The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-23

nothing whatever ABOUT the AFFAIR on
| ward
You mean that you are going to let
me get out Of it as best I CAM" cried
Eric, amazed.
Let us cross the street. Too crowd
ga on this side. Fine preacher. that.
He's making Christians Just as they
make sardinesl mean. he's packing
EN- In the same way"
once across the street, he resumed
the original theme. MY boy, I've come
TO the conclusion that you killed Chef
Wynd. Nc our of Justice can con-
Vlct You of the crime, however. The
corpus delicti must be established. In
olher words, the state Is obliged to pro-
auee the body Of the victim In order
70 prove that he Is truly and legally
deceased. There must be something
beside verbal testimony to show that
The man is dead. Technicalities are
great. life savers. / once knew of q
case in Chicago where a man was sent
up Tor life for numbering his wife. Tho
STATE was required to prove the corpus
dellcti. 1t produced inc OF the meta
tarsai n and said 1t was a part of
the dead woman's corporal body, al
though some Of the experts declared 1t
70 be from the person of a pig. But
~iS July OESiQSQ II WAS Il part VI Tile
woman n convicted the prisoner. II
1T hadn't been for that tiny bone he
would have gone scot free. So,sin your
case, there's got to be something to
show h a Chetwynd is really dead"
But will swear that / killed him.
said Eric sharply.
You wouldn't nave ANYTHING to saw
about 1T" said Adam Carr cheerfully.
Your lawyer would see to that. He
would demand the exhibits, from a to z,
among them Chetwynd or a part OF
him. What's a lawyer for IL not to at
tend to such things as that2"
Is that what you came here to tell
me" demanded Eric.
That, and this: I can't afford to be
dragged into this thing. 1T means ruin,
degradation. / merely ask you to as
sumo the entire responsibility. Leave
me out of it altogether. No one need
be the wiser"
Il see" said4Eric th~oughtfully. They
walked along for some distance in
silence. Adam vas watching his friend
out of the corner of his eye.
At the corner below, Eric drew up
| sharply.
You're justified In asking this of
me. Mr.. Adam" he said, knitting his
brows. you have stood by me, right
or wrong. I am not so ~ungrateful that
l will drag you downturn you, as
you say. / won't say that I condone
or approve tho uses to which you nave
put this unhappy business but that is
neither here nor there. II you ask 1t
of me will tell my story without con-
Meeting you with it in any way whatso-
aver. Here's my hand on it. I've tried
to dislike you. but I find that / can't"
Adam Carr's face glowed. He ut
tered a little cry Of relief as he clasped
the young mans hand.
That's all I wanted, my lad" he
said briskly. II wanted to see If you
were r Il blue, SO far as your friends
are concerned. I didn't believe you
could go back on me, after you saw
what 1t meant to me. You would have
don't realize it, but you would have
told everything the other day If you
hadn't felt that 1t would be doing me
a grave injustice. Well, I know it IL
you don't. We've stood together all
these years, my boy. and we'll stand
confess to Horace, and so have I. My
crime is 10000 times darker than yours.
1t isn't conscience that's working on
me, just plain fatigue. I'm sick and
tired of playing with Horace. 1 don't
sleep nights. It's got on my nerves.
together-this afternoon"
Eric was trembling ali over. do
you really mean it. Mr.. Adam?" he
cried.
II do. And we'll not put off until
tomorrow what we can do today"
In a maze Of wonder, Eric walked
on beside this strange, amazing man.
The thought never entered his head
that Adam Carr, the must astute and
calculating of men, might have con-
ceived the idea that his own safety
lay in the powerful effect Eric's can
dour would have on Horace Blasde~.
ThiH is not saying that Carr secretly
cherished a conviction of that sort, but
that he was clever enough to profit by
the perfectly obvious conclusion.
And by the way" said Adam, with
a speculative chuckle, If I'm any
Judge of human nature-and I profess
to bel think We'll find Miss Bright
on the right side of the fence when
she sees you are in trouble. It's Q
way women have"