The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-02-23

THE best way to prove his inno-
cence would be to show where and
how he. Bostock. was occupied when
David Dumbarton lost his life.'
That might be a difficult task in a
great capital like London, where a
man might walk for hours unknown
and unnoticed; or might VISIT a 1.-the
alter, concert room. or music hall,
where he would be surrounded by
strangers whom he could not after
Ward call up to identify him and bear
witness where he had been"
But supposing," said Mackworth
with a knowing smile, that / could
bring a witness to prove that he was in
HiNton road o. the night and near the
hour when Dumbarton WAS killed,
III would you say then?"
HeadWick rose from his chair, pale
and startled by what he had heard.
Could YOU produce such a Mitness2n
ked4hreath1essly.@a@
That I could answered the in
spector d~eterminedly. What do you
think now, sir.!D
I don't knom-your statement be-
wilders me-
Wei, / tell you what you think"
remarked Mackworth, rising also as If
to end this visit which was wasting his
time.
WHAT. Headwick asked.
That II fact is worth Il dozen the
cries"
Good night" said the young man
shortly, as disappointed by his inter-
view and yet dazed by what he had
heard, he turned to depart.
MackWorth politely saw him to the
door, which had scarcely closed upon
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disturbed by the noise of a violent ring,
followed by a rap. The inspector being
yet in the hall, hastily opened the
door nee more, and received the tele-
gram which was PROMPTLY thrust into
his hand by a boy who had grown too
big for the uniform he Wore. Tear
ing open the envelope, Mackworth read
the words:
From Olive Dumbarton, HiXton
road. Come and see me this evening""
Nov What may this mean?' Mack
worth asked himself as he read the
lines.
But being unable to offer any explain
alton to this query, he resolved to obey
the summons at once. Therefore, get
ting into his comfortable orercoat and
wrapping a muller around his threat,
he Sailed out into the night, and was
soon driving in the direction of Hix-
ton road.
While his. mind was still absorbed
in speculation he dived his right hand
into one of the pockets OF his coat
and Selling the gloves it contained,
proceeded to put them on. His at
tempt was, however, unsuccessful, for
they seemed to have grown suddenly
too small for him, nstonished at which,
he held them to the light and saw they
Were not his own Immediately he rec
ognized the fact that he had taken by
mistake the gloves Nalerius Galbraith
had laid upon the table during their.
conversation, on which the inspector
resolved to return them the next day
and claim his own instead.
On regaining the consciousness
which her Cousins words had caused
her to lose, Olive Dnmbarton's distress
was pitiful to witness. Till hen she
thought that, come what might, no
other blow than that from which she
had already suffered could further
wound her; that her senses being
stunned. no greater depth of pain
could assail her. But now she saw the
fallacy of such a supposition, for a
double grief had come upon her uneX-
p~ectedly, p~rostrating her. leaving her
more friendless and alone than be-
fore.
That George Bostock, the man she
had learned to love so gradually that
it was not until his danger was made
known her affection became apparent,
to herself, should be snatched from life
was a terrible thought; that he should
be taken from her at a time when she
needed most his counsel, his supporting
friendship, was a heart sorrow hard to
bear where already so much had been
borne. And that he should, for her
sake, as she firmly believed, own him
self guilty, where he was innocent, in
creased her tenderness and heightned
her love. For now she saw how deep
must be the affection, how noble the
nature, how unselfish the heart of the
man who would take upon himself the
blame of a crime he had never COM
mitted that he might free her from
the penalty that threatened her.
And as if this was not enough to en-
dure she had also to suffer the bitter
thought of her mistaken trust in Va
cousin she had known from
childhood, almost her sole relation, the
man from whom she expected help and
support in this, the bitterest hour Of
trial. Stnng by jealousy, he had spok-
the cruellest words speech could
He had inflicted a wound
which would not readily heal; he had
made it impossible he should ever
be the friends and counsellor he
had been before.
IL ~ = i Iaid W DIedk, dilO
when broken violently, wantonly, unex-
pectedly, by those in whom our strong
est faith was placed, on WHOM we
leaned; in whom we trusted most, the
severance brings double pain and with
it doubts of all fidelity, q sense be-
SIDES, a feeling of p~rostration relieved
by no desire to rise and face the world
once more
Very desolate did Olive Dumbarton
a sor,ow-stricken woman who
no light around her, no hope be-
fore, but darkness everywhere, and the
death of him she valued most drawing
And that this state of isolation,
WEAKNESS and pain should befall one
whose thoughts and f~ancies, skill and
hunlor, as made plain in her books,
had charmed, interested delighted
thousands of readers. seemed the bit
ter irony of fate. The relief, distrac-
ton and forgetfulness she afforded to
others, h was incapable of feeling
herself; for her there seemed nothing
but misery, look where she would.
One thing alone served after awhile
to rouse her thoughts and stir hel
energies. The man who loved her
must not be allowed to lie under the
of a crime, to which she
felt sure he a falsely confessed. He
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