The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-10-09

wick met his son on the night Of the
tragedy. by chance or otherwise. and
that In the encounter which he be-
Iieves followed Wilfrid Blair was kill
ed. Unfortunately some color OF mo-
tive is lent to this by the fact that
Sedgwick had fallen desperately In
love with Mrs. Blair"
"Impossible: Marjorie Is not the wo-
man to permit such Il thing"
.'Without blame to her nr. indeed. to
either Of them. Sh" also mIicves now
that Scdgwick killed her h'lSbtnd."
"And-and she was interested in
your fripnd:' asked the old scholar
SLOW ~.
~ fenr-that is. trust so. Circum.
~stantial evidence is against Sedgwick.
but l.. give you my word, sir. 1t il
wholly impossible that he should have
killed your nieces husband"
IT doubt your certainty would be
of clearing up the cirUlustances:'
There | want your aid. The night
of the tragedy Il person wearing Il dark
garment embroidered with silver stars
was on Hawkill heights. have re;l
bOn to believe that this per on ct:ilt
there to meet some one FROM I - Blair
place. 1t is to run him down that l
have come to Boston"
"A man wearing Il dark garment EN-
broidered with silver stars" said the
philosopher. Surely Il strange garb
in this age of sartorial orthodoxy"
Not for a n astrOloger."
"Ah. an astrologer! And you think
he came from Boston,
Il think" said Chester Kent. draw
ing some newspaper clippings from his
pocket. that somewhere among these
advertisements taken from the news
papers which are subscribed for at
Hedgerow house he is to be found"
There | ought to be able to help.
Through my association with the &C.
of these gentry. Great ~rascals. most of
them"
Whom would you consider the most
able of the lotT".
The old man set q finger on n of
the clippings. Preston Jax," said he.
lis the shrewdest of them all. Some
times l have thought that he had dim
flashes of real ~clairvoyance."
probably he is my man. Anyway,
| shall visit him first, and if l find that
his office was closed on July g.
1T was and for a day or two there
after as 1 chance to know, because one
of the occult society's secret agents
was to have visited him and could not
get an appointment"
Good! l shall see you. then, tOmor-
row. sir"
Ten O'Clock of the following morning
found the Harvard professor formally
presenting his friend. Chester Kent, to
| Mrs. Wilfrid Blair at the house of the
cousin with whom she was staying.
MY dear" said the old gentleman,
you may trust Professor Kent's judg-
ment and insight as implicitly as his
honor. l can give no stronger recon-
mendation and will now take my
leave
Kent resisted successfully a wild and
fearful desire to set a restraining hold
upon the disappearing cOattails, for en-
barrassment had again engulfed the
scientists SOU
Il don't know exactly how to begin"
he said. -,
Then l will help you" said she. be-
coming suddenly grave. You are here
to speak to me Of some topic wholly
distinct from one forbidden phase"
Have you lost n jewels lately,
Mrs. Blair!'
The girl-widow started. Yes. How
did you know"
You have made no complaint or
published no advertisements for them
Il have kept it absolutely secret.
Father Blair insisted that | should
do so
They were valuable, these jewels!
"The rings We're, intrinsically, but
what | most valued was the necklace
Of rose topazes. They were the Gros-
venor tOpazes."
"A family relic?"
Not my own family. My husbands
mother left them to me. They came
down to her from her grandmother.
Camilla GrOsvenOr. She was rather a
famous person in her time. c.. l.. Ell
lott painted heroine of his finest pOr-
traits. | believe. And-and she was
remarkable in other respects. She was
a Oma of great force of character
and great personal attraction, | be-
lieve. though she was not exactly beau
tiful. When she was still under thirty