The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-05-01
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the lady exactly as she looked when
she sat there. See, she is gazing a,
the picture OF Cleopatra, too ~intently
to be merely a casual glance. And,
what do you think Of this? She sazed
at Cleopatra, and, holding the counts
glove. her mind and heart full Of the
count, who would adore her when she
achieved this looked for beauty, she
said. You are the Mark I aim att
meaning, as Cleopatra had her Mark
Antony. she, Lucy Darlington, aimed
at the mark Of her c~hcice-the count
III that's true. Mr.. Stone, you are
the wizard of the ages! How did you
dope it out? What
Nov, wait a minute. This isn't the
pipe dream you think 1t. But listen
while I tell the rest in my own way"
Listen! I should think / would!
Go on"
You know, these takers give out
these charms with all sorts Of fool d.
rections to impress the duped Gus
toner. AS 1 say, I'm not sure yet
whether 1t was a. professional of the
c~lairvoyant type, or a regular beauty
doctor. But in either case, I've no
doubt that Miss Darlington paid him
enough to compensate for giving up
his practice and leaving for parts I'M
known. For after the charm failed to
work, OF course she would expose the
fraud"
But the poison"
Never mind that for the moment,
MI. Hardy. Surely, If we can discover
for certain how and why the dose was
taken, it will go far to help us trace
the criminal who added the deadly
element to the powder. Now, continu-
ing the Cleopatra idea, 1 am sure that
the clever clairyoyante-well assume
that's what she was"
"She?"
Merely to designate this faker per-
son. Somehow I seem to see her as
! one of those crystal gazing, frowsy
headed, kimonoed females, who prey
or the credulity of rich and foolish
women-well, let's call her that for
the present, this clever %clairYoyante
somehow conceived the idea Of offer
ing to make Miss Darlington as beau
tiful as Cleopatra. Perhaps she had
been here to see Miss Darlington on
the subject, and that beautiful picture
Of Cleopatra put it into her head.
But, assuming something of this sort,
assume further that she directed Miss
Darlington to robe herself, in a gen
eral way, like the queen in the picture.
Note the pearls! Wouldn't this ex-
plain Miss Carrington's getting her
pearls from the bank for this occa-
sion? And wouldn't it explain her
speech. You love pearls as being ad-
dressed to Cleopatra, to whom she was
italking?'
go on. MI. Stone! Go ont"
1T will go on! Wouldn't that ex-
plain, as nothing else on this green
earth can. the purchase Of a paper
snake by the woman who feared and
abhorred the reptiles? Surprising the
fool ~clairyoyante had told her that to
become like Cleopatra she must have
a semblance Of a snake at her throat,
as Cleopatra had the asp!"
Good heayens!"
Il tell you, Mr.. Hardy, nothing else
would account for that snake! And
any of these things might seem the
result Of a lunatic imagination by it.
self, but taken all together, the theory
holds water! Why think Of the orien-
tai scarf, the embroidered robe, the
mass Of jewels in addition to the sig
n~ificant pearls, and the scarabs! All
point to the type of Cleopatra. II
| fhQro had boon q ricfYtro nm tho up,1l
say, of Helen Of Troy. and Miss Car
rington had been rugged up in a Greek
costume, with a fillet in her hair, and
sandals on her feet-or II the picture
had shown the Goddess of Liberty,
and we had found Miss Darlington
draped in an American flag, could any
one have denied the Significance?
There can be NO doubt-no doubt in
this world, Hardy, that the costume,
the Jewels and the snake all point to q
connection with the picture Of Cleo
patra, and IL SC, what other connection
is possible than the one I've blocked
out? Answer me that! And, finally,
the speech to the count, whose glove
she fondled. You are the Mark I aim
at A pleasantly Of wording newt
ably suggested by the thought OF the
man Cleopatra charmed and the man
Miss Darlington desired to charm.
And a play on words, too, not at all. I'M
natural to her, for Pm told she was
both witty and clever in converse
ton"
"Mr. Stone, / am carried away by
your arguments. I can't deny their
FEASIBILITY, but I am bewfldered. How
did you fathom this remarkable plan?'
Simply because there is no other
plan that will fit the facts. l believe
Miss Darlington did say all those
things Miss Frayne relates. I believe
she was alone In the room when she