The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-01-30

screamed out e query Pauisne
and Anita looked at one another.
1t vas the same question Estelle
had asked of them.
can overdose Of bromide may
be fatal" parted the coroner, not
answering the question directly.
"Why did you do it,"
81 didn't do it," and the
French girl shrugged her shout
ders. why should / poison my
m~istress7 She was quick tenn
pered, but l was used to that"
/, Don't be stupid" said the cor
oner; "the bromide didn't poison
Miss Carrintgon, for, in the first
place, she didn't take it. The
: glass of milk was found next
morning untouched, though the
sandwiches were gone. Therefore,
(, the bromide in The milk was
found. Why did yo1 put It inf
Il didn't do it," reiterated the
maid. s'Look higher up for that!"
What do you meant"
II mention no names, but some-
body must have done it if bromide
was found in the milk"
"But you tried to get the glass
away next morning without being
seen"
WHO says I did?"
Never mind that; you were
seen. Why?"
"Well, sir, if l thought anybody
was going to get into trouble be-
cause Of it, l was only too glad
to help, if l could, by removing it
before it was noticed" Estelle
spoke slowly, as if weighing her
words, and her furtive glances at
Pauline bore only one signifi-
canoe. 1t was palpably apparent
that she suspected Miss Stuart of
the deed, and out of kindness had
tried to remove the discriminating
evidence.
Pauline stared at her with a
glance that went through her or
over her or around her, but gave
not the slightest attention to the
speaker.
did you put bromide in your
aunt,s glass Of milk, Miss Stu
art?" asked the coroner, and Paul
inc said, calmly: Certainly moi"
Mr.. Scofield sighed. ii was a
difficult matter to get at Che truth
when the witnesses wera clever
women in whose veracits he had
not complete confidence.
He gave up EsteHe for the mo-
ment, and called Gray Haviland.
The young mans appearance
gave every promise of fsankness
and sincerity. He detailed the
circumstances precisely as Pauline
had told them. He denied having
heard orsseen anything suspicious
during the night. He referred to
the coroner's list of motives for
the crime, and added that he
agreed with Miss Stuart that the
present case could scarcely be
ascribed 60 love or revenge. If
the murder was committed for
gain, it was, of course, a formal
necessity to question ali the bene-
~ficiaries of Miss Darlington s will,
but he was sure that all such In
heritors were quite willing to be
questioned. For his part he be-
lieved that the criminal was some
enemy Of Miss Darlington un-
known to her immediate house
hold, and he suggested that sreh
a one be searched for.
You We got tina: glo1e," he re-
minded, THAT was found clasped
in the hand of the murdered
woman. Why not trace that; or
endeayor to learn II. SOM way the
reason for the many peculiar cir
cumstances; or discover at least,
q way to look for fufther evil
dence rather than 50 vaguely gus-
pect those who lived u:lder Miss
.Carrington's roofi1
II am not asking yvur assist
ance in conducting this inquiry.
Mr.. Haviland," and the coroner
spoke shortly brt pursuing my
own plan Of obtaining evidence in
my own way. VIII you kindly
answer questions without com
ment on themf'
Oh, all right; fire away. Only
remember that we relatives and
friends are just as much interest
ed in clearing upthis mystery as
you are, and we rant to- help, if
we can be allowed to do 50 in
|telligently."
Asked again if ke saw OF heard