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And
was
that
not
part
and
parcel
of
a
rich
and
sophisticated
youth
's
attitude
toward
a
poor
girl
?
By
reason
of
his
own
early
buffetings
at
the
mood
of
chance
and
established
prosperity
the
idea
appealed
to
him
intensely
.
The
wretched
rich
!
The
indifferent
rich
!
And
here
were
her
mother
and
father
obviously
believing
most
firmly
in
her
innocence
and
virtue
.
Further
questioning
of
Mrs.
Alden
only
brought
out
the
fact
that
she
had
never
seen
this
particular
youth
,
and
had
never
even
heard
of
any
other
.
The
only
additional
data
that
either
she
or
her
husband
could
furnish
was
that
during
her
last
home-coming
of
a
month
Roberta
had
not
been
feeling
at
all
well
--
drooped
about
the
house
and
rested
a
good
deal
.
Also
that
she
had
written
a
number
of
letters
which
she
had
given
to
the
postman
or
placed
in
the
delivery
box
at
the
road-crossing
below
.
Neither
Mr.
nor
Mrs.
Alden
knew
to
whom
they
were
addressed
,
although
the
postman
would
be
likely
to
know
,
as
Mason
quickly
thought
.
Also
,
during
this
period
,
she
had
been
busy
making
some
dresses
,
at
least
four
.
And
during
the
latter
part
of
her
stay
,
she
had
been
the
recipient
of
a
number
of
telephone
calls
--
from
a
certain
Mr.
Baker
,
as
Titus
had
heard
Mr.
Wilcox
say
.
Also
,
on
departing
,
she
had
taken
only
such
baggage
as
she
had
brought
with
her
--
her
small
trunk
and
her
bag
.
The
trunk
she
had
checked
herself
at
the
station
,
but
just
where
,
other
than
Lycurgus
,
Titus
could
not
say
.
But
now
,
suddenly
,
since
he
was
attaching
considerable
importance
to
the
name
Baker
,
there
popped
into
Mason
's
mind
:
"
Clifford
Golden
!
Carl
Graham
!
Clyde
Griffiths
!
"
and
at
once
the
identity
of
the
intitials
as
well
as
the
related
euphony
of
the
names
gave
him
pause
.
An
astounding
coincidence
truly
,
if
this
same
Clyde
Griffiths
had
nothing
to
do
with
this
crime
!
Immediately
he
was
anxious
to
go
direct
to
the
mailman
and
question
him
.
But
since
Titus
Alden
was
important
not
only
as
a
witness
in
identifying
Roberta
's
body
and
the
contents
of
the
suitcase
left
by
her
at
Gun
Lodge
but
also
to
persuade
the
postman
to
talk
freely
,
he
now
asked
him
to
dress
and
accompany
him
,
assuring
him
that
he
would
allow
him
to
return
to-morrow
.
After
cautioning
Mrs.
Alden
to
talk
to
no
one
in
regard
to
this
,
he
now
proceeded
to
the
post
office
to
question
the
mailman
.
That
individual
when
found
,
recalled
,
upon
inquiry
,
and
in
the
presence
of
Titus
who
stood
like
a
galvanized
corpse
by
the
side
of
the
district
attorney
,
that
not
only
had
there
been
a
few
letters
--
no
less
than
twelve
or
fifteen
even
--
handed
him
by
Roberta
,
during
her
recent
stay
here
,
but
that
all
of
them
had
been
addressed
to
some
one
in
Lycurgus
by
the
name
of
--
let
him
see
--
Clyde
Griffiths
--
no
less
--
care
of
General
Delivery
there
.
Forthwith
,
the
district
attorney
proceeded
with
him
to
a
local
notary
's
office
where
a
deposition
was
made
,
after
which
he
called
his
office
,
and
learning
that
Roberta
's
body
had
been
brought
to
Bridgeburg
,
he
drove
there
with
as
much
speed
as
he
could
attain
.
And
once
there
and
in
the
presence
of
the
body
along
with
Titus
,
Burton
Burleigh
,
Heit
and
Earl
Newcomb
,
he
was
able
to
decide
for
himself
,
even
while
Titus
,
half
demented
,
gazed
upon
the
features
of
his
child
,
first
that
she
truly
was
Roberta
Alden
and
next
as
to
whether
he
considered
her
of
the
type
who
would
wantonly
yield
herself
to
such
a
liaison
as
the
registration
at
Grass
Lake
seemed
to
indicate
.
He
decided
he
did
not
.
This
was
a
case
of
sly
,
evil
seduction
as
well
as
murder
.
Oh
,
the
scoundrel
!
And
still
at
large
.
Almost
the
political
value
of
all
this
was
obscured
by
an
angry
social
resentfulness
against
men
of
means
in
general
.
But
this
particular
contact
with
the
dead
,
made
at
ten
o'clock
at
night
in
the
receiving
parlors
of
the
Lutz
Brothers
,
Undertakers
,
and
with
Titus
Alden
falling
on
his
knees
by
the
side
of
his
daughter
and
emotionally
carrying
her
small
,
cold
hands
to
his
lips
while
he
gazed
feverishly
and
protestingly
upon
her
waxy
face
,
framed
by
her
long
brown
hair
,
was
scarcely
such
as
to
promise
an
unbiased
or
even
legal
opinion
.
The
eyes
of
all
those
present
were
wet
with
tears
.
And
now
Titus
Alden
injected
a
new
and
most
dramatic
note
into
the
situation
.
For
while
the
Lutz
Brothers
,
with
three
of
their
friends
who
kept
an
automobile
shop
next
door
,
Everett
Beeker
,
the
present
representative
of
the
Bridgeburg
Republican
,
and
Sam
Tacksun
,
the
editor
and
publisher
of
the
Democrat
,
awesomely
gazed
over
or
between
the
heads
of
each
other
from
without
a
side
door
which
gave
into
the
Lutzs
'
garage
,
he
suddenly
rose
and
moving
wildly
toward
Mason
,
exclaimed
:
"
I
want
you
to
find
the
scoundrel
who
did
this
,
Mr.
District
Attorney
.
I
want
him
to
be
made
to
suffer
as
this
pure
,
good
girl
has
been
made
to
suffer
.
She
's
been
murdered
--
that
's
all
.
No
one
but
a
murderer
would
take
a
girl
out
on
a
lake
like
that
and
strike
her
as
any
one
can
see
she
has
been
struck
.
"
He
gestured
toward
his
dead
child
.
"
I
have
no
money
to
help
prosecute
a
scoundrel
like
that
.
But
I
will
work
.
I
will
sell
my
farm
.
"
