The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-12-08
cepyrish, 1901 by
+. Fitzgerald MaiIoy

ing a confession of his deed freed her
from a terrible accusation. was per-
fectly explainable to Mackworth. No
doubt Bostock. knowing she was not
guilty, felt assured hat in a little while
her innocence would be, must be, clear
iy proved, while he remained free and
unsupported. A declaration of the part
he had played might be wholly ullnec-
essary to the restoration Of her good
name, while 1t would certainly imperil
his liberty, if not his life.
That a man sc staid in character, so
gentle in manner, could perpetrate
such a crime was not unreasonable to
suppose, when 1t was considered that
the placid exterior of many individuals
is but the effect OF constant control over
strong emotions: emotions that in mo-
rnents Of vehement passion and under
circumstances that enrage. fling aside
the curb which has long bound them
assert themselves with unre-
strained strength.
That Bostock's was such a nature
Mackworth did not doubt. An express
sion that now and then rose to the
surface of the publishers grave face,
a light that occasionally cleaned in
those dark eyes, spoke of a strength
for good or evil, of a depth where
thoughts might lie hidden and unsus-
pected by those who deemed they knew
him best.
To prove the truth of these sus-
picions, which the circumstances Of the
case and the nature of the man made
feasible, became Mackworth's desire
and business, and this he Immediately
set o in as secret a as his
~endeaVors would allow. His first effort
was to discover, if possible, whether
George Bostock on leaving Mrs. Dunn
barton's house had quilted It's neigh
borhood, or where he actually was at
the time the murder was committed.
This he might have been able to as
certain at once had he questioned the
publisher; but that was what Mack
worth wished to void for the present,
lest Bostock, knowing he was suspec-
ted, might be placed on his guard, when
he would use his utmost e~ndeavors to
shelter himself and battle justice.
BY careful inquiry Mack worth
learned from the ticket taker of the
Marlborough road station, not far re-
moved from Mrs. Dumbarton's house,
who was familiar with Bostock's ap-
pearance as a frequent passenger, that
the publisher had arrived at the station
on the evening in question about 8
O'Clock, but had not been seer again
there hat night. OF this the official de-
ciared himself certain. Nor had the
IL iC IiCi5 iuOIliS cap ranks,
0 in the entire district whom Mack
worth patiently and persistently ques-
TONED, conveyed from the neighbour
hood that night such a fare as was de-
scribed to them. This proved but lit
tie in itself, for Bostock might have
walked to Herschel mansions. the
building in which he rented a fat.
The night porter of the mansions
was. therefore, the next to be examined,
n like the others. witt, warnings to
preserve strict secrecy. The man had
no difficulty in remembering the date,
from a trtfiing circumstance which had
happened to himself that evening, and
stated that Mr.. Bostock had returned
10 MS Ia a short time before / in the
morning. The time that had elapsed
pelWeen the committal Of the murder
n the hour he had entered the man
slons gave him sufficient leisure to walk
home.
It was possible, however, that he
might have gone straight from Hoxton
road to one of his clubs, and have been
there while the tragedy was taking
pace, but the most skillful and secretly
inquiries made from porters
and walters failed to elicit from them
that they had seen him during the night
specified.
What the Inspector absolutely wanted
was proof Of Bostock being in the
n~eighborhood of Hoxton road about the
time the murder was committed, but
thls, Tor the present, was not forth
coming.
Martyr, the policeman III whose beat
Hoxton road lay, had passed Mrs. Dunn
barton's house about an hour before the
o~ccurrance of the tragedy, and had not
seen any individual lettering there. nor
did he remember meeting any foot pas
sengers at that time.
~ M ar1FrynrtI CT co ,"s
In the sitting room Of his
small house, situated near Kings Cross,
bordering over h case. A childless
wldower of so years, he lived, so far as
MS calling would permit, an isolated
existence, his best friend and most con-
stant companion being an Irish ter
rler Shawn, a wiry, rough-coat-
eu, true-hearted beast, whose red eyes,
snort ears and nervous movements be-
trayed his swift perceptions and acute
sagacity, traits that endeared him to
ais master.
A knock at the street door brought
SHAWN, who had been cofled upon the
cushion Of a chair, to his feet, while
presently his loud banks that
a had entered the hall. A mo-
ment later and Mackworth's house,
keeper handed him a card. reading the
name on which, the inspector babe her
snow the visitor in. With some sense
Of p~leasurable excitement and expecta-
tlQp. MaekWoEth stood up rs greet
Quintoh QuaVe, whom he had already
seen, and of whose friendship with Mrs,
Dumbarton he was well aware.
With a rapid glance at the Young
man's-expressive face and dark ewes.
Mackworth saw he had something to
communicate.
Sit down, sir--sit down. the inspec-
tor said. waving Quinton to a seat.
Down, Shawn; It's not with every one
he makes friends. sir--he's a mos
sagacious dog"
All my life I have been fond of ami
fnais OF every kind. When I was a
boy used to get into trouble for taking
stray cats and destitute dogs home. IA
me they are all members Of one great
family. We are the toprnost branches,
said Quinton.
Not always sc harmless as they
True And that brings me to what
4 came here to say
a am anxious to hear5 you, SIR
Then Quint9n told him Dc the figure
he mac seen In the uncertain light or
the night thetragedy took place. Mack
worth could scarcely conceal HIS satss-
fattiof, at what teneard.sf0g ilgeetnee
as Sf 1haaegidenr Esostaets aapsa.
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