Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-18

spired only by ignoranceIas Monday
! mention wa made IN any - of CAP
.atn What nr Of any person IN pnr.
t1n',,.r az a friend of Aunt Enio. h;ch
u.cvS ~ general intimation Wu.Sa
yo .Nht nv Fight not he implied py,Lne
nlaei. y, iaid on her beauty, heE toye
= ie4v and, her youth IN
~, with her husband, no lhuiss
s,1pestion Of this kind q pee 81
t.mnted. But "Summer-house IN.
.sThe Summer-house Murue., /. ,.1vhe
Mystery OF the Summer-house .sS,s
Scotney House Mystery anu q 80
| 81 other headlines appealeo. rrenda
never again to know tnI sa annals
hanniness Of a people whose nt -
were dull. ,ed a
nat,ral chronological ~
Nthot ~ the doctor, whom he haa neelt
sant to summon to the Summer-1,ouse
and- Il waA DR.. Pratt who
hin az witness. Certainly | q ,not
IT, verv slightest anticipation. "neh
he made his appearance. that ne
would throw any new llgnt VA 800
case or that my own 1eeilnss eVI 49,
be in. any way modified py wnAt no
was likely to say. He was q yvu *.
ish man. who had ia,eay co y h,s nro.
villaee-admittedly clever IN ms Ply,
fession. hi with an exceedingly sooo
~cnnceit of himself. After the purely
formni questions about his name ana
his profession and the like n cor
oner hegan to ask him about the man
ner. OF the death. s6a1,
His replies were just what every
one must have expected: Deatn
would hav been virtually instan"
taneoua probably almost painless.
There would not have been d great
deal of external hemorrhage, eGau
the wound was small n there
would have been practically no 6ttus
gle. The body would opa ns
very much in the position In WHEN ~
fell. The weapon would have peer
aome sharp-pointed, narrow-bladed
one. Any ordinary knife might AVE
inflicted it
It was perhaps more likely that 1t
would be sheath knife than a clasp
knife. because a clasp knife, In de-
livery Of a blow Of that Kind. would
be a little apt to close back on the
fingers Of the holder. But that was
by no means certain. 1t Wa for the
police rather than for q medical man
to say how that might be-. h GRIM
inal police would, know whether q
wound of that Kind was often infHct-
ed by a common clasp knife.
II suppose a knife, such as z deer
> stalker or any hunter Of big 'Bahs
might carry, in order to give .coul
de grace, would be the most likel!
kind of weapon for such a wound?
I heard the doctor assent to Thu
suggestion on the cofbnefe part, bu
heard his reply almost as II It wa
given in a dream. said in sanothe
world than this. for 1t that pharse =
hunter Of big game I felt q chill IA
on nay heart. It was as II its bea
stopped for an instant. And In ths
instant l met the piercing eyes Of tn
little man In gray firmly upon m
fixedly upon me, and in the same IL
slant ! knew his thought and my ow
knew my thought-knew my terrfb'
suspicion. 1 could almost Belle,
that Tread some pity for my distre.
in those strangely penetrating an
strangely pale eyes, ~. "
Then the corouer asked whetht
the wound was one which It woul
require great muscular power on til
part 81 the wielder of the weapon
whatever 1t might be, to inflict,s.ian
the doctor answered readily that
the edge and, more particularly til
point. were sharp no great strenEt
would be needed. IS #
it,. in fact?" the o asked, In
the reply came readily, A'Oh, yesafftt
Nov, of course-I need hardly all
you say death 81 virtually instan
, taneous-life was quite extinct whe
you saw the body?" :
"Oh. yes, indeed" said the docto,
! almost with a smile at the question.