Американская трагедия

Chapter 42

           Thinkingatthetimethatitmightbeanotherinstanceofrentershavingdecampedinordertoavoidpayment,hereturnedtheboattohisowndock.

           Butthismorning,doubtfulastowhetherornotanaccidenthadoccurred,heandhisassistant,FredWalsh,togetherwithhisson,madeasecondtourofthenorthshoreandfinallycameuponthehatsofboththegirlandthemanfloatingamongsomerushesneartheshore.Atonceadredgingpartywasorganized,andbythreeo’clockto-daythebodyofthegirl,concerningwhomnothingisknownhere,otherthanthatshecameherewithhercompanion,wasbroughtupandturnedovertotheauthorities.Thatofthemanhasnotyetbeenfound.Thewaterintheimmediatevicinityoftheaccidentinsomeplacesbeingoverthirtyfeetdeep,itisnotcertainwhetherthetrollinganddredgingwillyieldtheotherbodyornot.Inthecaseofasimilaraccidentwhichtookplaceheresomefifteenyearsago,neitherbodywaseverrecovered.

           TotheliningofthesmalljacketwhichthegirlworewassewedthetagofaPittsfielddealer.AlsoinhershoeliningwasstampedthenameofJacobsofthissamecity.Butotherthanthesetherewasnoevidenceastoheridentity.Itisassumedbytheauthoritiesherethatifshecarriedabagofanykinditliesatthebottomofthelake.

           Themanisrecalledasbeingtall,dark,aboutthirty-fiveyearsofage,andworealightgreensuitandstrawhatwithawhiteandblueband.

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