The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-12-26

EeHdous SnoWStorm, they managed t
hlde themselves in one of the work
|, shops, and afterwards to scale the out
er wall. In the morning Thompson wa
round at the foot of the wall with hi
mead cut open and nearly frozen. Ire
nlalne got clear away. Thompson wa;
brought around with the greatest diff
Guilty and would say nothing except t.
indulge in terrible imprecations agains
his companion. You see," concluded
at the motive"
Yes" l agreed, ITS very plain
now you've started on the right track
It's a good deal like Columbus's egg.
Godfrey smiled and turned to the
sixth Clipping the longest of them all
It's that way with most mysteries
ne said, "and here's the internal evil
dence that all this theorizing is pretty
straight. It's the clew, too. which we've
been seeking so long"
1T explains Miss Croydon's presence
mere L asked, intensely interested and
deeply stirred.
Just that" he said, and shot me a
triumphant glance. Let us see if YOU
can catch it. The clipping is in French.
ana though my French isn't of the
highest order. can get the sense of 1t
pretty we'll. 1t is dated Suresnes. and
Is evidently a letter from a provincial
correspondent to a Paris newspaper,
VINO IKE most other provincial cores
p~ondents Is delightfully."- vague. How
ever. gather from it that on
the night of September 1G, 1891,
a beautiful young English girl
the convent school OF the Sacred
Heart at Suresnes and that the next
morning she was safely married to a.
gallant Frenchman'-Tremaine, of
course-by the cure Of the little village
of Petits Colonies. The marriage was
| ull1tp rprl11 oh 49, l-,,tx -
cures fee was larger than usual-for
the banns had been published as re-
CURED. Thus concludes the eloquent
correspondent. does the grand passion
once more prevail over the hypocrises
of the cloister.' Evidently the cores
pendent is a rabid anti clerical"
But, STILL" I objected, Il don't see
that that explains anything"
Let me help you. 1t was this clip
ping l happened to look at first the
we found the body. / read two
or three lines aloud, then Simmonds
put It back In the pocket. 1t must have
been those few lines which told Miss
croydon the nature of the clippings
and their Importance to her. The date
line would have been enough to do
that: Besides. If she'd already known
or them she'd have taken them before
we got here"
You mean Miss Croydon is the girl
VINO ran away with Tremaine? But
then. she couldn't have beer more than
lo or IL years old in 1891"
eleven, corrected Godfrey, and I.
was struck by the radiant expression
OF MS race as he Q a yellow paper
from his pocket. Let me read you
two sentences from this old report
concerning the Croydon family-you
ought to have recalled them, my dear
Lester" ~
GO ahead" I said hclplessly.
Eldest daughter, Edith, born in
France. August &c. 1874. Educated at
school there. but broke down from
oVerstudy and returned to B~eckenham.
Religion. Catholic Now" he demand
ed, do you understand who it was
married Tremaine at Petits Colonbes
In 1912"
At last / saw 1T, and I could only ait
stare at him. marveling at INV own
stupidity. This was the key-the key
to the whole enigma. Miss Croydon
taken her sisters place, had tried |
TO buy him off, to get him out OF her
sisters way. It was Tremaine who had |
opened the door-it was Trernaine
whom she had come to the Marathon |
TO meet. But-and I started upright-l
since they were Catholics, only his !
Death could release Mrs. DeIroy. Per- |
maps At was Thompson. after all. and |
MS death had released her. But no: |
n in an instant the whole terrible |
OF the elder burst up-
me. She was not Delroy's wife. |
SO" I said hoarsely, ..Tremaine in |
then the r husband of Mrs Delroy."
Let us finish the story of the clip
gested Godfrey. II confess, i don't
quite see the bearing OF this next one. !
us a New York dispatch, perhaps ia
q ondon paper. under date of Feb
rIary 1s, 1892. and chronicles the loss
9. the Dark Centaur with all on board, |
the coast OF Martinique. The Cen.
q was bound from Marseflles ia
irort-de-France with a cargo Of wines
ard muslins. Let us leave it. for q
moment. and pass on to the next one. |
which Is the last.
This is dated Sydney. Australia. oc-
TOPPER 2S, 1895. and relates how a daring |
scheme to rob the Bank OF New South |
wales was frustrated by a sailor who
nad been a member Of the gang. hut
who got frightened and informed the
ponce. 4 ,ringleader.. a Frenchman,
OF years In prison. There are four
copies of this clipping, which no doubt |
means thai 1t is the one which Thomn-
son was some times in the habit Of
sending to Tremaine. to remind him Of
Australian experience.
Now, don't you see, we reconstruct |
the whole story. Tremaine, startfnp |
put as q defau1ter and robber. escapes
from prison, leaving his partner in the
lurch, treacherously, no doubt, since it
q Weakened his violent anger-thera |
lsn't any hatred more vindictive than
OF one criminal for another VINO
has betrayed. him. Tremaine finally
goes back to France and succeeds in
.ntangling Edith Croydon, then only
about 16. In q marriage. We know how
fascinating he is, n it's not won
derful that ne should be able to mis-
"a an inexperienced girl. OF course
he wants Is money, and SO she
writes TO her father. He for her
and AXE her home-no doubt paying
Tremaine a handsome sum to take |
himself on-in fact, mortgaging his
home TODD 1t.
Miss Croydon gradually RECEIVERS; |
but IA Is Tremaine's wife. Yet In
1900 h rnarries Delroy. She must
have had good reason to be-
Tremafne dead.
Don't YOU see 2" I cried. That's the |
meaning OF h item about the found
ering OF the Centaur, with all on board.
was 2 passenger and SHE
Good nodded Godfrey. .That,s
undoubtedly 1t. Let me See and he
turned back to the clipping: '.that was
N lSsS. Els name. perhaps. appeared |
among the missing. she waited eipht 4