The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-23
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whitening beard that spread sidewise like the rippIes from a boats stem. Two blemishes unhappily marred the majesty of simon P. Groot's presence "a pair of pinhead eyes. mutually at tracted to each other, and mean and stringent little voice.
 There. gentlemen and ladies'" si- mon F. Groot was saying, s'there In that place of vast silences and infold ing shadows I met and addressed one who was soon to be no more. Madam said, you are worn. You are wan. You are weary. Trust the chivalry of one who might be your father. Rest and be comforted as with balm Standing by the roadside, she dropped like. a flower There is no rest for mel she said in mournful tones. I must away upon my mission,
 ~she vantahee, that fair creature, into the forest [ looked eat my watch the unerring, unwarranted, sixteen jeweled chronometer which shall presently have the honor of showing to you at the unexampled price of three seventy-and saw that the hour was exactly these timepieces vary not one fraction of second a day S:45. When next looked at the face of Father Times trustiest accountant, 1t was to mark the hour of the horrid shriek that shook my soul- precisely 9:31. And later when heard the dread news, realized that my ears had thrilled to death cry"
 Kent moved away. his chin. pressed down upon his chest He went to the omce of Lawyer Adam Bain and spent an hour waiting. with his feet propped ufy on the desk. When the lawyer e1l- tered Kent remarked
 '.You rather put our two onicial friends in hole this morning.
 'Just a mite maybe. But they ve crawled out guess T spoke too quick.''
 s.How sca'
 'sWell, if they'd gone ahead and buried the body as it was we could have had 1t exhumed And then we'd have seen what we'd have seen"
 True enough. And you didn't see it as 1t was 2
 t+See what? Did you~
 Suppose ', Kent said. '.you give me the fullest possible character sketch of our impuIsives friend, the sheriff E
 Half an hour was consumed in this process. At the end of the time Kent strolled back to the square, where Simon P Groot had been discoursing, There he found the ornate wagon closed and its ornate proprietor whis- ting over some minor repairs that he had been making An invitation to , take ride in Rents car was promptly accepted
 Business first, z said Kent You're seller. I'm a buyer. You've got some inform4tion that may wank If so I'm ready to pay. Was any of your talk true r
 Yep replied simon P, Groot aus tersly Tt was all true but the friIs.r
 twin you trim off the frills for $1O =
 ssFair dealing for a fair price is nay motto. Youth find it in gilt lettering on the back of the wagon. I will"
 What were you doing on Hawkhilf cIifrs 7Y
 Sleeping in the wagon
 'fAnd you really met this mysterious wanderer7's
 Sure as you're standing there.'s
 What passed between you?'
 sT gave her good evening, and she spoke to me fair enough, but queer, and said that my ehildren's children might remember the day. Now, I ain't got any children to have children, so I wouldn't have thought of it again but for the man that came inquirtng after her.
 When was that?''
 Mot fifteen minutes after
 Did you tell the crowd here that?''
 'Yep. sold two dozen wedding rings on tbe strength and romance of that point From my description they