The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-30

speedy q Withdrawing or the wedding
rlue on The evening of her death. was
much more likely to have been occo
sioned by the reoponlne Of some little
wound nude two weeks before bv the
Ole " Durbin and the rest had taken
INFO account these filings. they must
have come TO very much The same con
ciuslou. bur either they had overlooked
them 10 their search about the place
or having noted them regarded them
as clew leading nowhere
But for me they led the way to a
very definite inquiry Asking to see
the rings Mrs Jeffrey had left behind
her on tho night she went for the last
time 10 the Moore house. looked them
carefully over and found siiat none OF
them showed the least mark OF the
hle. This strengthened my theory. ana
proceeded 20 take my next step with
Increased confidence. II seemed an
easy one. but proved unexpectedly diff
hcult Ny desire was 20 ascertain
whether she had worn previous to her
marriage any rings which had not
been seen on her finger since and Il
took me one whole week TO establish
the fact that she had
But that fact once learned. the way
cleared before me. Allowing my fan
cy full rein, oi"tured to myself her
anxious igrrs landing alone In that
ancient and ghostly room filing on this
old ring from her dainty finger Then
I asked myself what she would be
uSely to DO with this ring after dis
engaging It from her hand2 Would
she keep ~ Perhaps But Il So why
could il not be foundl None such had
been discovered among her effects.
Or had she thrown Il away. ard II so.
wherel The vision OF her which I
had just seen In my minds eye came
out with a ciearness at this, which
struck me as providential I could
discern rs plainly as II had been a
part Of the scene the white clad form
OF the bride bending toward the light
which came In sparsely through the
half open shutter she had loosened for
tsis task. This was the shutter which
had never again been fastened aud
whose restless blowing to and fro had
FIRST led attention to this house and
the crime II might otherwise have con-
cealed indefinitely. Had some glimpse
OF the rank grass growing underneath
this window lured her eye and led her
20 cast away the ring which she had no
longer any right TO ksep3 II would DO
like a woman to yield TO such an i'm
pulse, and on the strength OF the possi-
bility l decided 70 search this small
plot for what it might very reasonably
conceal
Calling together posse OF street
urchins, organized them into a band.
with the promise Of a good supper al
around II one OF them brought me the
pieces OF a ,geken ring which l had
lost IN the grass plot OF housa where
had ben called upon to stay all
night That they might win the sup
per in the shortest possible time aud
before the owner OF this house, who
lived opposite. could interfere. I ad-
vised them 10 start at the fence in a
long line aud. proceeding on their
knees. TO search, ench one, the ground
before him 70 the width OF his own
body. The fortunate one was to have
the privilege OF saying what the sup
per should consist Of. TO give n plausi.
BILE excuse for this search ball was
TO be tossed mp and down the street
TN II lighted IN the Moore house Inc
closure.
did not accompany them. Ilnny.
who has such an Innocent air on the
street took my place and promenaded
up and down the block just 10 see that
Mr. Moore did not make too much
trouble. And II was well abe did 80.
FOR though he was not at home-I had
chosen the hour OF his afternoon ride
his new mauservant was, and be no
sooner perceived this crowd OF urchlns
making for the opposite house than he
rushed M them and would have scat
tered them far aud wide in a twin
Killing II the demure dimples Of my 1T
tie ally bad not come into play and
distracted his attention so completely
as 10 make him forget the throng OF
unkempt hoodlums who seemed bound
TO invade his masters property. she
was looking FOR Mr. Moore's house. she
told him Did he know Mr. Moore and
his house which was somewhere near.
not his new. great. big house. where
the horrible things took phce OF which
she bad read IN the papers but his lit
tie old house which she had heard was
soon 10 be for rent and which she
thought would be Just the right size
FOR herself and mother. Was that ltl
That dear little place ali smothered IN
vinesl How lovely And what woIld
the rent be, did he think. and had 1t
back yard with garden room enough
FOR her to raise plnks and nasturtlnms.
and so on. and so on. while he stared
with delighted eyes and tried 10 put IN
word edgewise, and the boys-well.
they went through that strip ef grass
in just ten minutes. My brave little
The nndinG Of the rina
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