The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-06
of Lonesome
 Cove
By SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
corsrishs. 1912. by he Babbs-saerriII
 Company

t1onings were over.
 .cEesl Have you gone in for Iocal society2''
 Not exaotly local It's Alexander Biaire
 .Hel-Ior' said NKent in surprise. What brings him 2''
 s'Why, he came down to Hedgerow house to look after certain books and papers and ran over here to make his amende honorable in form Chet. I hate being apologfzed to- stOf course. Every one does. Nev- erthesess, it's good exercise for MT. A.. BIaiF Esquire''
 sHa's the grim jawed. hard bitted Blair of old. Just the same, he made his apology as handsomely as need be. I'll bring him down here.s'
 The fabric magnate descended from the studio and greeted Kent briefly, chen turned to his host sFYou will ex-s cuse me if ask Mr. Kent to step out side I have some business with him Stay here.'s said the artist ssT'u go back to my studio Which he did
 s'I need your assistance. Some one has been tampering with my sons grave" said Blair.
 You mean the grave at Hedgerow. h0useq
 ssxes Gansett Jim reports that thera are signs Of recent digging. It looks as if ghouls had beeh at work there hnlEinx it for ransom. They would have had a fine surprise if they had got the coffin outr
 ..Because they'd have found no body in fI, you mean r
 &F.@-- cred that there were no remains. noth- ing but a punctnred sand bag2 Do you see the potential aIitiessof bIackmaiI2
 DO you know of an old lady named Orcutt In AnnaIaka r asked Kent
 No
 She owns the house inst next to Annalaka churchyard, where your son was buried as Jane Doe She is very worthy old lady. But she suffers se- verely from asthma In fact, it keeps her awake most of the night. So some interested persons have subscribed money and sent her south to sahato- rtu1n- I'd like to get you interested in her case
 You wis1 me to subscriber
 ''0h, more than that. think it V ouId be a good idea if you were to assume the entire expense of the proceedings g
 You mean reimburse the subser1b- erss
 Exactly
 For a few seconds the millionaire studied Rents candid face Very well, he agreed. How much P
 Sheriff Schlager can tell you. He is keeping the accounts You see. it was necessary to get her out of the way Her windows overlook the churchyard. :.
 50 you took occasion to indicate be fore.
 sRepetition of really relevant point is excpsable, She left two weeks ago. very much mystified but pathet1calIy thankful. poor old girl!
 When she was safely out of the way and no longer overlooking Anna Iaka churchyard by night from her window Schlager, Adam Bain and I paid a visit to the place What lay. nameIess, in Annalaka churchyard now rests in it's own place at Hedgerow house I wish that you might have heard the little prayer made by that simple country lawyer over your sons grave"
 Alexander Blair's cIinched hands went to his temples in singular ges- ture and dropped again What inter est did Schlager and Bain have In the matter7- he added in a low tone
 'eWhy, Schlager had done some dirty work for you and wanted to even ao counts with his own conscience Al for Bain. we needed third man we could trust asked him and got him It was no small risk for him. If you felt that his risk is worth some reward you night
 ssYes, yesE interrupted the other eagerly Do you think a thousand or perhaps more'
 Kent smiled By thinking hard could think a thousand, :, he said, s'bui not more in this case. It wouldn't be safe. Bain might not survive ths shock Thank you very much, MT Blair.''