Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-17

He quizzed her. Trust the elder for
I that. But he didn't get much out OF
her until he mentioned the Nook. Then
! she allowed she guessed she'd go there
! An he watched her go"
You say a man named Sedgwick
! lives at the Nook. Is that Francis
/ SedSwick the artist:" asked Kent.
.Thet's him. said Sailor Smith.
Paints right purity pictures. Lives
there all alone with Chinese cook"
We'll. the lady went down the hill"
continued Jarvis. Just as Sedgwick
come out To smoke Il pipe ON this stone
wall Try thought he seemed surprised
when she bespoke him. They passed
a few remarks. an then they had some
words an the lady laughed loud an
kinder scurnfUl. He seemed to he
puintin' at necklace of queer. fiery
pink stones tibet she wore and tryin'
TO get snmerhin' out of her. She turn
ell away an he started TO follow. when
all of sudden she grabbed up rock
an let him have it-blip: Keeled him
clean over. Then she ran away up the
road toward Hawkill cliffs"
We'll. this corpse amt got no pink
ilt' N4si't. Th-sfSAtfl SblhGbbANs
-'I;odies sometimes get robbed" said
Sailor Smith.
Chester Kent stopped over the with
en face. again pecrinE close. Then he
Strengthened up and began pulling
thuughtfulIy ut the lobe of his ear.
Say. said Sailor Smith. what's
them queer little marks ON the neck
under the ear:"
Back came Eent's eyes. "Those?"
h. said. smiling. Why. those are one
might suppose. such fluctuations as
would he made in flesh 10y forcing n
jewel setting violently against il by
blow or strong impact.
Then you think it was the wom"-
began the old seaman when several
voices broke in:
There goes Len now.
The sherin's heavy figure appeared
on the brow Of the cliff moving to-
ward the village.
WHO is it with him?' inquired Kent
''Gansett lin" answered Jarvis.
An Indiana"
Gosh! You got good eyes said
Jarvis Hes more Indian than any
thing else. Comes from down Anna
ganSett way and gets his name
from it,
HIN. When did he arrive?"
while you was trapesin' around up |
yonder"
Did he see the BODY"
Yep. Just after the sheriff got |
whatever IL was from the pocket Gan !
sett Jim hove in sight. Len went over |
to him quick. an said somethin' to |
him. He come and give look at the |
body. But he didn't say nothing. |
Only grunted. The sheriff tells me to
watch the body. Then he says. An I
I'll need somebody to help me. I'll !
take you. Jim SO he an the Indian
goes away together"
Professor Kent nodded. He looked
seaward where the reefs were now
barring their teeth more plainly through
the racing currents. and he sighed.
Then he bade the group farewell and
yet or M the beach.
Hes a sort OF a harmless scientific
crank" explained Jarvis; comes from
something TO do with the
government work"
Kinder loony. | think" conjectured
a little, thin, piping man. MUSES.
and moves around like it"
is that so"' said Sailor Smith. who I
sun uHu Ills EYES uAtt on tne ScHTlUeu J
neck. We'll, 1 amt any too dun sure
thet he's as big Il fool as some folks
know tibet thinks likelier of their
selves He seen there was somethin'
queer about tibet rope, an he asst me
lbOut the knots, right on"
Possibly the one supporter of the
absent would have wnvered in his 10y !
ilty had he seen the trore that Pro
'essor Chester Kent had carried un-
from the beach. in his 1
pocket. after picking 1t from the graf
ne. IL was the fuzzy cocoon OF
mail and quite uBimportant insect. !
rhe Washington scientist. seated on a
,owlder opened up the cocoon with alb
orbed interest. pricked IL until the
mpotent inmate wriggled in protest.
nd then east il aside to perish
Between the roadway and the broad
rOnt lawn of the Nook a four foot
ough stone wall interposes. Looking
" LSaIR - h.-.A-.sA~ Francis Sedg-