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Chapter 2

           

           Subsequenttothis,theguidewhohadbroughtClydeandRobertafromGunLodgeconferringwiththeinn-keepersatBigBitternandGrassLake,itwasfactuallydetermined:(1)thatthedrownedgirlhadleftherbagatGunLodgewhereasCliffordGoldenhadtakenhiswithhim;(2)thattherewasadisturbingdiscrepancybetweentheregistrationatGrassLakeandthatatBigBittern,thenamesCarlGrahamandCliffordGoldenbeingcarefullydiscussedbythetwoinn-keepersandtheidentityofthebearerastolooksestablished;and(3)thatthesaidCliffordGoldenorCarlGrahamhadaskedoftheguidewhohaddrivenhimovertoBigBitternwhetherthereweremanypeopleonthelakethatday.Andthereafterthesuspicionsthusfarengenderedfurthercoalescingintothecertaintythattherehadbeenfoulplay.Therewasscarcelyanydoubtofit.

           ImmediatelyuponhisarrivalCoronerHeitwasmadetounderstandthatthesemenofthenorthwoodsweredeeplymovedandinadditiondeterminedintheirsuspicions.TheydidnotbelievethatthebodyofCliffordGoldenorCarlGrahamhadeversunktothebottomofthelake.WiththeresultthatHeitonviewingthebodyoftheunknowngirllaidcarefullyonacotintheboat-house,andfindingheryoungandattractive,wasstrangelyaffected,notonlybyherlooksbutthiscircumambientatmosphereofsuspicion.

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