Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-09-11

TO Alice and me this afternoon. Some
one may have watched u.s.
Zone thing is certain" Wendham
insisted; this must have happened
between the time Mrs. Lawdon came
down before dinner and when she
went for her purse. Now. as Mrs.
Lawdon came in last, and these Ia
dies and gentlemen have been in her
presence ever since, with the excep-
ton of those who accompanied Mr..
Lawdon to the billiard room, 1t is
safe to say that all these are beyond
suspicion.
Naturally" Mr.. Lawdon agreed.
Il suppose so, gasped MS Wife;
but Charlie, want the police. too. !"
I'VE will question the servants
first ourselves" Mr.. Evelyn rose
with decision.
The whole party adjourned to the
dining room. Frightened faces
greeted them with timorous humility.
A dozen quickly authenticated
alibis reduced the number of sus-
men were dismissed. The house
maids and personal attendants OF the
guests remained. OF these three
were eliminated, their duties hav-
ing kept them in other parts OF the
house or in communication with 9TH
er servants. A frightened gardeners
boy who could give no satisfactory
account of himself, the incorrupti-
BILE Ellen, Mrs. Gaynor's maid Adele,
and the second housemaid in charge
of the guests annex remained for
more searching examination. The
housemaid had been upon that floor.
even in and out of all the rooms, as
was her duty. She had seen no one,
heard no one, and protested her in
noncence with tears. The garden
er's boy at last owned that he had
been making love to the cooks as
sistant through the kitchen window,
the damsel reluctantly corroboratlng
his statement Mrs. Lawdon's maid
mistress had gone to dtnner--the
door was unlocked and the window
open-for which she bitterly de-
nounced herself. Ellen, nervous and
incoherent, confused her statements,
which consisted of the simple facts
OF having put her mistress room in
order and gone below stairs, with
walls of contrition at having left
the apartment even for moment.
Adele answered without hesitation.
She had felt Ill. Mrs. Gaynor, who
was the soul of kindness, had ex-
cused her from her duties, and even
insisted on her lying down on the
divan, where, her neuralgia being
relieved, she had fallen asleep, and
only awakened when the housemaid
had entered. She had then put the
room in order and joined the other
servants. The housemaid told of
finding her asleep on the divan, and
Mrs. Gaynor corroborated her first
statement, adding, that as the girl
was not strong, she often allowed
her privileges OF the sort.
THE fact remains. however" Mrs.
Gaynor added, that Adele is the
only person we find who was In that
part of the house for any length OF
time" She turned to the maid
gently, whose honest eyes followed
her mistress with alteration. Were
you at all disturbed-did you wake
at any time, as II some noise had
reused you?"
mo, ma am. I slept sound"
What time was It," she ques-
'ioned the housemaid, when you
finished your rounds and you and
Adele went downstairs?"
About ten said the housemaid
warily.
Then from ten till quarter of
twelve, when Mrs. Lawdon went to
f1Oor?"
There was silence.
Adele" continued Mrs. Gaynor,
you are on no excuse to leave this
house until Mrs. Evelyn gives you
permission, and you are to do what
ever Sn0 WISHES. / huOW you dIS
innocent" she added kindly, sit is
only that the right thing must be
done"
Very well, ma'am," said Adele
simply.
They must be searched" said
Mrs. Lawdon "Close the doors,
please, and let the men go into the
drawing-room."
The women were searched amid
tears and walls, Mrs. Evelyn presid-
ing as if such occurrences were an
everyday feature of her life, Mrs.
Lawdon with frank brutality, and
Mrs. Gayncr with plying anxiety to
spare the women's feelings.
Nothing was found. AS the last
garment was adjusted, Mrs. Lawdon
burst into tears of vexation.
This is all nonsense, all ridicu-
1ous," she walled. ST don't care
what you think, I want detectives,
and I am going to have them"
Mrs. Evelyn realized the useless
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