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Lovingly
,
BERT
.
P.S.
.
This
must
be
your
secret
and
mine
until
I
write
you
different
a
little
later
on
.
And
in
the
upper
right-hand
corner
of
the
paper
,
as
well
as
on
the
envelope
,
were
printed
the
words
:
"
Grass
Lake
Inn
,
Grass
Lake
,
N.
Y.
,
Jack
Evans
,
Prop
.
"
And
the
letter
had
evidently
been
written
the
morning
after
the
night
they
had
spent
at
Grass
Lake
as
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Carl
Graham
.
The
waywardness
of
young
girls
!
For
plainly
,
as
this
letter
indicated
,
these
two
had
stayed
together
as
man
and
wife
at
that
inn
when
they
were
not
as
yet
married
.
He
winced
as
he
read
,
for
he
had
daughters
of
his
own
of
whom
he
was
exceedingly
fond
.
But
at
this
point
he
had
a
thought
.
A
quadrennial
county
election
was
impending
,
the
voting
to
take
place
the
following
November
,
at
which
were
to
be
chosen
for
three
years
more
the
entire
roster
of
county
offices
,
his
own
included
,
and
in
addition
this
year
a
county
judge
whose
term
was
for
six
years
.
In
August
,
some
six
weeks
further
on
,
were
to
be
held
the
county
Republican
and
Democratic
conventions
at
which
were
to
be
chosen
the
regular
party
nominees
for
these
respective
offices
.
Yet
for
no
one
of
these
places
,
thus
far
,
other
than
that
of
the
county
judgeship
,
could
the
present
incumbent
of
the
office
of
district
attorney
possibly
look
forward
with
any
hope
,
since
already
he
had
held
the
position
of
district
attorney
for
two
consecutive
terms
,
a
length
of
office
due
to
the
fact
that
not
only
was
he
a
good
orator
of
the
inland
political
stripe
but
also
,
as
the
chief
legal
official
of
the
county
,
he
was
in
a
position
to
do
one
and
another
of
his
friends
a
favor
.
But
now
,
unless
he
were
so
fortunate
as
to
be
nominated
and
subsequently
elected
to
this
county
judgeship
,
defeat
and
political
doldrums
loomed
ahead
.
For
during
all
his
term
of
office
thus
far
,
there
had
been
no
really
important
case
in
connection
with
which
he
had
been
able
to
distinguish
himself
and
so
rightfully
and
hopefully
demand
further
recognition
from
the
people
.
But
this
...
But
now
,
as
the
Coroner
shrewdly
foresaw
,
might
not
this
case
prove
the
very
thing
to
fix
the
attention
and
favor
of
the
people
upon
one
man
--
the
incumbent
district
attorney
--
a
close
and
helpful
friend
of
his
,
thus
far
--
and
so
sufficiently
redound
to
his
credit
and
strength
,
and
through
him
to
the
party
ticket
itself
,
so
that
at
the
coming
election
all
might
be
elected
--
the
reigning
district
attorney
thus
winning
for
himself
not
only
the
nomination
for
but
his
election
to
the
six-year
term
judgeship
.
Stranger
things
than
this
had
happened
in
the
political
world
.
Immediately
he
decided
not
to
answer
any
questions
in
regard
to
this
letter
,
since
it
promised
a
quick
solution
of
the
mystery
of
the
perpetrator
of
the
crime
,
if
there
had
been
one
,
plus
exceptional
credit
in
the
present
political
situation
to
whosoever
should
appear
to
be
instrumental
in
the
same
.
At
the
same
time
he
at
once
ordered
Earl
Newcomb
,
as
well
as
the
guide
who
had
brought
Roberta
and
Clyde
to
Big
Bittern
,
to
return
to
Gun
Lodge
station
from
where
the
couple
had
come
and
say
that
under
no
circumstances
was
the
bag
held
there
to
be
surrendered
to
any
one
save
himself
or
a
representative
of
the
district
attorney
.
Then
,
when
he
was
about
to
telephone
to
Biltz
to
ascertain
whether
there
was
such
a
family
as
Alden
possessing
a
daughter
by
the
name
of
Bert
,
or
possibly
Alberta
,
he
was
most
providentially
,
as
it
seemed
to
him
,
interrupted
by
two
men
and
a
boy
,
trappers
and
hunters
of
this
region
,
who
,
accompanied
by
a
crowd
of
those
now
familiar
with
the
tragedy
,
were
almost
tumultuously
ushered
into
his
presence
.
For
they
had
news
--
news
of
the
utmost
importance
!
As
they
now
related
,
with
many
interruptions
and
corrections
,
at
about
five
o'clock
of
the
afternoon
of
the
day
on
which
Roberta
was
drowned
,
they
were
setting
out
from
Three
Mile
Bay
,
some
twelve
miles
south
of
Big
Bittern
,
to
hunt
and
fish
in
and
near
this
lake
.
And
,
as
they
now
unanimously
testified
,
on
the
night
in
question
,
at
about
nine
o'clock
,
as
they
were
nearing
the
south
shore
of
Big
Bittern
--
perhaps
three
miles
to
the
south
of
it
--
they
had
encountered
a
young
man
,
whom
they
took
to
be
some
stranger
making
his
way
from
the
inn
at
Big
Bittern
south
to
the
village
at
Three
Mile
Bay
.
He
was
a
smartishly
and
decidedly
well
dressed
youth
for
these
parts
,
as
they
now
said
--
wearing
a
straw
hat
and
carrying
a
bag
,
and
at
the
time
they
wondered
why
such
a
trip
on
foot
and
at
such
an
hour
since
there
was
a
train
south
early
next
morning
which
reached
Three
Mile
Bay
in
an
hour
's
time
.
And
why
,
too
,
should
he
have
been
so
startled
at
meeting
them
?
For
as
they
described
it
,
on
his
encountering
them
in
the
woods
thus
,
he
had
jumped
back
as
though
startled
and
worse
--
terrified
--
as
though
about
to
run
.
