Chapter 26

           Theremainderofthetrialconsistedofthetestimonyofelevenwitnesses—fourforMasonandsevenforClyde.Oneofthelatter—aDr.A.K.Sword,ofRehobeth—chancingtobeatBigBitternonthedaythatRoberta’sbodywasreturnedtotheboat-house,nowdeclaredthathehadseenandexamineditthereandthatthewounds,astheyappearedthen,didnotseemtohimasotherthansuchasmighthavebeendeliveredbysuchablowasClydeadmittedtohavingstruckaccidentally,andthatunquestionablyMissAldenhadbeendrownedwhileconscious—andnotunconscious,asthestatewouldhavethejurybelieve—aresultwhichledMasonintoaninquiryconcerningthegentleman’smedicalhistory,which,alas,wasnotasimpressiveasitmighthavebeen.Hehadbeengraduatedfromasecond-ratemedicalschoolinOklahomaandhadpractisedinasmalltowneversince.Inadditiontohim—andentirelyapartfromthecrimewithwhichClydewascharged—therewasSamuelYearsley,oneofthefarmersfromaroundGunLodge,who,drivingovertheroadwhichRoberta’sbodyhadtraveledinbeingremovedfromBigBitterntoGunLodge,nowearnestlysworethattheroad,ashehadnoticedindrivingoveritthatsamemorning,wasquiterough—makingitpossibleforBelknap,whowasexamininghim,toindicatethatthiswasatleastanapproximatecauseoftheextra-severityofthewoundsuponRoberta’sheadandface.

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