Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-04
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100 rnucn, III, l am Ill
tomorrow, 1 shall tell Rupert that
you poisoned me. Are you going
around to pay the lord proprietors of
ed?"
who, me If 1 did, Mrs. Goodwin
might box my ears for the impertin-
grew up around here, remember.
The first acquaintance 1 made with
this house was when I SHE'D an APP
pie at the family tabby as it sat sun
ming itself on. the well-curb, and
bowled it in. Naturally. L, hadn't
meant to hit it; the beast stepped
forward just as I fired. nearly fell
in, myself. trying to get, it out, but
the well was deep and ! couldn't
raise a meow or a whisker. 1t was
a fine November Sunday, 1 remember,
and while I was busy the family
drove into the yard, home from
church. I bolted. No one saw me
go, but by and by I began to remem
about people getting typhoid fever
from polluted well-water. and to i'm
agine that entire household dying on
my hands. Remorse with a. capita
r.! / felt like Cesare :Borgia and
Madame de Brinvilliers and the Veil
ed Mokanna all rolled into one. When
I couldn't stand it any longer, I
sneaked into Flavia's room at two
o'clock in the. morning, for4scounsel.''
"She gave it?" n
. She gave it, You can always
count OF Flavia- I can see her now,
up in bed with her>hair braid
ed in two big yellow plaits and her
troubled kiddie countenance turned
to me. II
"'You will have to tell either papa
or those people, she decided, wise as
toy owl. And If you tell them.
they will surely tell papa, SO perhaps
you would rather tell him yourself.
But I am sorry, dear darling
so I 'fessed up, after breakfast"
What happened?" Gerard ques-
I'VE drove over to the farm to-
gether, and father went IN FIR a. pri-
vate interview with old man Good
win After which he, father. escorted
me around to the well and informed
me that I was to drink a cup of that
water. Phew, I would rather have
drunk hemlock! I wasn't much given
to- begging OF when 1 got into trou-
BILE, but I tried that time, all right.
T what you've left these folks
to drink said he. standing with his
hands in his pockets, looking at me
1t would have been a lot more pleas
for You to swallow II you had
owned up two days ago; just keep
that as = reminder never to put Off a
thing you ought to do. Take your
Corwin b.
ar1 took 1t. But 1t almost killed
He shook his blond head dis
gustedly. Il told him I would. prob-
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, verse. He said we would chance
still. It was q chance, corrie..
.Corrie calmly fastened the last
Of his raincoat.
NO, ! guess not. You see. old
Goodwin had told. father that thew
pulled pussy out Of the well ten Min
utes after / ran away, the first dav.
She vas clinging to. the bucket. pret-
~ wet. but healthy ard raerry. Tas
ther told me the truth d .ara. ,d:n-
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