Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-19
THE SECRET OF LONESOME COVE

but untrue?"
In one vital particular, at least"
Are you at liberty to state what
Il is?',
"wilfrid Blair never was brought
home.
| "Ahl In any case, Alexander Blair
is striving to conceal some scandal,
| the nature Of which I have no visa
to guess. BY the way, 1 should have
| added that he suspects third person,
| an artist, resident not far from his
! place. Of being his sons assailant."
Francis Sedgwiek."
you know the mani"
ut is on his behalf that 1 am act
ing replied Kent
my informant. however. inclines
to the belief that Alexander Blair is
wrong: that Wllfrid Blair killed the
woman and then inflicted mortal
wounds upon himself. Perhaps you
would better see my informant for
yourself"
Unnecessary. thank you. Mr..
Blair is not telling quite all that he
knows. Nevertheless, the theory
which he propounds as to his sons
dHSA1ldnlr 10 sCilOdS II Oih Hlr
point of view. Although" added
Kent thoughtfully, cit will be most
unfortunate If 1t leads to distrust
Mrs. Blair"
Marjorie? Am to infer that her
good name Is involved?" demanded
the old man.
Hardly her good name. Mr..
Blair believes-if l correctly follow
his mental processes-that Francis
Sedgwiclz met his son on the night
of the tragedy, by. chance or other
wise. and that In the encounter which
he believes followed, Wilfrid Blair
was killed. Unfortunately, some color
of motive is lent to this by the fact
that Sedgwick had fallen desperate-
ly in love with Mrs. Blair"
"Impossiblei Marjorie is not the
woman to permit such thing"
without blame to her, or, indeed,
to either of them. She also believes,
now. that sedgwiciS killed her hus-
band.
your friend?" asked the old scholar
| slowly.
81 fear-that is. I trust So"
"You trust SO? With this horror
standing between them!"
ut must be cleared away" said
Kent earnestly. "Circumstantial evil
dence is against Sedgwick. but,
give you my word, sir, it is wholly
| Impossible that he should have killed
your niece's husband"
"To doubt your certainty would be
crassly stupid. And are you hopeful
OF clearing up the circumstances?
There / want your aid. The night
| of the tragedy a person wearing a
dark garment embroidered with sii-
yer stars, was on Hawkill Heights.
| I have reason to believe that this
person came there to meet some one
from the Blair place; also, that he
can tell me. If I can find him, the
| facts which l lack to fill out my
theory. 1t is to run him down that
| have come to Boston,
"A man wearing a dark garment
Embroidered with silver stars, said
| the philosopher. Surely strange
garb in this age of sartorial ortno'
doxy."
Not for an astrologer.'
"Ah; an astrologer! And you think
he came from Boston,
II think" said Chester Kent, draw
ing some newspaper clippings from
\ his pocket, that somewhere among
these advertisements. taken from the
newspapers which are subscribed for
at Hedgerow House. he is to be
j found
There I ought to be able to help.
Through my association with the oc.
cult society I haNe investigated many
of these gentry Great rascals, most
of them"
Whom would you consider tho
most able of the lot?''
The old man set finger on one
of the clippings. Preston Jax," said
he, '.is the shrewdest of them all.
Smetimes / have thought that he had
dim flashes of real clairvoyance. Be
| that as 1t may, he has surprising
chenille of which he makes the most,
for he is a master-hand at cozening
women out of their money. More
than once he has been in the courts"
Probably he is my man. Anyway
l shall visit him first. and If find
that his Office was closed on July
5th-"
ut was. and for day or two
! thereafter as | chance to know. be-
cause one of the occult society's
secret agents was to have visited him
and could not get an appointment"
| Good! / shall see you then toe
morrow. sir.
fro Re Continued TomorrowJ