The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-27

LII come up and tell you all
about it.
The confab wound up by a
trip to tie office Of the district
attorney, The situation was too
grave to allow of what Avlcc
called striking out!" Ii Lam
don and Mrs. Black were impli-
Gated in suspicious collision, the
matter must be sifted TO the bot
tom.
District Attorney Whiting Gag
eriy absorbed the new facts re
counted to him, { 1 fitted them
into some he had Of his own
knowledge.
Landoa had sent $4,000 to the
mining company of Denver i'll
which he was interested, he had
not yet realized on his Inheritance,
for the estate had not been set
tied, but he had doubtless Dor
rowed on his prospective legacy.
This proved nothing, except that
he had been most anxious for
the large sum Of money, and had
utilized his acquisition Of it as
soon as possible.
ave must get at this thing
adroitls, .counseled Judge Hoyt.
Landon is a peculiar chap, and
difficult to bait. II he thinks We
suspect hin1, he's quite capable
of boiling, | think. Better try
to trip up the housekeeper. She's
a vain woman, amenablc to flat
terry. Perhaps if Mr.. Groot went
to her, ostensibly suspecting,-
say, Stryker,-he could learn
something about her relations
with Landon. And by the way,
how are you going to find Stryk-
err"
Through his daughter, ="
Whiting replied. THAT butler
is 10 more the murderer than |
am ;and he is hiding, becauce he s
afraid of that handkerchief
clue. y
1t is certainly an incriminat-
ing piece of evidence observed
iIoyt.
It is. But not against the
butler. That handkerchief is a
plant. On the fact Of it, it is GER
sainly too plain an indication to
be The real thing. No, sir, the
murderer, whoever he vas, stole
the buffers handkerchief to
threw suspicion Oh the butler.
And who could 90 this S. easily
as the hoasesSeepei', or so;.1e mem
Der Of the household, who had
access to SGtsyker $ room? Ian
oon WASH at the house, that we
know of, before tha murder,
therefore, the thcas. OF the
housekceper bringing the hand
kerchisf to him at their library
interview, just fits IL and makes
it all plausible =
It may be, : said Judge Hoyt,
looking doubtful; lit may pos
sibiiy DE, Whiting; but go slowly.
Don't jump at this, to me, rather
fantastic solution. Track it down
pretty closely, before you spring
it on the public.
All Of that, Judge Hoyt! I've
no idea Of spiising my own guns
by telling all this too soon. But
thera's work to be done, and first
of ell we must find that butler.
IL he can be made to think we
on t accuse him, he'll come
round. and we may lean a lot
from him. We missed or chances
IN not questioning him more
closely ut first
Meantime Avice had gore
home All on the way, her mood
had changed from sorrow to an
ger. She was angry at herself
for having insisted on the en-
ployins Of Alvin Duane. She re-
membered how Kane had OBJ
posed i, but she was SO jealous
~ her hunt for justice that she
ignored all objections. She was
angry at Kane for hobnobbine
with Eleanor Black, and also For
deceiving her about their prcvi-
GUS acquaintance. She was angry
at Judge Hoyt for not dislnissinr
Duane and obliterating even from
his own memory all that stuff
the detective had discovered.
She was furiously angry at
Duane, but that was HELPLESS.
Blind sort Of rage that reacted
upon herself for enga ging him.
And SO, her tears had dried
and her quiyering nerves had
tautened themselves when she