Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-12
EVENING EDITION.

And Il was partly to divert his sud1
dom energy from this subject. t nsaLe
~nronosed again that we snouAo LOS"
search for Jeanette.
.stranre about Jeanette" ! or
served. Suppose we set OUT ~ IN
her. THAT would be at least a s'ep -
the right direction"
..There have been very rev sesps
taken in any direction" salo inc Nc
| tectiye moodily. my W movemei IL
are hampered by orders from 'n
family. OF course there's no one ~
saw what / shall do, except MIS- xa aa
wick and her two step-children. All
every direction in which l wish ~ -
vestigate is forbidden by n o 7 III
! other Of those three. Someone's
think they are all in connlvahce, ar rd
their inharmonious attitude lower
one another is a mere bluff"
This was a new idea to- me, ana
pondered it. But I couldn't thlhA
true theory, and said so..
Maybe not. maybe not" satu
Markham; but they do act m.asnns'
begged me if 1 found any clues Which,
might incriminate her brotner' "
suppress them and tell nobody.
Dlu SAlC lCdAly PAoPo #
would do that?" I asked.
Eyes, she was very much in earnest.r
But 1 haven't found anything Una
point to Morland definitely. IL l dlo'
I'd show it up fast enough.
ST should hope so," 1 returned en-
phatically. "1'd far rather suspect
Morland of his fathers death than
Mrs. Van Wyck."
"Yes, SO should I. But it's a mystery.
whichever way n turns. cant
seem to make any start. But, as you
say, Mr.. Sturgis, it would be a eooa
idea to hunt for that maid"
1t proved not to be a difficult a
ter to find Jeanette, for we soon dis
!. covered tina she had one to stay with
her sister in a neighboring village l
couldn't help thinking that Anne mad
known all along where the girl was,
for she seemed rather annoyed then
otherwise that we had made the dts
covery.
At n rate, Jeanette was brought
home, and closely questioned by M.
Markham and myself.
And the result of the questioning
was to eliminate entirely the stilleto
as discriminating evidence. Jeanette
explained that she had used that still
leto to dig a refractory cork out OF a
bottle of bronze shoe-dressing., The
bronze had given the metal q rfddish
stain, which she could not remove,
and she had hidden it, lest she be
scolded for. having used h dainty
implement for such a purpose. Mark
ham was frankly disappointed. I can't
think he wanted to prove Anne guilty.
but his pride was hurt at having his
cleverness in finding the stilleto of no
avail. NV H
tGl1pf ~ n easI 70 T0orrnff0 HuhNv did
you run away"
~ didn't run away" she said. II
merely ven to visit my sister,"
But you took a strange time to do
that, when your mistress was in such
trouble and sorrow"
II thought I'd better co." respond
ed Jeannette; n Markham jump
ed at this admission.
why did you think it better to go?"
he-demanded.
But Jeanette turned pale and look
ed very much frightened. II didn't
: have any reason" she said, beginning
to cry. II just just thought I'd go"
We tried every possible way to
success. She became hysterical and
! stupid by turns, and finally refused to
{ answer u questions. Markham de-
clared that this attitude on Jeannette's
part was strongly against Anne. but
this I would not believe.
| Finally I said. "Jeannette1the rea-
> son you refuse to talk is because you're
afraid of Carstairs. Now I'll tell you,
, it will be better in the long run. if you
? make a clean breast Of this matter and
: tell us all you know"
And then between her hysterical
sobs Jeanette managed to stammer
! out that Carstairs had said he would
l. kill her if she told.
Certainly she was weak-minded,
and I thought the best thing was to
scare her a little.
Nonsense, Jeanette" I said: "ot
. course Carstairs won't kill you. DON,
be so foolish. But you may get into
very serious trouble If you don't tell
this thing that you're keeping back
' How would you like to 60 to prison
!, for withholding evidence?"
! Continued in tomorrow
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