The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-10-26
THAT AFFAIR At
ELIZABETH 4. By Rg e s. E sss s,aa,'s !.
Holiday CaA" Etc.
New FORK Henry Holt 8 cn-Ism
By Burton E. Stevenson.
New York-Henry Holt s Co.'s

min afu slave Tor MIN, some one upon
Whom he could wreak his gusts Of
passion. He had always believed
himself irresistible to women; he knew
the dog-like devotion which Harriet
kingdon had had for him; he believed
that he had only to speak the word,
ana she would crawl back to him.
But he would do more than that; he
would pc generous; he would offer to
make her really his wife. Magnificent!
Gould h refuse such an offer as that?
The wife of Parelloi
so he had made inquiries at the
asylum, had learned her address, and
a taken the train for Elizabeth on
the morning of that fatal 10th of June.
He a made his way to the Kingdom
cottage. had found Harriet Kingdom
there alone, had entered. seated him
SELF Familiarity, perhaps attempted
some endearment. He was confident.
selr-satisfied. 1t was better than he
Lau hoped. Here was a comfortable
ready for him; a wife who
II IT should be necessary, he could no
ooupt n many pupils at Elizabeth,
and II the pay was not quite metro
pohtan, why. neither was the work.
here was a golden future: yes he
would be generous; she should be his
WIFE; he would forget all tina had
But the sight of him had brought
haek=the aaa:noryc her old ;nfafny
which her attack Of madness and the
years had partially blotted out; the
cloud rolled down upon her brain
again. that white hate leaped to life.
She snatched up her revolver and shot
him through the heart, even as he sat
there confidently smiling. Then, with
a strength born of insanity, she had
dragged him to the cellar and dug q
grave for him there.
The story was strong in every link;
there could be no doubling it..
and we entered the train together
to return to New York. did 1 get the
chance to talk quietly with Godfrey,
You did great work." I said, as we
sat down together.
Yes" he agreed. sm1lingly, 7 was
pleased with It myself. The story de-
And clearly. Even the coroner's
jury couldn't question it. There's no
possibility, now, of any one associatine
this affair with Miss Lawrence's dis
appearance. If 1t had to happen, I'm
glad that it happened just when it
did-its served to make the public
for another reason" 1 added. Lucy
Kingdom won't be called upon to
tell that story or the stand. 1 don't
like her nor trust her, but I'm glad
she'll be spared that ordeal"
1t would have been a trying one"
me that she's very Ill. I feel guilty.
in a way. l should have prepared her
for that horror in the cellar. l
shouldn't have taken her without
warning to brink Of that grave"
That wasn't the only cause of her
Illness" I said. she had sins of her
own on her conscience. I don't I'M
derstand even yet" l added, why that
face should affect her SO. She couldn't
have recognized it. since she'd never
seen Pareilo."
How do you know she never saw
him? I'm decidedly inclined to
think she habitat he was the
cause of that violent quarrel between
her and her sister which DR.. Schuyler
mentioned. Lucy Kingdom, looking at
the man clear-eyed, saw him as he was
and tried to dissuade her sister from
the ENHANCEMENT; the elder woman,
blinded by passion, wouldn't listen. and
the quarrel followed, in which both, no
doubt, used words which they after
wards regretted"
Yes" I agreed. "perhaps yo,,,re
right"
Even If she'd never seen him" God
frey added, s must have suspected
VINO 1t was-there was only enc man
in h world whom her sister was cap
able of killing. Or she might have
imagined that it was some enc else
There's been nothing in all this, Les
ter, to ~disprove my original theory
about Miss Lawrence"
"'Godfrey,' I said impulsively, Tn
going to disprove 1t once and for all
Look at this" and I thrust into his
hands the photograph Burr Curtiss has
entrusted to me.
He gazed al it for some moment
| in .SI1anna A. 1oct. H. l1.l-5 ~ -,
to me.
D you believe that theory now7'
+ asked.
NO" he answered, and sat STARING
straight before him, his lips con
pressed.
Il knew you'd say So" I said. :"
knew you'd see how impossible it wa.
tina there should be any shameful sec.
ret In her life. 1 wavered once or twice
when every discovery we made seemed
to confirm your theory, but 1 neye,
really, believed it. I'd only to recall
this photograph"
Why didn't you show IT to me be
"Candidly, Godfrey" I answered
"Oh, yes, you do!' he retorted. .Yo1
We're afraid I'd chin It out OF YOU
We'll, yes. I was" I admitted.
He looked at me curiously for a mo
ment.
It see you don't know me very well
even yet, Lester" he said, at last
TIN sorry you didn't let me see il
1t would have saved me a wild COOS
chase. But then" he added, with
grim little laugh, II might not hav
stumbled upon this second tragedy s
perhaps 1t was as well. after all.
forgive you"
You think the photograph woul,
have made the mystery clearer?"
asked.
"Clearerg" he echoed. my dear Les
ter. 1t make 1t more unexplainabl
than ever. 1t converts it from a vul
gar intrigue into the most puzzIin
problem l ever had to Zeal WITH
was staring at him In astonish
ment.
Il don't see how it can do that"
protested.
Don't your Well, I'll tell you. 1"v
already pointed out to you that, SO ia
as could see, my theory was the onl
conceivable n which would explai
Marcia Lawrence's fight. 1 look a
that photograph and see at once that
must throw that theory aside, Wha
have I left7 Nothing. That ~photograp
shows me a pure, cultured, innocer
woman; I know hat she loved devoted
ly the mar she was to ma rry Vet oh