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

dressed IN a wen worn blue serge hab-
ii. q rosary suspended from her waist.
| her face framed in spotless linen, ana
on her head a wide white linen head
dress like the spread wings OF a sea
gull, entered and bowed.
'Bueno giorno. signor, she SAID In a
pleasant voice.
Il am English, madame" the IN
SDeetoF replied.
"And so am t. she said smilingly,
but as YOU came 10 make inquiries
| for a patient ! supposed you to De an
Italian
"The patient / came to ask about
is not n f-iend. but a man In whom
I am Interested
what is his nau1eg' she K IN a
buslness-like n
Marco MezZa."
Il remember him Well.
Pray tell me, madame, everything
you know about him.
"He came here suffering from an adj
vanced state of pneumonia.
do you remember the date
II can find it for you. should
think he had been sinking for some
time: at all events he had greatly ne
elected himself. and was in a very bad
condition.
How long did he remain here
He lived about twelve days.
Lived" the inspector repeated in
establishment. Then he is dead
Yes, he Is dead"
but tell me, did he leave the hospi-
tai for a day-for an hour-from the
time ne came in till he died."
No: that would have been impos-
sible. The doctor knew from the mo-
ment he saw him that Mezza was a dy-
ing man."
'Mackworth's establishment and dis
appointment were very great. III Mez-
IA was in the hospital on September
81, then it was not he who murdered
David Dumbarton,
what was the date of his death?"
Il will bring you the book in which
all particulars Of our patients are en-
tered the supeIioress said, n n
quickly left the room.
Can IL be possible that Mezza is
Innocent" the inspector himself. un-
willing to root out the idea which had
taken possession OF his mind.
In q couple of moments the superb
Dress returned carrying q heavy book,
which she placed upon the table. Then
rapidly turning over it's pages until
she found the entry sought, she said: /,
"Ah, here it is. Marco Mezza. ad
mitted the Sth of September; suffer-
ing from pneumonia accelerated by
drink; place of birth, Naples; g 40:
Profession NlOllnlSl, dIuISSS DuS cut
Maetre, Paris; date of death, 21st of
September; hour, 6 p. m. \
Marco MeZZa had died but q few
hours before the man whose life he had
threatened to take, had been killed.
Did he send for his wife or his
friends 2" Mackworth asked.
He told us on entering he a no
wife or friends in London: that he had
come from Paris four days before
But toward the end did he not in
quire for them?"
He did not know he was dying. and
during his last three days he was de-
ferrous. We Sent the certificate of
death to the Italian consul, who will
forward n copy to Mezza's relatives in
Naples If they can be found. He is
buried in Kensal Green
There seemed nothing further TO be
known regarding this unhappy man;
here was the end for him so far as the
world went. Mackworth thanked the
superioress for the trouble she had
taken and left the hospital in q differ
ent mood from that he had felt on en-
tering; oil his plans upset, his spirits
depressed.
The children having returned to
school. the square was empty; the wind
blew eddies of dust high in air-threat-
eneing clouds swept across the little
patch of sky visible, and the sound of
the clock striking the half hour was
waited away into space. But Mack
worth noticed none of these things, his
mind being dominated by one thought.
The man who had killed David Dunn
barton was still to be discovered.