Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02
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49,. 10 to scrape along. al
wy. ON the verge OF want. Then. IN
run down and killed by a troiiex -
ne MANAGED to exact damages for her
oeath, n for the moment fn,,rS htss
self in a~fnuence. '1"u "'"-
~ vas at this time that hi. thou~ht.
~ tulnea 20 Harriet Kingdom. WHY? II
:. impossible to say. Perhaps he felt
he,e revival Of his old passion for
some twinges Of remorse: NOR NAV hh
an,y ne realized that he was srar,in.
p nia. ne II some n to wait on
...m n slave for him. some one ',non
Mnom he could wreak his e"st. ~
ba im. : He had always believed
tha a. Irresistible to women: he knew
had had for him: he hai;sUa1
an1! ne had only to speak tho VOL
Emo sno would crawl back IN hsr.
Da. ne would do moro than that: he
wou.o oe generous: he would offer 70
r C.ane ner really his wife. Marnificent
The III .e!Ise such an offer as that?
So he had made ino,,-,..
ssytum: had learned her address mi
Mad tho train for E1izahsth NJ
LIZ LIZ morning Of that fatal 10th Of .I,ns
~ n1ad his way to the Kinxdon
theuLs. had found Harriet Kinsdon
sais s!one, had entered. seated him
some .4a.aarly. perhaps attempted
self satisfied. It was better stth an hs
had hoped. Here was a comfort. h,e
nome ready for him: n wife W.
Sc seemed to be making a good uv1nS
AL y - should be necessary. he could no
aU1"t n many pupils at Elizabeth.
poiitan tue pay was not quite metro
here was q golden future: yes he
wvuio pe generous: she should be- his
M,Ie; ne would forget ali that had
But tho sight OF him had brought
uack the memory Of her old MANY
w wmncn ner attack Of madness and the
cloud rolled down upon her o hr tine ie
asaln. that white hate leapcd to life
Sne snatched up her revolver and .hot
nm through the heart. even "a he Got
mere confidently smiling. Then. with
. strength born Of insanity, she had
a,asseo MN to h cellar and dug a
The story was strong in every ,tn,.
eneTe could be no doubling It.
NOT until the inquest was finished
n we entered the train togethar
70 return to New York. did 1 get the
ch aWc TO talk quietly with Godfrey,
GO. LOU oio great work." l said, as we
SO6SlAAOIs
Yes" he agreed. sm1linelv. ~ u,.
q with 1t myself. The story de-
veloped beautifully -
And clearly. Even the
jury couldn't question It.. There's no
possfoility. now. of any one associatine
TINS ai1air with Miss Lawrence's dis.
glad that It happened 1ust when q
did-it's served to make the public
Iorset the other mystery. I'm nleaaod
FOR another reason" I added. "I.ncv
won't be called upon to
tel mat story on the stand. I don't
.dhs ne E. nor her. but I'm glad
1t would have been a irving one /.
Godfrey agreed. "The coroner tells
me that she's very i'll. I feel guilty.
IN a way. ! should have prepared her
1or that horror in the cellar.
shouldn't have taken her without
warning to brink of that grave"
That wasn't the only cause OF her
Illness" | said. She had sir Of her
own on her conscience. don't un-
derstand even yet" l added. why that
face should affect her SO. She couldn't
v recognized it, since she'd never
seen Parello."
How do o know she never saw
MIN? I'm decidedly inclined to
think she habitat he was the
cause OF that violent quarrel between
her n her sister which DIR. Schuyler
mentioned. Lucy Kingdom, looking al
the man clear-esed. saw him as he was
and tried to dissuade her sister from
n ENHANCEMENT: the elder woman,
biinded by passion. wouldn't listen, and
n quarrel followed. in which both. nc
doubt. used words which they after
wards regretted
Yes" agreed. perhaps you're
right" "
Even II she'd never seen him." God.
frey added. "she must have suspected
VINO IT was-there was only one mar
In n world whom her sister was can.
able OF killing. Or she might have
imagined that it was some one else
mere 8 been nothing in all this, Les.
ter. to disprove my original theor,
about Miss Lawrence"
Godfrey" I said impulsively. I'm
going to disprove it once and for all
Look at this" and 1 thrust into hi.
hands the photograph Burr Curtiss hat
entrusted to me.
He gazed at it for some
in silence. At last he handed 1t bacl
to me.
o you believe that theory now?'
NO" he answered. and sat starin,
straight before him. his lips con
II knew you'd say So" I said. =.
knew you'd see how impossible it wa.
that there should be any shameful sec
ret In her life. l wavered once or twic,
when every disc overy we made seemed
to confirm your theory. but I neve
real'y believed it. I'd only to recall
this photograph
Why didn't you show It I 0 me be
fore?" ne asked.
"Candidly. Godfrey" answered
crimsoning q little. III don't know.
oh, yes. you do" he retorted. "Yo,
we're AFRAID q chin u out OF you"
He looked at me curiously for a mo
nsent.