The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-07-02

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"A pile Of square papers, white, that
stood on the little side counter"
Can you show me what the papers
were Ijke?"
Exactly like that sheet on tie table
pointing to 4 sheet Of thin white paper
which l had purposely laid on the table
:iear where she was to sit. DR.. haw-
drey tried to pass it of afterwards" Mrs.
Bates volunteered he said it must have
been the shaking Of carts passing or the
cat, and offered to rise my celery If
would stay. But refused, seem it.were
not the e 1T time he had laid temptation
in my way-giying me half crown TO
buy a fourpenny arrand, and not askin
me for the change till two days after
wards-which l kept 1t back to prove
him."
THAT is enough. DIR. Awdrey, l shall
eonfne my questions to events connected
with the latter part Of the evidence. Tell
me, If you please. what you know about
the broken bottle of arsenic"
at was a blue bottle, labeled in large
letters arsenic, poison On going into
the consulting room l found it in frag-
ments on the foor, with the powder wide
ly scattered"
How did you account for its being
thereY
Il believed that Mrs. Bates had taken
| it down from the shelf on which it stood.
and that it had slipped from her fingers in
putting it back"
You attributed the accident to acct
dental cause?"
"Not entirely i believed that some one
had been in the room"
"Why?"
Because of the missing prescription.
'.Tell me about this prescription"
at was prescription jotted down with
lead pencil on the pile of paper re-
ferred to, that l intended to make up
later on"
1T is your habit to make notes on this
| pile of paper?"
1T is"
Have you ever been able to trace that
missing prescription
"No have never discovered any trace
of it
Here the note under Sir Roland's hand
ran, Look TO me-" Sir Roland looked
at me, and, taking a folded sheet of brown
/ paper from under my notes. l opened 1t
and handing sheet of the bottle paper to
DR.. Audrey, said
rs that the prescription, DR.. Audrey?
l never saw a man more astonished IN
my life.
Good gracious, yes." he exclaimed
Where did you find itr
You shall hear presently" said l. hx
ing my eyes on lynn Yeames.
Every one at the table looked at him
seeing my eyes so fixed; and, though hs
continued to meet our gaze, his blanchet
cheek told the terror he felt. CAREFUL,
handed the sheet of paper to Sir Roland
why, what does this mean?" he asket
looking from one to the other; then
catching a significant glance from me. h'
took up his notes again quietly. Mr.
Keene," he said, tell me what took plac'
on the occasion of Mr.. Yeames' visit OF
the day of Mr.. Flexmore's death"
81 was taking lunch when he called,
said |, lin the next room, before sitting
down to make out the will in accordance
with Mr.. Flexmore's wishes. He ha'
been induced to make the alteration
through DR.. Audrey"
"Dr. Awdrey wished the will leaving
property to him to be revoked :" exclaim
ed Sir Roland.
HE did," said 1 and l explained Aw
drey's reasons, and all about 1t fully
Then l continued: "In the new will tn
name of Lynn Yeames was TO be substi
tuted for Dr. Awdrey's. l had the draf
of the first will, and intending to cop
il after lunch, had imprudently left
on the table in this room. Mr.. Yeame
, came in here; 1 was in the next room
| You see the blind to the half-glazed door
II is OPAQUE from this point of view; it
TRANSPARENT from the other side. Stand
ing by the door before entering, | say
Lynn Yeames reading the draft of Nj
Flexmore's first will. He was at ono
e led TO conclude that this was the secon
will commanded by Flexmore. With tn
belief that l was making out will whic
u would beggar him he went away and 20
: can see that he had the strongest induce
l ment to delay me and prevent Mr.. tle1
more signing a second Will.
d "Sir Roland Firkin," gasped Mr.. Bal
81 protest most
d "Silence, If you please, said Sir RI
land; Il rule that Mr.. Keene is perfect
d in order. Go on, sir"
After seeing my old friend lying in h
} bedroom dead, l went downstairs wit
Lynn Yeames, as you have heard. Their
g in a moment of impotence, he ficked b
handkerchief from his pocket. and in d.
ing so shot out a pellet of paper. l pit
/. nv foot on that pellet OF paper, and whe
Yeames left the room to look for 1t pr
y it in my pocket"
Quite right. too, Mr.. keene; go on
said Sir Roland in great excitement.
81 put it away in a drawer where
. keep things which may at some time |
!. of service, and forgot all about it unit
q nv suspicion was directed to Geames
the discovery that the very day he lost
- he bolted out of England and did not r
: turn until Mr.. Flexmore was buried an
all fear of the poison being found out an
; traced to him was removed. Then l r
: called to mind the paper pellet-the She
: of paper you have now under your han
Sir Roland"
II "We will not stay here to be insulted
70 cried Mrs. Yeames, rising; "it is scanda
:. Gus. But we will obtain redress"
a II should think so,' gasped Bax. Pre-
Il ~ pitfall-'pon my life y