The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-05-01

strikingly beautiful, despite the In
tense pallor that overspread her face
Her dark, questioning, dreading eyes |
looked up into his with an expression |
he was never TO forget II combined |
dread. horror. doubt and a smoldering
anger that seemed TO overcast al
other emotions that lay revealed 10
him.
This is a-what is commonly called
road house'?" she asked DULY. her
eyes narrowing suddenly as II in pain.
1T is an inn during the winter, Mrs.
Wrandall. and road house In the
summer, IL that makes II plain TO you.
| will say, however, that Burton has
always kept well within the law.
! This is the first - er - real bit OF
trouble he's had, and | won't say It's
his fault Keep quiet. Burton. No one
is accusing you OF anything wrong.
Don't whine about IT,"
"But my place is ruined" groaned
the doleful one. ITS got black eye
now. Not that ! blame you, madam
but you can see how"
He quailed before the steady look
In her eyes, and turned away mum
bling.
There is fire in the reception
room, madam" said the coroner; "and
the proprietors wife TO look out for
you If you should require anything.
VIII you go in there and compose
yourself before going upstairs? Or
II you would prefer waiting until
| ,aH1
er-ordeal tonight"
Il prefer going up there tonight
said she steadily.
The men looked at each other. and
the sheriff spoke. "Mr. Drake 10 quite
confident the-the man is your hus'
band. It's an ugly affair, Mrs. Wran-
dali. We had no means OF identifying
him until Drake came in this evening,
out OF curiosity you might say. For
your sake, hope he is mistaken
Would you mind telling me some
thing about it before l go upstairs? |
am quite calm. am prepared for any
thing. You need not hesitate"
LAS you wish, madam. You VIII 90
, into the reception room, II you please
a 10 Nll =. w iahdNAA - 'SSAA 49,
!, ready for herr"
81 shall not stay here tonight" in
terposed Mrs. Wrandall. You need
, not keep the room for me-"
"But, my dear Mrs. Wrandall-"
81 shall wait in the railway statior
: until morning II necessary. But no
here"
), The coroner led the way to the cos!
little room off the office. She followed
= with the sheriff The men looked worI
;. and haggard in the bright light tha
. met them, as IL they had not known
@ sleep or rest for many hours.
p "The assistant district attorney wa
here until eleven, but went home L
4 get little rest It's been hard cas'
for all of us-a nasty one" explained
~ the sheriff, as he placed chair II
q I front OF the fire for her. She sank int
Y it Imply.
/, GO on. please" she murmured, an,
!, shook her head at the nervous littl
q woman who bustled up and inquired
r she could do anything TO make he
more comfortable
4. Il happened last night. All day lon
we've been trying TO find out who h
v is, and ever since eight o'clock thi
n morning we've been searching for tn
,s woman who came here with him. Sh
,f has disappeared as completely as
swallowed by the earth. Not a sig
OF a clew-not a shred There's noti
h. lot hn Inn n
,e by what means. All we know is tha
4 the door TO that room up there wa
standing half open when Burto
z passed by II at seven o'clock tn
= morning-that is 10 say, yesterda
"A morning, for this is now Wednesda.
a II is quite clear, from this, that sh
"A neglected to close the door tight
q when she came out, probably throug
n haste or fear, and the draft in the ha
4 blew II wider open during the nigh
"A Burton says the inn was closed II
III the night at half-past ten. He wer
III TO bed. She must have slipped OF
after everyone was sound aslee
81 There were no other guests on th;
. floor. Burton and his wife sleep @
|
"A top OF the house and In wing. \
one heard a sound We have not u
remoteet idea when the thing ha
\ pened or when she left the place. ID
u Sheet says the man had been dead s.
4 or eight hours when he first saw hir
M and that was very soon after Burton
" discovery. Burton, on finding the do
open, naturally suspected that h
! guests had skipped out during u
night to avoid paying the Oil, and 10
no time In entering the room.
a HE found the man lying on the be
/ spravled out, face upward and
" dead as a mack should say, qui
dead. He was partly dressed. II
a coat and vest hung over the back
1y a chair. A small service caryir
IL, knife. belonging 20 the inn. had bee
m. driven squarely into his heart and vi
Dr. found sticking there. Burton "a,
er that the man, on their arrival at q
in Inn. about nine o'clock, at night, q
ng dered supper sent up 10 the root