The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-06
nan five or 10 minutes after

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administered at about l! Did thi
fair, doll like girl know the secrc
of the tragedy?
Proceed, Miss Frayne; tell tn,
story OF anything you saw at tina
time
81 saw nothing. But / hearc
a great deal"
What was it?'
"The door of Miss Carrington':
room was closed, and | was about
to tap on it when l, heard talking
inside. paused, and I listened
i'll order to discover if her maiC
was still with her, OF some one
else. If it had been Estelle, ]
should have tapped for admit.
tance. But it was not
"Who was it?"
81 cannot say. The voice
heard distinctly was that of Miss
Darlington herself. Her voice was
high pitched, and of what is called
a carrying sort. The things she
said We're SO strange I fingered,
listening, for | was so surprised
couldn't help it.
First, l heard her say, quite
plainly: Your face is the most
beautiful | have ever seen! I wish
mine were as beautiful I as
sumed, then, She must be talking
to Miss Stuart, for surely she
would not say that to her maid.
Then she said: But, tomorrow,
| shall be forever freed from this
homely face Of mine"
MISS Frayne, this is very sin
gular! Are you sure you heard
correctlyg"
81 am sure. But there is more.
She next said: Tomorrow you
will be glad!-glad!' 1t was al
most a scream, that. And she went
on: Tomorrow all these jewels
will be yours-if you-ah, but will
you?" and then her voice trailed
off family, and / could hear no
more
"You heard nothing more at
Eyes; [ waited-oh, | admit I
was eavesdropping, but it was so
strange l couldn't help it-there
was silence. It may we'll be some
one else was replying to her, but
[ could not make out any other
persons words. A low voice would
not be audible like a high pitched
one. But, after a moment, Miss
Darlington resumed. She said:
Il shall change my will. Not
half, that must stand. But
the other half shall never 90 to
niece who has no affection for
met Again l heard nothing, for
the responses were inaudible. Then
Miss Darlington said, in a musing
tone: I have already willed you
$4,000 of those United States
bonds, but And, then, after
quite a long pause, Miss Caring
ton cried out, not loudly, but
tensely: Henri, Henri! you are
the mark | aim att That fright
ened me SO / ran swiftly back to
my room, and locked the door,"
"You assumed Henri to be
Count Charlier7"
II had no other construction to
put upon the words"
you thought the gentleman
was i'll Miss Carrington's room?''
Il couldn't think that! And
yet, it sounded as if she were
speaking to him, not of him"
This is a very strange story,
Miss Frayne. Have you men
toned these things you overheard
to any one before this7'
"No. I have thought them over,
and concluded it was best to, tell
the story first to YOU"
And quite right. 1t is, then,
your opinion that there was an
other person in Miss Carrington's
room to whom she was speak
ing,'
1T seemed SO to me-"
but you did not hear this
other person S voice.?
Anita paused a moment and
then said: mot distinctly y ~
did YOU hear it at alle,
cannot say. When | did not
hear Miss Carrington's voice
clearly there e sounds that
might have been another person
of her own voice speaking more
inandibly."
Might it not be that she was
merely talking to herself-solilo-
auizinga"
It could not have been that.
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