Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-08
cHAprER XIV.

that Etwald picked up the handker
chief in the ROOM" ,8S Vi
Because / overheard his apology t
ny mother for having put her hand
kerchief to such use replied Isabella
with suspicious promptitude.
Triumph! Didn't the doctor think ]
strange that he should find 1t there
Rather peculiar, don't you think, see
ting that he must necessarily have beel
ignorant Of your visit on that night
s~He was not ignorant OF that! r.
cou for the fever which seized me
my mother explained all that tool
place to DIR. Etwald. He quite under
stood that / had dropped the handker
chief" try
did he apologize for his use of it
before or after the explanation?" wa
Jen's final question.
"After!"4 replied Isabella, with SOM
hesitation: n abruptly left the Ma
.1ors sid to exchange a few word!
with Did Jen looked after her will
y glance full of oub and suspicion
notwithstanding her love for Maurice
and her expressed desire to avenge hii
death by hunting down the assassin
sho appeared to be anything but frank
In the matter. In plain words. hel
At SONuuCl 6uSSeSlcu " JGA Iiluu oi
idea that she knew more than She
cared to talk about; and that such
&Alf-hinted knowledge implicated her
smother. In which case-but here Dido
interrupted Jen's meditations.
missy tell me you wish to hear
my Obj she said. abruptly fixing her
eyes pm the face of the visitor. why
You wish? You laugh at Obi"
II don't particularly wish to learn
your Voodoo secrets answered Jen,
.careieesly. All ] desire to know IL
Why you manufactured that scent
with which you saturated a certain
handkerchief of your mistress"
Mothers handkerchief. Dido" ex-
Dlained Isabella. interrupting. The one
10u hound round my head"
sOh. dat ~ voodoo smell to drib away
Assevil spirit said Dido. solemnly adj
dreDsihg herself more particularly to
tho Major. MY wftch-mudder, she
lcarn to make dat in her own and.
Too much OF II kfl-kill-kill!"
by means OF Its odor?'
No. dat only drib away bad debbils.
But urrscratch de skin wild ii leetle
bltsOf Il. and o die. die. die!"
sAndsthe scratch IL made by means
~ the wand OF sleep?'
~ Dat So" said Dido, with pre-
1e4sded surprise. turning OF him sharp
But you no b'lieve in Obi. massa.
Wat you know ofsde wand OF sleep
~ 1ebble-stick?"
rAecAuse ! had one. Dido"
Tt negres laughed with scornful
0eqH. III ~
a 830,yNaAtaone big lie. Der amt no
eeAaA6ck.s hut in the kings palace
nmasat."
knaaAre 1+had one. and 1t
ItalRhsgpy--7z,
thG.g0Escourae." interrupted ISABEL
hsT1&1in. Don't you remember, Dido,
y01SWere asked II you had taken it?'
y0s. Now I do tink." said Dido.
SAGsmAooa, you say / took de debble-
snGk md made de new smell to fill
- Den dat 1 kill wild him massa.
~ Ea9bbeAsM missy, and dat I made
~ YOUR house to steal de body.
III 6dat lsnossOI" -
uncertainty 10 30" assented zen. as
Nod To- hear her put his suspicious
nnetaouchN plain words. rMr. Aylmar
Waeskillcd by means Or this poison. It.
again to render my servant
1ns1helble while the body was stolen.
- I thought@
k1oW. Z know!" broke in Dido,
~SSnfiy. But dat not to do with
- ID Tp0ison IN your. debble- stick.s
AAEhere was: but It was all dried up
No! Dat nossin. II you pour water
at stick de poison come alive. Well.
81 sEick taken, but / no take It. Dat
noop young massa Killed wild It'll no
I'm him. But de odder ting. sab. Dat
Nnsni mex It for missy. dat all!"
49, having made this explanation.
Dtdo folded her arms, and waited in
0eoenful silence 70 hear what her ac-
- had 10 say. He considered the
0A06lnte absurdity OF her story. which
the face OF twas a manifest In
S0ation. and one which. It would seem.
800 supported by the testimony Of lisa
nDolla.
~You are satisfied now, / think, said
- latter. seeing that the Major did
-yvsal. ~. Miss Dallas" returned he.
sWe4A 009h elaboration. II am satis-
g0o1-1oe the@time CeinE."
~Dpes. Dido,s explanation give you
~ cIuo! 3
NA141 I should not have looked for II.
- Il shall now ny E6od-day."
Nh 49, sareturnl.
@.lRHanSl.Aaye followed to III end the
which We have been speaking.
Vupn4 uM&s 6id taking or his hat, he
W1alen1 swiftly sway from the house:
VIXEN he svanished round the curve
- - drive. Isabella, with very pale
go. turned towards Dido.
- hava told al the lies you wished
- g ten. che ~. hurriedly. 4
~ hidden frUmWw3hA sharp eyes AZ