The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-10-10

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don gripped back her self-controi and
the prisoner managed to remove his !,
eyes from her; but Goldberg had per- !
ceivsd their agitation, and the gaze he
bent upon the witness grew p~erceptibly
more stern.
Miss Croydon" he began. you have
described the guilty man as short and
heavy-set with a dark mustache turn
ing up at the ends. Look at h pris-
oner before you-is he the man Z"
He is not" replied the witness In g
firm voice and without al instant's
hesitation.
Jimmy wa again watching her with
expressive eyes,
You are sure?"
Perfectly sure; there IS little or no
resemblance"
you do not know the prisoner"
mo. sir; I have never before seen
him."
HE was talking with the janitor last
night when you entered the Marathon"
II had on a heavy Veil at the time
n could not see distinctly"
The answers came promptly calmly.
Goldberg hesitated and glanced at Sim
monds' crestfallen face. Was he JUS
titled In pushing her further? He
glanced at her again from under
h~alf-closed Iashes, n her imperious
beauty did its work.
That is all,' he said abruptly. You
may go. Miss Croydon"
Godfrey watched her as she lowered
her veil, rose, stepped down, and took
D~rysdale's arm. She had carried it eff
well, exceedingly well. Her attitude
sincere thai he himself was almost con-
WINGED by it. But for that i~nstant's
agitation when she first perceived the
prisoner, he would have been quite con-
WINGED. She had told her story and
answered Goldberg's questions with
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rectness which had plainly carried
great weight with the jury. Wonder
full was the adjective which Godfrey
used in describing her to himself.
But what had that %instant's agitation
meant? Was Jimmy really guilty?
gratitude. perhaps, for defending her?
Had Jimmy risen to that height Of
chivalry? See with what a fascinated
gaze he was watching her now!
She passed from sight, he door
closed, and he leaned back In his chair
to lear Jimmy tell a mooth story of
his doings the night before. Magraw
and half a dozen others confirmed the
tale; it was q really good alibi; care
fully arranged; there was nothing to
disprove it, and at the end, the jury,
without retiring, handed in the usual
verdict of death at the lands OF q per-
son unknown.
When it was over. Simmonds crooked
at Godfrey an inviting finger. and to-
gether they went Town to the detec-
tiye's private office.
Sit down" said Simmonds; Il want
TO talk to you. We're up against a
tough proposition"
Godfrey sat down and looked at him.
Yes, we are" he agreed.
What do you him of it?"
I'm more inclined to think Jimmy
guilty than l was last night"
.Nn,, co. ~ thnr, ftnnf re- Ia ,,vnr fr,y -
ing to protect him?" asked SimInonds
eagerly.
Il saw there was some understand
ing between them. Don let your
theory of Jinmy's guilt carry you
away Besides, there's a good deal to
enough finish about it to look like
Jimmy. He'd think a long time be-
fore he killed Il man with a third per-
son looking on"
But if ii was self-defense?"
Godfrey raised his eyebrows ex-
pressively.
Il think she was drawing the long
bow myself agreed SimmondS, quick
ly; "and there can be only one reason
for it-she's trying to protect Jimmy.
or whoever it was killed Thompson. 1t
was Jimmy, | tell you-he was jealous
of her'
"Oh, NONSENSE interrupted Godfrey
impatiently. "A love affair between
those two! You've been reading French
romances, S~inlmonds!"
Maybe | have; but i've run across
stranger things than that right here
in New York. This Is {. bad snarl, any
way you look at it. Here's a point,
now-now could Thompson. who was
dead drunk at Z O'Clock, be wide awake
at s? How could he nave heard Miss
Croydon's knock"
Maybe it wasn't Thompson who OPP
ened the door,
But Miss Corydon entered without
hesitation. The man who opened the
door must We been the one she ex-
pected to see. You'll remember, she
asked for Thompson"
Well, whoever it Was" Godfrey
pointed out, 1T wasn't Jimmy. He
couldn't have beaten the elevator up
stairs"
NO" admitted Simmonds helplesaly,
"le couldn't. But let me point out one
thing-w!lceNer got into Thompson's
rooms had his key. There was nobody
there when Higgins put Thompson TO
bed; Higgins locked the door When he
came out; Thompson's windows were
ali locked on the inside and the transorn
was bolted. Now If Jimmy didn't have
the key, who did,
Il don't know said Godfrey. But
We'll never arrive anywhere il we keep
tangling ourselves UP this way. Who
is Thompson? The first thing We've got
to do is to establish his identity. Then,
maybe, we can make Il guess ut the
rest of the story"
"Of course. / saw that at once. But
Il queer tfii s IS thai we cant find out
a thing about Thompson. Last night
was the first time he'd even been see,
at Magraw's-nobody there'd ever seen
him before. lie spent three or four dol
lars treating the crowd. Then he got
noisy and Magraw was going to call
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