The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-02-06

your face is b .autiful,' and when
she said X have willed you
$4,000. Indeed, everything she
said was as il spoken to some
hearer; not as m who talks to
herself"
After you regained your room
did you ieave it againf"
mo, / did not"
Him. Now, are you positive,
Miss Frayne, that all these
speeches we're said just as you
have repeated them? tits a great
strain on the memory to repeat
accurately a conversation as long
as the one you have just re-
hearsed.'
"The speeches / heard are
burned in my brain. / could not
forget them if / would. / may
have erred in some minor or I'M
important words, but the most of
what | heard is precisely as | have
repeated it. Indeed, so thoroughly
was | amazed at it all, | wrote it
down as soon as | reached my
room. / had then no thought Of
of what was going to happen, but
Miss Darlington had made pecu-
liar remarks about something
happening to her, and in connec-
ton with that the words / heard
seemed so remarkable-not to say
uncanny-that | made a note of
them. This is not'a unusual habit
with me. / often make notes Of
conversations, as it has been useful
in my services as secretary"
"As howl"
eff a caller in a social or bust
ness way had conversation with
Miss Darlington, and l was pres
ent, | often made a record in case
she asked me later just what had
been said"
81 see. And how do you inter-
pref the words Henri, you are
the mark lain atY'"
II can only think that Miss Car
rington was in favor Of consider
ing marriage between herself and
the Count"
i'You made use of the word
'unHanny.' Do you imagine that
Miss Darlington had any forebod-
ing of her approaching doomf"
"When l heard her say, $40
morrow l will be forever freed
from this homely face Of NINE
and tomorrow all these Jewels
will be yours i couldn't help
thinking-after the discovery of
her death-that she must have
anticipated it."
= 'tDid her voice sound like the
d%espairing n of a person about
to die?"
son the contrary, it sounded
full of life and animation"
Ibid she seem angry with the
person to whom she was speak
ingY"
"At times, yes. And, again,
no. Her voice showed varying
emotions as she talked on"
"Her speech was not continu-
GUS, them"
"Not at all. 1t was broken, and
in snatches. But, remember, /
could not hear all Of what she
said, and the other person or per-
sons not at ALL"
"Did you not catch a word
from the other voice?
81 cannot say. Much, in a low
tone, that ] could not hear clearly,
might have been Miss Caring
tons voice or another s.. The door
was closed, and as soon as I re-
allied there was some one there,
not Estelle, / had no thought of
knocking, and l soon went away.
| ought to have gone away sooner,
and would have done so, but / was
SO amazed and puzzled / stayed
on involuntarily."
"Your story, Miss Frayne, is
very extraordinary. Can you sug-
gest, from what you heard, who
might have been in the room with
Miss Darlington?
II cannot, nor do / wish to. /
have told you what L heard; it is
for you to make deductions or
discoveries"
81 wish to say a word, Mr.. Cor
oner," and Pauline Stuart, with
her dark eyes blazing, rose to her
feet. II am sorry to say this,
but l must ask you to hesitate be-
fore you put too much faith in the
amazing tale you have just
listened to. / am sure Miss F'rayne
could not have heard all that non.
sense! 1t is impossible, on the face
of it, that my aunt should have
received any one in her. room after