Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-09-23
THE SECRET OF LONESOME COVE.

man to permit such thing"
Without blame to her OF. indeed. to
either of them. She also believes now
that Sedgwick killed her husband
"And-and she was interested in
your friend"' asked the old scholar
slowly.
r,anf f;sar.that Is: I t1nst tn 60. Cfrcn1n;
but I give you my word. sir. it is
wholly impossible that he should have
killed your nieces husband"
ITO doubt your certainty would be
crassly stupid. And are you hopeful
Of clearing up the circumstances
There I want your aid The night
Of the tragedy person wearing dark
garment embroidered with silver stars
was on Hawdl heights. I have rea-
son to believe that this person came
there to meet some one from the Blair
place. It is to run him down that
have come to Boston"
"a man wearing dark garment en-
broidered with silver stars said the
philosopher. Surely a strange garb
in this age of sartorial orthodoxy"
"Not for an astrologer."
"Ah. an astrologer! And you think
he came from BostonT'
II think" said Chester Kent, draw
ing some newspaper clippings from his
pocket, that somewhere among these
advertisements taken from the news
papers which are subscribed for at
HedgeroW house be is to be tound.f
There I ought to be able to help
Through my association with the oc-
cult society I have investigated many
Of these gentry Great rascals, most of
them" r---...-...
''Whom would you consider the most
able of the lot?"
The old man set finger on one Of
the clippings. Preston JAZZ" said he,
lis the shrewdest of them all. Some
times l have thought that he had dim
flashes of real clairyOyance."
Probably he is my man. Anyway.
l shall visit him first, and if find that
his office was closed on July g.
ut was and for a day or two there
after as | chance to know, because one
of the occult society's secret agents
was to have visited him and could not
get an appointment"
Good! l shall see you, then, tomor-
row, sir
~
I Ten O'Clock Of the following morning
found the Harvard professor formally
presenting his friend, Chester Kent, tC
Mrs. Wilfrid Blair at the house of the
cousin with whom she was staying.
My dear" said the old gentleman
You may trust Professor Kent's judg
ment and insight as implicitly as his
honor. [ can give no stronger recon
mendation and will now take my
leave"
D Kent resisted successfully wild ant
fearful desire to set a restraining hol(
upon the disappearing coattails, for EN-
barrassment had again engulfed thu
scientists SOUL
II don't know exactly how to begin,
he said.
Then will help you" said she, bt
coming suddenly grave. "You are her
to speak to me of some topic Who'll
distinct from one forbidden phase
Have you lost any jewels latel.
Mrs. Blair?'
The girl-widow started YES Ho'
did you know?'
"YOu have made no complaint &
published 10 advertisements for them
81 have kept it absolutely secre
Father Blair insisted that 1 shout
do So"
"They were valuable, these jewels
THE rings were, intrinsically, bI
what | most valued was the necklac
of rose topazes. They were the Gro
venOr tOpazes."
"a family relic?''
Not my own family. My husband
mother left them to me. They cam
down to her from her grandmothe
Camilla GrOsvenor. She was rather
famous person in her time G. L. {
lott painted heroine of his finest Pc
traits. | believe. And-and she W;
remarkable III other respects. She w;
a woman of great force Of charact
and great personal attraction. b
Heve. though she was not exactly bea
tiful. When she was still under thii'
she became the leader of band
mystics and star worshipers- belize
that she became infatuated with OIL
Of them. young German. and TIL
there was an elOpement by water. I'll
/ remember, at least-her body wush'
ashore on the coast not very far fro
Hedgerow house,
at Lonesome Cover
YES The very name of r. chi
me. For my husband it had an INCA
ny fascination He used to talk to I
about the place."
Would you know the face Of Cam
la Grosvenor?'
"Of course. The Elliott portr.
hangs in the library at Hedgert
house"
Kent took from under his coat
drawing purchased from Elder Denne
THAT is the same" said Mrs BIZ
unhesita tingly. 1T isn't quite