Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-10-12

! s,I a., s,,ra.;ats ba- - b. s.,l Slnuy-
|
| ~ through ana through. I'm ap-
paIieu at the Soil"g, S0S ol ~ some ii'ts l,
Diia' She suuuiu Iso!IA care l"i i'lloN
! me ne. III h ho' ~ WY
| , HoulleS was waning herN"us'S a"'u'
''e IooIH'
No you re nov he uI"ke "a apru up
! ~ MLshlS ~" ,ie" "u"iu ~. ~ ~
! ny Women uoh s'ol 70 looh a. ma
S'u, , ol ~ ~. besinTf s u, S''S 81 n.y. S"u' .
IT i'S intaSSa - ~ :, saia TrysSoI. br,,tl,
! Godfrey started TO say something
/ more. then shook himself impatientIy
/ Her appearanCe will help her" he
added in another tone when shes
/ called before the Coroner-SheN im-
press the Jury in Just the right way"
! Drysdale got up quickly
Shell have to appear before the
coroner"
! "Of Course-she's practically the only
witness. Your place is with her-more
| especially since you say Delroy him
/ self is out of town"
Thank you" and Drysdale took up
his hat You've helped me d lot and
with another warm hand clasp he was
gone.
Godfrey turned back into the room
and sat down again before the fire,
! Drysdales story had indeed furnished
! him with new food for thought. So II
! was family secret that Grace Croy-
| don was guarding She had spoken
/ the truth-she had scorned TO lie.
/ secret that affected the family honor
/ That was conceivable-it furnished the
! only possible solution Of the mystery
! he felt that he could reconstruct the
! drama with some degree Of plausibility
! He smiled grimly as he drew pad
/ Of paper toward him and got out his
/ pencil. Like all good tragedies, II
! should be in FIVE acts,
ACT /
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! stor apd ono rrt'o,,,,ys,fr b,I5s 3D., D.,
/ to H. ,,In.at Ia ~, -. -, a,,,.i,
| napars He tbrestars to noe ,bo,, 20
/ dispIay the skeleton 10 the worid RIO
v',itls 70 nr;se CrS,.7I,v az art,a,,,
r,eI NIL 1eIro sT NlSS oapydon or beanaps 20
! papers Mrs DeIrov is for letting him
! do his worst. Miss Crovdon less sen
! sible (aIso uerhaue more sensitive1 is
/ for irving 10 buv him off she over
| rides her sister makes an appointrne1t
with 'Tbonpson dfereparding mo rfeL
/ she runs of compronaising herself lThe
/ skeleton then must he a partic1iIarIy
/ prisIv onea
ACT II
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olC,o T,,, ,'f,i, 80,
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| striilas NJ, ~, ~ ,,l ~ au a'iu
him ne deIiherator,. sbnts 49, it.,,,,,,,
he beart Nj ,,-t' mn. ~ ~
/ 49,; ttt " .y -Il, PEI C'N iHE
,IS IN 'n,edIion' is,aI tHStl''S.lEely raises her
,r. li1,,,I,a,,a,,,,s IN. ne S"G'S
1iI il,I,,S ,,,,,,, , ,l"InS 'Il'
/ ,rbs ,,eIl,., 80 V ~ '"t '"'', ,''I'
"a ,nres >'''''iS 'pe"s '"e u"oi
anu ,r.r III
~
mrs l'eiroN IS AT her library window,
ahAlousiy awaiting her sisters return.
7He iaS oeei abseH' hluCn longer than
/ she expected 20 De ana MRS pelroy is
gI0Nlhs aIarIhcu. enter Jack DryE-
Iaie, the Slsler alhahGeG' MRS Del
I roy lTleS desperately 70 get rld OF him,
sNen ,teS ~ 90 50, III the eHoit 10 pre-
VEN ven 'h' u'SLoNCIA GA hef sister an
tehle, As ne Is about 10 60 Miss
tTHS Goh ielurnS' sees her sister and
ISllN re-, neI lIaS lnS interview mas led TO
"'ilp pSoH uealL' MIS-. DeiroN jumps
1 20 Iht '"h'lusloh lhat her sister has
saIlL aallSeS. ~ 10y u"H 'heh' TOT ihe i!rst
ume, seeing Drysda!e, warns him that
she is compromised. Exit Drysdaie
'uSHeS on IN SeaI'h on an explanation.
81 ha' Mfs. beiroN should Tor an in
slant peheNe hef SISTER guilty OF such
CRIME argues that the skeleton is so
uoiliuIE IeIulSINe that only lnompson's IS
lealh eouI9 nurN IL efectuaiiy- which,
~ course, IS plausible since he doubt
less knew me contents Of the pGpcrs.)
mere, sald Godfrey laying down
ms pencil 'aftef thg recognized fash
ION thiee aclS are devoted To deepen
ing the coHphcauous two must now
De devoted 10 clearing them away,
NAT the WORK Tor lhe future. Let rs
sec "haJ we nave 10 do
he TOOK up the pencil again and
turned 10 a new sheet
To establish Jhe Identity OF the
murdered man. Iai& may be done by
a more careful examination Of his be-
longln$s. ne callos.ies on his hands
ms weather beaten face the cut Of his
clothes all indicate that he was a sailor.
J should say that he had seen better
days, but had been brought down IN
the Woild oy drlnh. tNote In the
morning, send man along the water
front with his photography
= TO dlslnter the skeleton This Of
course, VIII render necessary an exam
nation OF the history OF the
~! "o'i"' anu SupI'u NOT De dlficuIt. |
tNote-ask Delaney to lcok up the
familyD
3; To discover the murderer.
rms last continued Godfrey gaz-
ing contemplatiVely AT his paper lis. !
OF course the most important, indeed, !
II IS the object of the other two. Now,
lei us see Whal we know about this
mysterious individual, and he turned
another page
l. lie must nave been in apartment (
fourteen before Miss Croydons ar
rival, otherwise he could not have !
gained access 20 the bedroom unseen. |
NLhls SHUTS OUT Jimmy the Dude)
therefore ne was q friend or at
ieast an acquaintance Of Ihompson's, (
slnCe ~ - iIluosslbie tAat ne could /
move pseh Ihefe without Ihompson's |
hno"iedBe;
o but u thompson consented 10 his /
ret