Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-06-19
BY MISADVENTURE
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1eilg broken?"
when DIR. Awdrey came in; about
iour O'Clock or half-pask He asked me
If had done it, and said l had not
and should feel obliged if he would find
some one else, as l did not like such
things to be laid to me-"
Did he make any other remark about
the consulting room was anything miss
ing from there?"
Yes; he said a prescription was gone"
Did he describe the prescription"
Yes he said it were written on the
bottle papers,"
What do you mean by the bottle pa
pers?"
"A pile of square papers, white, that
stood on the little side counter"
Can you show me what the papers
were 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 l refused, seein' it were
not the first time. he had laid temptation
in my way-giving me half a crown to
buy a 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
confine 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"
1T was a 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 its being
thereF"
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 acci-
dental causeP
Not entirely. believed that some one
had been in the room"
"WhyT
Because of the missing prescription u
''Tell me about this prescription"
ut was a prescription jotted down with
a lead pencil on the pile of paper re-
ferred to, that / intended to make up
later on"
ut is your habit to make notes on this
pile of paper2"
1T is"
Have you ever been able to trace that
missing prescription"
mo; l 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 folded sheet of brown
paper from under my notes, l opened il
and handing a sheet of the bottle paper tc
DR.. Awdrey, l said:
'Is that the prescription, DR.. Awdrey p
/ never saw a man more astonished in
my life.
Good gracious, yes!" 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 blanchet
cheek told the terror he felt. | carefully
handed the sheet of paper to Sir Roland
why, what does this mean?' 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 OF
the day of Mr.. Flexmores 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.. Fexmore's wishes. He hat
been induced to make the alteration
through DR.. Awdrey."
"Dr Awdrey wished the will leaving
property to him to be revoked !" exclaim
ed Sir Roland.
"He did," said and l explained Aw
drey's reasons, and all about it fully
Then l continued: I'm 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 copy
it after lunch, had imprudently left il
on the table in this room. Mr.. Yeame.
came in here; was in the next room
You see the blind to the half-glazed door
1t is opaque from this point of view it il
transparent from the other side. Stand
ing by the door before entering, | saw
Lynn Yeames reading the draft of Mr.
Flexmores first will. He was at ono,
! led to conclude that this was the seconc
will commanded by Flexmore. With th
belief that l was making out will which
would beggar him he went away and yol
can see that he had the strongest induce
: ment to delay me and prevent Mr.. Flex
more signing second will"
"Sir Roland Firkin," gasped Mr.. Bax
IT protest most"
t "Silence, If you please, said Sir Ro
: land; ~ rule that Mr.. Keene is perfectl