The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-07-28

men sne was murdered ana thrown
overheard from a boat-is that it,
Chester Kent smiled inscrutabiy.
Suppose you let me do the question
ing a while. You can give no clew
whatsoever to the identity of your yes
terday's visitorT
There was the slightest possible hes.
itation before the artist replied, ."None
at ALL"
"If find II difficult to believe that
what will the villagers think Of II
when Elder bennett returns from Ca.
dystown and tells his story, as he is
sure to do?"
docs bennett know the woman?"
"No: but II isn't his fault that he
doesn't. He did his best In the inter
viewing line when he met her on her
way to your place"
"She wasn't on her way to my
place." objected Sedgwick.
bennett got the notion that she
was. He hid behind bush and
watched"
Ibid he overhear our conversation"
He was too far away. He saw the
attack on you. Now, just at together
these significant bits of fact. The
body of a woman. dead by violence, is
found on the beach not far from here.
The last person, as far as is known, to
have seen her alive Is yourself She
called on you, and there was a colo
guy, apparently vehement, between
you, eliminating in the assault upon
you. She hurried away. One might
well guess that later you followed her
to her death"
II did follow her." said Sedgwick in
a low tone.
For what purposeY
ITO find out who she was"
(Which you didn't succeed in doingw
"She was too quick for me. The
blow of the rock had made me giddy.
and she got away among the thickets."
That's a pity. One more point of
suspicion. bennett. you say. saw your
picture, The Rough Rider He will
tell every one about it. you may be
sure"
what of it?'
1.-The strange coincidence of the sub
ject and the apparent manner of the
unknown's DEATH"
People will hardly suspect that
killed her and set her adrift for a
model, suppose" said the artist bit
terly. particularly as bennett can tell
them that the picture was finished be-
fore her death. | was sitting on my
wall when the woman came down the
road. | noticed her first when she
stopped to look back, and her absurd
elegance Of dress, expensive and Ill fit
ting, attractive my closer attention.
She was carrying a bundle wrapped in
strong paper. 1t seemed to be heavy.
for she shifted it from hand to hand.
When she came near spoke to her.
you spoke to her first?"
well, we spoke simultaneously. She
asked me the time. She seemed anx-
ious to know In fact, think she
used the word exact the exact time
she said"
presumably she was on her way to
an appointment, then"
Every likely. When told her she
seemed relieved. might even say relax
ed. AS If from the strain of nervous
haste. you know"
Good. And them"
"She thanked me and asked if were
Mr.. Sedgwick. answered that was
and suggested that she make good by
completing the introduction"
"She wasn't woman Of your own
class, then?"
Sedgwick looked puzzled. swell, no.
/ thought not then or / shouldn't have
been so free and easy with her. For
one thing. she was painted badly. and
the perspiration, running down her
forehead, had made her sight. Yet
/ don't know. Her voice was that OF a
cultivated person. Her manner was
awkward and her dress weird for that
time of day. and for all that she car
ried herself like a person accustomed
to some degree of consideration. That
l felt quite plainly. felt too, some
thing uncanny about her: Her eyes
alone would have produced that i'm
pTeSSlOl. lucy were pcNuiidiiJ 1851
less and brilliant"
'Tnsane" questioned Kent.
mot wholly sane. certainly. But It
might have been drugs That suggest
ed itself to me-"
"A possibility. Proceed"
"She asked what point of the head
land gave the best view. Anywhere
from the first rise on is good ! said.
1T depends on what you wish to see.
My ship coming in she said. 1T will
be fair view. then told her. This
Is a coast of guardian reefs What
difference? she said. and then gave
me another surprise. for she quoted:
"And. though thy soul sail leagues and
leagues beyond,
Still leagues beyond those leagues there is
more sea-"
That's interesting" remarked Kent
"Casual female wayfarers aren't given
to quoting The House Of Life"
Nor casual ships to visiting this part
Of the coast. However. there was no
ship. I looked for myself when was
trying to find the woman later. What