The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-02
BY MISADVENTURE
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CHAPTER XXI.-(Continued.)

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did anything occur to make him leave
the room?"
'He seemed to have lost something. He
felt repeatedly in his pockets, and looked
about the floor"
did he continue his search after leav-
ing the room?"
YES; he had a candle. and looked all
up the stairs and in the hall.
do you know what it was he lost!
"A piece of paper He said that there
was an important memorandum on it. and
he offered the maid half sovereign if she
found it,
l glanced at Mr.. Yeames. so did Sir
Roland, whom l touched with my toe I'M
der the table. The young man was look
ing at the white paper before him. and
there was scarcely more color in his face.
He looked up in quick dread at the next
question.
WAS that paper found?"
mo"
Mr.. Yeames drew a long breath of re-
lief
II shall now ask you. Mr.. Lynn
Yeames, to give me your attention. You
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stated by Miss Dalrymple?"
No"
when you left Flexmore House, at
half-past eleven you rode over to Mr..
keene?
"Yes."
''You had seen him leave the house, and
were acutely anxious to know what his
business there wasp
Lynn hesitated a moment, but at
nudge from Bax replied, Yes"
"You had been given to understand that
the bulk of Mr.. Flexmore's property
would be left in trust to you?"
YES" after another nudge.
"The presence of Mr.. Keene led you to
think that Mr.. Flexmore might have al
tered his disposition?
Nudge as before, and Yes"
ION arriving at Mr.. Keene's you were
shown into the office, and waited there
some time alone? You saw a sheet of
foolscap lying on the tablet"
Yeames replied that he had seen moth
ing of the kind whatever.
You are sure of thatY' asked Sir Ro-
1and.
Il will 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-
tieve"
HE was not l waited for him half
an hour, or thereabouts.'
Where did you waltz"
I'm his private sitting ROOM"
you know that the consulting room
Adjoins the sitting room?"
YES"
I'd you go there for any purposew
-'No.
AFTER waiting quietly in the sitting
room half an hour, you returned to Flex-
more House?"
"Yes; l was anxious about Mr.. Flex-
more's condition"
with respect to the piece of paper
you mislaid; have you any objection to
stating what it was"
None; it was leaf from my notebook,
containing memoranda respecting horses
/ had backed for a spring meeting"
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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-
drey, l believe, at the time of Mr.. Flex-
more's death?"
Il were, SIR"
1.-The previous night DR.. Audrey was
absent from homer
HE were, sir. He came in about half
will not swear exact, and he asks for
breakfast
After that he went out?"
HE did; about twelve or half-past,
will not swear"
you had tidied up his room in the
morning as usual?'
Il had; about seven or half-past"
snow in tidying up his room, had you
occasion to go into the consulting room p
II never ventured there, sir: though l
may be disbelieved."
when Mr.. Yeames called, you showed
him into the sitting room?"
Il did; him being friend, as was led
to believe, Of DR.. Hawdrey's."
During the half-hour he was there did
you hear any particular sound?"
mo. sir, did not; being at my doc
ties hupstairs."
Nothing like the crash of q falling
bother"
''Nothink of the kind"
The door communicating with the con.
sulting room was openw
mo: it were closed, though the KEY
turned"
"But the key was INF"
n were"
There was nothing, in fact, to prevent
Nh. Yeames strolling in there from curl
osity-to while away the time that he
was waiting for DR.. Awdreyy
"Nothink; but / believe Mr.. Yeames
were too much the gentleman to 20 a-pry-
ing and a-peering."
She had evidently q gratuity in view,
that Mrs. Bates.
when did you first hear Of bottle
being brokenY'
when DR.. Audrey came in; about
four O'Clock or haif-past. He asked me
II ! had done it, and said I had not
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