Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-05

INAWoou . III Soiue pioou. But blood
isn't as easy to get at as water"
I'm not going TO tell you ahoo.
that" Pan answered. That Ia on.
OF the things you'll have TO find Op'
for yourself" ~
"But-but do YOU understand TN,
on the strength OF what you haN.
told me, miss. l don't see how can
| do anything else except arrest ynnss
Arson was looking at her in
troubled. dazed way as he snnt.
somewhat as if he'd caught a p,sS
maid and must provide quarters e..
| II. He saw her start ut the l,..
words. and SILVER all over. TSSs
she bit her lip and lifted her rs,s
high-a pretty chin with q ch.ldIS
dimple in il.
Naturally" sho said. "wA,
brcaks-pays. One must eSpr,
that. l hope there's nice ciS.s
| prison i'll Ardry lie Mare"
AS L matter OF fact Ardry-le.M Man.
was proud OF its prison" whis
| consisted of q certain number =.
cells attached to the police sta,,,.
But the thought OF shutting up M.
| orchid-girl in one OF them neoss
drove Arson out OF his wits. 81,
=, would have TO go there ioniyl'
There was no help for ii. after W..
| she had said. OR was there mona,
The wretched man rackcd his hrg;,
for some hint given Ivy pas; ey'
perienCe.
Cropping wildly. he reminded hi,,
self that she hadn't confessed =,
! murder. and there was as Vet y,
! actual proof that murder had hos,
done. Could the girl be detained -
this house until she had to apn,,. i
before the magistrates tomorrow
instead OF being led TO tho police 81. |
ton like white lamb calling i,s[,
4 wolf"
But no. There werc the no,
stains in the music room where NJ,
Hsatc was known 10 have h.s. |
playing the piano Just before 81. |
disappeared. There was that ono.
smelling stun that ovcrpowcrcd n. Il
scent on her own monogramm.S /
handkcrch,ef-stufr which tho eS
proclaimed TO be a new anCs,bsp,
stolen by her from Sir Rawdnr, |
| laboratory. And more incrimna,irr
:tili--in connection with tho aT
that avowedly Miss Haste knew An I
about tho cellar whore the rre,t
furnace was-appcnred her volur.
tary confession which concerned n,
Rawdon's boot She had not ,ob
yet what she had done with thai
boot. But a pair had been fond i
partly destroyed in the furnace. Ana \
bones-apparently human bones
lad been found there also. oh. Ii,
evidence was black M exuw L
could be found FOR letting a persoB |
suspected OF such crime REMAIN |
virtually free for a single night
The girl will have To go" he d.. 4
cided. cying hor Rloomily. And The, |
aloud he inquired II she wished Is 1
name any one to defend her. u
Defend me" | don't know vla |
you mean she said. looking HUNTED ]
Arson explained. She would ha,
to appear I'm court before the mays.
tratcs tomorrow, at Ardry- lc Mart i
She must have n solicitor. unlts
she wanted to trust her case 10 ii, |
police court lawyer. n man who ~, L
peared for accused persons II Ng 4
could not AFFORD TO engage one "a
their own account.
landlords air Of defiance Nht
changed to one of utter fatigue
kind OF physical indifference. MI
doesn't matter" she said. Il don't !
/ know anything about lawyers. Nv. |
] suppose my brother has one. lG. |
haps hc--''
That would hardly do" said th
police sergeant. still in the dream q
strangeness which compelled him to Il
advise n self confessed criminal In 4
his charge. You seem 10 forgel J
that YOU made an enemy ~ your
adopted brother. You couldn't poe. 4
sibly be represented by a man en-,
gagged by Captain Haste"
That is true" the girl agreed II
had forgotten. or course, Ken wl L
always hate me now" Tears gather 4
ed in her big eyes again. and drip 1
ped over her cheeks She did not
seem to know that she was crying l
she sat staring into space.
We'll, | VIII see what can b 4
done" Arson said. trying TO stet
Ills heart against the strange ch1
and forget her youth. 81 shall Law
To take you over to Ardry. Mar
presently Butt isn't too late }t
If you've gone out az your head ADD
imagined all this, why, nows tt'
time 10 tell me"
81 haven't imagined g." she ~,
swered. duly. 'I'vo nothing more
tell-nothinR 10 take back"
Rawdon Wells did not know Th@
to go In his own house.
lie was on parole. but 10 would
watched. lie did not care to he W.
ostentatlUusly followed to his bo'
room (now dust shectcd for hIs Az
sencc In America, by one Of A.
sons apologize constables. w
library. where Kennedy Haste ss
was, with Fanny Glllott dragging
him back from merCifUl ObllHG
had become impossible for N@'
1t wouldn't do for Haste 10 wake
and find the man supposed to nav
injured him MORALLY under his F
RaWdon's own den was ber'
used as an ipqulsitOry by Ans
His laboratory had been locked az
sealed by the police, and the way
II through the cellar where the is
Eace was had been closed.
music room was closed also.
whole place was unhomelike'
friendly, even hateful TO the maE Il
of the house. He wandered apo"
tho great hall like n lost sW
staring vaguely Mt pictures
ancestors and envying them pecas&
they had been comfortably dead 8
long time. lie wished 10 ne
enc rather than himself. and thoO'
of the future as unbearablc,
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