Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-07
THE CURVED
b CAROLYN WELLS, Author; d wick, Van" Etc.

II, 49, 80
had been, and she caught her breath
quickly ana auQtbly a she dashed
frightened glance at Gray H9xiland.
It was by ma means an accusing
glance. though MANY who saw It,
eager for q direction n>which to cast
their suspicious, took II for such.
But Pauline controlled herself. i'm
nosd,s .certa \ asn not S.v. she he sa,a
was, Of coursD, & midnight Intruder. OF
the criminal class! I have no indi-
'yidual acQuaintances who use or
posses. the weapon that vas employ
ed in this crirne."> N ~
y ''The blackjack is an auxiliary on
". The poison may have been admin
istered by not versed in the ways
OF professional criminals. You admit
that, I suppose?"
ut Is no doubt true said Pauline,
Nelly that poison may be given by
a person not .belonging>to the criminal
classes. I fall to gee, however, how
that fact affects the matter In hand"
"Itsinay we'll affect It. . Since Miss
Darlington was killed by a deadly poi
son. we must conclude that tho black
tentich Of concealing the poisoning
and making it. appear that the blow
caused the death. There seems to
me NO other way to account for the
conditions that confronts US"
A silence followed this. Its truth
was patent to everybody. Clearly, the
poisoner had delivered->t the blow, for
no n else would attack aIvictim al
ready dead. And a plausible reason
would be the hope that the poisoning
would pass unnoticed in view Of the
other apparent cause Of death.
And II points to the work Of an
fessional criminal would know that
the autopsy, you'd disclose the earlier
crime"
Pauline lost her nerve. 81 don't
know anything about it," she cried.
and sank back into her seat, her face
buried in her hands. :
Coroner Scofeld was a man of tact.
1T is entirely natural, Miss Stuart
he said, that this thought .phould
overcome you. But we must /realize
the fact that, the theory of a pDbfes-
sional burglar is practically ,unten-
able, because nothing was stolen. A
Dut41 o AaOIASC SOulU Oc OILY tTOU.
berry, and this did not take place.
Nor. can we think that q burglar was
frightened away, before he could ap-
-propriate the jewels. For, after CIV
ing the poison. and before the blow
was given, sufficient time elapsed for
a~Jsuccessful getaway to be made.
Nor would the burglar have been at
pains to cover upfhis poisoning work,
for having achieved his end, he would
have secured his booty and made es-
cape. So, 1t is evident that the mo-
tive, not being robbery, ii as yet 0h.
KNOWN and may be obscure. and COM
plicated." q.
"what could it have been?" asked
Pauline. >her composure regained, her
voice low and even y
Scofeld looked at her. sit is. said,
Miss Stuart, that the onlymotives for
murder are love, revenge or gain. Can
you imagine any one Of these direct
ed toward your aunt"
Pauline replied TRANQUILITY. EW.
IDENTIFY she had fully recovered her
poise. II can think Of no one who
could have killed my aunt for love;
tt lis. improbable that she has ever
done any one such wrong as to call
for such a deed in revenge; as to gain,
!. you mean pecuniary gain, all the
So~SSS 1It kk0K4 VIII" kNAJ OG
said TO have that, motfve.' ~, IS
: Pauline's manner and tones were
80 jmpersonal. so scathingly ironic- "a
to amount to. disclaimer for all the
legatees. Her way Of suggesting ii
made 1t seem SO far removed !. from
possibility that It was farsmore EN-
phatic than any denial could have
BEEN
But Coroner ssofeld was 8 unmov-
<ed as his witness.
Quite So" he said fcoolly; land
therefore inquiries must be made.
Did you, Miss Stuart, after leaving
hear anything unusual or suspicious ga
what do you mean BY UNUSUAL OF
,spspicious?" Z s.. \. J,
y. mean did you see or hear any
thing, ANYTHING at aI1,athats you could
mot explain to youraolf as being In. any
way Connected with the tragedy we
are investigating 2"
Before answering. Pauline looked
IN turn at all the members Of the
household. Haviland slowly turned
MS. head as II to look ut something
across the room, and az slowly
brought it back to. its previous posi-
IT did not" said Pauline, looking
49, F-E'a -' .-sb
{ THAT Is ALL" said .Scoheld, briefly.
and the next witness was called.
THIS was the maid, Estelle4 Her
eyes were red with weeping. but she
was not hysterical now or incoherent,
She answered terBely questions as to
Miss CarringtonRs habits and as to he,
words and actions during the maids
last interview with her.
Il left her. at shout quarter Of one
the witness deposed; II had given her
the Oriental negligee, ofwhich she Ii
fond. / offered to take down her
hal! n put away her jewels, but she
declined those services, and bade me
leave her"
"She was wearing. when YOU left
her, only the Jewels. she had worn
during the EVENING""
!. .sonly those. slf. when. 1tchanged
her evening gown for the: boudoil
robe, she babe me replace such ieWels
as ], had already taken OF her, She
kept on her rings, bracelets and her
long rope Of pearls while I changed
her costume"
And then she dismissed You for the
eyes, sifs.
are rW az m M.s she 'hen' sitting be
mo. SIR. She stood in the middle
Of the floor" 49,
/ WAS she in an araiable. mood7S
She was not. Because Ioffered to
seAsiet her further, she ordered me
from the room In anger"
aSff.Ah. in anger! Was Miss Caring,
ton often angry with your
slnsed E asSshe wa with every.
sconhne your an.,res. to yous own