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And
for
want
of
a
bit
of
incriminating
proof
,
was
such
a
young
,
silent
,
vain
crook
as
this
to
be
allowed
to
escape
?
Not
if
he
himself
had
to
twine
the
hairs
about
the
rowlock
or
inside
the
lid
of
the
camera
,
and
then
call
Mason
's
attention
to
them
as
something
overlooked
!
And
in
consequence
,
upon
the
same
day
that
Heit
and
Mason
were
personally
re-measuring
the
wounds
upon
Roberta
's
face
and
head
,
Burleigh
slyly
threading
two
of
Roberta
's
hairs
in
between
the
door
and
the
lens
of
the
camera
,
so
that
Mason
and
Heit
a
little
while
later
unexpectedly
coming
upon
them
,
and
wondering
why
they
had
not
seen
them
before
--
nevertheless
accepting
them
immediately
as
conclusive
evidence
of
Clyde
's
guilt
.
Indeed
,
Mason
thereupon
announcing
that
in
so
far
as
he
was
concerned
,
his
case
was
complete
.
He
had
truly
traced
out
every
step
in
this
crime
and
if
need
be
was
prepared
to
go
to
trial
on
the
morrow
.
Yet
,
because
of
the
very
completeness
of
the
testimony
,
deciding
for
the
present
,
at
least
,
not
to
say
anything
in
connection
with
the
camera
--
to
seal
,
if
possible
,
the
mouth
of
every
one
who
knew
.
For
,
assuming
that
Clyde
persisted
in
denying
that
he
had
carried
a
camera
,
or
that
his
own
lawyer
should
be
unaware
of
the
existence
of
such
evidence
,
then
how
damning
in
court
,
and
out
of
a
clear
sky
,
to
produce
this
camera
,
these
photographs
of
Roberta
made
by
him
,
and
the
proof
that
the
very
measurements
of
one
side
of
the
camera
coincided
with
the
size
of
the
wounds
upon
her
face
!
How
complete
!
How
incriminating
!
Also
since
he
personally
having
gathered
the
testimony
was
the
one
best
fitted
to
present
it
,
he
decided
to
communicate
with
the
governor
of
the
state
for
the
purpose
of
obtaining
a
special
term
of
the
Supreme
Court
for
this
district
,
with
its
accompanying
special
session
of
the
local
grand
jury
,
which
would
then
be
subject
to
his
call
at
any
time
.
For
with
this
granted
,
he
would
be
able
to
impanel
a
grand
jury
and
in
the
event
of
a
true
bill
being
returned
against
Clyde
,
then
within
a
month
or
six
weeks
,
proceed
to
trial
.
Strictly
to
himself
,
however
,
he
kept
the
fact
that
in
view
of
his
own
approaching
nomination
in
the
ensuing
November
election
this
should
all
prove
most
opportune
,
since
in
the
absence
of
any
such
special
term
the
case
could
not
possibly
be
tried
before
the
succeeding
regular
January
term
of
the
Supreme
Court
,
by
which
time
he
would
be
out
of
office
and
although
possibly
elected
to
the
local
judgeship
still
not
able
to
try
the
case
in
person
.
And
in
view
of
the
state
of
public
opinion
,
which
was
most
bitterly
and
vigorously
anti-Clyde
,
a
quick
trial
would
seem
fair
and
logical
to
every
one
in
this
local
world
For
why
delay
?
Why
permit
such
a
criminal
to
sit
about
and
speculate
on
some
plan
of
escape
?
And
especially
when
his
trial
by
him
,
Mason
,
was
certain
to
rebound
to
his
legal
and
political
and
social
fame
the
country
over
.
And
then
out
of
the
north
woods
a
crime
sensation
of
the
first
magnitude
,
with
all
of
those
intriguingly
colorful
,
and
yet
morally
and
spiritually
atrocious
,
elements
--
love
,
romance
,
wealth
;
poverty
,
death
.
And
at
once
picturesque
accounts
of
where
and
how
Clyde
had
lived
in
Lycurgus
,
with
whom
he
had
been
connected
,
how
he
had
managed
to
conceal
his
relations
with
one
girl
while
obviously
planning
to
elope
with
another
--
being
wired
for
and
published
by
that
type
of
editor
so
quick
to
sense
the
national
news
value
of
crimes
such
as
this
.
And
telegrams
of
inquiry
pouring
in
from
New
York
,
Chicago
,
Boston
,
Philadelphia
,
San
Francisco
and
other
large
American
cities
east
and
west
,
either
to
Mason
direct
or
the
representatives
of
the
Associated
or
United
Press
in
this
area
,
asking
for
further
and
more
complete
details
of
the
crime
.
Who
was
this
beautiful
wealthy
girl
with
whom
it
was
said
this
Griffiths
was
in
love
?
Where
did
she
live
?
What
were
Clyde
's
exact
relations
with
her
?
Yet
Mason
,
over-awed
by
the
wealth
of
the
Finchleys
and
the
Griffiths
,
loath
to
part
with
Sondra
's
name
,
simply
asserting
for
the
present
that
she
was
the
daughter
of
a
very
wealthy
manufacturer
in
Lycurgus
,
whose
name
he
did
not
care
to
furnish
--
yet
not
hesitating
to
show
the
bundle
of
letters
carefully
tied
with
a
ribbon
by
Clyde
.
But
Roberta
's
letters
on
the
other
hand
being
described
in
detail
--
even
excerpts
of
some
of
them
--
the
more
poetic
and
gloomy
being
furnished
the
Press
for
use
,
for
who
was
there
to
protect
her
.
And
on
their
publication
a
wave
of
hatred
for
Clyde
as
well
as
a
wave
of
pity
for
her
--
the
poor
,
lonely
,
country
girl
who
had
had
no
one
but
him
--
and
he
cruel
,
faithless
--
a
murderer
even
.
Was
not
hanging
too
good
for
him
?
For
en
route
to
and
from
Bear
Lake
,
as
well
as
since
,
Mason
had
pored
over
these
letters
.
And
because
of
certain
intensely
moving
passages
relating
to
her
home
life
,
her
gloomy
distress
as
to
her
future
,
her
evident
loneliness
and
weariness
of
heart
,
he
had
been
greatly
moved
,
and
later
had
been
able
to
convey
this
feeling
to
others
--
his
wife
and
Heit
and
the
local
newspapermen
.
So
much
so
that
the
latter
in
particular
were
sending
from
Bridgeburg
vivid
,
if
somewhat
distorted
,
descriptions
of
Clyde
,
his
silence
,
his
moodiness
,
and
his
hard-heartedness
.
And
then
a
particularly
romantic
young
reporter
from
The
Star
,
of
Utica
arriving
at
the
home
of
the
Aldens
,
there
was
immediately
given
to
the
world
a
fairly
accurate
picture
of
the
weary
and
defeated
Mrs.
Alden
,
who
,
too
exhausted
to
protest
or
complain
,
merely
contented
herself
with
a
sincere
and
graphic
picture
of
Roberta
's
devotion
to
her
parents
,
her
simple
ways
of
living
,
her
modesty
,
morality
,
religious
devotion
--
how
once
the
local
pastor
of
the
Methodist
Church
had
said
that
she
was
the
brightest
and
prettiest
and
kindest
girl
he
had
ever
known
,
and
how
for
years
before
leaving
home
she
had
been
as
her
mother
's
own
right
hand
.
