The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-05-01

graphs taken after death. They show
the lady exactly as she looked rwher
she sat there. See, she IL gazing al
the picture OF Cleopatra, too intently
to be merely q casual glance. And
what do you think of this? She gaEed
at Cleopatra, and. holding the counts
glove, her mind and heart full OF the
count, who would adore her when she
achieved this looked for beauty, she
meaning, as Cleopatra had her Mark
Antony, she, Lucy Darlington, aimed
at the mark of her ~chcice-the count"
IF that's true, Mr.. Stone, you are
the wizard Of the ages! How did you
dope 1t out? what" N' .H.
"Now, wait a minute. This isn't the
pipe dream you think 1t. But listen
while I tell the rest in my own way"
Listen! I should think I would!
Go on" .... .....
"You know, these takers give out
these charms with all sorts OF fool d.
rections to impress the duped Gus
toner. AS I say, I'm not sure yet
whether 1t was a professional of the
~clairvoyant type, or a regular beauty
doctor. But in either case, I've no
doubt that Miss Darlington paid him
enough to compensate for giving up
his practice and leaving for parts un-
known. For after the charm failed to
work, Of course she would expose the
fraud"
Upuf tho nnfcnn-v ia o.
Never, mind that for the moment,
Mr.. Hardy. Surely, II we can discover
for certain how and why the dose was
taken, it WIN go far to help MS trace
the criminal who added the deadly
element to the powder. Now, continu-
ing the Cleopatra idea. I am sure that
the clever clairvoyante-we'n assume
that's what she was" "f,tl. .s}iE
"She?" 49,. - 49,. at-E
Merely to designate this faker per-
son. Somehow I seem to see her as
one of those crystal gazing, frowsy
headed, kimonoed females, who prey
on the credulity of rich and foolish
women-well, let's call her that for
the present, this cleyer ~clairyoyante
somehow conceived the idea of offer
ing to make Miss Darlington as beau
tiful as Cleopatra. Perhaps she had
been here to see Miss Darlington on
the subject, and that beautiful picture
Of Cleopatra put it into her head.
But, assuming something of this sort,
assume further that she directed Miss
Darlington to robe herself, in a gen.
eral way, like the queen in the picture.
Note the pearls!. Wouldn't this ex-
plain Miss Carrington's getting her
pearls from the bank for this occa-
sion? And wouldn't it explain her
speech, you love pearls as being ad-
dressed to Cleopatra, to whom she was
talking?" '.. l@F' fHTy
go on, Mr.. Stone! Go ont" ~
II will go on! Wouldn't that ex-
plain, as nothing else on this green
earth can, the purchase Of a paper
snake by the woman who feared and
abhorred the reptiles? Surprising the
fool ~clairvoyante had told her that to
become like Cleopatra she must have
a semblance Of a snake at her throat,
as Cleopatra had the asp!"
Good heavens!"
IL tell you, Mr.. Hardy, nothing else
would account for that snake! And
any of these things might seem the
result of a lunatfc imagination by it.
self, but taken all together, the theory
holds water! Why think Of the orien-
tai scarf, the embroidered robe, the
mass of jewels in addition to the sig
nificant pearls, and the scarabs! All
point to the type of Cleopatra. II
there had been a picture on the wall,
say, of Helen of Troy, and Miss Car
rington had been rugged up in a Greek
costume, with a fillet in her hair, and
sandals on her feet-or IL the picture
had shown the Goddess Of Liberty,
and we had found Miss Darlington
draped In an American flag, could any
one have denied the significance?
There can be no doubt-no doubt in
this world, Hardy, that the costume,
the Jewels and the snake all point to a
connection with the picture of Cleo
patra, and IL 30, what other connection
is possible than the one I've blocked
out? Answer me that! And, finally,
the speech to the count, whose glove
she fondled. You are the Mark I aim
at A pleasantly Of wording newt
ably suggested by the thought of the
man Cleopatra charmed and the man
Miss Darlington desired to charm.
And q play on words, too, not at all un-
natural to her, for I'm told she was
both witty and clever in converse
ton" .-
"Mr. Stone, ! am carried away by
your arguments. I can't deny their
plausibility, but ! am bewildered. How
did you fathom this remarkable plan?"
simply because there is no other
plan that will fit the facts. / believe
| Miss Darlington did say all those
things Miss Frayne relates. I believe
she was alone in the room when she
said them. Therefore, they must have
had some meaning, and the meanings
I have Just ascribed to them must be
the true ones G. s
"They must be-
"And / will further satisfy you that
they are. Here is a memorandum ]
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