The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-11

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Wen, he escorted us to the Danish
legation where we were dining"
AT what time was that?"
Eight o'clock dinner"
But he was not dining at the Danish
legation"
NO. He came and fetched us again
soon after H..
That's right, bnt between whiles?"
Yes. Between 10 and soon after IL"
Welt SUPPOSE don't know-yes,
OF course. I do! What a stupid ass /
am. Luke told me himself thai he was
going to see his uncle at the, Some
thing club in shaftesbury avenue"
THE Veteran's?"
Yes, that's 1.-THE Veterans Luke
wanted to persuade Radclyffe to go
abroad for h benefit of his health
Algeciras-that was it,"
Quite so" rejoined Sir Thomas dry
~" and Luke de Mountford went to
the Veterans club in Shaftesbury ave-
nue.. and he asked to see Lord Rad
habitue at that hour. On being told
that Lord Radcliffe was not there that
evening, but that Mr.. de Mountford
was IN the smoking room, Luke elected
TO go In and presumably to have a
talk with his cousin"
Il didn't know that" said Colonel
Harris.
"No, but we did. Let me tell you
what followed. The hall porter OF the
club showed Luke into the smoking
room, and less than five minutes later
he heard loud and angry words pro-
ceeding from that room. That a quar-
rel was going on between the two oou-
sins was Of course obvious. One or
TWO members Of the club remarked
on the noise, and n gentleman act
uany opened the smoking room door
to see wha was going on. He seems
to have heard the words '~blackguard'
and 'Reggag' pleasingly intermingled
and flying from one young man to
the other. This witness knew Philip
de Mountford very well by sight, but
he had never seen Luke. But remem-
Der that Luke denies neither the in
terview nor the quarrel The former
lasted close on an hour, and Lord Rad
clyffe's journey to Algeciras was the
original topic Of discussion. At about
1ng room. The hall porter saw him.
He was then very pale and almost tot
tered as he walked. Men do get at
times intoxicated with rage, you know,
WILL"
II know that, and I can well tlnag-
Inc h happened at that interview.
Radcliffe had become such a confound-
anything without this Philips permits
sion; and Luke was determined to get
him down to Algeciras at once AS
Philip was at the club, he thought that
he would tackle him then and there"
quite so. He did tackle him. And
equally of course the two men quar-
relied"
murder every man with whom n
quarrels."
stop a moment, Will. AS you say,
one does not murder every nan with
whom one quarrels. But you must adj
NIT that this is altogether an excep-
tional case. There was more than a
mere quarrel between these two men.
There was deadly enmity-justified en-
nifty, Illown, on Luke's side. We have
already come across-it was not very
difficult-two or three of tho servants
who were In Lord Radclyffe's Gus be-
fore Luke and his brother and sister
were finally turned out of it. They
all ave tales to tell Of the terrible
rows which used to go on in the house
between the cousins. You, Will, must
know how Luke hated this Philip de
Mountford?"
Again Colonel Harris was silent.
What vas the use Of denying such an
obvious TRUTH
You wanted" continued the other
and you've got it. For Louisa's sake,
for all our sakes, in fact, I made up
my mind to tell you all-or most-that
Is officially known to me at this mo-
ment. You must get Louisa out OF
town at once-take her abroad if you
can, and keep English newspapers
"She won't come" said Colonel Har-
i ris firmly.
"oh, yes she will, If o put it the
right way"
Which saying on the part of the
acute chief Of our criminal investiga-
ton department was but a further
proof-if indeed such proofs were still
needed nowadays-of how little clever
men know of commonplace ONE
THE case will be extremely unpleas-
ant" resumed Sir Thomas, who was
quite unconscious Of the Ignorance
which he had just displayed. TT viii
be hateful for you, and quite impos'
sible for Louisa"
always supposing," retorted the
other, that Luke is guilty, which
neither I nor Louisa will admit for
moment"
That" re5oined Sir Thomas, sis as
you please"
He put down his cigar, crossed one
leg over the other, leaned back in his
chair, and folded his tapering hands
together, putting finger to finger, witt
the gesture of one who is dealing Will
a youthful mind, and has much to ex'
plain.
Look here, WILL" he resumed. %
have three men standing in my outer
office at the present moment. Two o,
them have come back after having
questioned the past servants of thu
Grosvenor square household. There
was the butler, Parker, and an elderly
housekeeper, both of whom are in serv.
| ice in the west end. The woman tried
to screen Luke and to make light O.
the many quarrels which broke out be
tween the cousins on all possible oc
casions, but she broke down under GU,
fellows sharp questions. She had t.
admit that the arrogance of the on
man often drove the other to unguard
ed language, and that h had on NOR
than one occasion heard the men serv
ants of the house "a that they woult
not be %astonished If murder en-
sued one day. Well. we hav'
these two witnesses, and can easil!
get hold of the two OF three footme'
who expressed those particular views
So much for the past six months
Now for last night. The third ma
who is out there waiting for me to sc
him is Frederick Power, hall porter q
the Veterans club. The story whic
he told to our Mr.. Travers is so I'm
portant in its minutest detail, that
have decided To question him mySel