The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-12-29

whom he regarded With something Of
iistruSt and much of interest, lie in
luired If she We're ready.
Yes, take me where YOU like, | am
tuite ready the foreigner said de-
.erminedly, as she followed him from
he room.
Through their long drive to Mack
worth's house, no word was spoken by
ValeIius or his companion. The former,
with his eyes iXed and vacant and his
he remained waiting for the foreigner to
while Angela Mezza, feeling exhausted
from the nervousness and excitement
her narration caused, lay languidly
back in the cab, thinking of the woman
whose reputation perhaps whose
life She was about to save.
On arriving at the inspectors house
they were lucky enough to find him at
home, he having just returned after
4 Wearisome day spent abroad in striv-
ing to prove his theory that George
Bostocks was the hand that had
stabbed David DumbartOn. Mackworth
met his visitors at the door Of his sit
ling room. u look Of surprise upon his
face, an air Of expectation in his man
ner.
Come in. sir, come in he said to
Valerius. and no ooner had he en-
tered than he carefully shut the door
and motioned them to seats in i prompt
and business like way.
Then facing them, as he stood at one
side the hearth. which was frightened
by a glowing fire, he shrewdIy glanced
at the foreigner, and from her turned
his eyes to Nalerius questicningly.
The latter, no longer absorbed and
&elf-concentrated, but seemingly alive
to the Importance of the Italians COM
m~unicat;On, said:
An extraordinary statement has just
been made to Mrs. Dunbarton and my
self"
About the murder?" Mackworth
asked, almost in whisper.
About the murder, and by the per-
son whom l have brought here to re-
peat the story to YOU, Angela MeZza."
AN ltalian"'
4 come from Tuscany" she answered
proudly.
Another woman in the case" Mack
worth reelected, while bowling TO the
foreigner.
only an hour ago she called to see
Mrs. Dumbarton, with whom l hap
pened to be just then" Vuierius ex-
planned. "When she had finished her
story brought her straight to you that
you might hear it at once
Quite right, sir: much obliged. And
now, perhaps, the lady will let me hear
what She has to say"
Il know the man who STABBED David
| Du[nDrrlOn the chorus SINGER said
impuIsively.
Mackworth started. the pupils of his
eyes dilated, and he clenched his hands.
With idea Of George Bostock still in
his mind. he said:
Who is he2'
My husband, Marco Mezza," she re-
piled, her dark eyes flashing. -.
Mackworth's surprise deepened. and
Remained waiting for the foreigner to
speak.
Tell him your story from the begin
ming as you told it to US" suggested
Nalerius.
Il WILL she said deterninedly, and
she began.
The inspector, with mind alert and
ready to seize on every point of her
narrative, heard her without interrupt
ton, mentally noting points on which
he afterward would question her. His
Interest in her statements, which We're
clearly and forcibly made, grew as she
continued, and he wondered much that
some clew had not previously reached
him regarding Mezza. Then he re-
tiected that even if the story of the
~Neopolitan's jealousy and threatened
revenge We're known outside the little
circle of Angela Mezza, her sister. and
her sisters husband, the brotherhood
which binds this southern race would
prevent them from betraying him to
the police.
Mackworth acknowledged he had
been blinded by theories regarding
George BostocE, and had not pushed
his Inquiries concerning David Dunn
barton far enough to discover his en-
counter with Mezza.
The chief point OF which he wished
to make certain, and concerning which
MackWorth was first to question An
gela Mezza when she had finished her
story, was if she We're quite certain
that the man whom she saw outside
the stage entrance to Covent Garden
the3ter was MeZZa.
Il am sure it was" she replied.
Did your sister who was with Won
at the time see him 2"
NO, she was not looking in his di-
rection."
There We're other Italians outside
the stage door at the time, / sup
pose?"
"Oh, yes; most Of the men in the
chorus we're already there
You saw his face among them"
persisted Mackworth.
Yes, and L saw his figure, for he is
taller than most Italians"
whats his height?'
about the size of this gentleman"
Angela Mezza answered, pointing to
Valerius.
81 think YOU said it was in July you
saw Mezza?"
Yes, during the last week of the
opera season."
WAS Mr.. Dumbarton then in Lon
DOM
IF so l did not see him. We left
him in Paris. We remained here be-