The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-24
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 '-On the wristsof some other pezs0n, possfbly.'
 man had chained the woman 6e hlmseIf7" said Sedgwick fncredulousIy. More probably the other way round.s
 sgTBat.s even nSoreiunbeRevable. Mot if you consider the evidence. You will remember that your unyster1- Ous visitor, whdIe talking with you. car Tied q heavy bundle. The manacAen were, I infer. in ,that''
 ssBnf what comcefvable motive could the dead woman have in dressing her self up like party, going to meet man and chafnIng hum to herself2'' When you haveia bizarre crime you must look for bizarre motfvess Just at present I'm dealtnE with facts. The iron was on the leftswr1st Of the body; therefore it was on the. right wrist of the unknown companion It is natural to perform a quick, delft act like snap ping on handcun with the right hand. Hence. presuunably. your visitor was the one who clamped the cuffs.y
 @And the mani broke of his? ??
 ~Yz But onMy after a struggle nm doabtedly If TAcould find a man with a badIy bruised. right wrist I should consider the traiPss end in sight. You'll make inquiries, will you, Mr. BainT'
 T will, and will keep an eye on Len schlager and the doc Anything mre now? If notfT'1l say good night.Y After the lawyer had made his way into the darkness Kent turned to his hrst t-T1a1s anrmfr is really becoming a very pretty problem- Why didn't you tel me Of your meeting with simon F GrootT"
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 s-The patriarch ifn4 4the circus wagon 9 @Oh. I'd forgotten. Why, when was fryinx to traiR the woman chanced uuOn him and aaslred if he had seen her. He hadnt:'
 HHe had Also she heard a terrkled cry shortly after. The cry, he thought. was in a mans voice. Simon P Groot fsn't wholly .1acktngsin sense of ohBer- vat1on.
 "A mans voice in q cry2 what could tlatamean 2'
 -Oh. anv. chesoc several hundred un- fhinkable tnlngBg' said Kent, patiently. AWastg She must have attacked some other hnanAas she did me. She was going to a. rendezvous, wasn't she2 Thenyshe ,ands the4 man she went to meet qwaxreAsd, and he killed her bg throwing her over the cltn.
 And the hamae1Hs ?" G80AW1 1C4B " AA44AAAA2 vVGAAs -NC AAG AAS@>A s-rhat, of course. is the inexplicabIe thing. But donst you think that was the way she metlher deathr'
 .sNo-
 .-Then what do syou thinkf'
 Never mind that at present Int poimt is ,that Sdmon F. Groot naturally supposed. you to have been mixed uE in whaesuer tregedy eheee was going You've 2nsunfcEEunate mack of manu facfuring evidence against yourself sedgwick The redeeming feature | that the sneriH can't very well use i to arrest you-''
 1T don't see why.S
 Kent chuca<led. Don't iyou see tha the last, thing. the sherimtwants to d is arrest anEbcdyT
 s'No, don't"
 ssWhy, he Ilasiths rbody safely buriec now Xon'n remember that he was 1T a great hurry lEet it buried Identt 1cation is whatkhe dreaded Danger or Identification. is now over. If any one should be- arrestedAt the body vvoul( be exhumed and the danger would re turn in aggravated form. No; hs wants yeu suspected. mot arrested"
 .'He is certainly getting his wish"
 .sFor the.present. Well, Pm on.''
 @sWhy don't you move your thing from the hotel andf stay here witt meY' suggested Sedgwtck.
 ''Getting nervous ?' inquired Kent
 Tt isn't 4that. but I think I cotil make you mOEeA Acounfortabl
 Kent shook his head Thank yoI but I don'e believe I'd better. Whe I'm aE work onEa case need prtvacJ No house. not even mans own, ca possibly be so private as a strang hotel
 Al. other with. laugh, then lapaing int pronounced gloom for the first tim he said, ''Tt seems pretty tough ths I should be insall this coil and tangl because a crazy woman happened b maeEesf chancekto make call on me. :"
 Rents pApeaglowed in the darknee and silence before he replied The he delivered himself as follows: "seda ykck"-pufr-'st -'stry''-puG-'sto forgrt 1 yuu can"-puf-puf f-''that stun abou the crazy kvvoman'' -puR-pun-pun
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 sa,uaaayrnmn's Greek. road, t1rniEl asade jagtf before 1t gains the tuEnpik to the Egr1e h~tel to evade a stretc Og marsA, travels on wooden stilf mcpss a deep clear pool fed by erfng. The most rigorous consta bl could hM~e found no basis for protes i'm the pace n7axatained across tn, hradge by light electric car, carrJ Ing a short, slender. elderly man, wh peersd out with weary eyes tatO th glory Of the Jr8y sunshine. At the en of the bridge dhe car stopped to aIIol It's occupant a better view of a figur pFogxate on the brink of the poo Prgsendy the figure came to the pol tws of a1E feurs The face turne upward, and the motorist caught tn RI3nk of a monocle Then the fac