Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26
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70 a surprise Of every one, Sir
from .Indi., bringing with him ! lovely
young bride to grace his ancestral home
IN the VILLAGE Of Upper Scotney. Hoping
s i nee af' ho aas ySSn dut Esse tor dTo@ %hi tas she he
no liking, Str Ralph asks his broth
ers da1khter to remain in her self-ap-
pH !, post Of h~ousekeeper. Thereafter.
dis.sreements between the newly mar
aied pair. until q certai6 Captain Wharf
Genes from India to visit them. Sir
too pointed attentions to his wife and
the visit terminates very suddenly. That
n1gnt the young. wife IL found murdered
an oHinous crimson stain Of blood. A
clever detective, Sergeant Crisp. u gum
moned Immediately from Scotland Yard,
. ana most sne t ihasl5s a'1 H*,nss1. is cl Rnt t insS,E2
ELECTS the fact that Jim Heedson. a
|Poachins fellow. was seen running away
trom the summer house through the
bic, feels certain that Headson il the
marderer Of he. ladyship: Celeste. maid
Of the murdered woman. tells Of the in
Captain Wharf and her ladyship. Ce-
leste also confesses that she saw no
less a person than Sir Ralph coming
from rhor the door Of the sumTe, house
der. The sergeant then goes to Heasdin's
home, where the latter is put through
"the third degree" At the c%oroner's in
quest the doctor t~sstifies that the muir
der took place about 8 o'clock A Miss
Mason was heard to say that she had
seen q person come from the summer
moned to appear before the inquest and
quest a Miss Manson testines that h
saw Captain Wharf coming from the
summer house about the time when the
done. The coroneTs jury's verdict wns:
Lady Carlton was murdered by some
unknown person or persons IT Is learn
ed that Captain Wharf came from Lon
the night the crime was committed.
The captain is suspected Of the crime
and a search is made for him After
considerable trouble he 10 located tn
back to England and placed on trial for
the murder OF Lady Carlton.
CHAPTER XV.-Oontinued.
She had not been long in the box
before 1t became very evident what
been doing. She had been talking.
What the "a were by which the
prosecution-in this case. Of course,
the crown-had succeeded In loosen
ing that never very firmly rivetted
member, her tongue, it was obvious
that they had been eflcaciouA- The
counsel, too, had been we'll coached
by his solicitor believe that is the
process-in the questions that he
should ask In order to bring out in
their strongest and less favorable
| light the various meetings in London
and elsewhere Of Aunt Enid and her
lover.
1t was not until she had began to
speak Of these that h prisoner turned
in the dock so as to give me a full
view OF his face. Hitherto he had
faced away from me. I heard him
reply mot Guilty" to the usual chal-
lenge, but I had practically not seen
/ him. I had expected to receive q
| shock in his changed appearance. AS
q matter OF fact I did receive some
| thing of a shock In seeing him to be
changed, 80 Tax AL could detect, not
at all.
His mustaches, which were his most
| obvious peculiarly, had been closely
shaved. as I was told. and his whole
appearance, greatly altered when he
was arrested, but he had let them
grow again in prison, and I could not
see that he looked at all different
from the man whom I had so cor
daily disliked at Scotney. except that
his face, which was then bronzed from
the Indian sun and life in the open
air, was now very palette result. I
imagine, of being within doors. He
was plainly very nervous and scarce
~ ceased to clasp and unclasp his
| hands on the front Of the dock. but
that. otter all, was not unnatural.
Celeste's account OF his meetings
with my young aunt appeared to IN
terest him nor than any OF the ev4-
dsnce which had preceded It. Per-
haps he was wondering how much
She knew, or perhaps-this idea also
flashed across me az I watched him
he was wondering at her power OF in
ventton. How much of what she said
might be true ! had no Q OF,
knowing. but IL only a half Of It were
~veracfous the meetings must have
been far more frequent than I, at
least, evef had suspected.
Counsel on both sides really did
seem to understand thatlthis exposure
TO the vulgar view Of his domestic
troubles must he very ghastly fndig-
nifty and grief for Uncle Ralph to
suffer. for when ~ was called AZ VT
mess neither in examination nor CROSS
examination WAC he harassed further
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