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Chapter 3

           ThenIwanttogotoGrassLakeandThreeMileBayandSharonyetto-day,ifIcan,andseewhatelseIcanfind.ButI’mafraid,Orville,it’saplaincaseofmurder.ThewayhetookthatyounggirltothathotelupthereatGrassLakeandthenregisteredunderanothernameatBigBittern,andthewayhehadherleaveherbagandtookhisownwithhim!"Heshookhisheadmostsolemnly."Thosearenottheactionsofanhonestyoungman,Orville,andyouknowit.WhatIcan’tunderstandishowherparentscouldlethergoofflikethatanywherewithamanwithoutknowingabouthiminthefirstplace."

           "That’strue,"repliedMason,tactfully,butmadeintenselycuriousbythefactthatithadatleastbeenpartiallyestablishedthatthegirlinthecasewasnotasgoodassheshouldhavebeen.Adultery!Andwithsomeyouthofmeans,nodoubt,fromsomeoneofthebigcitiestothesouth.Theprominenceandpublicitywithwhichhisownactivitiesinconnectionwiththiswereverylikelytobeladen!Atoncehegotup,energeticallystirred.Ifhecouldonlycatchsuchareptiliancriminal,andthatinthefaceofallthesentimentthatsuchabrutalmurderwaslikelytoinspire!TheAugustconventionandnominations.Thefallelection.

           "Well,I’llbeswitched,"heexclaimed,thepresenceofHeit,areligiousandconservativeman,suppressinganythingmoreemphatic."Idobelievewe’reonthetrailofsomethingimportant,Fred.Ireallythinkso.Itlooksveryblacktomeamostdamnableoutrage.

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