The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-04-24
CHAPTER l.-Continued.

I'm not so sure of It," said the cor
oner, shaking his head. 81 have a
feeling that she isn't one of the ordi-
nary type. 1t wouldn't surprise me II
she belongs to-well. you might say
he upper ten. Somebody's wife, don't
you see. That will make 1t rather diff
6cult, especially as her tracks have
been pretty we'll covered"
1T beats me, how she got away
Without leaving a single sign behind
her" acknowledged the sheriff. She's
. wonder, that's all I've got to say
At that instant the door opened and
Mrs. Wrandall appeared. She stopped
short, confronting the huddled group,
dry-eyed but as pallid as a ghost. Her
eyes we're wide. apparently unseeing;
her colorless lips were parted in the
drawn rightly that suggested but one
thing to the professional man who
looks: the "risis sardonicus' of the
strychnae victim. With a low cry,
the doctor started forward, fully con-
yinced that she had swallowed the
deadly drug.
For Gods sake. madam" he began.
But as he spoke her expression
changed; she seemed to be aware of
their presence for the first time. Her
eyes narrowed in a curious manner,
and the rigid lips seemed to surge
with blood, presenting the effect of a
queer. swift-fading smile that fingered
long after her face was set and seri-
GUS.
Il neglected to raise the window, DR..
Sheet" she said in a low voice. at
was very cold In there" She shivered
slightly. "Will you be SO kind as to
tell me what l am to do now? What
formalities remain for me-"
The coroner was at her side. Time
enough for that. Mrs. Wrandall. The
first thing you are to do is to take
something warm to drink. and pull
yourself together a Bit"
She drew herself up coldly. 81 am
quite myself, DR.. Sheet. Pray do not
alarm yourself on my account. l shall
be obliged to you, however, If you will
tell me what l am to do as speedily as
possible. and let me do it. so that /
may leave this-this unhappy place
without delay. No! l mean it, sir.
am going tonight-unless, of course"
she said, with a quick look at the sher-
If, the law stands in the way"
You are at liberty to come and go
as you please. Mrs. Wrandall," said the
sheriff. but it is most ~foolhardy to
think Of"
Thank you, Mr.. Sheriff." she said,
"tor letting me go. l thought perhaps
there might be legal restraint" She
sent a swift glance over her shoulder
and then spoke in a high, shrill voice,
Indicative of extreme dread and uneas
mess:
Close the door to that room!"
The door was standing wide open
Just as she had left 1t. Startled, the
coroner's deputy sprang forward te
close it. Involuntarily, all of her lis
teners looked in the direction Of the
room, as if expecting to see the form
of the murdered man advancing upor
them. The feeling. swiftly gone, was
most uncanny.
Close it from the inside" com
handed the coroner, with unmistaka
bic emphasis. The man hesitated. ant
then did as he was ordered, but no
without a curious look at the wife o
the dead man, whose back was toward
him.
He will not find anything disturbed
DOCTOR" said she, divining his thought
Il had the feeling hat something wa
creeping toward us o of that room.
You have every reason to be nery
GUS, madam. The situation has bee
most acknowledgement trying,
said the Il beg Of you t
come downstairs, where we may al
tend to a few necessary details with
out delay. 1t has been a most fa
tlguing matter for all Of US. Hour
without sleep, and such wretche
weather."
They descended to the warm littl
reception room. She sent at once TO
the inn keeper, who came in and glow
cred at her as If she were wholly r.
sponsible for the blight that had bee
put upon his place.
viii you be good enough to sen
some one to the station with me l
you depot wagon?" she demande
without hesitation.
He stared. I'VE don't run a blu
in the winter time" he said. gruffy.
She opened the little chatelaine BE-
that hung from her wrist and abstrac
ed a card which she submitted to tt
coroner.
You will find, Doctor Sheet. that tt
car my husband came up here In b
longs to me- This Is the card issue
by the state. 1t is in my name. I'll
factory number is there. You M
compare 1t with the one on the ca
My husband took the car without o
ye tanning my consent"
: Joy riding" said Burton. with
vugly laugh. Then he quailed befol
the look she gave him.
II no other mea Is offered, DC
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