Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-10

how they had found her father. To
Bartley's questions she replied that
no one had touched or moved any
thing and that her first thought
after she was able to speak was to
have BARLEY called. and also her
fiance, Odard Camp. who was at the
hotel. The rest we knew.
In fact, for q while Il seemed as
IL she had nothing Of value to tell
US, though she wished to aid Bart
ley all she could. But any fact that
would throw light on the murder
she did not have. When asked II
she knew the men her father had
given a dinner for at the club. she
shook her head YEARLY.
IT think he told me-" was the
reply, but I have forgotten, that is.
all but Judge Kingland. He Is one
of fathers old friends. one of the
judges of the Supreme Court of
Georgia. He would know the rest"
A long silence came after this in
which the chief shifted his feet
| nervously. Bartley's face was stern,
though whenever he glanced at the
girl 1t softened. Suddenly he asked:
Faith, so far as I know your
| father did not have an enemy in
| the world. You never knew of any
enc that quarreled with him. any Ill
| feeling of any kind?"
She shook her head slowly. Then
a startled look came over her face
| and she turned to her fiance. Bart
| ley's keen eyes saw the look and he
said: What just came into your
mind, FAITH"
She looked half apologizingly at
him as If the fancy had been foolish,
! but when he asked the question
| again, said slowly:
| why she started and then
| paused again, It's foolish. Mr.
| Donald"
"Your cousin?"
| She nodded. BARLEY turning to
! the chief and me to tell us this was
! Mr.. Rice's dead sisters son, who
! lived with them, young man Of
around twenty. He turned again to
| the girl. What about. him?"
| She half hesitated. then went on
slowly. He had several quarreIs
with father, nothing to amount to
much, or serious. He wanted q
| larger allowance and when he heard
father was giving me gold pieces,
it made him angry. He thought he
should have had the same gift"
Remembering the missing box,
gave start. The interested look
| had come into Bartley's face also.
| rs that all?" he asked. noticing
her face had suddenly flushed at
some recollection.
Her chek redeemed under his gaze
and her eyes dropped as she re-
piled:
Why, about all. he-he-" she
paused.
| "Yes?" said BARLEY.
He said once that he thought I
| ought TO marry him, but l thought
it was a joke as he did not. seem
| serious. He never liked Odard. He
| did say some rather foolish things
yesterday about the wedding"
She paused again, and only when
BARLEY insisted did she continue:
| He wished to have me invite
| some friends of his to the wedding.
| They were people / did not know
and father got angry at him when
he insisted. Donald lost his temper
and said: You wait, wait until to-
morrow; [ will give your old we'd
| ding jolt"
The chief gave start and even 1
was startled. In face OF what had
happened, the words of the young
l man might make him trouble,
= though l saw that the girl did not
attach much Importance to them.
Even BARLEY looked troubled and
asked:
What did he mean by that, have
You any idea?"
The girl shook her head, mo. I
| don't know what he meant. Donald
| always was In the habit of saying
1oollsh things, talking about giving
people, as he called it. shocks
| put he never did. He talked at
times rather Importantly. But that
was what he said last night and
then bounced out of the library"
/ In his heavy voice the chief spoke
! Tor the first time: Where Is that
! young man now?"
Suddenly, as If realizing what
/ might be thought Of the Young
! mans remarks, the girl cried:
| on, am sorry told you. Donald
, Is rather burden at times but he
| never had anything to do with
fathers death. That would be
T; wicked to even think"
BARLEY smiled, No one thinks he
old, Faith, we wished only to ask
where he was"
The girIs eyes became wider as
piled:
why. I don't know Mr.. BARLEY.
have not seen him today. The
last time l saw him was in the hall
last evening, around ten or after"
IL nashed over me some one had
SAID the young man had been in Mr.
Rlces room, the library, and that he
must have been one of the last
persons to see him alive. The same
thought must have come to BARLEY
Tor ne asked the chief to go out and
nnd II the young man was anywhere
| around.
After the chief went from the
room, BARLEY tried to find out why
II was that Donald had not liked
her nance, but at last we all de-
cioed 1t must have been because
Falth was to marry him. Evidently
the young man was jealous. It was
right after this that Camp turned
to the girl.
Shall I tell him about the letters
dear?" he asked. o
Before she could reply BARLEY
asked quickly:
| What letters?"
me young man flushed. replvinc.
1t seems foolish but we had Soma
letters sent us. / had one. Faith
two, all Unsigned"
What kind of letters?" came the
quick question.
he flushed. Foolish letters. say-
ing That we must not get married
| did, - We
Bartley's face was a study. He
had found more than he exnected
| Already in fhfa ho,,aa ut 80,