The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-12
CHAPTER XXI.
CROSS-PURPOSES.

desk, and felt him glance at me keenly
as announced my readiness to accom-
pany him.
We'll go up to the Kingdom place."
he said. land see If the coroner has
made any discoveries. The clerk told
me you had visitor" he added, as we
reached the street.
"A client" I answered with forced
POPULARITY. "A clergyman in need Of
legal advice"
II thought I recognized him as he
came out. 1t was DR.. Schuyler, wasn't
it?"
Yes"
He glanced at me again, and then
| walked on in silence; but felt the re-
| proach he did not utter.
Hes in trouble Of some kind" I ex-
| planned.
Connected with this AFFAIR.""
Il think so. But / don't want it
blazed forth in the Record till I'm
sure"
"The Record doesn't blaze forth ev-
erything l know" he said quietly
II know 1T doesn't, but you'd give il
| this-it would have a right to this"
is 1. so important as all that?"
| II rather fancy it's the clew we've
been looking for"
His. eyes we're shining now as he
| looked at me.
| THAT is important" he said. II
| should like to have IT,"
"Pm not absolutely sure I said,
again. But I'm going to see him again
| this evening. II there's anything l can
tell you after that, / Will"
That's fair enough" he assented
THE story. whatever it is, is bound to
be public property in few days. sup
poser"
1T will probably come out at the in
! quest. When is the inquest?"
Its been set for tomorrow; but 1t
will probably be held open until Lucy
| Kingdom can testify"
you'll beat the world day. then"
| That's what / like to do. But here
we are, and there's Haynes at the
! door,"
| We entered the yard. and Godfrey in
| PRODUCED me to the coroner He i'm
1 pressed me at once as alert and effi-
cient, and he led the way into the
| house. and asked that l tell him the
story Of the night before, which did
as circumstantially as I could.
| II hope your wound isn't bad one"
he said, when had finished, glancing
at my bandaged hand.
| "Oh, no." I said: "a mere scratch
To tell the truth, I'd nearly forgotten
| it."
Here's the weapon the bullet came
FROM" he added. and produced from his
pocket small, pearl-handled revolver.
| There are two chambers empty The
other bullet flew straighter than the
one fired at you. Mr.. Lester"
You mean--
"Yes, we probed for 1t and got it out.
1t had passed directly through the
heart and lodged in the muscles Of the
back. There can be no question that it
came from this revolver"
| Whose revolver is it?" I asked
| Presumably Miss Kingdoms. We've
not been able to find any evidence on
1 A tx.A a
Elizabeth. You see it's a foreign
make"
/ I could decipher upon the barrel the
| letters &C. & l., Paris" Godfrey ex-
amined it with his eyes, which were
cleaning strangely. I watched him
with curious sinking Of the heart,
but he handed 1t back to the coroner
| Anything else?' he asked. mo
| trace Of the watch?"
| mo-" and Haynes shook his head.
| How is Miss Kingdom"
| :. "A little quieter, but still delirious
She won't be able to testify tomorrow.
We've got a trained nurse for her-the
| doctor thinks she'd better not be moved
for a day or two"
| And no light as to the identity of
the victim?"
mot the slightest I've found a cab
man who saw him get off the 10: 80
| train IEOHl new IOTk Oh the morning
OF the 10th. Then he went into drug
store near the depot, and asked to look
at directory. afterwards asking the
way to North Broad street He prob
\ ably spoke to no one else till he stopped
to ask Clemley where the Kingdoms
| lived"
| He'd never been here before, them"
Evidently not. And he didn't know
the Kingdoms address until he got
here"
mo-" agreed Godfrey: mo. Well.
you've evidently done everything that
could be done. Mr.. Haynes. Perhaps
something more will come out at the
inquest. 1t opens at 10 o'clock, doesn't
it?"
I Yes; here are your subpoenas," and
he handed us each a paper
Very WELL" said Godfrey. We'll
be present. OF course. Where will it
he held?"
| II thought it best to hold it right
| here" answered Haynes. II want the
jury to be on the scene"
But won't 1t disturb Miss King
| DOM"
mot at all. There's a large front
| room which will answer nicely-and
I'll have the police keep everybody out
who hasn't some business there. Here's
the ROOM" and he opened door and
led the way into the room beyond,
II was the one into which Miss King
| don had shown me on the morning of
Il my memorable interview with her, and