The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-10-05

later, I Joined Godfrey in the dining
room, where he had ordered lunch for
both of US. and where We could talk
undisturbed. since we were it's only
occupants.
I'VE been up only a few minutes
myself" he began as 1 sat down. But
| didn't get to bed till nearly noon.
There was too much to do, this morn
Tell me about it," I said. I'm anx-
ious to hear the developments"
There aren't any"
But you've cleared up the mystery
OF the murder?"
Cleared it up! Ny dear Lester, we
haven't been able TO take the first
step toward clearing it up! We know
the unknown was shot, but as to who
shot him, and why, We've utterly at
sea"
once establish his Identity
That's just what we can't do. But.
perhaps I'd better tell you the whole
story"
Yes, do" l said. That's what l
want to hear"
Well" he began, after I left you,
1 hurried downtown toward the teIe-
gone quite a way that l met a patrol
man. [ stopped just long enough to
tell him that he was needed at the
Kingdom place, for my time was get
liDS SIiOIl, anu i COUluli I d1lOTu TO
waste a minute. 1t wasn't until after
wards that l thought of the e%quivocal
position you'd be In when the police
arrived"
Il was certainly under suspicion" 1
laughed, but there was no harm
done"
After I got off my message. 1
stopped here at the hotel, and cleaned
up, for 1 was really a sight. 1 learned
from the clerk hat you'd already ar
rived in the custody of q policeman. I
peeped in at you. and found you
sleeping like a log, not disturbed in
the least by the presence of the SEN
tinel."
THE result OF a clear conscience"
l pointed out.
80 1 told the cop, after he'd re-
lated your adventure with the chief
Then I hurried back to the Kingdom
place, and found that the coroner had
just arrived. He's an ambitious young
fellow, named Haynes, and is cleverer
han the run of coroners. 1 introduced
myself, told him what 1 knew of the
case and OF your connection with it,
n persuaded him to recall the officer
who was guarding you.
1.-The only thing that bothered me- I
said, was to explain our presence in
the house. How did you do it?"
Godfrey laughed.
"Oh, easily enough. We yellow jour
nalists, you know, Dear the reputation
Of pausing at nothing. We're also
credited with a sort of second sight
when it comes to nosing out news. I
encouraged Haynes to believe that I
possessed both these characteristics. I
dwelt upon the suspicious circumstance
of the light in the cellar, and led him
to think that we saw from the outside
considerably more than we really did
see. [ didn't tell him the whole truth,
because L didn't want him to connect
this affair in n way with Miss Law
rence's disappearance. L want to work
hat out for myself-it's my private
property"
I nodded; neither did 1 desire that
Miss Lawrence's name should be con-
nected with this tragedy-not, at least,
until there was some positive evidence
against her. And l hoped against
hope, knowing Godfrey's persistence
and c~leverness, that no UGH evidence
woul be found.
After I'd convinced the coroner of
our disinterested motives continued
Godfrey, I'VE went down to the cellar
together, and, with the help of a couple
of policemen, dug up the body. One
of the policemen happened to be Glenn
ley, who'd been stationed at the Law
renee place, and he identified the man
at once as the one who had asked him
the way to the Kingdom house. We
got him out-and a good load he was
stripped back his clothes, and found
that ned been shot In the breast. The
wound was a very small one, and there
had been little external bleeding. There
We're no burns upon the clothing, so
the shot was fired from a distance of
at least five feet. The police surgeon
ran in his probe. and found that the
bullet had passed directly through the
heart, so that death was instantaneous.
From the expression of the face, +
should say that the victim had no sus-
picion Of his danger-you remember
that leer of dissatisfaction The
course of the bullet was downward,
which would seem to indicate that he
was sitting in a chair at the time,
while his murderer was standing up.
He had been dead more than "a hours.
The clay of the cellar was nearly as
hard as rock, which accounts for the
fact that Harriet Kingdom was so long
getting him buried"
And it was she who fired the shot,"
l said, with conviction. Marcia Law
renee had nothing to do with it"
DO you believe Lucy Kingdom knew
anything about it?" he asked, looking
at me keenly.
"No-Im sur she didn't"
"Then o apparently believe that
could handle a body which taxed two
strong men to lift! I tell you, Lester.
Harriet Kingdom unaided couldn't have
taken hat body to the cellar and laid
it In that grave. If Lucy Kingdom
didn't aid her, who did?"
Il don't know" l answered. But it
wasn't who you think"
We'll, / hope it wasn't-but I don't
see any other way out"
Continued Next week,