The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

and Mary Thomas, the parIOr maid,
were In the dining room, getting the table
ready for lunch. This room looks out
upon the lawn at the front of the house.
All of a sudden they heard a shout, and
the next moment the colonel rushed by
and made across the lawn to the Wider
ness gate. He had revolver IN his hand,
and was loading it as he ran. He dropped
two cartridges in his hurry, for [ found
them myself when L was going over the
ground Cullen had been with him
for years; he is an old soldier himself,
and at the sight of the revolver he dropped
the tray he was holding, climbed out OF
the window, and set off after his master,
who had by then disappeared amongst
the strawberries.
"He is a slow traveller, is the old man,
and he reckons that he was not more
than halfway across the lawn when he
heard a distant scream, which pulled
him up IN his tracks. 1t put the fear inte
hi 1, that scream. He told me that he
had seen too much active service not to
know the cry that comes from sudden and
mortal wound. It was no surprise to him,
therefore, when at last he reached the
wicket-gate, to find his master lying
dead In the road
"Above him, Juggling at the spear
that had killed him, stood Boyne-
"There was no one IN sight, and though
the road curves at that point he could
see it for fifty yards and more either
way He had no doubt IN his own mind
as to who had done the thing. Boyne
must have seen the suspicion IN his face,
for he jumped back, Cullen says, and stood
staring at him as white as a tableclOth.
90 Why do you look at me Ike that,
CuIlen?' he says. You don't think
"tU you can explain that away says
Cullen, pointing to the body, you viii
be, sir, if you'll forgive me for saying it,
a deyilish clever man
You're mad says Boyne- I found
him ike this
"'And where did you spring from, if
I may make so bold?' asked the butler.
Very sarcastic he was, he tells me
al had been In the upper garden,
and as you very well know, Cullen, !
wished to avoid the colonel says the
young man. I came round the back of
the house and entered the Wilderness
at the upper end. l was walking down
the center path towards the wicket-gate
when / heard someone scream, and set
of running. l could not have been here
more than half minute before you
The butler did not argue the matter,
but left him standing beside the body,
and went to get assistance On the lawn
he met two of the gardeners, and sent
them back believe he also saw Miss
SheTrick near the porch. 1t was upon
those facts, SIR, that arrested Boyne" "
al don't think, said the inspector,
shaking MS ReaQ at MN, = don't think
that ! should have arrested him, Ser
geant Hales."
1T looks very black against him, you
must allow"
(Which affects his guilt or innocence
neither one way nor the other Has a
doctor examined the body?"
"Yes, SIR, and extracted the spear
why did you let him do that?'
asked the little man, sharply.
az knew you would be vexed about
It, but it was done while l was out O.
the house, examining the road and lawn
He was very careful not to handle Il
more than was necessary, he said; but
he had to saw the shaft N two"
And why was that"
"He said that the force used by thu
throwg must have been very great
Every great?"
"Y@. Er, gigantie-that Is what b
said"
Arlington Peace walked 90 the win
dow and stood there staring out at tha
elm avenue that swayed softly IN tn