Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
A CROWN or FAITH



assassin; and, please the powers, the
truth will out in a day or two"
There Is another person whom we
wish to examine" said Mullinser-''a GER
tain professor Of languages, who walked
out with yoa. Mr.. Galthorpe, through the
French window. and who dragged the
body OF Mr.. CaIthorpe. senior. round to-
ward the servants Offices
Poor I.eigh!' cried Dick impetuously.
II hope they won't fix it on him. lie Is
a saint Of the daily calendar-a student
10 hookworm. If he has turned man slayer,
believe me, it must be with philanthropic
motives. He must have wished to dis
cover some scientific secret in regard to
the avs Of life and death"
Before ten minutes were over Miss Will
Einson had told the officers all about her
Aunt Tabitha. her large fortune, which
she could not touch for a year, the perfidy
OF Richard, and the intolerable %surveil.
lance Of Miss Pritchard and her teachers.
The simple school girl had gained three
lovers in place Of one. All the officers
wed with one another in paying attentions
Of the most respected kind to Jenny and,
finally, Major Barrett brought a kindly
matron, a visitor. on the scene. A sup
per, and after that a spacious chamber.
with a maid TO attend her, were allotted
to Jenny for that night. The next morn
ing Major Barrett hoped to be permitted
to escort the young lady to 81. Martha's.
CHAPTER Y.
Who and what was the young woman
in black, who, having ventuied to seat
herself upon a low chair a little apart,
had listened to the whole of the talk.
and watched all the persons present, a
smile-half-nervous, half-mocking-on her
thin lips, a startled look in the cunning
blue eyes? She was alone presently, for
the officers strolled away and Miss Will
kinson had left with the lady visitor.
She peered about the room, then pulled
some cotton from her pocket. and began
some kind of fancy work. Ii was very
late, but the young person in black went
on with her work and smiled tc herself,
and every now and then paused to listen,
when steps or voices sounded in the large
mansion.
Once she got up to put coal on the
fire, and to stir it into a blaza; but pres
entity she sat down again, and resumed
her work. At last the door burst open
roughly, and a stout woman, In black
silk and blue cap, came into the little
room-a woman of fifty. with red cheeks
and rather angry black eyes.
"Oh" She said, ''you are here still.
Ii is very late, isn't IT, to be in a strange
house? ! am the houseiieeper-Mrs. Net
tleby-and | have had the hiring of all
the female servants at the Court, and of
all the helpers who were wanted for this
BALL ! never hired you
NO. madam"
End certainly" with a glance at the
shabby black dress-you were not asked
to the ball"
"oh. no. ma'am. 1 was not invited
here
Well said the honsekeeper, rubbing
Ter chin and scanning the cunning young
face tliouehtfully you seem very cool,
young woman
NO. l have made the fire up" She
laughed as she said this--laughed in
solently, but as If she could not help it,
as though she was bursting with the tri-
umph of possessing some concealed power.
Her manner had an irritating effect upon
Mrs. Nettleby.
"You know very well l. don't care
whether You are warm or cold. l mean
that you are cool and insolent. ! want
to know what your business is in this
house. unlimited! The police have laid
hold of Mr.. Leigh. the German teacher,
and he says his sister heard you call the
young master into the garden, and there
he wns some time with you. Miss Leigh
will have to come here tomorrow to swear
to you"
rs Arthur Calthorpe dead?' asked the
girl fippantly.
No; and how dare you speak of him
as Arthur Calthorpe?.a creature like
you l believe you know more about his
being hurt than You will say. I can't
bear impudence. You seem a regular
brazen one. to my thinking"
"Oh, thank your The woman tossed
her head, and laughed. A little flush
came to her cheeks, and the long, cunning
face looked rather pretty for a moment.
what do you want at Beryl Court,
eh?"
II never tell my business to strangers"
But, young woman, 1t is my business,
as housekeeper, to inquire your business
here in the house on such an evening ar
this especially after the dreadful occur
renee"
1T is very dreadful, certainly" observ-
ed the young person, smiling at the thread
which she was fastening cf.
"Out OF the house you go. Now listen.
Just now Mr.. Arthur woke W, and seem
ed conscious, and 80 the policemen took
Mr.. Richard and the young German mas
ter to him, and asked him plainly il eth
er of them was the mar who struck him.
And he said, No; l did not sec the face,
but the man was much taller than either
Of them. I saw him run away, and leap
the park paling, and dash into the wood,
but Nellie Watson saw him. She knows
Then he tainted. Now, are you Nellie
[Watson?"
NO, madam; that is not my name at
present"
"Mr. Arthur called you So,
well, he will have to alter his tone,
that's all; and if it should happen that
he is removed from this earthly scene, I
must explain matters to the earl"
DO . mean to insinuate?.
II may as well tell you, plainly, I am
Arthur Calthorpe's wife. He has treated
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