Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-12
THE SECRET OF LONESOME COVE

earring which the COPPER has left
out?.
kent. you're wonderl THAT
would do it, exactly. But why in the
name of all that's marvellous, should
the tracer OF this drawing leave out
the earring %
obviously to keep the picture Is
near like a 5 possible to the body on
the beach,"
aThen you don't think it is the
woman of the beach?'
NO, DON'T
who else could it possibly be-"
Perhaps we can best find that out
by discovering who left the drawing
here"
'That looks like something of a
job"
Not very formidable, think. Sup
pose we run up to the village and
ask the local stationer who has
bought any tracing paper there with
ing a day or two"
AS the demand for tracing paper in
Martindale Centre was small, tho
stationer upon being called on had
no difficulty in recalling that Elder
bennett had been in that afternoon
and made such purchase.
Then he must have discovered
something after I left him" said
Kent to Sedgwick, for he never
could have kept his secret if he'd had
1t then
But what motive could he have? 2"
cried the artist.
Just mischief. probably. That's
III u1tar inc
to the storekeeper, Kent asked DO
you happen to know how Mr. bennett
spent the early part of this after
noon?"
II surely do. He was up to DIM
mocks rummage auction, an he got
something there that ticl<led him like
feather But he wouldn't let on
what it was
THE original" said Sedgwiel.
what does Dimmock deal in?'
"All kinds of odds and ends. He
scrapes the country for bankrupt
sales. an has big auction once
year Everybody goes. You can find
ANYTHING from a pillow handle to
second hand marriage certificate at
his place
1--WE now call on Elder Bennett"
said Kent
That worthy was about closing up
shop when they entered.
"Don't your lamp work right, yet,
Professor Kent?" he inquired.
Perfectly" responded the scientist.
eve have come to see you on an
other matter, Mr.. sedgwick and l.
First, let me thank you" said
Sedgwici, for the curious work OF
/, art which you left at my place
"Hay-ee?' inquired the Elder, with
rising infection.
Don't take the trouble to lie about
it, put in Kent. Just show us the
original of the drawing which you
traced SO handily'
The t6yn gossip shifted uneasiiy
from foot to foot How'd You know
| got the picture?" he giggled
didn't find it, myself, till got back
from the auction"
Never mind the process. Have you
the original here2*
Yes said Elder bennett; and,
going to his desk he brought back a
square of heavy blush paper, slight
Iy dscolored at the edges.
That's very good bit of draw
ing" said Sedgwick. as he and Kent
bent over the paper.
but unsigned" said his companion.
"Now, Mr.. bennett, whom do you
suppose this to be?'
why. the lady that stopped to talk
with Mr.. Sedgwick and was killed In
Lonesome Cove"
Then why did you leave out this
earring, in copying the picture?"
"Aw--well," explained the other in
some confusion, she didn't have no
earrings on when seen her. And it
looks a lot more like, without it."
"Your bent for gratuitous mischief
amounts to a passion retorted the
| scietist. sSome day it will get you
into deserved trouble, I trust"
II guess there amt no law to pre-
vent my givin' away picture, IL
like" sullSed the Elder.
Perhaps you'd like to give away
| another one"
Yankee shrewdness sparkled in the
| eye of MIR. bennett. Mr.. Sedgwick
said that was good DRAWN, and
guess he knows. Isguess it's worth
| money"
How much money, would YOU
guess?
give dollars replied the other, in
bold expulsion of breath.
AZ this moment Sedgwick, who had
been studying the picture in the light.
made slight signal with his hand,
which die not escape Kent
Five dollars is a big price for a
rough pencil SKETCH said the
scientist. I'D have to know more OF
the picture to pay that for it. Where
did you find it?'
I'm this book l bought the book
at Dimmock's rummage auction" He
produced a decrepit, loosely-bound
edition sof the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural Reports. 1.-THE picture was
stuck in between the leaves"
mo name in the book?" said Kent.
1.-THE f1y-leaf is gone. But here's the
date of publication-1S30."
(To Be Continued Tomorrow)