The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-03-24
THE MARK OF CAIN
Copyright. 1917. by J. B. 1.Ippincott Co.

intrIght on the JOB. MY legal hllu''
Ais workin somepin fierce this
mornin an | kin tell Mr.. +.
Stone a whole lot that Judge
nj Hoyt couldn't.
W "Fibsy, | don't know whether
to send you away, or bless you
for being here 2 Avice looked
& at the boy in an uncertainty OF
. opinion
Now, Miss Avice, don't you
worry, don you fret about that.
. You he glad an proud you
Z know me before this crool war
y is over! an that ain t no idle
i threat Bullieve me
4 "Wcn, I1ibsy, if let you stay,
must ask you to talk to me
little more politely | don't
like that street language. -
Sure, Miss Ayicc, I'll can the
slang. | mean, truly II try to
talk proper. It's mostly that
get so excited that ] forget
there's lady Iistcnin to me.
But I'll 10 better, honest | viii.
Fleming Stone came.
Avice received him alone, OK
cept that she allowed Fibsy to
sit in u corner Of the roo!a.
81 am exceedingly interested
IN this case Mr. Stone said af-
ter greetings had been ex-
changed; Il have closely fol
lowed the newspaper accounts,
and ! admit it seems battling
many ways Have you informa-
ton not yet made public?
No I" began Alice, and then
she looked at f'ihsy,
The boy sat il his corner, with
eager face, almost bursting with
his desire to speak, but silent
because he lad promised to be.
81 know 50 little Of these
things, Avicc went on, fa|ter-
ingly; s.! hoped to have a law
yer here 70 talk to you. AS a
matter Of fact, ! was advised 10
send fer you by this boy, Terence
McGGire. lie wa3 my late I'M
cle's office hoy.
" All, the one they call l'ibsy,
and SO discfethted his evidence
at the inquest /"
eyes, said Avica. but he
says he knows something OF i'm
portaacc,
And ] believe lie does, said
Flening Stone heartily. & real
about His witpcsss.l5s., e...a | ara
glad Of a chance 10 talk Is him.
Fibsy flashed scarlet at his
interest shown IN him i>y tie
great maa, bat he only said, SIM
ply /. May speak, iiiss .3.yi1a =,
Yes, lfibsy, tell Nj, stone all
you know, But tell him thc
truth. =
He won't lie to ne, sail
Stone, moi unkird!y, hi as one
merely stating fact,
mo, agreed Fihsy, looking
at Stone solemnly, Il won't lie
to you. You see it was this way,
sir, I've got the detective In
stinckand the day after the
murder went to the place where
it was at to look for clues. Miss
Ayice, she gimme the day off.
An | found 'em, sir. The Ssyede
woman told me where the place
was where where Mr.. Trow-
bridge died, and right there
found shoe button 2
Fibsy, and Avice looked at
him, why did you tell Judge
Hoyt it was a suspender but
toni
II had to, Miss Avice, = and
Fibsy's face looked troubled,
You see | said button to him
and the expression on his face
warned my instinct not to say
shoe button. So | switched. =
Describe his expression, J"
said Stone, who was watching
the boy closely.
s Well, sir, when he said what
kind of a buttoni' he looked as
Il q heap depended on his an
ever. An when / said suspen-
der button he lost all interest.
No., maybe he had a interest in
= shoe button an maybe he
didn't. But / wasn't takin no
chances. 9
4 ibsy YOU We the right, bent
To be q detective 81 exclaimed
Stone; that was really clever
Of you.
But Fibsy was nnmoyed by
tbs p~aise. " ssorta sensed it. Z