The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-21
The Holiday easel
BY BURTON e. STEVENSON.
-.-co Copyright, 1903. by Henry Holt & Co ---- +
BY BURTON E. STEVENSON.


sibly it might not be Miss Holladay?
Nothing, sir"
Some change Of demeanor, perhaps
of EXPRESSION"
The witness hesttated.
i thought she was looking not quit
SO wei! as usual, he said slowly. Ssh
seemed a little pale and worried"
All! 1t was dark In the office. wa
1t not. at 8 o'clock yesterday after
noono"
We had turned on the lights hal
an hour before, sir"
rs your office well lighted"
I have a light over my desk, sir
and there's another on the wall"
so you could not see your visitor
face with absolute clearness?"
No, sir; but quite clearly enough
to recognize her" he added doggedly
Yet you thought her looking pail
and worried?'
Yes, sir. that was my impression.
And when she asked for Mr.. Hol.
laday. did she use the words my ia.
Their, as your evidence would sug
gest?"
Again the witness hesitated in thu
efort at recollection.
No. sir" he answered finally. Her
words. I think, were, Is Mr.. Holiada,
engaged at PRESENT."
1T was Miss Holidays voice.
Il could not say. sir" as~erea tbs
witness. again hopping the perspira-
ton from his forehead. II have no
wish to incriminate Miss Holiday un-
necessarily. I'm not sufficiently well
acquainted with her voice to swear
to It,"
ton in the negative, did she hesitate
before entering the private Officer"
No, sir; she went straight to IT."
is there any lettering or the door?"
oh. yes, h usual lettering, 'Pri-
vate Office"
$50 that, even II she were not &C
quainted with the place. she might
still have seen where TO go?"
Yes. sir; l suppose So"
And you stated, too, ! believe, that
you could have heard no sound Of an
alteration in the private office. had
ore occurred"
no. sir: I could have heard moth
ing"
You have been with Mr.. Holiday a
long time. l believe. Mr. Rogers"
Over thirty years. sir"
And you are intimately acquainted
with hts affairs?"
Yes, sir"
Now, Mr.. Rogers. have You ever, in
all these years, ran across anything
any item of expenditure, any CORE
~spondence. anything whatever-which
"ouiu ieau you 10 lIifih tflbs nj. iOt-
laday was a victim of ~blackmafl, or
that he had ever had a liaison with a
woman?'
no, SIT. cried the witness NO,
sir! LIB "iiiins 10 swear that such a
.nlns AZ lNo1 poss,ois. ! snouio ineV-
LADY hs'e ioono II OUT iIsd IL eA-
is. IN. -
: y IN .. Io hor .me pIesenl, sac
witness, however. sir"
s+annad es,,,n s.iI' oqueu, aiu 3
afrarts ~ ~. ,asr o,,th,,.s+ oanea.s
that for INV mart 7 tbo,,eha -a wers
vary doc, n 10 mira VIZ
The Office bow was called, next hut
added nat hing to the story, He bad
gone to, rhe chute ro mali some ,at-
tiers; tf,Y woman must haya entered
the OFFICES while he was awaw- He saw
her come out again. but. OF eo,,rse did
not see her face. He had, been EN-
ployed nscently. and did not know Miss
Holladaw
Then, tine physicians who, had at
tended the dead man were called. and
testified, that h knife blade had pene-
trated the left carotid artery, and that
he had bGed to death-was dead, indeed.
before they reached him. 1t would
perhaps, ten minutes to produce
sucm am eHnsfon OF blood as Rogers had
noticed-certalnly more 4 five, so
lhau the dow nave been struck
before the woman left , inner Of
nee:
q Polceman who had responded to
tine alarm testified that be had exam
ined q and that they were
OLE Doiteu on the INSIDE, ~precluding
the posslDiIlty OF anyone swinging down
from above OF lamoeEanE up from be
ioW. Notning IN the Once mad been dis
tnrned. There was ether evidence Of
.lao 3 MARC was ealled.
Mas your nauams >. away from nome
YESTERDAY aleernoon. the cex-
oner,
~ l.au ene carriage Of
oereu = ? CaoS sne was dravea
away sno,.y aLI
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A.uDoouuso sl. 1ust ~ time 10 ofess
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= you noelSe ahy.nins 5 IN
ner Wnen sns Islurned!
tllalu Lssita.eu lealLtls oouptless
tiia. sue niasl. say = Inucn-
mlss = nau soI.pla,heu Ok
q ny .s,s hs salo.
altsr Q ulolie,i.. Ply was looking
nadly "nen shs Wen out. n
orlse mace hel worse lhsleao o. better.
Sns ssei Hnsous ano ~. !
she always dinea with her father. and
did not wish to disappoint him. She