Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20


Metropolitan living in Paris gave him
my address" she answered.
How long did ne stay with your"
Three days. | would keep him no
longer"
Why asked the Inspector anxi-
ously.
We'll. he was nearly always drunk.
and then he was i'll; his coughing kept
my other dodgers awake az night. My
house was no place for him"
And SO you got rid Of him?"
4 told him he should go to the hos
! pital"
And he went?D
He left here for the hospital but /
don't know IL he ever went there" she
answered, Che same calrl indifference
noticeable in her II
What hospital?"
'"rhe Italian; ne spoke little Eng
lish.'
And afterwards, did he return to
you p
"No. he knew / would not take him."
Have you made no inquiries for
him." -.
Mo; why should I?D Maria Rosalli
asked in her hard voice. II have TO
mind my own business If | would live;
and / have had trouble enough in my
own life without going in search of it
among strangers"
"Trouble?' said Mackworth inter-
negatively.
AYE. My man died when he was
thirty, leaving me three boys. When
they grew to be men and able to help
me, one married and went TO America,
one died of fever and the youngest was
Killed in a fight. Is not that enough
trouble for one woman she asked, a
fierce hard light shining in her eyes.
The portly, prosperous little man
standing before her was touched by the
pltiful and tragic story contained in a
couple of sentences. Terrible, ter
rible!" he muttered. beginning now to
understand the pain and loneliness that
had gradually frozen this woman's ma
ture.
But nave you heard no more OF
Mezza?" he inquired presently.
mo more"
And YOU did not see him again?'
mo; ! know nothing more about
him."
Had he any friends to see him while
he was here p"
Not one. He slept ali day because
he was awake coughing al night. When
he went out in the evening it was to
the public house."
Which public house"
That / don't know"
And he returned alone?"
Always"
After this the woman moved toward
the door, as Ii to indicate the inter-
view must end. She had neither the
curiosity nor sympathy to Inquire what
1t was Mezza had done to put the police
on his track. The melancholy mem
cries OF her own troubles filed her
mind to the. exclusion of all interests
and sorrows the outside world might
hold.
Mackworth. seeing She could give no
more Information, became impatient
TO reach the Italian hospital, which was
knew was situated In Queens Square,
There, no doubt. he would be able to
learn where MeZza had gone on being
discharged and perhaps to trace di-
rectly 10 him the mad deed which, no
doubt. his Illness and want OF oppor-
funity had prevented him from COM
hitting during the first days of his re-
turn to England.
A high wind was blowing the dead
leaves from the trees standing in the
enclosed quare, which, with it's church
and clock tower and spire, its old fash
toned houses and its gray stone pump
In the center, a something foreign in
its aspect.
As Mackworth assembled the steps
leading 10 the hospital and stood upon
AiiN bid1h dAih WilbC mdIDiG pavement
waiting for the door to open, the sound
of young, hig&- pitched voices came to
him from a n~eighboring school. Then
the clock struck midday, and immedi-
ately afterwagd a crowd OF children
scurried out with wild shouts into the
square to enjoy their brief liberty.
Mackworth could scarcely hear his
.yoise as he inquired of the maid servant
VINO bpcned the door III he could see
the house surgeon.
THE doctor comes here only in the
morning IL is the Sisters OF st. Vincent
de Paul who superintend the hospital
the girl answered.
Then who can I see who will give
me some information about one OF the
patients? 2"
The superioress."
viii you please ask her il she will
see me?"
Passing through the wide hall OF the
t.c:ss...= -. s-..s:Sis had Srvii the dwelling
OF people when Queen Anne reigned,
Mackworth was shown into a reception
o which. with its oilcloth floor COW
ering. leather seated chairs, center ta-
BILE on which were account books and
dictionaries. great bookcase containing
leather bound volumesc, pamphlets.
medical instruments and its copying
press in one corner, had a business
like appearance which he did moi ex-
poet to find in an institution super-
Intended by nuns.
AS Mackworth walked to the end OF
the room and looked out on the square
through one of the long. narrow win
dows. some thought came to him that
he was on the point of making Il dis
covery regarding the man he sought.
Before he could analyze this idea the
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