Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-10-02

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"A pile of square papers, white, that
stood on the little side counter"
Can you show me what the papers
we're like?"
Exactly like that sheet on the table,"
pointing to a sheet of thin white paper
which l had purposely laid on the table
near where she was to sit. "Dr. Haw-
drey tried to pass it off 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 - time he had laid temptation
in my way-giving me half crown to
buy fourpenny arrand. and not askin'
me for the change till two days after
wards-which l kept it back to prove
him."
That is enough. DR.. Awdrey, l shall
nonfine 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"
ut was blue bottle, labeled in large
letters arsenic, poison On going into
the consulting room l found it in frag-
ments on the floor, with the powder wide
ly scattered"
How did you account for it's being
there?"
| 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 1t back"
you attributed the accident TO acct
dental cause?"
Not entirely. l believed that some one
had been in the room"
"Why?"
Because of the missing prescription"
TELL me about this prescription"
1T was a prescription jotted down with
lead pencil on the pile of paper re-
ferred to, that l intended to make up
later on"
ut is your habit to make notes on this
pile of paper?"
ut is"
Have you ever been able to trace that
missing prescription"
mo; 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 it
and handing a sheet Of the bottle paper to
DIR. Audrey, said:
"Is that the prescription, DR.. Audrey p
l never saw a man more astonished in
my life.
Good gracious, yesy" he exclaimed
Where did you find it?"
you shall hear presently" said l, fix
ing my eyes on Lynn Yeames.
Every one at the table looked at him,
seeing my eyes so fixed and, though he
continued to meet our gaze, his blanched
cheek told the terror he felt. carefully
handed the sheet Of paper to Sir Roland
why, what does this meanT he asked
looking from one to the other; then,
catching a significant glance from me, he
took up his notes again quietly. Mr.
Keene," he said, tell me what took place
on the occasion Of Mr.. Yeames' visit on
| the day of Mr.. Flexmore's DEATH"
II was taking lunch when he called"
| said l. 'in the next room, before sitting
down to make out the will in accordance
with Mr.. Flexmore's wishes. He had
been induced to make the alteration
through DIR. Awdrey."
'Dr. Awdrey wished the will leaving
ed Sir Roland.
He did," said 1 and explained Aw-
drey's reasons, and all about it fully.
Then 1 continued: "In the new will the
name of Lynn Yeames was to be substi-
tuted for DR.. Awdrey's. l had the draft
of the first will, and intending to copy
1t after lunch, had imprudently left it
on the table in this room. Mr.. Yeames
came in here; l was in the next room,
| You see the blind to the half-glazed door.
1t Is opaque from this point of view; 1t Is
transparent from the other side. Stand
ing by the door before entering, l saw
Lynn Yeames reading the draft of Mr..
Flexmore's first will. He was at once
led to conclude that this was the second
will commanded by Flexmore. With the
belief that l was making out a will which
would beggar him he went away and you
can see that he had the strongest induce
ment to delay me and prevent Mr.. FIex-
more signing second will"
"Sir Roland Firkin," gasped Mr.. Bax,
al protest most"
"Silence, II you please. said Sir Ro-
land; II rule that Mr.. Keene IL perfectly
In order. Go on. SIR"
| AFTER seeing my old friend lying In his
bedroom dead, went downstairs with
Lynn Yeames, as you have heard. There,
in a moment Of lmpatience, he licked his
handkerchief from his pocket, and In do
ing so shot out a pellet Of paper. put
my foot on that pellet of paper, and when
Yeames left the room to look for It put
it In my pocket"
quite right, too, Mr.. Keene; go on"
said Sir Roland In great excitement.
II put 1t away in a drawer where I
keep things which may at some time be
of service, and forgot all about 1t until
my suspicion was directed to Yeames by
the discovery that the very day he lost il
he bolted out of England and did not re.
turn until Mr.. Flexmore was buried and
all fear of the poison being found out and
traced to him was removed. Then l re
called to mind the paper pellet-the sheet
of paper you have now under your hand
Sir Roland"
I'VE will not stay here to be insulted, y
cried Mrs. Yeames, rising; at is scandal.
GUS. But we will obtain redress"
Il should think So" gasped Bax. "Pret,
ty pitfall-'pon my lifep
But at this moment, as all of theil
party were rising, the door opened, anG
| the entry was blocked by nv clerk will