The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-05-22

Oau Faul1ne.
Again there was silence. The PHI
nograph had ceased; Loria sat, wit
his head fallen forward on his hands
at his table. He was still. and Ston
wondered II he were alive. Then, sue
denly. he lifted his head and cried Out
Yes, l did it because I was crazy
wild over my Nile scheme. All, tina
wonderful work! 1t will never be don,
now. When l heard Stone was her,
l knew 1t was all up. I planned to los
Polly for a time-not forever, no, no
forever would have found her som
day-some day-all dead, in the des
ert, all dead
Pauline tainted and Stone flew t.
her side. But in a moment she re
vived, and he begged her to go home
She consented, and Ahri, dependable
now, took her to the hotel.
Fleming Stone and Mr.. Pitts at
tempted to get Loria to calm down and
talk more c~oherently. Shortly he did
so. He gave a full account Of all the
details of his crime, and though he de
MED the intention Of leaving Pauline
to die in the desert, his word was not
believed by the two listeners.
Finally, he rose and walked across
the DON "You see,' he said, a little
YEARLY, but quite sane, now, i've a
bad streak in me-. My father was a
Spaniard and he killed his own uncle.
The Loria line is a series Of criminals.
Aunt Lucy never knew this, for my
parents lived always abroad. But
blood will tell. And my father, after
he killed my uncle, followed it up by
taking his W life-like this"
Though Stone caught the gesture
and sprang to prevent it, Loria was
too quick for him. He had snatched a
dagger from the table and plunged it
into his heart.
Both men leaped at him, but 1t was
all over In an instant. Carr Loria had
himself dealt the punishment for his
crimes.
Perhaps it's as WELL" said Stone,
musingly. "a trial, and all that,
would have been awful for his cousin,
and the family connections: Now the
matter can be disposed Of with far less
notoflety and publicity"
YES" agreed Pitts.
Fleming Stone waited till morning
to tell Pauline Of her cousins death.
She was wide eyed end pathetically
sad, but composed.
Its all SO dreadful" she said, "but,
Fleming, I knew it before 1 left New
York. l didn't know it, exactly, but 1
felt sure it must be so, and l had come
here to see. Then l found Carr so
gay and light hearted / thought 1 must
be mistaken, and | was glad, too. Then
you came, l couldn't make up my
mind whether you suspected Carr, or
WHETHER
Whether 1 came only to see YOU"
supplied Stone. ut was both, dear"
What made you think Of Carr, in
he first placer"
Because there was no real evidence
against anyone else, though the police
we're making things dangerous for you,
my little girl" Stone held her close,
if even yet there might be a hint of
danger. And I made Miss Frayne
confess that she didn't really see you
your aunt's room that night.
,hough she did honestly think that you
we're in there, and your aunt was
,alking to you. Nor you didn't see her
actually leaving the room, did you?"
Il only saw her with her hand on
he door knob. That was my first
of her, and thought she was
out"
No; she thought Of going in to apol-
'gize for her hasty temper. But, hear
ng a voice. she paused, and SO thrill
ng was the talk she overheard, she
there some minutes"
And then you thought Of Carp"
Il sized up all the people who had
motive. and Loria was surely in that
:ategory. And then I found the pow Z
ler papers. Dear, those would have c
zone sorely against you IL anyone
Use had discovered them. I resolved
o wrest the secret from those papers,
md / did,
you did? How?" /.
by studying them for hours; with
nagnifying glasses, and without.
at last a clue1a possible clue
n the fact that the edges of the papers
lad been cut with the curved blades Of
pair of manicure scissors. I had
'ane bring me all the manicure scis-
ors in the house-thank heaven, your
didn't come within a mile OF
ltting the edges! You see, the papers
family scalloped on every edge.
They must have beer cut by the little /
'urved blades, and rarely do two pairs
Il manicure scissors make the same
'callop. The great discovery was that
Lucy's W scissors did At them!
rhfs, dearest, would have pointed to
In the eyes OF these determined
police, for you had access to your
aunt's toilet appointments"