Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-04

on her bed, with her head on the pill
low, or on the sofa with her head
on the cushion, it probably would
need a little Encouragement; but that
would not mean doing 1t all over
again."
And now then, Miss Carlton, I will
ask o this: Do you think, so far as
you are alb Q to tell, that her ladysh4p
had so disarranged her hair-do you
think it had been done up again
Judging by the way it looks now
and by the way It looked when you
last saw herr"
rs it possible that her ladyship's
trouble-the reason why she retired
and did not care tc dine downstairs
was OF h mind rather" than Of the
body? There are times when we are.
wearied and upset and one would be
alone, to straighten out the thoughts
and to rest the nerves."
The little mar vas becoming quite
eloquent.
1T may have been something like
that" l said.
1t was rather dreadful, having to
make the inspection which he sug-
gested Of the coiffure of this poor
cold clay and compare it with what
l remembered Of Aunt Enid in her
vivid and lovely health.
50 lar as I can judge" I said
OF course 1t is not possible to be car-
tain-her hair has not been done
again. It is much as it was when /
saw 1t LAST
So that we arrive at the prob.
aoiiLy.' he commented, that the
poor lady did NOT lie down, and We
may suppose too that she was not
very gravely indispos.d." !,
l was interested and a little flat
tered at his thinking me worthy Of
being admitted to his reasoning proc
esses. 1t is quite likely that it was
his intention to Please me and thus
engage my help, for his next question
uch more delicate ground, and he
certainly guessed that l might be re-
luctant to answer 1t quite freely:
linen ne exploded at me, without
notice, the question to which all this
nao no doubt been leading I'm.
or course Sir Ralph and her ladv.
snip were always on perfectly afrec-
tionate terms?"
l should have beer disposed to sav
nat even before this, and during the
Wnoie o.. n in~terrogaung, the little
utmost possible ~closeness, but az he
put this important question the nierc
ING quality OF his eye seemed aud
to be intensified many degree.
II nay nave been only my fancy thar
suggested this to me, or il NAV ~
that he really did stare a iittia noss
intently. Please remember. foo ,haee
my nerve had been strained bv ~
that l q gone through and was eli
enduring. However It was. 7 feit
max ! oculd bear it no longer r
jumped up frcm my chair and said.
sergsant Crisp. ] told you hat T
Mou5u answer you any Guesticns yoI,
liked, and l am perfect y wiling "a ~
%, but l am not going to ca,n 40
sit there any longer and hava -
~ boring into the back OF NV nv. u.
IKE q s1mlet. II we are to 70 on WITH
this game OF question and an.rs.. !.
must be with a screen set I'm hetw..n
U.S." oct"een
OF course I spoke ouA Of tho !,
Hency OF my Texed nerves and wtthou+
x any calculation beforehsna
OF n0W the detective would take wha4
l said, but It's effect on him was n,,ita
extraordinaxy. It resulted in Quite q
REPRESENTATION. From this almost
aiADo'lceliy perfect and bloodless
truth out OF the most secret nisanl
ne became of q sudden the most a..
colutely soft and human little, hs;n.
IMAGINABLE. pe'ns
"Ah," he said, in q voice q, 90.
uine grief, II am 70 panied. men.
= no improvement-no improvsna ss n.
AeAin and again I have promised mi
self that ! would remember ay
were other things, human thinns
hearts and feelings beades the ,ina
tng out who did this murder or mo.
burglary. II u my weakne.s mIaI
my besetting sin. that when I "a. =
The track, hunting, 40 you NAV ~
! lose myself. / lose ali nv, hyrn.
ity. ! Miss Carlton. It % 4 disr,,..in.
profession mine. I loathe IL" ~
whole face had changed marvsIo,.s -.
and had become. from I thing :,
wood, quite full OF expressson =
"Oh. mol said, ..you dony r..,,x !,
4 We wonderful. how d~iffereauy !
felt toward him and toward ma wSa,!
situation now, after that curior,s az.
break Of his. I had felt aSrstS vu y,
him, and now / fSIt nothing mi AZ =,
And a1lno6t . kind o. aHection, - w
that II WASTE my role to comso,t ~ ~,
and encourage him. you don't rasa
~ ioathe pour professor" sssd