The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-01-02

upset tray on the floor. She
stopped, when Hayiland's voice
came sharply from the next room.
"Don't touch a thing, Pauline!'
he cried as he held his hard over
the transmitter.
She looked up and then, as she
saw him turn back to speak into
the instrument, she stopped swift
ly and, picking up something
from the floor, she hurried from
the room.
She found Anita on the couch
in the hall and, speaking some
what sharply, Pauline said:
Where's Estelle9"
mercy! | don't know!' and
Anita's blue eyes stared coldly.
How should | know anything
about Estelle2"
"But she must have brought
that tray al hour ago. Did she
upset it, or who?"
Pauline, why do you act as if
[ knew anything about this mat
ter. Is it because you do?"
The blue eyes, cold like steel,
and the dark ones, flashing fire
from their shadows, looked stead
lily at each other.
Gray Haviland came hurriedly
out to the hall.
""The doctor will be here at
once" he said; "and he will call
the coroner"
"Coroner!" screamed Anita J;
and ran away to her own room.
"Let her alone" said Pauline,
contemptuously; 'sbut, Gray, we
must nerve ourselves up to this
thing. Don't you think we ought
to-to put away the jewels? It's
wrong to let any one come into a
room where a fortune in jewels
is displayed like that"
"But DR.. Stanton said to touch
nothing--nothing at all. You
see, Pauline, in a murder case"
"Oh, I know; nothing dis
turbed till the coroner comes
and all that. But this is differ
ent, Gray. DR.. Stanton didn't
know there are $200,O0 worth of
jewelry on that-that-on her."
How do you know so ex-
actly?"
"I'm not exact, but she has
told me times enough that the
rope Of pearls cost 100000, and
that corsage ornament she is
wearing and her rings and ear
rings I easily worth the am
sum. | tell you there will be po-
licemen here, and it isn't right to
throw temptation in their way
Besides and Anita's voice
spoke again as she reappeared in
the doorway, "besides, Pauline,
they I all yours now, and you
should be careful Of theml"
The tone more than the words
conveyed a yelled incidence, and
Pauline accepted it for such. With
a sudden determined movement.
she went swiftly to her aunt s side
and unfastened the long rope Of
pearls, the wonderful g~litterilg
sunburst, and a large diamond
and emerald crescent that held
together the glistening silk folds.
The rings and ear rings she could
not bring herself to touch.
1t is only right she contend
ed, as if trying to persuade her
self. THESE r too valuable to
risk; no n could fail to be
tempted by them"
Why don't you finish your
task9" said Anita, smiling lin.
pleasantly. why leave so
much3"
No one would attempt to take
the rings OF a rings" said Paul
inc steadily, and that scarab
bracelet is not Of great value"
II thought that was a most
valuable antique that her nephew
sent her"
ashe thought SO, too" said
Pauline, carelessly, abut Carr.
told me it was an imitation. Not
one expert in 100 can tell the diff
ference, anyway"
As Pauline placed the mass Of
gems in the safe the doctor came.
What does it meanf'' cried the
bewildered man, coming into the
room. Miss Carrington--n
Words failed him as he saw the
astounding sight. For, surely, no
one had ever before seer a mur-
dered woman, sitting before her
dressing table, staring but ss6il-
ing, and CARRIED as for a fancy
dress ball!
DR.. Stanton touched the iov