Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-30


New England stock, he hid behind
bush and watched
did he overhear our CONVERSE
tion?"
HE was too far away. He saw
the attack on you. Now. just fit to-
gether these significant bits of fact.
The body of a woman, dead by VIC
lenee. is found on the beach not far
from here. The last person, as far as
is known, to have seen her alive is
yourself. She called on you, and
there was a colloquy, apparently We
hement, between you. eliminating in
the assault upon you. She hurried
away One might well guess that
later you followed her TO her death. "
II did follow her." said Sedgwick in
low tone.
For what purpose?"
ITO find out who she was"
(Which you didn't succeed in do
ing?"
"She was too quick for me. The
blow of the rock had made me giddy,
and she got away among the thick
cts"
That's a pity. one more point of
suspicion. bennett. you say, saw
your picture, The Rough Rider. He
will tell everyone about it, you may
be sure"
What of IT."
1.-The strange coincidence of the
subject. and the apparent manner of
the unknc WINS DEATH"
People will hardly suspect that
killed her and set her adrift for a
model, | suppose" said the artist bit
terly; particularly as bennett car
tell them that the picture was fin
ished before her death"
Not that; but there will be
plenty of witch-hangers among the
| Yankee populace, ready to believe
that a fiend inspired both picture
and murder in your mind. Why the
very fact of your being an artist
would be prima facie evidence of a
compact with the devil to some peo-
pie And you must admit a certain
diabolical ghastliness in that paint
ing"
evidently some devil of i'll fate is
mixing up in my affairs. What's
your advice in the matter?"
Tell me the truth. the whole truth
and nothing but the truth" suggest
ed Chester Kent.
Easily done. The question is
whether youll believe it."
IF / hadn't felt pretty sure of your
innocence l shouldn't have opened the
case to you as I've done. III believe
the truth, if you tell it, and tell il
ALL"
VERY we'll l was sitting on my
wall when the woman came down the
road. noticed her first when she
stopped to look back, and her absurd
elegance of dress, expensive and ILL.,
fitting, attracted my closer attention
She was carrying bundle, wrapped
in strong paper. 1t seemed to b'
heavy, for she shifted 1t from hant
to hand. When she came near
spoke to her"
you spoke first?''
well, we spoke simultaneously.
why should you speak to her, /
she was a stranger to your
"see here. Kent! You'll have to lie
me tell, this in my own way, if In
to tell it at all"
so long as you do tell it. VIVA
did she say to you ?"
"She asked me the time"
Casually"
mot as If she were making 1t
pretext to open a Conversations
that is what you mean?'
"It is"
Certainly 1t wasn't that. Sh
seemed anxious to know. In fact,
think she used the word exact til
exact time. she sasd."
presumably she was on her wa
to an appointment, then
VERY likely. When ! told her sh
seemed relieved; I might even sa
relaxed. AS if from the strain c
nervous haste, you know"
Good. And then?'
"She thanked me and asked If
were Mr.. Sedgwick. / answered tina
was, and suggested that she max
good by completing the Introduction.
"She wasn't woman of your ow
class, then?"
Sedgwick looked puzzled. well, n
| tnOuRnt not lIGAl, VI SllOQtuil
have been so free and easy with he
For one thing she was painted badl
and the perspiration, running dow
her forehead, had made her sigh
Yet, | don't know; her voice was tha
of a cultivated person. Her mann'
was awkward and her dress weiI
for that time of day, and, for a
that. she carried herself like perso
accustomed to some degree of col
sideration. That l felt quite plainl
| felt, too, something uncanny abol
her. Her eyes alone would have PR
duced that impression. They were p'
culiarly restless and brilliant
"Insane?" questioned Kent.
Not wholly sane, certainly; but
might have been drugs. That SUI
gested itself to me-"
"A possibility. Proceed
''She asked what point Of the hea,
land gave the best view. 'Anywhel
from the first rise on is good, sal
1T depends on what you wish to SCI
My ship coming in. said she.
Twill be a far view. then. I told he
This is coast of guardian reefs
lsWhat differenco2 she said, and the