The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-02-06

There was a rustic OF excite
ment. The, poison was said to be
admmistered.at about 1! Did this
fair, doll like girl know the secret
of the tragedy?
Proceed, Miss Frayne /; tell the
story Of anything you saw at that
time"
II saw nothing. But | heard
a great deal"
What was it,"
"The door of Miss Carrington's
room was closed, and | was about
to tap on it when | heard talking
inside. / paused, and | listened
in order to discover if her maid
was still with her, or some one
else. If it had been Esfelle, /
should have tapped for admit
tance. But it was not"
"Who was itf"
81 cannot say. The voice /
heard distinctly was that of Miss
Darlington herself. Her voice was
high pitched, and Of what is called
a carrying sort. The things she
said were so strange / fingered,
listening, for / was S o surprised l
couldn't help it.
First, 1 heard her say, quite
plainly: Your face is the most
beautiful / have ever seen! | wish
mine were as beautiful / as
sumed, then, she must be talking
to Miss Stuart, for surely she
would not say hat to her maid.
Then she said: But, tomorrow,
| shall be forever freed from this
homely face of mime
miss Frayne, this is very sin
gular! Are you sur you heard
correctly9"
81 am sure. But there is more.
She next said: Tomorrow you
will be glad l-glad!' 1t was al
most a scream, that. And she went
on: Tomorrow all these jewels
will be yours-if you-ah, but will
you9'' and then her voice trailed
off family, and I could hear no
more
"You heard nothing more at
ALT"
eyes; I waited-oh, / admit !
was eavesdropping, but it was so
strange I couldn't help it-there
was silence. 1t may well be some
one else was replying to her, but
I could not make out any other
persons words. A low voice would
not be audible like a,high pitched
/, one. But, after a moment, Miss
| Darlington resumed. She said
III shall change my will. Not
Cars half, that must.stand. But
the other half shall never go to
a niece who has no affection for
met Again / heard nothing, for
the responses were inaudible. Then
Miss Darlington said, in a musing
tone: Il have already willed you
SIC, 600 of those United States
bonds, but And, then, after
quite a long pause, Miss Caring
ton cried out, not loudly, but
tensely: Henri, Henri! you are
the mark / aim att That fright
ened me SO / ran swiftly back to
my room, and locked the door"
"You assumed Henri to be
Count Charlier?"
II had no other construction to
put upon the words"
"You thought the gentleman
was in Miss Carrington's roomP"
81 couldn't think that! And
yet, it sounded as if she were
speaking to him, not of him"
"This is a very strange story,
Miss Frayne. Have you men
toned these things you overheard
to any one before thisG"
"No. l have thought them over,
and concluded it was best to tell
the story first to YOU
and quite right. 1t is, then,
your opinion that there, was an
other person in Miss Carrington's
room to whom she was speak
ingf"
"It seemed so to me-"
! but you did not hear this
fother persons voicefP
Anita paused a moment and
then said: mot distinctly"
"Did you hear it at allf"
81 cannot say. When | did not
hear Miss Carrington's voice
clearly there were sounds that
might have been another person
of her own voice speaking more
inaudibly.'
Might it not be that she was
merely talking to herself-soGlo
quizingi'
1T could not have been that
She spoke definitely and decid
eddy to some one when she sale