Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-28
he had brought into a perilous and

he had brought into a periIous and
G~fioVous situation by that love, by
reason Of the !ateness of the hour, by
Reason OF tlIo GaN8er BOTH TO him and
TO ner il lac Should be discovered
there, We're a thousand reasons why
he should not be N Il very patient
mood.
Yet she did not come. He who
had driven nearly forty miles to meet
her was at his post Iully twenty min
utes Defore~ time appointed. She,
Who had but a lew score yards 10
walk, did lot arrive-did not arrive.
What could be OBTAINING her? II il
were Illness, which was, OF courS=,
The ~supposlrion which would occur to
MIN, she certainly would not be able
10 come at al, II unable TO be pune
tual Within thirty minutes.
In lact, he so twisted the argument
OF the prosecution rs to make it APP
pear now as # thirty minutes had
been an u1lcom1lonly Ions margin lor
him to allow tor unpunciuaiIly OF ac-
cidental delay.
However that may all be- he
went on, 1T is certain that he aid r1-
main Tor hall an hour. Walling to and
fro ~uneasily, even at the FISK OF be
ing aGcn--as he actually WaS-and
thun at length he went back, Cisap-
pointed OF his hope.
Eventually, it is evident that The
lady, Tor whatever reason she had de-
laycd--verE probably she had <GAred
being scen--did come forth, did re-
pair TO that fata! Sdnlmer-huuae, only
10 find tie man whom she h&l come
TO meet gone! What WGs She 10 dc?
ImpruIcnt.y she had thrown away the
key which might have given. her
means Of rcga!ning the house without
a soul Knowing that She mad Lett it.
What wills she TO do?
THE problem was solved for her in
tragic fashion. 1t is probable that
the coming OF my client, Captain vi
bart, had been observed by some
roadside tramp. 1t Is likely that the
vagrant would be attracted by the
car, with lights out, by the roadside.
1t is probable hat such al able
Bodied Deggar, with MS. curiosity
aroused, would follow stealthiiy be
hind my client, going along the
shrubbcry path. lie would watch
him going TO the Summer-house and,
himself unseen, would crouch in the
bushes, waiting for what shoald hap
pen next.
For W~eli-night an hour there hap
pened nothing; save that the capNain,
- tt@1 'IlsS.n SI To-. ~ 1T
paced up the little Path and looked
PIpcctantly toward the house. Ones
a girl, Matilda Manson, came from
the direction of the house just be-
fore one OF these promenadGs II the
impatient lover, and stood watching
him Tor a. minute, wen as he stood
lookins-ani looking in vain.
All tbs the lGril.lS ma would
see ana then, To his di;appotntms nt,
The interest Of the hight for. him
would seem TO he aG an end Tor the
waiting man deciiad TO wait no tong
en- lie went back IN the direction
whence he had come toward the road
and toward his car.
We may supposn the tramp drag
g1nG himself from the bushes and pre-
barring to follow h.Ei: hut Just as he
is about to take the first steps he
throws 2 look back and there secs
a. 1engtla and just TOO late--tnat fig
ure coming for which the mar whom
he had watched had been waiting. 1t
Is a woman, dasatii8 dressed, with
rich jewelyy. This he secs as she
passes hin1 closely and goes on to the
SG~n1Tner-hoise.
Along the deeply Swallowed south
ern side of the littlc path ne follows
her, waits Until she is well within the
house, then, with a spring AMI d sab,
ne mas relied her, sine is at his mercy.
But at this moment he is alarmed ny
some distant sound. he is terrific! al
his own act---from murderer he, turns
cowatd-he leaves his victim where
she les and flies, one of the unknown,
submerged tenth. The yagranE fltr-
derer is snae1l&no more.
eSucn, gentlemen," he said. lis my
theory OF the manner in which the
crime was committed, though i Would
point out to youtthat tits by no means
the businees of'tile defence to lay be-
fore you the manner in which the
deed was done. 1t snfriees for our.
purpose to convince you of tbs I'M
possibility OF ita commission BY The
hand Of the accused; and OF that8iin-
possibility i an confident you must
all feel convinced, even theugh the
strongest piece Of evidpncest to that ef-
feet still rennatns for me to expoand
to yoil.
Af3 client as fs established ana
admitted, left London for The Con-
tfnent yathe 2:30 ra IA. train by
~Follzestone and B~oulogne, giving HIM
self time toenegotiats aloan with his
bankers before no started, 1t was
the necessity for raising that loan
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