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

see IL tnrNuGu now. "Iherr are Things
want t. speak to Won about. wish
to get On your car"
Certainly not" replied she decisive.
~. II do not know you"
~ am a friend Of Francis Sedg-
wick. Try to believe me when I tell
you that | wish only to save both Of
you misunderstanding and suffering
needless misunderstanding and suffer
in.." he added.
ut Is too late" she said hOpelessly.
Nov. what rock and bull story has
Alexander Rlsi" told here" Kent de-
mandcd Of his mind. How much does
she know or bow Iittle?'
The jar and forward lurch of the car
erie.
Can l see you in Boston?" he asked
hurriedly.
She shook her head. Not now. l
can see no one. And. remember. l do
not even know you"
Kent cast about rapidly in his mind
as he walked along with the car for
some one who might be a common &C.
q%uaintancu. He mentioned the name
Of Il very great psychologist at Har-
ward. DO you know him." he asked.
Yes. He is my mothers half broth
err"
And my valued friend" he cried.
May l get him to bring me- He was
almost running now beside the win
dow.
YES" she assrnte!. IF you insist.
But l will hear 10 word of-of your
friend"
IL understand. Agreed called Kent.
"TOmOrrOw morIiE" then"
Kent wen direct to Cambridge. He
| found his friend. one of the finest and
~profoundcst philosophers of his time.
| sitting In a closed house over il game
of that form Of solitaire appropriately
denOminated idiots delight"
ut Is long since you have done me
the honor to consult me- said the
old scholar. smiling.
Kent outlined the case to him.
"YOu see,' lie said. there is an OBJ
| vious connection between the unknown
body on the beach and the Blair trag-
edy."
poor Mariorie!" exclaimed the old
man. "FOr her marriage | blame my
self largely. When Marjorie DOrrance
was left an orphan | was her nearest
relative of an age and position such as
to constitute a moral claim of guard
ianship. She visited here when she
was eightccn-came like Il flood Of sun
light into this house. A beautiful vivid
girl. half child. half woman: with a
beautiful vivid mind. When l return
ed from one Of my journeys into the
past | found that Marjorie was n
gagged to that wretched creature. Now.
he Is dead. Let be. | have see lit
tie Of her in late years. God grant
the life with him has not crushed out
of her all her sweetness and happi-
ness"
"While ! an no judge of women
said Kent judicially. 81 should ven
ture to aver that it hasn't. But about
calling on her-my being a stranger,
you see-and in the first days Of her
widOwhood social conventions. and
that sort of thing"
Mist and moOnshine, my dear sir.
MOOnshine and mist. Marjorie feels
no grief. She will pretend to none
not even to herself. | will take you
to her tomorrow
blair i'll treated her?" asked Kent.
ooh. i'll treatment! That is a wide
term. | believe that the poor weak
ling did his best to keep faith and
honor. But ropes of mud are strong.
Those with which he had bound him
self drew him reSistlessly back to the
sewers. Here was but a marriage of
GlamOr at best"
Does she know anything of the
manner of Blair's death?'
NO one knows much of it. from
what | understand. unless it be Alex
andcr Blair. One Of the family who
went to IIedgerow house for the fu-
neral called upOn me as Il courtesy due
to Mrs. Blair's nearest relative. Alex
nnder Blair. he said. was reticent. His
dread Of publicity is notorious. But
from what he. the relative. could as
certain the affair was substantially
this: On the evening before the wO-
mans body was found Wilfrid Blair.
who had been exhibiting symptoms of
melanchOlia. left the house secretly.
no one saw him 60. but about the
time that he left the unknown woman
was seen in the vicinity of Hedgerow
house"
by whOm!"
BY a half breed Indian. a devoted
servant Of the family. who was prac-
tically young Blair's body servant
"Gansett Jim. That helps to ex-
plain"
whether or not Wilfrid Blair had
arranged a meeting with this woman
is not known. AS you know, she was
found with her skull crushed III the
sea beach. Blair was afterward dis
covered by his half breed servant NOR
tally injured and was brought home to
die
THAT is Alexander Blair's version Of
the tragedyT"