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Chapter 8

           Theydidnotreturn,andyesterdaymorningtheboatwasfoundbottomsideupinwhatisknownasMoonCove,asmallbayorextensionattheextremesouthendofthelake,fromthewatersofwhichsoonafterwardsthebodyoftheyoungwomanwasrecovered.Astherearenoknownrocksinthelakeatthatpoint,andthewoundsuponthefacearequitemarked,suspicionwasatoncearousedthatthegirlmighthavebeenunfairlydealtwith.This,togetherwiththetestimonyofthethreemen,aswellasthefactthataman’sstrawhatfoundnearbycontainednoliningorothermethodofidentification,hascausedCoronerHeittoassertthatunlessthebodyofthemanisfoundhewillassumethatmurderhasbeencommitted.

           "GoldenorGraham,asdescribedbyinnkeepersandguestsandguidesatGrassLakeandBigBittern,isnotmorethantwenty-fourortwenty-fiveyearsofage,slender,dark,andnotmorethanfivefeeteightornineinchestall.Atthetimehearrivedhewasdressedinalightgraysuit,tanshoes,andastrawhatandcarriedabrownsuitcasetowhichwasattachedanumbrellaandsomeotherobject,presumablyacane.

           "Thehatandcoatleftbythegirlattheinnwereofdarkandlighttanrespectively,herdressadarkblue.

           "NoticehasbeensenttoallrailroadstationsinthisvicinitytobeonthelookoutforGolden,orGraham,inorderthathemaybearrestedifheisaliveandattemptstomakehisescape.

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