Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-09
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.Ddid she Gee you?"
..INthink not. II so, she made no
sign. but she was not looking my
way, and I went on into n recep-
ton :roe4n, where I was going ~
search Of a scarf Miss Stuarr NAG lels
there. When I r%ecrossed The man, Tue
lady had disappeared"
did not this e to you a stranse
circumstance" =.
a. had no right to any opinion on
the subject. 1t was not my affalr
what guests were at the house l was
visiting, or what. they might be DO
"But Mrs. rockingham asserts she
va not en- acquaintance OF Miss car
'%rington."
II did not know that, then: n
sven. so, it gave me no right to specu-
late concerning the lady's presence
there. Nor should I refer to 1t now.
except that in view Of the subsequent
tragedy it is due to every principle OF
known as to that evening. Mrs.
rockingham will, Of course, recall
the episode and can doubtless explain
it,
IT. should like to hear the explana-
Ition!,' said Pauline, with flashing
eyes, LAS mistress here now, ! am IN
terested to know. why a stranger
should wander about this house at
will" : .3s
Mrs. rockingham sat silent. Hell
face showed not SO much consterna-
tion or dismay as a cold, calculating
expression, as II debating just what
S~-Va.- s-A..S @Neor
At last she spoke. II may as well
own up" she said, and laughed nerv-
ously.. 81 was on the verandah, as
the vigilant butler noticed. l did step
inside the hall, as. L had so often
heard of the rare tapestries and
paintings, and, in my ennui, I thought
it no harm to take a peep. The great
door was ajar, and I was a little
chilled by my walk across the lawns.
I said to myself, II 1 meet any one
1 will merely beg a few moments
grace and then run away. Yes, / did
take a step or two up the stair, to
look at a;picture on the landing. 1t
was all innocent enough, perhaps not
and the light and warmth lured ma.
In a moment I had slipped out and
run away home, laughing over my
escapade like a foolish child"
Her light laugh rippled out as she
concluded her story. She looked In
genuous and truthful, but the Cor
'oner d%istrusted feminine fairy-tales.
and this was a little too fanciful to
be true.
Moreover. Mrs. rockingham was
looking at him sharply from the cor
e of her eye. Clearly. she was
watching him to see how he took it.
=. In @fSaSt IN ia IL -vM~~y val M a
acknowledged presence Of al outsider
in the house, for a not very plausible
reason. was illuminating in his estt-
nation. She had been on the stair
way. Had she been to Miss Caring
TONS room? True, she said she went
only to the landing-but pshaw. wom-
en- had no regard for the truth! Had
she and Count Charlier planned be-
tween them to-bah. why did this
woman want to kill her neighbor?
Even II she were Jealous of the
Counts attention, would she go so far
as crime? No, Of course not! He
must question her further. And yet.
what good would that do, If she
would not tell the truth?
Well; she was in the house at half
past eleven, that much was certain,
for Stephen 1llsley's story and her
own and also the buffers testimony
all coincided4as to that.
And them. Detective Hardy, who
had Gust returned from a short err
rand, madeta startling statement. He
declared that the glove which had
been found clasped tightly in the
dead fingers of the late Miss Caring
ton :" did belong to Count Henri
Charlier.
Mr.. Hardy had been searching the
Counts wardrobe, and though he did
not find the mate to that particular
glove, he found many others, some
worn and some entirely unused, but
all OF the same size and made by the
same firm as the one now in the Cor
oner's possession!
Thus cornered Count .Charlier re-
l~uctantly admitted that it was his
glove.
"I denied It," he thus excused him
self. because I have no idea how it
came into Miss Carrington's posses
sion, and I did not wish to implicate
her in an affair with my unworthy
Him. thought Gray Haviland.
fixing his attention on the Count and
on h Mustered Mrs. fFrothingham: "a
precious pair of adventurous! I ex-
,pect Scof1eld Is right, we won't need
an expert detective" ~
There was more Of the inquest. But
its continuance brought out no devel-
opments not already here transcribed,
There was much cross-questionine
and probing: there was much rather
futile effort to make all the strange
details At any one theory; there was
variance of opinion; and there was
mofe or less dissension.
But az a final result, the Coroner's
jury brought in a verdict that Miss
Lucy Darlington met her death by
poison administered by a person or
persons unknown, who thereafter,
probably for the purpose Of divertins
attention from the poison, struck hei
q blow on the head. The jury in their
elaboration felt that Count Henri
Charlier was implicated. But not
having sufficient evidence to make a
charge, suggested to the detective
force that he be kept under sur
VIGILANCE.
Continued in tomorrow
Evenings Herald.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
"You say your Jewels were stoieh
while the family were at dinner?"
mo. MOI This is. a serious theft
officer. Our dinner was stolen while
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