The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-25
Where is the interment to be7'

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nudity. Are you trying to learn me
my business: You can 20 to the devil:
That's what you can do"
with yOur signature on my certiti-
ca:e?' inquired the scientist. unmov-
ed. Il won't trouble you so far. DR..
Breed. | thank you"
Outside in the street. Lawyer Balm
turned to his client. You didn't look
at the Jane Doe paper at all"
NO I'm not SO interested In that
as in the other"
'Something queer about his Blair
death! Not another murder!'
One side Of Chester Kent's face
smiled. NO. said he positively.
certainly not that"
There has been a lot OF scandal
about young Blair. I'm told. Perhaps
they're burying him as quietly as pos
sible just to keep out Of the papers,.
Il shouldn't consider his method of
burial likely to prove particularly
quiet" returned Kent. 'Of course |
may be wrong. but | think not. The
most private way to get buried is in
public"
want no better man than Breed 10 help
cover it. by the way. the sheriff has
been away since yesterday afternoon
on some business that he kept tO him
SELF
THAT also may mean sOmething.'
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you'll find out about that newspaper
matter III 80 on over to Sedgwick's
You can ret me there by telephone"
In the >l,nIiu Kent found Sedgwick
walkin" up aud down with his hands
behind his back and his head for
ward
"WhA ~, rn-rd lion effect?" inquir-
ed tn" : !.f''l
"SuIr, -. rs bee having a little
fun with ,.. a!rwled SedgWick.
"Ap,. Il was one sided.
What '"r raSel?'
"WI ~ take il to be?'
"Ic. scr look"
Wa: We room Kent plant
CO uAiISCl1 III llOul VI luC ul0 wig
board. upon which had been fixed. by
"a Of thumb tacks, d square of
rather soft white paper, exhibiting
evidence Of having been crumpled up
and subsequently smOOthed out. On
he paper was a three-quarter draw
ing Of a woman's head. the delicate
face beneath waves Of short curly
hair. turned a little from the left
shoulder. which was barely indicated.
Setting his useful mOnocle in his eye.
Kent examined the work carefully.
II should take it," he pronounced at
length. ito be a sort Of a second hand
attempt at a portrait"
You recognize it. thought"
ut bears a resemblance to the face
of the corpse at Lonesome Cove. Where
did that precious work Of art come
from"
Heaven knows. Ching Lung found
the sketch lying on the doorstep with
a cobbIestone holding it down."
1T isn't a sketch"
What would you call it. them"
"A copy. If you had used your eyes
on it instead Of your temper. you
might have seen at once that it is a
tracing. Look for yourself. now"
Taking the magnifying monocle that
Kent held out. the artist ~scrutinized
the lines of the picture.
by love. You're right said he.
Its been transferred through tracing
paper and touched up afterward.
Rather roughly too. You can see where
the copyist has borne down too hard
on the lead
whats your opinion Of the likeness
If it is the likeness which you sup
pOse?" inquired Kent.
why. us | remember the woman
this picture is a good deal idealized.
The hair and the eyes are much the
same. But the lines OF the face in the
picture are finer. The chin and mouth
are more delicate. and the whole ef-
feet softer and of a higher type"
do you see anything strange about
he neck on the left side?"
Badly drawn: that's ALL"
Just below the ear there is q sort
of darkness. isn't there?"
why. yes. 1t seems %curionsiy un-
finished just there
IF you were touching it up how
would you correct that?"
with a slight shading just there
where the neck muscle should be
thrown up a bit by the urn Of the
head"
"Or by introducing a large pendant
earring which the COPPER has left OUT"
Kent. you're a wonder! That would
do it exactly. But why in the lame
of all that's marvellous should the trac-
err of this drawing leave out the ear.
ring?"
"Obviously to keep the picture as
near like as possible to the body on the
beach"
Then you don't think it is the wo-
nan of the beach?"
No: | don't"
Who else could it possibly be-"
"PerhapS we can best find that out
by discovering who left the drawing