Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-12


her hands apart. to shake her % hef
feet and to drive her. whimpsrtne
and crying. TO the front door.
] heard the door open. the eocfer's
vo;ca. his steps In the hall Just -
I was moving toward the aoer. 9
sound caused me 20 turn. Q ioue
sound which had come from the
corpse. Shaking with terror eaSea
az the motionless thing. Il WAS enly
a. the doctor entered that reahxea
that the revolver had fallen from TIE
hand. I don't know why. but this
made me feel sick with tar; &c
seemed to me that our scheme Wss
set At naught BY this trining acci.
dent. ! don't know Why. bue
formed the idea that II the pistol
we're not grssped in the dead hand.
we should be exposed. / rushed ~
ward the body. The doctor was
coming in. In q sudden At OF mad.
ness, picked up the pistol sne
thrust Il into my pocket.
The doctor gave me . curt nod.
went up to the body. felt the pulse.
The woman In the doorway was
watching me. her eyes blinking with
hysteria. While the doctor was
sounding the heart, could hear her
voice mechanically recit!ng :.
'Yo bed at eleven o'clock was
asleep. and at half.past ave :"
She was tying the rope round her
neck. now that the pistol no longer
lay on the floor. for had no chance
yet to put It back. II I could only
get behind the doctor! went up to
the woman and seized her arm In
grip so savage that abe WINGED with
pain: Hold your tongue" whis-
pered. hoarse,y. She stopped SUD.
denly, as IL paraiyzed. l rejo!ned
the doctor. II only coulc get On
the other side The doctor was
strange. He would not know that
this man was ieft.handed. Then Ne
turned TO me and said: "Heart.fail-
uie
"whatY How" I asked.
"Oh, it's quite clear" was too
stunned to speak. let the doctor
raise up the body. drag 1t to . sofa.
open the shirt and vest, murmuring
meanwhile: Hes dead; I'm sorry
to saw that's quite certain, but per.
haps Il will be some satisfaction to
YOU Il I make still more sure" The
doctor. fingers were n!mb,e: after .
moment the mans chest lay ex.
posed, while the doctor applied his
s,e,hoscope: there was no wound.
felt dizzy. Here was something
that I couldn't understand. A man
struck as II by lightning. and behind
me the woman. the murderess. whom
I'd found with the weapon In her
hand -?
The doctor had finished, I'm
sorry to say. Mrs. =. haven's
the pleasure Of your name :
that I'm afraid there's no hope. Let
me advise you to SO to your room. "
She did not reply. 30 the doctor
, turned to me: Perhaps you will look
after this lady. l suppose the ser
wants will be coming down SOON"
] Some instinct was speaking TO me
now, for said in an even tone: %
course, I'll look after her. It's 9
e great shock 10 her TO come In herr
e and find her husband like this. How
long do you think he's been dead!'
|. We'll" said the doctor. openinI
E and closing the fingers with com
ple;e casualncss. tits difficult TO "a 7
r There's no real rigor mortis yet, bu
e there's Just a little. ! should %,
that he must have died where he sat
not earlier than midnight. and no
). later than two o'clock In the morn
4 ing. SIN. that's OF no interest 4
!. YOU. I'm afraid you'll have to com
:. to the inquest. I think. II you'll -
a cuse me. I'll go now. l cant do any
n thing more for you"
n Thank you. doctor" said. see
. ing him out.
= When ] came back. the woma
/. had not moved. She was staring .
% her husbands body where II lay.
. 49," whispered. you didn't XII
n him"
II shot him." she murmured.
N mo, no." I said. consolinEly. q
n the tone one uses to q child. Don
. YOU understand? 1t was a dead ma
a YOU fred at. lie had been dead owe
a. three hours when you fired at him.
+. Then my eyes caught sight Of
q chit.onier between the two tall vii
+. dows. Look" ] said. pointing 70
n shattered Lowestoft howl. that
- where your bullet went"
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n Issue.