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0edgwick tells. of .mseting . beautiful
1ouag woman. name unknown, With whom
~ has fallen in t0vsE S.f85f!r,s ~
hSIon the womanrs body and engage Adam
1a1n ~ ~asdgStck's lAwy<f,,l 1H
ger snd Coroner Breed sud-
-. rlW the body from p0biie
t Jim. an Indian. accuses
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an embroidered silver star
Of the Cliff above Lonesome
the woman died.
: CHAPTER XVIII
The AstroIossr's Tale.
n KIDNIGHT found Kent In his
N/ hotel rt.Om. knock brought
~ him t. the door
Letter for yur ' announc-
cd the messenger boy.
What Preston Jax had to say vas.
Arst, in the form Of Il very brief motto;
second. In the shape of a formidable
H. CHAPTER Xxx.
The Face In tho Coffin.
~ FOLD on Il bit" interrupted
- La wyer Balm. II remember
there was a fuss about the
corpse not being publicly
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insisted. The sheriff gave in. The
coffin lid wasn't quarter of when
Breed gave a yell aud clapped it on
again. aud they took the body back to
his house and shut themselves In with
It for half an hour before they took 1t
to the hall again. rather opined that
sOpae que had changed bodies"
That's what made you SO cussed
curious. was 1t, ADAM" barked the
sheriff.
There was no exchange Of bodies"
said Kent. But there was q change
In the body itself"
"What kind Of q changer" asked
Sedgwick.
Has it ever occurred to you to think
that after death the hair grows fast?'
"l've heard 1t said" said Lawyer
Balm. that it grows faster than in
life"
"And that it grows not only on the
head, but on the face as well?"
""The face! A woman's FACET" ex-
claimed Sedgwick.
"NO-a mans"
what MANI"
'"The man In the coffin"
Have you lost your mind, Chef:
The body in the coffin was that Of the
woman who met me at the entrance to
the Nook"
2"NO. 1t was the body Of the man
who, dressed in woman's clothing, met
you at the Nook and knocked you
down with 4 stone flung overland as
not one woman in q thousand could
have thrown It. That. in itself, ought
to have suggested the secret to ME
long before I discovered it,"
But how did you discover it?' in.
quAred Sedgwick in bewilderment.
by the cut on the cheek. You see.
the sheriff had failed to fOresee that
telltale beard. They had the body
taken to the house and did the best
they could. That cut on the cheek was
4 razor cut. Having realized that
much, l had to deal t~hencefOrth with
the mystery Of u dead man ~nas4uerad-
Ing as u woman and being abettetl
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law
"Astraea a man." broke in Preston
Jax. his chin in a spasm. mo wonder
she he put up such a fight. Who
war he?"
MY son. Wilfrid Blair" said Alex.
Hnder Blair.
"YUu see. Mrs. Blair" said Kent
very gently. 1T isn't SO bad as yOu
feared. There was no other woman III
the case. no disgrace. NJ shame. You
feel nothing but pity for an unhappy,
wrecked mind. for which death was
the happiest refuge"
But the mans voice." exclaimed
Jax. 1.-The voice OF the man on the
cliT!"
"Wilfrid Rlair's.' said Kent. "In the
final moment he came to himself. Al
last he resumed his voice. Up to then
he had been in voice. Manner. thought.
purpose. unronsciously playing Il part
"Astraea!" said Sedgwick and lax IN
q breath.
eyes. 1t was one Of those strange
and complete assumptions Of person
atty which puzzle the alienists. vii.
frid Blair's diseased mind had fasten.
ed upon the strange history Of his All
cestress and brooded on 1t until he be.
came convinced that her spirit was re
incarnated in himself. Undoubtedly
his striking likeness to the portrait OF
Camilla Grosvenor powerfully aided
the obsession."
I'VE thought 1t me%lancholia," said
Alexander Blair. "As you say, he had
been very secredve, very silent too
We kept Gansett Jim with him as q
sort Of bodyguard."
II must understand this ALL" said
Marjorie. "Wilfrid's body Is where?"
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