Marble Hill press., 1921-07-21


that abe might lauEh over my sim
pliciiy. nut Mss this tTusi n %.
how was Ga scruunt Zoe the strange
eolnridsnt that both she and Harris
had named the same number. and
sire"tl II could not have occurred
merely through ohAnc. Something
must have hAppsns-i IN the mean
While 10 o,sfihfus Hll her plans aud
10 csus. this rahif houseke.tsr o.
even deny her very .,istencs Aud !
held the key Of cIrlanstion--ih. muf
Ter ~ Ava.
Hsyoni oil doubt her. was ho,h
rause aud effect IN" sirl had intend
n 10 either s-e M. h-r--lf. ~ By
pruty tn the form ~ this mysterious
Miss Conrad Hut what had sincr
occurred had comr-ll.d q sudden
change In plans. q nsc..siiy for con
c~alinE her escape There uns ~
say In which she c"nid notify me. hut
she might v.rJ easily hsyc tsl.ph"ari
TO her lahdlady And. u the place
was What I susp'rioned ii a. b. she
might have every ndene. that her
.scre, would 10 guarded
I Eiahcvd 90 81 the trent - the
house. searching -. sinduws hot
aiihoat results The curtains we're
closely drawn to Ee-p our %. sun.
and The place spTsar-i fofi"ru and
deserted A. tho d.liesi-sscn shop -
N" corner ! gained gisam q, iigtt.
bat merely su"ueh - strengthen ms
former Judgment II. t.~p.r. a rat
n hsirvi Ssrde. vas luquarious
enough bat had caly b~sn IN business
ihsrr q fsw weeks
"a - Cvmg,s you say Yes. she
iakrs ruum~rs some arr men. and
sums arr ~um-u They cums in herp
and tuy. bat never ass the names H
was all cash - vhy should caref
Se'netlmss I hear them csg names
sarr bat never Cunud Tie woman
vta' ks,rs ihs iouss' Wait and I
Tell 800 ~ - 90 ths t.,"ss. N yuu
rad as .h~ wrb's n fDr me Mr. Au.
rus'a Waldrun mayh. uldup1
What ycu 'biuk' nah. she never ia,
anything have 10 sell ! care moth
iug for tfsis ~i'h brr=-s cat this Mrs
Nususis Nulfrun
left him with ths familiar sound
= the nsr. ringiue 20 mv ears the
= hole thing "a travelling IN circle
and ths cirvj~ Was gruutns continual
y nnrN cpmpa.t HIudiy was
stumbling up against 70 here aud
ihsrr mast unvNp~~t~tiy Augusta
walirui,. bsyeod doubt. ~. Ivan Wal
irsns wifs. ~ wonder her hou~-
.sas ccsisbatrd the uevtIuE place FOR
husr p-upi~
! returned % the hotst only a. /
'ic'd t-forv the dew did realise
hst the nsvsbnys were calling cut. |
ENiu Al about th. murder" /
rlt that uy face vHs white. and that
by band shook, YET hastily bought
1'pirs u haIf q doEcu sheets showing
hem into my p"csrfs
The IMPORTS wcv mostly alike. ex
r~dingiy brief aud unsu ufisfnetory rx
ut that they conveyed tie imprrs
loo that thus far the pCilcy possessed
~ zeal clue as O. the p~rpetrntur q
he crime No zoe cunuectsi with |
b. mevtins the night before WAS men.
.n0cd In any article. nor vas any sus
i.iou ~ such a meeting mentioned.
vad the 'ast liHs With a distinct feel.
~ ot rrus' dropping ,le papcr ou
h- hour
They had discovered no clue. moth
lg whatever 20 work upon The In
srtof u the car had yielded no evi.
rncr u its former occupant. the only
rscrrner teins tp mud on he floor
outside all footprints had been oh.
tcrated BY the falling rain. No one
the ncighhorhnoi had heard q
ound, OF Witnessed Rby movement.
he whole affair waS shruu1cd Ia mys-
.ry.
What under thes" conditions Was
y dutyH What could either DO. or
~. 10 clarity this tragedy and bring |
10 guilty TO tusticel | sat there for
n hcgr thinking and smoking. en,
'avorths to answer these queries
'uld study out no clear way to any
'nfession, which would not directly
vuSc myself IN the tells Of the 20.
~, or else impllcate Marie Gessler,
as to MAX. any defense on her part
most impossible. No doubt she was
lily. ye, could not drive myself to I
peniy charge her with the crime.
here must lie some extenuatinR cir. !
some unknown cause, l
hlch had led TO the act. | could not '
rgct her face, her manner, the clear, :
Jmanly look cf her eye---she was no O
urieress, and IL was not In my heart
dshouncc her as such. Besides, II q
took this responsibility II would G
ly serve TO shield other crimes Of q
,re Importance than the violent u
ath OF this Chilean revolutionary--
. murfc- perhaps OF many innocent 0
,tims, and the destruction OF much Y
luable property. For Alva's death $
'uld hardly stop the plotting already
foot. The money was still here In