The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-02-26

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plain"
whether or not Wilfrid Blair had
arranged meeting with this woman
is not known. AS you know. she was
found with her skull crushed on 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 tragedy
"As | understand it."
"Wilfrid Blair never was brought
home
"Ah? In any case Alexander Blair
is striving to conceal some scandal,
the nature of which | have no wish to
guess. BY the way, l should have add
ed that he suspects a third person, an
artist resident not far from his place,
! of being his sons assailant."
, Francis Sedgwick.'
4 "You know the MANI"
at is on his behalf that 1 am act
ing" replied Kent.
) my informant, however, inclines to
the belief that Alexander Blair is
wrong; that Wifrid Blair killed the
woman and then inflicted mortal
) wounds upon himself. Perhaps you
a would better see my informant for
yourself
! Unnecessary, thank you. Mr.. Blair
} is not telling quite all that he knows,
4 believes, if | correctly follow his
mental processes-that Francis Sedg-
! wick met his son on the night of the
} tragedy, by chance or otherwise; and
\ that in the encounter which he be-
: lieves followed Wilfrid Blair was kill
; ed. Unfortunately some color of mo-
) tive is lent to this by the fact that
4 Sedgwick had fallen desperately in
love with Mrs. Blair"
Impossible! Marjorie is not the wo-
, man to permit such thing
a "Without blame to her or, indeed, to
Z either of them. She also believes now
= that Sedgwick killed her husband"
"And-and she was interested in
4 your friend:' asked the old scholar
slowly.
: 81 fear-that is, I trust so. Crcum-
, stantial evidence is against sedgwick,
A but l give you my word, sir, it is
wholly impossible that he should have
= killed your niece's husband"
D ITO doubt your certainty would be
a crassly stupid. And are you hopeful
of clearing up the circumstance?
y "There l want your aid. The night
D of the tragedy a person wearing dark
garment embroidered with silver stars
y was on Hawkill heights. l have rea-
n son to believe that this person came
~ there to meet some one from the Blair
place. 1t Is to run him down that /
have come to Boston"
"a man wearing a dark garment en-
broidered with silver stars" said the
philosopher. Surely strange garb
Us in this age of sartorial orthodoxy"
mot for an astrologer"
n "Ah, an astrologer! And you think
I'd he came from Boston?"
~ 81 think" said Chester Kent, draw.
IN ing some newspaper clippings from his
c pocket, that somewhere among these
:. advertisements taken from the news
~ papers which are subscribed for al
~ Hedgerow house he is to be found"
There l ought to be able to help
IT. Through my association with the oc
Sc cult society l have Investigated many
lis of these gentry. Great rascals, most Of
hit them"
Whom would you consider the mos
ck able of the lot?'
The old man set finger on one Of
:; the clippings. Preston JAZZ" said he
~ sis the shrewdest of them all. Some
We times l have thought that he had din
flashes of real clairvoyance."
Probably he is my man. Anyway
l shall visit him first, and if find tina
ne his office was closed on July g.
"It was and for a day or two there
ed after as l chance to know, because on
he of the occult society's secret agents
was to have visited him and could no
". get an appointment"
ro Good! 1 shall see you, then, tomor
w row, sir"
~ Ten o'clock Of the following mornin
" found the Harvard professor formal,
presenting his friend, Chester Kent, t
wv Mrs Wilfrid Blair at the house of tn
cousin with whom she was staying.
ed "My dear" said the old gentleman
elk "you may trust Professor Kents Jude
ids ment and insight as implicitly as hi
honor. | can give no stronger recon
rim mendation and will now take m
ak leave"
-. Kent resisted successfully wild an
- fearful desire to set restraining mol
ilu upon the disappearing coattails, for en-
barrassment had again engulfed I'd
ne scientists soul.
tie II don't know exactly how to begin
ere he said
..Then l will help you" said she, b
est coming suddenly grave. "You are hel
ol- to speak to me Of some topic Who'll
17 distinct from one forbidden phase"
nd Have you lost any jewels latel
Mrs Blair?"
The girl-widow started. Eyes. Ho