Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-29

voice, intermlngled With boyish ac-
cents demanding Sedgwick in the
name of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company.
Send him up ordered Sedgwicss.
and the boy arrived; but not beforn
Kent had quietly removed the Rounl,
Rider from it's place of exhibit.
Special from the village az
nounced young Mercury. Sign hehA."
After the signature had been duly
set down and the signer had read his
message with knit brows, the urchin
fingered, big with news
say heard about the body on the
beach,"
Kent turned quickly, to see sedg-
wicks' face. 1t was interested, but
unmoved as he replied:
No. Where was it found?p
Lonesome Cove. Woman. Dressed
swell. Washed up on a grating last
night or this morning.
TITS curious how they all come in
here, isn't it?" said the artist to Kent.
This is the third this summer"
And it's corkerino!" Sid the boy.
Sheriff's on the case. Body was all
chained up, they say
I'm sure they need you at the
office to help circulate the news, my
SON." said Kent And I'll bet you
this quarter, payable in advance, that
you can't get back in half an hour on
your Wheel
With grin the boy took the coin.
Il got yer" he said, and was off.
And now. SedgwiclS," said Kent de-
cisiVely, IF Tn to help you, suppose
you tell me all that you know about
the woman who called on you last
evening""
Last evening? All. that wasn't the
girl of the picture. It's an intermina-
Bile six days since I've seen her.
NO. L know it wasn't she, having
seen your picture, and since then your
visitor of last night. The question is,
who was it?'
watt How did you know that q
woman came here last night?"
From common gossip"
And where have you seen her
since?"
lon the beach, at Lonesome Cove"
Lonesome Cove" repeated Sedg-
wick mechanically. Then with a
startled glance: mot the dead wom-
AMI"
Kent nodded, watching him closely.
For a space of four art-beats-one
very slow and three very quck-there
was silence between them. Kent
broke it.
do you see now the wisdom OF
frankness?"
You mean that l shall be ac-
cused of having a hand in her
death?"
Strongly suspected. at least"
ION waht basis?"
you are the last person to have
seen her alive
surely that isn't enough"
Not of itself. There's a bruise
back Of your right ear"
Involuntarily Sedgwick's hand went
to the spot.
"Who gave it to your" pursued
Kent.
You know it all without my tell
ing you" cried Sedgwick. "But I
never saw the woman before in my
life, Kent-I give you my word of
honor! She came and went, but who
she is or why she came or where
she went | have no more idea than
you have. Perhaps not nearly SO
much"
"There you are wrong. I'm depend
ing on you to tell me about her."
mot if my life hung on it. And
how could her being found drowned
on the beach be connected with me?"
IT didn't say that she was found
drowned on the beach,"
you did! No; pardon me. 1t was
the messenger boy. But you said
that her body was found in Lonesome
Cove"
THAT is quite different matter"
"She wasn't drowned"
81 should be very much surprised IL
the autopsy showed any water in the
lungs"
But the boy said that the body
was dashed to grating, and that
there were chains on it. Is that
true? '
1T was dashed to a grating, and
manacled."
"Manaced? What ghastly mys-
tery." Sedgwick dropped his chin in
meditation. IF she wasn't drowned,
then she was murdered and thrown
overheard from a boat. Is that it?"
Chester Kent smiled inscrutably.
Suppose you let me do the ques-
tioning while. You can give no clue
whatsoever to the identity of your
yesterdays visitor?"
There was the slightest possible
hesitation before the artist replied,
None at ALL"
eff l find it difficult to believe
that, what will the villagers think Of
| it when Elder bennett returns from
Cadystown and tells his story, as he
! is sure to do?"
docs bennett know the woman"
No; but it isn't his fault that he
doesn't. He did his best in the in
terviewing line when he met her on
her way to your place.
She wasn't on her way to my
place." objected Sedgwick
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow.)