The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-09-24

count, ana All three have employed N
X only about a month. suppose it's pc
% lite way of telling me that am not want
y ed any more"
That's il" said /. ''and the reason /
e that you are accused of throwing me gu
of gig. and poisoning poor old Flex
more"
"WhatF' he exclaimed. knitting hi
brows in establishment.
Its a fact. The rumor is circulating
You'll have none but your paupers tt
doctor at the end OF the week"
I'm glad Of it, said he, IF he-resi
will listen to such nonsense as that"
we shall have TO take measures 20
disprove the charge. doctor" said I.
Then don't lose any time about 1t"
said he. Poor Nurse Gertrude p he add
ed tenderly. thinking doubtless Of the af-
front he had received being offered to
her. Then in tone Of vexation he ask
ed. How long have you known this,
Keenef'
well. heard something about II more
than week ago
why didn't you tell me at onceY'
Because thought it merely a scheme
TO extcrt money. A man named Bax
spoke about it. He tells me be Is friend
of the Yeames family"
He went of at once TO find Lynn. And
not long afterwards caught sight Of the
pair in the High street. Lynn with his
arm linked through the DOCTORS. and
look on his face that seemed to bid peo-
pie observe that he still believed in Aw-
drey's innocence While was looking
after them. colleague clapped me on the
shoulder. and said in low voice. nod
ding toward the two:
Which is the Judasg'
There can be no doubt about that"
| replied. unless Judas be too good
name for Lynn Yeames"
Il am not so sure about that, Keene.
don't like Awdrey's quiet. long-sufering.
martyrish manner. He's a clever man
ten times cleverer than Yeames-clever
enough to make big venture. II / had
10 judge without evidence, | should ac~
quit Yeames and hang Awdrey. And /
believe if you could only clear your mind
Of prejudice-"
l would NOT wait TO hear more Of such |
fustian- l had no patience In due /
course / made a formal application for
the post-mortem examination of FIex-
more's remains. To my establishment I /
learned that the inquiry had been already
demanded and accorded: the examination L
was to be made at once
Lynn assures me, and I believe him."
said Or. Awdrey when we next met. '-that
be has been opposed to his mothers &C
tion from the very beginning. He could
not with any deIicacy tell me of her pro-
ceedings- He himself insisted on Bar
quitting his mothers house"
CHAPTER XIX.
The examination resulted In this:
Whether accidentally or otherwise,
enough Of a noxious substance had found
ts way into Flexmore's body to have de-
:isedly accelerated bis death. The news
'pread like a plague; within twenty-four
hours every one had 1t, man, woman and
hid, without distinction Of rank or sta
ion Every one went about open-mouth-
d to and someone to give the news to. A :
oxen persons said to me:
~Have you heard the result Of the ex-
minationf DIR. Awdrey did hasten Flex-
aore's end"
Then why " be at larger I asked.
Why has no warrant for his arrest been
ssuedT'
They could only shrug their shoulders: t
ut l could explain the matter TO them t
lexmore had not been affected By the O
bison at all. The arsenic was found in z
q mouth, it had not touched the diges- Il
We apparatus. and for this reason 1t :
sd been administered after the life had :
II his body. This was the report made "
L. ~aI / "a
animation
Upon this report no one could be ac- II
sed Of any crime legally. nor at the "
esent juDcture could a charge be insti- CT
ted. That the poison had not been h,
zen in the form of a potion, such as N
ISIS Dalrynple had been charged By DIR. u
ydrey to administer, was clear from the -
It that It was found in the form Of a ~
WIDER, and must have been dropped I'm re
: old friends mouth when his jaw drop as
after death. Still, Il had clearly been or
zen with view to prevent any posi- IA
ity Of a return to life and it was email st,
evident TO the majority Of people that AZ.
vdrey, who knew the contents Of the !,
I to be signed, alone was presumably ~ ~
Iirous Of preventing return to life. III
only very small minority knew that tn
nm Yeames also had a strong reason for ba
king death sure at that time. in
Now though there was no evidence to int
unit Audrey, circumstances were sufi- ter
ntly suspicious to enable the Yeames =
~ to contest the will But I had still
niger reasons than that for getting at 81
truth OF the matter, and fixing the al
It on the guilty. Even the paupers
I'D refuse TO take medicine from the q
d Of a man with such a reputation.
went 70 work at once, and determined lsr
take no rest until / had secured the eer
~ Of poor Awdrey and Nurse Ger
ie. Ny clerk was a sharp, dependa- auc
young fellow. /"
Now, Mr.. JONES'" said I, II am going q
nut you on your mettle.0
Glad of #, Mr.. Reene,v he replied.
,riy. rs il this poisoning case, sirY'' 81
Yes, 1t is. Bax, Yeames' agent, says 49,,
can produce the man who threw me =
Of the gig, and prove that he was
Iged to do Il by DR.. Awdrey. You colo
find their witness. In all probable
that trick was unprecedented. It
suggested to him by circumstances you
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