The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-03-07

quite certain. she loved dearly so
what remains
terested In this exposition. Sudden
passion"
lie nodded eSultantiy.
That's ~. Now, who was the wotn-
an? From the first ! was certain IL
could not bc his daughter--the very
thought was preposterous. IL seems
almost equally absurd however. 10
suppose that Holiday could be mixed
up with any other woman. He cer-
talnly has not been for the last quar-
ter Of a century-but before that.
well It's not go certain. And there's
one striking point which seems to In
dictate his guilt"
''fcs-you mean. OF course. her re-
semblance tn his daughter"
Precisely. Such n resemblance must
exlsi-a resemblance unusual. even
striking--or IL would not for n mo-
mrnt have deceived Rogers. We must
remember. however. that Rogers Once
MAS not brilliantly lighted. and that he
merely glanced at her. STILL whatever
she had the air. the general appearance,
the look OF Miss Holiday. Mere facial
resemblance may happen I'm n hundred
ways. by chance. but the air. the look.
the altogether IL very different-it In
dicates a blood relationship. My theory
" that she II an iilegitimats child. per-
haps four or i've years older than
Miss Holiday.
paused tn consider. The theory was
reasonable and yet II had It's faults
Now. lets see where this leads US. :"
he continued. Let us assume that
Holiday has been providing for this
illegitinat. daughter for years. AZ
last for some reason. he II induced TO
withdraw his support: or. perhaps. the
"A Es Asr .nA lt.. VII. ,N
A. any rate after. let us suppose. in
| efTectual appeals by letter. she does
the desperate thing Of calling at hls
Office tn protest la person. She finds
him inexorable-ve know his reputa-
ton for ohstinacy when he had once
made up his mind. She approaches him
She IN already desperate. remember
| and he answers with that singing sar-
| casm for which he Was noted. In an
"Cstacy az anger. she shatches up tho
| knife and stabs him. then. In an agony
of remorse, endeayors to check tho
blood. Che sees at last that n IL use
less. that she cannot save him. and
leaves the Office. All this Is plausible.
! isn't IL"
Very plausible Rsscnted. looking
81 him Ia some establishment. You
| forget one thing. however. Rogers tes-
| tined that he was intimately ac-
| auainted with the affairs OF his en-
| ployer. and that he would Inevitably
have known ~ any intrigue such as
you suggest.
My companion paused for mo-
ment's thought
II don't believe Rogers would so In
eyitably have known az It, he said.
| at last. But. admit that-thcn there
Is another theory. Holiday has not
been supporting his illegitimate child.
who learns of her psrentage. and goes
4. .t..l.0 Il ~ IA.
| the case, doesn't itr''
Yes admitted. 1T also 10 piaus-
| ibl-"
| 1T II more than plausible" he said
| quietly. Whatever the details may be.
the body az the theory itself II unim-
peachable-it's the only one which hts
| the facts I believe n capa BILE OF proof.
Don, you see how the note helps prove
| it,"
The note:"
I started at the word. and my sus-
| picions sprang into life again. i looked
/ NJ him quickly. hut his eyes were on
the cloth. and he was rolling up In
Vulnerable little pellets OF bread.
That note" he added. proved two
things. one was that the writer was
deeply interested In Miss Holiaday's
| welfare. the other was that he or she
/ knew Rogers the clerk. intimately
| more than NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as well
| as n physician knows an old patient"
~ admit the hrs,." l said. You'll
have To explain the second"
The second u self-evident. How did
the writer of the note know o; Rogers
infirmity?"
His iniirmltyF"
| "certainIy. -his color blindness. I con-
| fcss. I'm puzzled. How could anyone
| else know II when Rogers himself
| didn't know a.? That's what I should
| like To have explained. Perhaps there's
| only one man or woman In the world
4 who could know--well. that's the one
| who wrote the note. Now. who In it7''
"But. I began quickly. then stopped /:
should ! set him right? Or was this
| "A trap he had prepared for meg'
| His eyes were not on the cloth now.
hut on me. There was light I'm them
| I did not quite understand. felt that
| ! must he sure OF my ground before
\ went forward.
| 1T should be very easy TO trace the
writer OF the note" I said.
| The police have not found II So
MOI"
Mo. ~ was given Ia the doorkeep-
er by a boy-just an ordinary boy OF
/ from ~ To u years-the man didn't mo-
| tice him especially. He said there was
no answer and went away. How
are the police TO ind that
boy: suppose they do lind him
| Prubab ly all he could tell them would
be that n man stopped him ut the cor
ner and gave him n quarter To- take the
| note To the curoncr's office
| He might give a description OF the
| man." ! venturcd.
| Contipued Next Week