Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-12-19

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I'm allowing for the discount OF ro-
nance Did You notice her boots"
Not particularly. except that she
was always spick and span from head
to foot
"Humph Was 1t pretty warm the
last week she called on yOuf"
piping
Did she show IT,"
Never bit Always looked fresh
as n flower
Then although she came far. she
didn't walk fnr to get here There's
rond back Of the hill yunder and II 1T
tie copse u IN open field where u mo
torcnr has stood | should say that
she had driven herself there and come
across the hill to you
Could We track the car" asked
Sedgwick cpgery
mo farther than the main road
what is the latest She ever left here
when she arrived sfhot:"
Once she STAYED till hat. past q
begged her 10 stss md dice. 1T he
drew into herself at the mere sugges
ton
Half past o Allowing for a half
past dinner and time To dress for IT,
she would nave perhaps twelve to NJ
teen miles to 20 in the car The name
she gave is obviously not her own. not
even ! judge. her maiden name
Sedgwick turned very white. DO
you mean that she is married wo
man he demanded
How could you have failed to see
IT, returned Ia. other gently "A
young girl Of hrcc,lim: and social eI
pcricnre would hardly have come to
vour studio A married woman might
who respected herself with full conf
dcncc aud knew with the same conf
dcncr Int You would respect her And.
my dear boy. sddcd Kent. With his
quiet winning svlilc. Won are a man 10
inspire confidence otherwise | my
self might have suspected you OF hay
ing hand in the death ~ the woman
un the bench
Never mind the woman on the
beach This other matter IL more than
life or death Is that himsy snppos
tion Ali ven have 10 60 on"
No Her travel Her wide ac
quaintnnce with men and events Her
obvious poisr And rcverting to tan
glble fact. ~ clinchIng evidence. there
are her gloves which she always
wore
What about her gloves:
You never saw her left hand. did
you:"
"Oh. | See You mean the wedding
rim. Well | suppose. continued
Srdgwick. With tinge Of contempt In
his voice. she could have taken on
her ring rs easily as her gloves
There was no answering contempt
Ia Chester Rents voice ~ IA" replied
But ring constantly worn and then
removed leaves an nnmiStuhable mark
What the connection between her and
the corpse On the beach mny be is the
problem My Immediate business IL TO
discover who the dead woman is.
And mine said Scdgwick hoarse
~, to discover the living
Well ~ least start together" re-
piled Kent Come,
Twenty minutes of curvins and dodg
ing along the rocky ronds ia kents
tunabout brought them to the turn.
pike In sight OF the town VI Annalaka.
The inquest is set Tor II O'Clock"
said Kent
IAN right ,nid SrIswirk with equal
taciturnity
They turned corner and ran into
the fringe 1T u crowd lowering about
the town hall lialting his machine
Ia bit VI shade. Kent surveyed the
gathering At one point IL thickened
about lnan who was talking eagerly,
the vocal center 81 small circle OF
silence
Elder bennett. said kent. back
from Cadystown ioull have TO face
the music now one word OF warming.
Don't lose your head or your temper
IL the suspicion raised against you by
bennett IL strengthened by me. Ny
concern IL To get to the bottom OF this
matter. There Is something the sher-
In knows that don't know. Probably
IL is the identity ~ the body. To force
him into the open it may be necessary
for me 10 augment the case against
you.
Ought 10 he ready Tor arresty
Hardly probable NJ present No; go
GU the stand when you're called and
tell the truth and nothing hut the
truth
But not the whole truth?"
Nothing of the necklace You won't
be questioned about that by the way.
you have never kept among your ar
tistc properties anything In the way
Of handouts, have you"
NO.
II didn't suppose you had Those
manacics ara n Siickcr don't alb
solutey do not like those mnnacles.
And on one wrist only. Perhaps that
ia the very fact though Well. We
shall know more when we're older.
two hours older. say Whether We
shall know all that Mr. Sheriff Len
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