Of Mary. -. ),
I put other questions regarding the dead
womans recent actions. and he was COM
Epelled to admit that they had Of late been
quite unaccountabie. Her absences We're
frequent and She appeared to sometimes t
make long and mysterious Journeys in |
4 various directions. while her days at home
were usually spent in the solitude Of her
own room. Some friends OF the family. he
said attributed it to grief AT the grea
blow she had sustained. while others sus-
pected that. her mind had become slightly
unhinged. /" recollected myself how
strange had been her ma nner when she |
had visited me, and inwardy confessed to
being utterly mystihed -. - =
Doctor Govitt found to be stout mid
de-aged man., of the usual type Of old !
fashioned practitioner of > a cathedral
town, whose methods and !; ideas were
equally old fashioned. Before l entered
the. room where the. unfortunate young
woman was lying, he explained to me that
! life had evidently been extinct about seven
hours prior to the discovery Of the body.
There are no marks of foul play?'
inquired anxiously. r
None. as far as I've been able to- find
only scratch on the left cheek, evil
IDENTITY inflicted after DEATH"
whats your opinion?''ei 80
'Suicide. Without. a doubt. The hour
at which she fell into the, water is shown
H. 'G.-o
| You have no suspicion of foul play?'
{ None Whatever. -
] did not reply. but by the, compression
Of my lips l presume he saw that I was
dubious.
"Ah! I sec YOU are suspicious" he said.
"Of course, in tragic circumsta noes like
these the natural conclusion is to doubt.
The poor young IadN's husband was .1nys-
teriously done to death, and honestly be-
lieve that her mind gave way beneath the
strain Of grief. I've attended her profess
sionally two or three times of late and
noted certain. abnormal features in. her
case that arouse my suspicion that her
brain had become unbalanced. I never,
: however,, suspected her of suicidal tend
! ency.", 81; -.
Her mother. Mrs. Mivart. did re-
sponded. She told me so only a few days
ago .>.-.
II know. l know" he answered. ,"Of
course. her mother had more frequent
, and intimate opportunities for watching
. her than I had. In any case it is very
dreadful thing for the family.
''Eery.' I said.
And the mystery surrounding the death
Of Mr.: -Courtenay-was it never: cleared
, up? Did the police never discover any
,clue.to the assassin?' -
No: Not single. fact resa riding it
beyond those related at the inquest has
ever been brought to light
, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES extraordinary!''-
I ! went with him into the darkened bed
room wherein lay the body. white and
r composed. her fair hair 'disheveiled about
her shoulders and her thin white hands
crossed upon her breast. The expression
:, upon her, conference.-the face" that
looked SO charming beneath its Veil OF
widowhuod as she had satin my:room at
4 Harley NPlace--was scalm and trestfuI. FOL.
:, indeed in the graceful curl Of the lips
+ there was g kind OF. haf-srnile. as though,
c5n bod n+ louf
peace. - - - -: = =. 80 ",
;(ioNitt drew up the blind, allowing the
I'd golden sthnset,.to stfeani zjnto theslroonl.
{ thereby giving me sufficient light to- make
my examination. The latter occupied. some
= '11ttiez time: my object being to discover
aJftssffffh lFaHks E1of violence. In: persons
G ass r. aSrSs B. fsBsssz RS {e,a
or livid sara rSsa upos, the Wrists, aims sor
"a aaeGks Whsre athes sailanta haf sseizedHtfe
d. sfor, k islsaRsier teoenicn the
eis &p Su5R tSan aEpps rs e
u fence and, hurt a3lperson into tie stream
: + byamain force lsEfe push leaves 40 trace;
: : therefore, the verdictrfn hundreds OF cases
q Of Huful., murder has been suicide so1
u an open one, because the necessary evil
dence Of foul play has been wanting ~
,. Here was another. case: in point The
'e scratch on the face shat Goyittthad de-
. injury, and with the exception Of anothe,
IS slight scratch on the ball Of the left thumt
.. could find no trace what eNers OF Violence
IL And yet, to: me, the most likely 5theor!
a was that she had again met her shusban
:, in secret. and had lost her life at hi,
a hands. TO attribute a motive was utterl,
le impossible. merely. argued. logical,
st Within myself that it could not possibl;
be a case Of suicide, for without a doub
n she had met clardestir1ely the eccentric
~ ~ eid man whom the: world believed to- y
On The facts within my kznnowledge yer
important and :, startling. yet If + Irelate
~ them to .anE%seeond person felt that nj
ss words would be secuted as iElprobable
an and my allegations would certainly not B
he accepted: Therefore. 7 stiil kept my ow
counsel, longing to. meet Jevons~ and hea
as the result OF hisafurther Inquiries ~:
70 Mrs. Mivart' 1 found seated IL her ow
Ter room, fearful and utterly crushed. Poo
he Mary; tragic end had come upon her a
10 an overwhelming. burden Of grief, and
stood beside her full Of heartfelt synipa
,e thy A strong bond of Election had a
M ways existed between us. but as r too
es, her inert hand and uttered words Of CON
ut fort, she only" shook her head sotrowfull
". "; and burst into a. torrent Of tears. Tru1
:, the Manor was a: dismal house Of mourn
lid ing. $.'::'.: 49, - <<"< -. =: = >
al: To Ethelwynn I. sent a telegram az
lnnEt dressed to the Hennikers. in order, tn:
S S she should receive it the instant she a
md rived in town. Briefly j explained III
md tragedy and asked her to come down =
=. the Manor at once. feeling assured til;
Id, Mrs. Mivart in the hour Of her distre
Ia, IA. desired her daughter at her side. The
tie T. accompanied the local constable, ar
ma. the three police officers who had con
top over from *Oundle down to the river sid
or The brilliant afte-glow Hinged the. bros
- Drumming river with a Crimson light ar
. the trees: beside the water already thre
= heavy" shadows, for the day was dyir
ard the glamor Of the fading sunset al
.-s the dead stiffness Of departing day III
r fallen Upon everything. Followed BY
y small crowd Of curious villagers, '
the walked along the. otpath over the. f
md 1niliar ground that I had traversed WIN
OF following the strange pair. Eagerly y
eft searched everywhere ,for traces Ola stru
uts gle, hut the only spot where the long gra
the was trodden down was at a point5a lit
as Beyond the ferry =; But as, far; as I. ce]
ing see there was no actual sign Of any stru
nee Rle.s4: II Yves merely: as though the era
:. had been ftattened by the trailing Of,
Ind woman's. skirts across; IT, Exal1iinati
8 showed. too. inprints Of Louis XIV. hel
H." in the soft clay banks One print was pc
on, feet but the other, close to the edt
Lcle gave evidence that the foot had slippe
cad thus establishing the spot as that Wiie
sed the unfortunate young lady had fallen II
am the water When xarnining the body
1l,,11 tho q JxOl