Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-23
THE CURVED
By CAROLYN WELLS. Authar Of ~viely Van" Etc.
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Pauline Darlington. rich. ugly an.
disappointed with life. quarrels will
n nsr slee xn, R.1 F4syn stuart Hft: ana !. n w.,s see !,
the conservatory with Count Charlier
with whom she Is infatuated. there ar
more quarrels n she orders the girl
for bed. Her valuable jewels are lef
on the dressing table.
aunt The a. SsIt T nor Snsx Ps !. ! ..sts s,nd s., he,
the dressing rsadi ' tse,e eoe dressed IS sei in an See o1i
entail robe. when the doctor arrives
he says the woman was killed by !,
blow on the head. Anita apparently I
death was due to poisoning.
witness 3. but does not ineriminate her
in the milk. Gray Haviisnd fails L
throw n light on the crime. Anti.
TONS room. She thought It was tt,
count. Pauline doubted. whercupon An
ita said she saw Pauline come from tht
room. Pauline denied this and said An
did not know tina Miss carrington's
will left him $4,000 in bonds. Mrs
rIo'ninknaW te'Is or eems ouFGiai
!sley had testified, she admitted goine
into the Darlington home or the night
OF the murder. A glove found on the
The jury fails to hx the blame for the
murder.
: Hardy. the detective, thinks the count
10 implicated despite Anita's protesta.
tons: Haviland does not think the
the great detective. is given the case
After an investigation, he seemed con.
WINGED that the murder was done by ar
ordinary thug. In questioning. Estelle
that a man named Bates was in Miss
admitted letting Bates in and out and
CAS- to f11in aid the The milk. Which Miss Mis-.
found At the boarding, house: H pro
mar was dead before he reached her.
Bates told Of going in through the
when he saw Miss Carrinston's body
in the chair. he thought she was awake
and struck her over the head with his
was lead. He fed without taking any
tewelry. Stone, Haviland and Hardy
discuss MS the counts connection With
chased the poison.
Stone begins to unravel the poison
mystery: After a talk with the family
hat the poison Was placed ii in the sand.
witch which was served Miss Darlington
in her room. Suspicion points to Count
Charlier or some member of the fam
admits that he walked with Miss Car.
of the murder. He admitted limiting at
marriage. 1t was Oh that walk that
Miss c%arrinston told him Of bequeath.
ing him $4,000. +
In order to get at the bottom or al!
details Of the crime, Stone determined
to question Pauline and Anita. Pauline
aunt. h previously had denied doing
so because she feared they would sus.
e endt in ner anger oF the sp s5ime ba PsHIine Of in A1 1Ha'
her conversation tending to connect
Anita with the crime. =.
Anita told Stone that she believed
all connection with the crime. She in.
advertently admitted Knowing Of the
change in the will before the murder
Stone asked Haviland which Of the two
the crime. Haviland: refused to believe
that either was. but he was forced to
admit that both would IL il they had
Stone and Hardy .di4cuss the. direren,
aspects Of the cas- Hardy maintained
that everything pointed to the guilt OF
Pauline. especially Stones new discov-
tered in water. Pauline overheard their
conversation. She denied her guilt, but
Hardy was more convinced than ever
He He ,. spe s1o his story at poliee head.
he would do everything to prove her in
nocence. He believed she was innocent,
and to his surprise. he suddenly found
that he had fallen in love with her. She
promised to remain away from him, and
after her departure for New York the
district attorney called to see her. All,
then. suspected that her arrest would
} follow. The next day they received word
that she had sailed. Haviland ordered
that she be wirelessed to return on the
first incoming ship.
l. XXI. #
FLEMING STONES THEORY.
f. Alone in the library, Fleming Stone
and Detective Hardy were in counsel
I'm going to show you this thing
as / see it, Mr.. Hardy said Stone.
II frankly admit it's all theory,
haven't a particle of human testi-
mony to back it. but it seems to me
the ONLY solution that will ft all
ask you to consider it confidential for
the present, until I can corroborate
it by unmistakable proofs"
Hardy nodded assent, his eyes fixed
on the speaker in a sort of fascina-
tion.s
This young detective had not been
at all idle Of late, but his work had
amounted to nothing definite, and
though he was himself convinced that
Pauline Stuart was responsible for
her aunt's death, he seldom exploited
that view before Stone, having learn.
ed that 1t was an unWelcome subject
There's the theory in a very small
nutshell" said Stone, but remember
you're not to mention it to anyone
until I give you permission. Miss
Lucy Darlington took that powder
thinking it a drug that would make
her beautiful"
"a charm? A philter?" Hardy's
eyes seemed to bulge in his excite
ment.
&"I'm not sure whether 1T was .
fake magic affair, say, from a clair
voyant or fortune-teller. or whether
It was a plain swindle from a beauty
doctor or something Of that sort. You
know such people play on the cred
ulity Of rich patrons and get enorm-
GUS sums and q promise of secrecy
for q so-called beauty producer.
But why would the doctor or the
clafrvoyant person give a patient
poison :"
They didn't. They gave a harm.
less powder, and some evil-minded
person added the aconite. secretly,
knowing of the beauty scheme"
Who did?"
That's yet to be discovered, bu.
1t will be easier II we can trace the
one who sold her the nostrum. Now
listen while i reconstruct the scene.
Miss Darlington, having dismissed
her maid, goes TO her bathroom, and
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