The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 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
undistu-bed. since we were its only
occupants.
/ i've been up only a few minutes
myself" he began as / sat down. But
l didn't get to bed till nearly noon
There was too much to do, this morn
Ing"
ious to hear the developments"
There aren't any"
But you've cleared up the mystery
| OF the MURDER"
| Cleared it up! My dear Lester, we
haven't been able to take the first
step toward clearing 1t up! We know
the unknown was shot, but as to who
| 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" said. That's what
want to hear"
We'll" he began. after left you.
l hurried downtown toward the tele-
graph office. and It wasn't until I'd
man. I stopped Just long enough to
tell him that he was needed at the
Kingdom place, for my time was get
| ting short, and I couldn't afford to
waste minute. 1t wasn't until after
wards that / thought of the equivocal
position you'd be in when the police
arrived"
II was certainly under suspicion" I
| laughed, but there was no harm
DONE"
After got Off my message, /
| stopped here at the hotel, and cleaned
up. for ! was really sight. / learned
from the clerk that you'd already ar
rived In the custody Of policeman. I
peeped in at you. and found you
the least by the presence of the SEN
tinel."
THE result OF clear conscience"
/ pointed out.
$50 told the cop. after he'd re-
lated your adventure with the chief
Then l 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
than the run of coroners. l introduced
myself. told him what 1 knew OF the
case and Of your connection with 1t,
and persuaded him TO recall the officer
who was guarding YOU"
1.-THE only thing that bothered me-"
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, bear the reputation
credited with a sort OF second sight
when 1t comes to nosing out news. !
encouraged Haynes to believe that l
possessed both these characteristics. I
dwelt upon the suspicious circumstance
Of the light In the cellar, and led him
. I'LL xlat f,nt oil IA
considerably more than we really did
see. / didn't tell him the whole truth.
because / didn't want him to connect
this affair in any way with Miss Law
rence's disappearance. j want to work
that out for myself-it's my private
property"
I nodded: neither did I 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 / hoped against
hope. knowing Godfrey's persistence
and cleverness. that no such evidence
would be found.
after ia convinced the coroner Of
our disinterested motives" continued
Godfrey, 1--WE went down to the cellar
together, and, with the help of 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 he'd been shot in the breast. The
wound was a very small one, and there
had been little external bleeding There
were no burns upon the clothing, so
the shot was fired from distance of
at least five feet. The police surgeon
| IN, nd hot h.
bullet had passed directly through the
heart, so that death was instantaneous.
From the expression OF the face, I
should say that the victim had no sus-
picion of hic danger-you remember
that leer Of self-satisfaction. The
course OF the bullet was downward,
(which would seem to indicate that he
swas sitting in a chair at the time,
while his. murderer was standing UP.
He had been dead more than "a hours.
Tie claH OF the cellar was nearly as
hard a&roc1ks which accounts for the
fact that Harriet Kingdom was so long
getting fdfA buried"
"AndSit W4she, who fired the shot,"
said. with conviftion. Marcia Law
renee had nothing TO do with it."
"Dofyou believeAucy Kingdom knew
anything about it?'' he asked, looking
at me keenly. 49,
"No-I'm SUP she didn't"
one woman OH only ordinary strength
could handle aAbody which taxed two
strong men to MT! tell you, Lester,
Harriet Kingdom anaideds couldn't have
taken that body ~ the cellar and laid
it in that grave. hIfA Lucy Kingdom
didn't aid her, whetd&g's
II don't know" Mp&swsrsd. But 1t
wasn't who you think" H.
well, / hope it WASH but I don't
see any other way out" 81
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