The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-08-14
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of Lonesome
Cove
By SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
Copyright. 1912. by the Bobbs-Merr;ll
Company
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ldSItu Will Il SuldIl IOpS. CNcTyluluS
about the body indicated wealth. The
dress was extensively made. The
shoes We're Of the best type. and the
stockings were silk. The head was
married by a frightful bruise which
had crushed in the right side and ex-
tended around behind the ear. Blood
had clotted thickly in the short close
marked. The eyes were closed and
the mouth was slightly open. showing
a CLINT of gold amid very white and
regular teeth. An expression of dead
ly terror distorted the face. Professor
Kent bent closely over it.
That's strange-very strange" he
murmured. 1T should be peaceful"
But look at the hand" cried Jar
Wis.
Here. indeed, was the astounding
feature of the tragedy. the aspect that
brought Kent to his knees. the more
closely to observe. The body lay
twisted slightly to the right. with the
left arm extended. The left wrist was
enclosed in a light rusted handcuff to
liz Il Sudll was ldSlellCu. Al luS
end of the chain was the companion
cuff, shattered. evidently by a power
full blow, and half buried in the sand.
AS Kent leaned owe the corpse a fat,
powerful. grizzled man with a metal
badge on his shirt front pushed for
ward.
"Them's cast iron cuffs" he an
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these forty years"
What kind of IA ship nd be carry
in 'em nOwadays?" asked some one
in the crowd.
An what kind of a Seaman'd be
putting of 'em on a lady's wrist?"
growled a formidable voice, which
Kent. looking up. perceived to have
come from amid Il growth of heavy
white whiskers. %sprouting from a
weather furrowed face.
"Seafaring man. aren't you" in
quired Kent.
mo more. Fifty year of it, man
an boy. has put me in barbOr."
That's Sailor Smith" explained Jar
Wis.
"i. Chlltu, Will SOu ConC q lOon at
those Iashings and tell me whether
in your opinion they are the work Of q
sailOr?" asked Kent. ,,.
The old hands fumbled expertly.
The old face puckered. Judgment
came forth presently.
THE knots is well enough. The
lashin's a passable job. What gifts me
is the rope
We'll. what's wrong with the roper"
''Nothin' in pertic'ler. Only | don't
know what just that style of rope
would be dom Oh shipboard unless
it was to hang the old mans wash
on
Suppose we lift this grating" Kent
suggested, Ito see whether a ships
name is stamped somewhere on it,
He heaved the woodwork up on edge
and held it SO. while eager eyes scan
ned the under part. Murmurs of dis
appointment followed. In these Kent
did not join. He had inserted a finger
in a crevice Of the splintered wood and
had extracted some small object which
he held in the palm Of his hand. ex
aiming it thoughtfully.
"Wot We got there?' demanded the
sheriff.
Professor Kent stretched out his
hand. disclosing a small grayish OBJ
ject.
II should take it to be the cocoon of
ephestia k~uehniella." he announced.
Its a species Of grain moth"
OH" grunted Schlager. You're a
bug collector. eh?"
Exactly" answered the other. trans
ferring his trOve to his pocket.
Thereafter he seemed to lose inter
est in the center of mystery. With
drawing to some distance be paced up
and down the shore.
Nearer and nearer to high water
mark his pacing tool him. Presently
ne was scanning the tangled debris
that the highest tide Of the year had
heaped up almost against the cliff
foot. When he rejoincd the crowd ii
had suffered the loss OF one OF its
component parts. the sheriff. COnjec.
turr WAS l%nZZiny from mouth to mouth
rs to the ut;irialS sudden detection.
whatever it Was he got from the
pocket" Kent heard one of the men
say. Ill started him quick"
Looked 10 me like al envelope
fiazhrdtd some one.
NO" contrauictcd Sailor Smith
paper would have been all pulped uI
by the water"
MARKED handkerchief. maybe" sug
gested another. T.
Like as not" said Jarvis You bel
that Len Schlager figured j. ont there
was somethin' In 1t for him anyways
l could see the money CLEAN In his
eye.
That's right. too confirmed the old
sailor. 'He locked just like that wher
be brought IN that half wit peddler