Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-22

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"Ah-on't!" l exclaimed. shudder-
ing at my recollection Of THAI dread
full watch in tho moonlit Summer
house.
Forgive me-" he said hastily. II
did not ask only to pain you. I did
not mean to bring back all the hor-
ror which you were obliged to see.
What I meant was rather to put the
question to myself as wei as to you,
What did Granger. looking in. as we
are supposing. actually see? He
would not. I think, see the whole ex~
tent Of the tragedy by that moonlight
and through that window with it's lit
tie latdced panes and, above ali, with
his own head continually getting in.
the 1way.of the light, Us It must have
done. What, then, do o suppose
that he saw ?" ~. 81!
1 shook my head, waiting for him
to I'LL In the details Of the picture.
Il imagine" he said, a. l did not
answer. that he saw something OF
What you saw, something but not all.
I have looked in at THAI window, by
such moonlight as there has been
since that night, M I find that you
can see. more or leGs, rather confuS-
edly. What I imagine that he would
have e is that there was somebody
lying on the floor, some white shape:
and he may or mAy not have idend-
fled it as her ladyshtp. But in either
case what would he have been likely
to do them"
II should have thought" 1 said,
that he would have opened the door
and locke IN, to make certain"
And that" said the sergeant, '1s
exactly what I should have expect
ed him to do If hq were an English
MA or an 1riShman or q man OF
any other. nation thar that which he
did belong to-the Scotch. And
Granger, II I mistake not, Is very
Scot Of very Scots. He has the ma
ttona1 characteristics carried TO a very
nigh degree, n especially, perhape,
as I judge OF him, the charactenstic
Of caution and reserve"
Yes" ! agreed, you are certain
~ right there"
Well, then. Granger being Of the
nationality that he Is, and being the
man that he u.s.. Il SCENE 70 me thai
the thing he would most naturally do
would be to draw back. He would
say to himself 'Hullo. there Is some
thing here that I don't understand.
Propaniy there rs trouble. Probably
! shall be liable to get, into the trpu-
BILE myself If I NEEDLE with it in any
way. had better keep myself out
OF 1t altogether and, 50 saying 20
himself. he withdrew a. steaithiiy as
he had come, and rrgained the hos,se
without. as he imagined. any witness
whatever Of his nocturnal ranble, AZ
q matter fact. there existed three
several and distinct pieces Of evidence
OF that ramble. First. he had been
seen by you as he went out. Second
under the Summer-house window;
And third. I think. but I do not know
that he was seen leaving the Summer,
house by the French maid and bv
Heasden." -
$"But why" I asked, do you th,n,<
that? They did not nay anything
about Granger"
They did not say anything about
naving seer Granger. I agree. But
eney dad say they had seen Orne-
one COMING away from the Summer
house. just as I suppose Granger "a
have come" -,
Ralph" lN's
yes. that il wha. they Md. a.
10 very clever, that French woman
and. Of course, H<2sden, who ID oniv
= rustic boor IN mind, Trough r.
handsome. 90 . Greek god. would ny
ANYTHING that the French siri told
him to. am suppodn9 that they
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house. because we practically know
that he did come away tust in thad
manner, and because this would naf.
urally suggest to the quick VI a
! that French woman the idea Of ~.
Ing that t11ey had seen Cir Ralph. Yov
500 what I mean, do you not? Il
! would pay her financially much bet.
ter 70 say that Il was 6r Ralph thas
they raw, than to say II was Granger
There M no money 70 speak OF Il
be had out OF the bUtlsr, but ,t3,sry
va no saying what might not be I'D
ont OF the manEer."
'Blackmail, you mean. hut = 81
poaAbse7 Do you bslieyo Cslestl
could be capable"
believe that French woman d
be Capable of everything, Mm Cxri,
ton" hi ansWer0d with decial0n, land
besideaL she u no lover Of Hi RAiph
can discern that from her masNiei
In speaking Of him..
sYou are right fkere."sH mid. '9a1
wm too much my Runtsa friend 10 r,
~ Bat what I 40 mo- undsrukan4
- 80 not It ffrst, when you mr.
luS0e10ns6 her. that sAs ealA laythlnd
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