Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-09

no guilt between them as the law
Judges guilt The bond was a mystic
one But it was none the less fatal.
1t eliminated in a tragedy of which
the details are lost. Perhaps it was
an elopement that they planned; per-
h0ps a double suicide with the idea
that their souls would be united in
death There are hints Of that in the
old letters in the historians possession
and in the library at Hedgerow house.
This much is known: The couple EN-
barked together in small boat Won
Miltz was never again heard Of. Ca
mila GrosyenOrs body came ashore in
Lonesome Cove. She was the CoyeS
earliest recorded victim. The sketch
which that mischief mOnger, Elder
bennett, left at your door, Sedgwick,
supposing 1t to be likeness of the
unfortunate creature he had seen on
the road to your house, is a Charles
Elliott sketch for the portrait Of Ca
mila GrOsyenOr."
"My God" Jax burst out. WAS it a
ghost met up with that night on
Hawkill heightsY
"As near as you are ever IReIy 10
encounter, probably" answered Kent.
/ "NOw Pm going to make Il long jump
down to the present First, then, l
want you to follow with me the course
Of figure that leaves Hedgerow
house on the late afternoon Of July ..
BY chance the figure is not seen ex-
cept at a distance by Gansett Jim, who
suspected nothing then. Otherwise it
would have been stopped, as it wears
Mrs, Buir's necklace and rings"
dressing the part Of Astraea,"
/ guessed Lawyer Balm.
"Precisely. Our jeweIed figure, in a
dress that is an old one Of Mrs. Bl0ir's
and with Il package in hand, makes its
way across country to the coast"
"To join me- said Preston JaX,
"TO Join you. Chance brings the
wayfarer face to face with that gen.
tleman Of the peeliaboo mind, Elder
bennett. They talk The stranger
usks-quite by chance, though the ell
der assumed 1t was otherwise-about
the home Of Francis Sedgwick. At
the entrance to Sedgwick's place the
pair met There was curious en-
counter, ending In Sedgwick's demand
ing an explanation Of the rose topazes,
which he knew to be Mrs. Blair's."
"IIow did he know that?' demanded
Alexander Blair,
Because | had worn them when |
sut to him for my picture said Mar
jorie Blair quietly
"The stranger" continued Kent re
fused to give Sedgwick any explana'
ton, and when he threatened to fol
low stunned him with II rock and es.
capped. Some distance down the road
the waylurer encountered Simon T.
GrOOt, the itincrHnt merchant Scdg
wick afterward met him and made in.
quilles, but obtained no satisfaction,
"Sedgwick was back in his house by
o'clock, and we have q witness here
who was talking with the wearer OF
the necklace at that hour, JaX, let Us
have your statement
Holding the copy Of the confession
in his hand in case Of confusion OF
memory, the stnrmastcr told Of hi,
rendezvous, Of the swift savage at
tack Of the appalling incident Of The
munacles, Of the wild race across The
heights and Of the final tragedy.
"Iyc thought and wondered and zig
ured day and night he said in con
clusion, "and can't get ut what thai
rope and the handouts meant"
THE handouts must have come from
that dreadful collection Of Captain
Hogg's things In the big hallway a
Hedgcrow house." said Marjorie Blair
"Ies,' assented Kent, "and the din
clew to their purpose goes back again
| fancy to the strange mysticism o
the original Astraen. The dlsorderCt
mind, with which we have to deal
seems to have been guarding agnlns
any such separation as divided II
J death AstrNea from her Hermann"
ut was the other man that killed
! her" said Preston JaX, "thc man
heard yell when she went over Blu
what became Of HIM"
"SimOn i, GrOOt spoke of henriul
that mans scream, too" confirmed
, Balm Have you got any clew to him
Professor KentY'
"rhe other man was Francis Sedg
WICK declared Alexander Blair dog
gedly.
Chester Kent shook his head.
"l'yc got witness against that the
ory from your own side Mr.. Blair
. said he "Gnnsctt Jim at first thsAgh
las you do. In that belief he tried {,
, kill Mr. SedgwlcS. Now he knows hl
, mistake, Isn't that so, Jmp
"Nch,' grunted the half breed.
= "Thcre was no other man. sal,
. Chester Kent. Don't You understand
, Mr. Blair" he added, with signIhcan
, emphasis, "the source Of that cry II
, the night heard by JnN and simon I
. Grootw
, A flash Of enlightenment swcp
, BMlrs face. "Ah.h.hw he said in
long drawn breath Them 81 wa