Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-20

Thought works so quickly that all this
had passed through my mind even be-
fore the coroner asked tho next
question.
"Who is Captain vibart?" It was
the first time that he had 80 much
as heard Of the name. -,
Sergeant Crisp was busy. scrib-
bling on one of his little slips of paper
again, and, as before, when he had
done this scribble he handed the slip
to the clerk, who passed it on to his
master.
The girl explained that Captain
Wharf was a. gentleman who often
stayed at. the house. Did she, then,
know all the gentlemen that stayed
at the home? the coroner asked. No,
but Captain Wharf was there more
him walking with her ladyship, and
she often talked to the servants up
at the. house, so that she knew more
or less about the conlings and goings
there.
1t was no news to me that our
household affairs were the common
property and the topic Of the common
gossip of, the village. ,
Was h quite sure that this was
Captain Wharf, she vas then asked,
whom she had seer thus coming from
LAG IAOuSS 1uc 6lIl\Icp1lCO
that she was very sure. How did
you identify him - the ron ask ed
then; but this question had to be put
in an amended form before the girl
grasped. the meaning of it. Had Cap
tain Wharf anything particular in his
appearance by which she could recog-
nize .him-could she be sure it was
him-by the moons light?
And to that she answered quite
readily and d~ecisively that she would
have known him anywhere by his
long mustaches-"beautiful mus
taches," they were, she added, witt,
the air of a connisseur, which l
thought rather repulsive. But rs to
the point of fact she vas quite cor
rect Captain Wharf was eminently
a recognizable man. even under the
light of a far less brilliant thar
1t was that night. had not the
slightest doubt that it was he tina,
she had seen; and then the next ques-
ton that naturally came to my mind
; was, What was he doing there?" and
the answer came no less pat and in
evitable, HE was there in order to
meet my aunt-almost certainly by
previous arrangement with her."
The coroner questioned the girl as
! to the manner of her meeting him,
She explained that she was comma
away from the house, after leayinQ
the mended picture frame, and thai
as he passed the bit of sby-path which
led down off the main path to the
Summer-house she saw some one com
ing from that little house. She herself
was in the shadow Of the big trees
and did not think that the person saw
her She went or for few steps past
the opening Of the side path and
stood a moment under the trees In or.
der. as she candidly admitted, to sec
! who 1t was that was coming from the
Summer-house. The person came on,
to the junction of the by-path with
the main path and stood there look.
ing down the path toward the house
A II he was ,~expecting someone? 2
n coroner asked; but to that lead.
Ing question all tina girl had to ga,
was that lit might be. It looked like
AS he stood. the moonlight was ful
upon him; and though his face was
in the shadow while he was actual,
looking down the path he moved once
Or twice inssuch q way that the bean
fell right across his face and she wa,
quite sure she could not have mistaR.
en- him. n :,
been?" fa ~ t,
befWeen nine and half.
past. Twas just past the half-hou,
when I got home
And was this person. whom 70,
recognized as Captain Wharf still
looking down the path when you wen,
on. on your way home ~
No. He turned ana went bacl
owl the path to sohe Summer-lIoust
again"
# you did not watch him, to g,
whether he went into the Summer.
NO, / jusn went on home"
In nswer to further %questionint
she said that she had not mentionat
seeing Captain Wharf when She wen,
home. II had not occurred 10 her 1,
do 80. She did not think anything
about tor attach any importance 4,
1t. She supposed that Captain 3Vibar
wAs staying at the house and had 1us
strolsed out, AZ Anyone might on /
beautiful night like that. II was onl,
the next day, when al the yfllaSs Va,
talking about the Et.aStc afYAir. tina
she told her father what she had sNa1
and he told her that eke had Bette
ray nothing ut all about III tea
lid, soonest Hnended," w. the con
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