The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-01-22

Breed. ! thank you"
Outside in the street, Lawyer Balm
turned to his client You didn't look
at the Jane Doe paper at ALL"
mo. I'm not 50 interested in that
as in the other"
Something queer about this Blair
death? Not another murder?'
One side of Chester Kents face
smiled. NO" said he positively.
certainly not that"
There has been a lot Of scandal
about young Blair. I'm told. Perhaps
they're burying him as quietly as pos
sible just to keep out of the papers,"
Il shouldn't consider his method Of
burial likely to prove particularly
quiet" returned Kent. "Of course
may be wrong, but | think not The
most private way to get buried is in
public"
"Well. if a death was crooked I'd
want no better man than Breed to help
cover it. By the way. the sheriff has
been away since yesterday afternoon
on some business that he kept to him
self"
'"That also may mean something"
remarked Kent thoughtfuIly. "Now. if
you'll find out about that newspaper
matter III go on over to Sedgwick's
You can get me there by telephone"
| In the studio Kent found Sedgwick
walking up and down with his hands
.. behind his back and his head for
ward.
"Why the Gagged lion effect?" inquir-
| ed the scientist.
"Some one has been having a little
fun with me- growled Sedgwick.
apparently it was one sided.
| What's this on the easel?'
"What would you take it to beT'
Lets have closer look
Walking across the room Kent plant
ed himself in front of the drawing
board, upon which had been fixed, by
means of thumb tacks, square of
rather soft white paper, exhibiting
evidence of having been crumpled up
and subsequently smoothed out. On
the paper was three-quarter draw
ing of woman's head. the delicate
face beneath waves Of short curly
hair, turned little from the left
shoulder, which was barely indicated.
Setting his useful monocle in his eye,
Kent examined the work carefully.
Il should take it," he pronounced at
length. Ito be sort of second hand
attempt at a portrait"
"You recognize it. thought
ut bears resemblance to the face
nf tho OF
did that precious work of art come
from?"
Heaven knows Ching Lung found
the sketch lying on the doorstep with
a cobblestone holding it down."
ut isn't sketch
"What would you call it, then?'
"A copy. If you had used your eyes
on it instead of your temper. you
might have seen at once that it is a
tracing. Look for yourself now"
Taking the magnifying monocle that
Kent held out, the artist scrutinized
the lines of the picture
by Jove. You're right" said he.
ITS been transferred through tracing
paper and touched up afterward.
Rather roughly too. You can see where
the copyist has borne down too hard
on the lead"
whats your opinion of the likeness
If it is the likeness which you sup
pose?" inquired Kent.
"Why. as | remember the woman
this picture is a good deal ideaIized
The hair and the eyes are much the
same. But the lines Of the face in the
picture are finer. The chin and mouth
are more delicate. and the whole eff.
feet softer and of a higher type
, do you see anything strange about
the neck on the left side?'
BADLY drawn; that's ALL"
"Just below the ear there is a sort
Of darkness, isn't thereY'
"Why, yes. 1t seems curiously I'M
finished just there"
IF you were touching 1t up how
would you correct that?'
with a slight shading just there
where the neck muscle should be
head"
"Or by introducing large pendant
earring which the COPPER has left out p
Kent, you're wonder! That woulG
do it exactly. But why in the name
of all that's marvellous should the trac
er Of this drawing leave out the ear
ringT
obviously to keep the picture al
near like as possible to the body on thu
beach,"
"Then you don't think it is the wo
man of the beachp
"No; don't"
"Who else could it possibly beY'
perhaps we can best find that on
by discovering who left the drawing
here"
"That looks like something of job.
"Not very formidable, think. Sup
pose we run up to the village and asl
the local stationer who has bought an.