The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-02-17
THE MARK OF CAIN
Copyright. 1917. by ]. B. Hppincott Co.


Me said wuz: Carabidae. y
N 1t was! / know it now!
n Mat s that meant"
n Never mind. What d'you
q tan sayin' the teller said things
n didn't say at all? He said
apcaphinotus, too; not Stephan
Altis.'
i can't tell any difference
when you say EN-
u "Never mind, you don't have
No. Now, turn that thinker of
Mourn backward, and remember
Aard. Don / it seem to you like
3Ashe guy said somebody d set
saagap, no matter who, and that
Nc and Mr.. Trowbridge'd get the
Btephanotis and the Carlb-
Whatever it was-outen the
glrap7"
Eyes, it does seem like ne said
That, only that amt sense.
\ "Never you mind the sense.
I'm loolSin after that end. An
hen, wasn't Mr.. Trowbridge
Iickled to death to go an get
hese queer things from the
Irap?''
Eyes, said he had a nengage
nent, but he'd break it to get
Ihe Stephanotis-"
"Sure he would! In minute
|lll right, Wilky. You keep all
his under your yellow top;
lon't squeak it to a soul. Goo
by
"Sumpum told me not to go
10 Philadelphia so swift, " the
boy unused, as he went home.
Nov, here | am chock-a-block
with new dope on this murder
base, an / dunno what to do
with it. If | tell the police first,
maybe Miss Avice won't like it.
And if / tell Judge Hoyt first,
maybe the police'll get mad.
There's that Duane guy, but he
aon t know enough to go in when
t rains. | Wisht | was real
detective. Here | am just kid,
in yet | got a lot O. inside info
hat orta be put to use. Lemme-
lee, who do want to favor
most Miss Avice, o. course. But
lures / go to her, that Pinck-
ley feller'n butt in, an, he does
let my goat! | b 'lieve I'll do
Me ight thing, an take it
traisht to the strong arm o. tn
aw.''
Iibsy went to the criminal
sourt building, and by dint of
Fheedling, fighting, coaxing
ind, it must be admitted, lying,
le at last obtained access TO the
district attorneys office, for the
Joy declined to entrust his Sc
1rets to any intermediary.
Judge Hoyt was there and De-
lectlve Groot. Also Mr.. Duane,
boxing bit despairing, and sew
al others, all discussing the
roWbridge case.
Fibsy was a little frightened,
ot at the size Of his audience,
nut because he was not sure he
wanted i ali al those present to know
pf his news. And yet, after all,
I might not prove of such great
Importance as he expected. He
bad misgiyings on that score, as
well as on many others.
But Mr.. Whiting, though he
Greeted the boy with a nod, was
"a no hurry to listen to him, and
fibsy was given a chair and told
% wait. Nothing loath, he sat
Gown and pretended to be obi
sious to all that was being said,
ahough really he was taking in
livery thing he could hear.
at last the district attorney,
IA q preoccupied way, told him
% tell his story and to make it
As brief as he could.
But when the boy began by
simply stating that he had dis
covered what was the meaning
# the mysterious telephone mes
sage and also what relation the
milk bottle bore to the trip to
she woods, all eyes and ears gave
aim attention
knowing the Importance Of
he occasion and anxious to
make a good impression, Fibsy
trove to make his language CON
,rm, as far as he could, to the
English spoken by his present
audience.
6 So 4 asked Perfesser Mere
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