Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-02-14
BY MlSADVENTURE
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,rr-p YXI-(Continued.)

,a.prER xxI.-(continued,1
.T Tn Mr.. Yeomes in the room all the
u! bo went out of the room, but not
'"' - borse. before Mr.. Keene left
1t o. -. .,rtbing occur to make him leave
I, soon% h,,,o ,ost something, He
ns s,e,tedIy in his pockets, and looked
t5 n, -" ba continue his search after leav-
h, The room'" ,oo,.oa -,
ls .+ajrs ana in the hall"
.p' ~, know what it was he lost?
Nv , ; of paper. He said that there
~ in,nortaDt memorandum on it, and
70 as,.d the maid half a sovereign if she
snl it." r., vooroos so did Sir
I'D whom touched with my toe un-
S'@ Io table The young man was look
the white paper before him, and
d. voc scarcely more color in his face.
" ,,okod Nd In quick dread at the next
ns0n. ,oy
no."
y, ypomcs drew a long breath of re-
AZ sbaII now ask you, Mr.. Lynn
r,nos TO give me your attention. You
~ MT dispute the order of events as
+,,5 by Miss DaIrymple"
No."
.Vben you left FIexmore House, at
,,r.nast eleven you rode over to Mr..
E4ne%
Yes"
uYor had seen him leave the house, and
r.,o acqely anxious to know what his
n,iress there was?"
LYNN hesitated a moment, but at a
rr3ge from Bax replied, Yes"
"Yop had been given to understand that
ii, bulk of Mr.. Flexmore's property
rorH be left in trust to you?"
oYps," after another nudge.
"Tbe presence of Mr.. Keene led you to
think that Mr.. Flexmore might have al
fred his disposition"
Nudge as before, and Yes"
"On arriving at Mr.. Keene's you were
,l,vn into the Office, and waited there
smp time alone? You saw a sheet of
ioQlcaD lying on the tableT
Yeanes replied that he had seen moth
i1g Of the kind whatever.
You are sure of that?" asked Sir Ro-
.ni
Twill take my oath l saw nothing of
the kind"
When you left Flexmore House the
second time, about half-past one, where
did you gO?'
ITO fetch DR.. Awdrey."
"Dr. Audrey was not at home, l be-
4 lever
He was not. I waited for him half
an hour, or thereabouts.
Where did you wait?'
IN his private sitting ROOM
You know that the consulting room
lijoins the sitting room?"
Yes"
you go there for any purposeY"
NO.
After waiting quietly in the sitting
room half an hour, you returned to Flex-
more Uousa?"
Yes; | was anxious about Mr.. Flex-
1orss condition."
With respect to the piece Of paper
you misaid; have you any objection to
stating what it was?"
None it was q leaf from my notebook,
containing memoranda respecting horses
bad backed for a spring meeting"
Sir Roland asked if we had any ques-
tons TO ask, and, on receiving a reply in
the negative, he proceeded to question
Mrs Bates.
You were in the service of DR.. Aw-
dFey believe, at the time of Mr.. Flex-
nore's death?"
~ were, sir"
The previous night DR.. Audrey was
s5seDt from home|
He were, sir. He came in about half
past ten or eleven the next morning,
Will not swear exact, and he asks for
breakfast.
1AAStt AAE NChL OuIk
He did about twelve or half-past, I
will not swear"
You had tidied up his room in the
morning as usual?"
mad; about seven or half-past."
Now IN tidying up his room, had you
""aSlon to 60 into the consulting room p
never yentured there, sir; though /
may be disbeleved."
!. When Mr.. Yeames called, you showed
nm into the sitting room?"
aId; him being a friend, as was led
" oeileYe Of DR.. Hawdrey's."
During the half-hour he was there did
'Ou near any particular sound?"
. No. sir, did not; being at my doc
ties upstairs"
b1ttle?"
Not1lnk Of the kind"
Inc door communicating with the con-
'u.ung room was open?"
turned"
But the key was in?"
1t were"
". mere was nothing, in fact, to prevent
o ~. leameS strolling in there from curl
10 while away the time that he
'S ,sv waiting for DR.. Awdrey?'
NoInlnk; but I believe Mr.. Yeames
N, ,'s 100 much the gentleman to go a-pry-
1s and appearing"
t5, rus :, mad evidently a gratuity in view,