Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-02-25
charming candid amusement with

certainly not muCn later.
"By what door did you 60 out?"
Through the kitchen and out the
little door in Mrs. Slows garage. "
''Why did you 60 out so secret
ly?"
SIN order to be alone. My head
was buzzing a little with the warm
air and I didn't want anybody to
come with me-"
'Did you put on your outer
clothes?"
eyes. l retrieved my long cape
and beret from the garage where
I left them when I came in"
"Did anybody see you 60 out?"
'No! Yes!" Doctor Marden re-
considered; smiled reminiscently /;
smiled with that tender gentleness
which I might describe as my IA
vorite of his many charming ex-
pressions. ''Mrs. Avery's little
niece, Sylvia. She had gone out
into the. kitchen. For some reason,
none of the maids was there"
"Did she recognize your"
eyes. I lifted my mask"
"Didashe speak,"
, Before she could say anything I
put my fingers to my lips and she
kept perfect silence"
''Where did you go?" Patrick
asked next.
IT took little stroll" Doctor
Marden answered, Through the
meadow which stretches between
Mrs. Slows and Mrs Ayery's
house."
"You were in costume, Doctor
Marden. Did your walk injure it
l mean, dew, vines, weeds, etc.,"
"There's a very pleasant little
path between the two Places" Doc
tor Marden informed Patrick po-
litely.
Ihad a feeling that I was watch
ing the preliminaries to duel of
two skilled fencers.
81 went through the opening in
the hedge, across Mrs. Avery's
drive, across the lawn in front of
her gardens and onto the path lead
ing to what Mrs. Avery calls the
Spinney.'
"Did you see anybody on the
place or on the road?"
Nobody"
$50 on!" -. -
81 walked into the Spinney. AS I
entered I heard voices" He paused
politely. 'Does this interest you,
Mr.. O'Brien?"
Every much. Whose voices were
they?"
"There were two voices. One
was a woman's. I did not recog-
nize it. The other was a MANS
Doctor Blaikie's.'
"Did you hear what they said?"
81 heard nothing!"
"But as you got nearer"
"When I realized that there was a
tete-a-tete going on in the Spinney,
I stopped, started to turn back but
the voices stopped and I heard
footsteps retreating. I waited a
minute and kept on until I came
across Doctor Blaikie."
"You did not see the lady at all?"
emo" ''
"You spoke with Doctor Blake
Of course" 4
"Yes-for several minutes"
"And then you went on?"
eyes"
"Was your conversation a long
one?"
"a very brief one."
'tWhat was the nature of your
talk?"
s'It's one of those talks that you
can't reproduce because really
nothing was said. I knew that
lady had just left the Spinney. T.
think he knew knew that. I don't
know whether he was embarrassed
or not. I was little conscious OF
the situation. I think I told him
that I'd come out because the house
was so warm and that I wanted to
smoke"
''Had you lighted a cigar YETI"
''No. But / told Doctor Blaikie
that ! was going back to the
house and asked him to join me
in a smoke"
"What did he say to that?"
"He said no; that he was re-
turning at once to the dance"
"Did you 60 after that?"
GAS I remember, that was my
last remark"
"You left Doctor Blaikie in the
Spinney?"
eyes"
"Had he turned-had he started
to leave the Spinney?"
''No."
''By what path did you 60 out
from the Spinney?" Z, ~; ~ q.
81 continued along the path that
runs beside Mrs. Avery's Little
House; then up, onto the road and
then back to the Slows"
"Did you smoke on the way
back?"
"Yes-one cigarette"
"Did you meet anybody else on
the way back?"
mo"
Elbow did you enter the house?"
"By the garage door-as left