The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-12-02

himself from friends and companion
and strangers alike. He had probabl,
visited england for the purpose of so
!iciunS or demanding help from hi
wife; it was possible he had intended
his stay to be short. Had it been hi
policy while in town TO lead a perfect,
solitary life, as it seemed feasible t
suFpose, from the fact that he seldom
left his lodgings during the day, the In.
v~estigation OF the detectives might enc
in failure.
Then came the superstition that the
deceased would not voluntarily isolate
himself If without a motive. Was that
motive fear? And if so, did not feal
argue the existence of an enemy?
While inquiries We're being made re-
is;ardlng David Dumbarton throughout
the length and breadth of London
Mackworth placed himself in communi-
cation with the foreign police, whose
perfect system of espionage enables
them to track With ease and give with
readiness the information required re-
2trdlng those who have lived abroad.
IL was with considerable eargerness he
waited Tor information, which came in
lie flrst place from the Partisan police.
Inc deceased, whose name, age,
helght IL appearance We're perfectly
given, together with the date OF which
he had arrived in and subsequently,
left the French capital, had said the re-
port, lived in an apartment in the Rue
leiit Mature, ON the left bank of the
Seine, during the first five months. He
mad nabltually frequented race courses,
ana was We'll know TO sporting men and
Jockeys, who With The singers of the
cafes chantants and the chorus of the
opera house We're his chief associates,
NO charge had ever been made against
nm. He Was not, so far as known,
a member of any political society, nor
lle S1N of nnN pnNrD-r,,,art 800, I.-l q.
been discovered that his domestic re-
lations caused the jealousy or enmity
OF friend or acquaintance. He appeared
to be popular.
On his arrival in the city he had
seemed prosperous. The source of his
income was not known. o. late he had
been ~lmpecunious. He had arrived in
Paris from Monte Carlo, where he was
Well remembered by the police, who
We're unable TO throw any light upon his
private life, or to produce any accusa-
tlon against him. Further investiga-
ton would be made concerning him.
With this report and the promise
with which 1T concluded, Mackworth
was obliged to content himself for the
present. The former contained no
statement of social communications, no
mint at domestic wrongs; nothing, in
oeed, that served to forshadow or ac-
count for the tragedy which had be-
fallen David %Dumbarton. But the de-
talls given We're of the surface rather
than of the private life of the deceased.
and 1t might we'll be that beneath the
jovial exterior of this ]frequenter of race
courses n cafes chantants, this popu-
lar English gentleman of convivial
tastes, that interests, intrigues and pas
sions, all the stirring elements of a
stormy drama, played an important
part in an existence nv
mis- nmn2njnnC 11r1s,o,r,, - IT. -. -
But though Mackworth considered
ina revenge was the most probable
motive that brought about Dunbar
TONS death, he assured himself it was
not the only n which could be made
to account for the tragedy. Another
indeed, presented itself to the in
spector's mind; a motive at which
through silent hours he looked from ey-
cry reasonabl point of view. deliber-
at1ng on it's possibilities. which grew
stronger from being constantly coRsid-
cred, and dwelling on it's Possibilities
with something like fascination binding
him to his mental pursuit.
This motive was the love Of a man
for q woman whose husband stood be.
tween the slayer and his happiness.
And the man whom Mackworth sus-
pected was George Bostock.
CHAPTER X.
Now, as a man of the world whose
experience was extensive, Mackworth
that Of all motives which actu-
ate humanity, love remains the most
powerful. AS a force for good or evil
Its strength was incalculable. It had
proved the handspring Of nine-tenths
Of h cases he had been called on to
investigate. He had known it before
to teach deceit, to instigate
t=reachery, to betray honor, to pervert
honesty, to cause bloodshed.
Love was in itself a sufficient motive
this tragedy, but with love, or from
i, sprang another incentive to the deed.
The man who was killed had for years
been the bitterest enemy Of the woman
VINO bore his name. DESERVING her when
poor, he had returned when fortune
her, to claim her earnings and
she had purchased a peace, q perse-
cution which he would probably have
had life been spared him.
The ma was degraded In spirit: he
had fallen to sordid depths; he had
used his power to harm and humiltate
woman he should have loved and
respected.
To rid her Of such a man might read
lly seem to one who loved her the
service he could render her:
4 consideration which would be
strengthened by the hope that 1t would
his WI happiness. That was
he nucleus Of the case as Mackworth
it. regarding this second motive for
the murder. He mex proceeded to APP
ply this general reasoning to a par
case.
From the first moment he saw them
he became aware of Bostock's
owe for Mrs. Dumbarton, this being
traceable in the tone of his voice, in the
light Of his eyes. in the expression of
his face as he spoke to and looked at
ler. On the evening Of the tragedy
had called on her and re-
with her until past 9 o'clock.
Two hours and a half later and Dunn
had been fatally stabbed.
Such were the facts of the case. SIM
led Mackworth to
had learned. from Mrs. Dunn
Of her husbands return, and OF
he letter he had written her; on which.
supposed, the publisher had
waited in Hoxton road, reluctant, like
he true lover, to quit her neighbour
lood. or with some chivalrous Intention
II guarding her, and there met the man
Who threatened her peace, when with
settled intent, or from the result Of a /
sudden quarrel, Bostock had stabbed
David %Dumbarton, who had fled for
to his wife's house. tbis a.