The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31
THAT AFFAIR AT
ELIZABETH . B ! Burton 3 uric s,. 2; sss ssssse! =
Holiday Case" Etc.
New York-Henry Holt & co-lsm.
New York-Henry Holt & co.-lsM.

life, throw away her future / stop
ped in despair. Really, ! felt for the
moment like tearing my hair.
1t seems incredible, doesn't it,
asked Godfrey, smiling at my bewild-
cred countsnance.
Incredible? Why, it's more than
that-it's-itsI don't know any word
strong enough to describe 1T. Godfrey.
what is this secret %
Il know what it isn't"
Well, what isn't it, them"
1t isn't about Curtiss. We've locke
into his life-I just got a report from
D~e!aney-and he's as straight as a
,string?'
And the women?"
With the women it isn't so easy.
You see, they We're in Europe for six
or seven years, and it's ard to follow
them. However. We're on their track,
and l have hopes"
"Hopes?"
o proving my theory the right one.
Depend upon it, Lester, there's either a
lover or a husband in the background
somewhere"
But again 1 remember the phots-
graph.
"A lover, perhaps" 1 admitted, but
not a husband, Godfrey. here's no
stain like that on her-there's no stain
at all. She's .spotless-Tu stake my
soul upon it,"
He was gazing at me curiously.
You seem mighty certain about it."
he commented.
For an instant. 1 had an mnnl to
SHOW him the photograph. But l
stItled it.
I am certain 1 answered lamely.
Certain your theory's all wrong"
Wen, I'm going to stick to it till !
find a better one"
Are you going tt make it public?'
NO, not TIL we've something more
to back it. We've wired our European
correspondents to look up the record
OF the women while they were abroad.
Wen wait till we get reports from
day after. Let's see If we can find out
which way Miss Lawrence went last
night
We had reached the hotel, and, as
he spoke, Godfrey turned into it.
The ticket agent boards here" he
with him. thought perhaps he might
be able to help me. All, there he is
now. Wait a moment"
He hurried forward and intercepted
a well dressed man who was just
leaving the office. / saw them stop for
q moments low-toned conversations;
then Godfrey turned back towards me.
No he said, no luck. Miss Law
renee bought no ticket at the station
here last night, nor did either Of the
| I0e agent was on duty
from 6 till midnight. But he suggests
a very simple way in which she could
have escaped notice, had she wished.
She had merely TO enter the train
without buying a ticket and pay her
fare direct to the conductor. I'm in
clined to think that's what she lid
providing. OF course, that she left town
at all"
II think she's left" / said; land
that's no doubt the way she did it."
Now, III have to say goodbye" he
added. II don't think | shall stay
here much longer-the Ease isn't worth
it. When do you go back"
I cont know yet" L answered.
I've got TO have something to take to
Curti5s. / ant go back empty-hand-
Cd"
III let sou know if l hear anything"
he said. our cCrresI ondent here will
be on th@ lockout fer developments.
Ny syrlpathies are all with Curtiss. I
want to help YOU"
THANK YOU" l said. Good bye"
| watched him for a moment. as he
hurried down the street; then | turned
rack towards the Lawrence house. Yes,
Godfrey evidently wished to help me;
and yet, while he had given me a lot
of what he called interesting informa-
ton" and had treated me to a no-less-
interesting theory, he had only made
the mystery more impenetrable than
eNSI.
Beg pardon, sir" said a voice, and
somebody ran into me.
| glanced up TO see that it was a
pert-looking boy, wearing a cap with
w. U on the front. We were just at
the Lawrence gate.
All right" l said. mo harm done"
and entered.
NO. TIL! was half way up the walk,
do 1T occur % me that the boy had
probably ON out of the gate-tha he,
had brought a message-from whom?
for whom"
l rang the bell, and a girl admitted
me; but 1t was not Lucy Kingdom,
whom l had hoped to see. She showed
me into the library, and took my card.
She must have met her mistress IN the
hail, for it was only a m before
the rustic of approaching skirts an
lounced her. AS she entered, I noticed
with a quick leap of the heart that she
held crushed in her hand a sheet OF
yellow paper.
Good morning, Mr.. Lester" she said
quite composedly, and it was evident
that she had entirely conquered the
agitation which had racked her the