The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-02
At last Judge Hoyt spoke rath-

DIdCC up, ~SCIyhSi3 In ooAN-
eff you can do a good turn for
a master who was always kind
to you, don't spoil your chance
by acting like a baby. If your
betters can control themselves,
surely you can"
With an effort Stryker
stopped shuffling about and a
few more shifts ended his emot-
ional outburst.
"I'm 60 years DID," he said,
apologetically, and, apparently,
to all present, "and I've been in
this same employ for Is years.
It's natural as to how | should
feel bad, amt it, now, Mr.. Coro-
ner?"
eyes, my man, but it's also
natural that you should try to
, control your grief. AS Judge
Hoyt says, you may render as
/, sistance to your late master by
your testimony. Now, tell us
F.. all you know Of Mr.. Trow-
bridges callers Of late, or any
little thing that might come to
| your notice as a butler. Some
times you servants have oppor-
, tunities of observation not
known upstairs"
"That we have, SIR" and
Stryker nodded his head thought
fully. eyes, that we have. But
[ know nothing, sir, nothing at
all, as has a bearing ON the death
OF the master,-no, sir, not any
thing"
'Methinks the fellow doth
: protest too much" Pinckney
murmured to himself. The re-
porter sat, with sharpened pen
ellis, but so far he felt he had not
, much to work on in the way Of
+! clues. AS to getting a story for
his paper, he was more than sat
isfied. The elements Of the fash
| ionable household, a divided in
terest between the two women,
the mysterious death of the mil
lionaire, and now, the uncertain
evidence of the old butler, all
these would give him enough for
a front page spread. But Pinck-
ney wanted more than that. He
wanted food for his detective in
stinct. He wanted clues and evil
dence of a tangible nature, OF at
least of an Indicative trend. And
he had found little so far. Still,
he had found some, and. he had
tucked away in his mind several
speeches and looks, that, though
not emphasized by the coroner,
seemed to him to point some
where, even if he had no idea
where.
Further questions brought
nothing definite from Stryker,
and he was succeeded by two of
the maids. These frightened
creatures were even less COM
m%unicative, and it was with a
/! sigh Of relief that Coroner Berg
gave up all attempt to learn any
thing from the household, and
called on Judge Hoyt, feeling
I! sure now he would, at least, get
| intellingent testimony.
The Judge was too well known
to be questioned as to his identity
and the coroner proceeded to ask
concerning his relations with the
deceased.
"Lifelong friends, almost re-
Piled Hoyt. "We were at college
together and have been more OF
less associated ever since. Unfor-
tunately, / was out of town yes
terday, or | might know more of
Mr.. Trowbridge's movements.
For / had expected to see him at
! his office, but was prevented by
an unexpected call to Philadel-
phia. I wrote Mr.. Trowbridge
that I could not see him until
evening, and as the Philadelphia
! matter was connected with his
business, I telegraphed from
there that / would call at his
! house last evening, and give him
my report"
"And then Miss Trowbridge
telephoned you?" observed the
coroner, who had heard this be-
fore.
Eyes, and / came right up
here, and was here when the po-
lice telephoned of their discov-
cry"
"Then as you can tell us moth
ing of yesterdays events, can
you throw any light on the case
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