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The
information
obtained
by
Coroner
Heit
and
his
assistant
was
of
a
singular
and
disturbing
character
.
In
the
first
instance
,
because
of
the
disappearance
of
a
boat
and
an
apparently
happy
and
attractive
couple
bent
on
sight-seeing
,
an
early
morning
search
,
instigated
by
the
inn-keeper
of
this
region
,
had
revealed
,
in
Moon
Cove
,
the
presence
of
the
overturned
canoe
,
also
the
hat
and
veil
.
And
immediately
such
available
employees
,
as
well
as
guides
and
guests
of
the
Inn
,
as
could
be
impressed
,
had
begun
diving
into
the
waters
or
by
means
of
long
poles
equipped
with
hooks
attempting
to
bring
one
or
both
bodies
to
the
surface
.
The
fact
,
as
reported
by
Sim
Shoop
,
the
guide
,
as
well
as
the
innkeeper
and
the
boathouse
lessee
,
that
the
lost
girl
was
both
young
and
attractive
and
her
companion
seemingly
a
youth
of
some
means
,
was
sufficient
to
whet
the
interest
of
this
lake
group
of
woodsmen
and
inn
employees
to
a
point
which
verged
on
sorrow
.
And
in
addition
,
there
was
intense
curiosity
as
to
how
,
on
so
fair
and
windless
a
day
,
so
strange
an
accident
could
have
occurred
.
But
what
created
far
more
excitement
after
a
very
little
time
was
the
fact
that
at
high
noon
one
of
the
men
who
trolled
--
John
Pole
--
a
woodsman
,
was
at
last
successful
in
bringing
to
the
surface
Roberta
herself
,
drawn
upward
by
the
skirt
of
her
dress
,
obviously
bruised
about
the
face
--
the
lips
and
nose
and
above
and
below
the
right
eye
--
a
fact
which
to
those
who
were
assisting
at
once
seemed
to
be
suspicious
.
Indeed
,
John
Pole
,
who
with
Joe
Rainer
at
the
oars
was
the
one
who
had
succeeded
in
bringing
her
to
the
surface
,
had
exclaimed
at
once
on
seeing
her
:
"
Why
,
the
pore
little
thing
!
She
do
n't
seem
to
weigh
more
'n
nothin
'
at
all
.
It
's
a
wonder
tuh
me
she
coulda
sunk
.
"
And
then
reaching
over
and
gathering
her
in
his
strong
arms
,
he
drew
her
in
,
dripping
and
lifeless
,
while
his
companions
signaled
to
the
other
searchers
,
who
came
swiftly
.
And
putting
back
from
her
face
the
long
,
brown
,
thick
hair
which
the
action
of
the
water
had
swirled
concealingly
across
it
,
he
had
added
:
"
I
do
declare
,
Joe
!
Looka
here
.
It
does
look
like
the
child
mighta
been
hit
by
somethin'
!
Looka
here
,
Joe
!
"
And
soon
the
group
of
woodsmen
and
inn
guests
in
their
boats
alongside
were
looking
at
the
brownish-blue
marks
on
Roberta
's
face
.
And
forthwith
,
even
while
the
body
of
Roberta
was
being
taken
north
to
the
boat-house
,
and
the
dragging
for
the
body
of
the
lost
man
was
resumed
,
suspicions
were
being
voiced
in
such
phrases
as
:
"
Well
,
it
looks
kinda
queer
--
them
marks
--
an
'
all
--
do
n't
it
?
It
's
curious
a
boat
like
that
coulda
upset
on
a
day
like
yesterday
.
"
"
We
'll
soon
know
if
he
's
down
there
or
not
!
"
;
the
feeling
,
following
failure
after
hours
of
fruitless
search
for
him
,
definitely
coalescing
at
last
into
the
conclusion
that
more
than
likely
he
was
not
down
there
at
all
--
a
hard
and
stirring
thought
to
all
.
Subsequent
to
this
,
the
guide
who
had
brought
Clyde
and
Roberta
from
Gun
Lodge
conferring
with
the
inn-keepers
at
Big
Bittern
and
Grass
Lake
,
it
was
factually
determined
:
(
1
)
that
the
drowned
girl
had
left
her
bag
at
Gun
Lodge
whereas
Clifford
Golden
had
taken
his
with
him
;
(
2
)
that
there
was
a
disturbing
discrepancy
between
the
registration
at
Grass
Lake
and
that
at
Big
Bittern
,
the
names
Carl
Graham
and
Clifford
Golden
being
carefully
discussed
by
the
two
inn-keepers
and
the
identity
of
the
bearer
as
to
looks
established
;
and
(
3
)
that
the
said
Clifford
Golden
or
Carl
Graham
had
asked
of
the
guide
who
had
driven
him
over
to
Big
Bittern
whether
there
were
many
people
on
the
lake
that
day
.
And
thereafter
the
suspicions
thus
far
engendered
further
coalescing
into
the
certainty
that
there
had
been
foul
play
.
There
was
scarcely
any
doubt
of
it
.
Immediately
upon
his
arrival
Coroner
Heit
was
made
to
understand
that
these
men
of
the
north
woods
were
deeply
moved
and
in
addition
determined
in
their
suspicions
.
They
did
not
believe
that
the
body
of
Clifford
Golden
or
Carl
Graham
had
ever
sunk
to
the
bottom
of
the
lake
.
With
the
result
that
Heit
on
viewing
the
body
of
the
unknown
girl
laid
carefully
on
a
cot
in
the
boat-house
,
and
finding
her
young
and
attractive
,
was
strangely
affected
,
not
only
by
her
looks
but
this
circumambient
atmosphere
of
suspicion
.
Worse
yet
,
on
retiring
to
the
office
of
the
manager
of
the
inn
,
and
being
handed
the
letter
found
in
the
pocket
of
Roberta
's
coat
,
he
was
definitely
swayed
in
the
direction
of
a
somber
and
unshakable
suspicion
.
For
he
read
:
Grass
Lake
,
N.
Y.
,
July
8th
.
DEAREST
MAMMA
:
We
're
up
here
and
we
're
going
to
be
married
,
but
this
is
for
your
eyes
alone
.
Please
do
n't
show
it
to
papa
or
any
one
,
for
it
must
n't
become
known
yet
.
I
told
you
why
at
Christmas
.
And
you
're
not
to
worry
or
ask
any
questions
or
tell
any
one
except
just
that
you
've
heard
from
me
and
know
where
I
am
--
not
anybody
.
And
you
must
n't
think
I
wo
n't
be
getting
along
all
right
because
I
will
be
.
Here
's
a
big
hug
and
kiss
for
each
cheek
,
mamma
.
Be
sure
and
make
father
understand
that
it
's
all
right
without
telling
him
anything
,
or
Emily
or
Tom
or
Gifford
,
either
,
do
you
hear
?
I
'm
sending
you
nice
,
big
kisses
.
