The information obtained by Coroner Heit and his assistant was of a singular and disturbing character. In the firstinstance, because of the disappearance1 of a boat and an apparently2 happy and attractive couple bent3 on sightseeing,an early morning search, instigated4 by the inn-keeper of this region, had revealed, in Moon Cove5, thepresence of the overturned canoe, also the hat and veil. And immediately such available employees, as well asguides and guests of the Inn, as could be impressed, had begun diving into the waters or by means of long polesequipped with hooks attempting to bring one or both bodies to the surface. The fact, as reported by Sim Shoop,the guide, as well as the innkeeper and the boathouse lessee6, that the lost girl was both young and attractive andher companion seemingly a youth of some means, was sufficient to whet7 the interest of this lake group ofwoodsmen and inn employees to a point which verged8 on sorrow. And in addition, there was intense curiosity asto how, on so fair and windless a day, so strange an accident could have occurred.
But what created far more excitement after a very little time was the fact that at high noon one of the men whotrolled--John Pole--a woodsman, was at last successful in bringing to the surface Roberta herself, drawn9 upwardby the skirt of her dress, obviously bruised10 about the face--the lips and nose and above and below the right eye--afact which to those who were assisting at once seemed to be suspicious. Indeed, John Pole, who with Joe Rainerat the oars11 was the one who had succeeded in bringing her to the surface, had exclaimed at once on seeing her:
"Why, the pore little thing! She don't seem to weigh more'n nothin' at all. It's a wonder tuh me she coulda sunk."And then reaching over and gathering12 her in his strong arms, he drew her in, dripping and lifeless, while hiscompanions signaled to the other searchers, who came swiftly. And putting back from her face the long, brown,thick hair which the action of the water had swirled13 concealingly across it, he had added: "I do declare, Joe!
Looka here. It does look like the child mighta been hit by somethin'! Looka here, Joe!" And soon the group ofwoodsmen and inn guests in their boats alongside were looking at the brownish-blue marks on Roberta's face.
And forthwith, even while the body of Roberta was being taken north to the boat-house, and the dragging for the body of the lost man was resumed, suspicions were being voiced in such phrases as: "Well, it looks kinda queer-themmarks--an' all,--don't it? It's curious a boat like that coulda upset on a day like yesterday." "We'll soonknow if he's down there or not!"; the feeling, following failure after hours of fruitless search for him, definitelycoalescing at last into the conclusion that more than likely he was not down there at all--a hard and stirringthought to all.
Subsequent to this, the guide who had brought Clyde and Roberta from Gun Lodge15 conferring with the innkeepersat Big Bittern and Grass Lake, it was factually determined16: (1) that the drowned girl had left her bag atGun Lodge whereas Clifford Golden had taken his with him; (2) that there was a disturbing discrepancy17 betweenthe registration18 at Grass Lake and that at Big Bittern, the names Carl Graham and Clifford Golden beingcarefully discussed by the two inn-keepers and the identity of the bearer as to looks established; and (3) that thesaid Clifford Golden or Carl Graham had asked of the guide who had driven him over to Big Bittern whetherthere were many people on the lake that day. And thereafter the suspicions thus far engendered19 further coalescinginto the certainty that there had been foul20 play. There was scarcely any doubt of it.
Immediately upon his arrival Coroner Heit was made to understand that these men of the north woods weredeeply moved and in addition determined in their suspicions. They did not believe that the body of CliffordGolden or Carl Graham had ever sunk to the bottom of the lake. With the result that Heit on viewing the body ofthe unknown girl laid carefully on a cot in the boat-house, and finding her young and attractive, was strangelyaffected, not only by her looks but this circumambient atmosphere of suspicion. Worse yet, on retiring to theoffice of the manager of the inn, and being handed the letter found in the pocket of Roberta's coat, he wasdefinitely swayed in the direction of a somber21 and unshakable suspicion. For he read:
Grass Lake, N. Y., July 8th.
DEAREST MAMMA:
We're up here and we're going to be married, but this is for your eyes alone. Please don't show it to papa or anyone, for it mustn't become known yet. I told you why at Christmas. And you're not to worry or ask any questionsor tell any one except just that you've heard from me and know where I am--not anybody. And you mustn't thinkI won't be getting along all right because I will be. Here's a big hug and kiss for each cheek, mamma. Be sure andmake father understand that it's all right without telling him anything, or Emily or Tom or Gifford, either, do youhear? I'm sending you nice, big kisses.
Lovingly,BERT.
P.S. This must be your secret and mine until I write you different a little later on.
And in the upper right-hand corner of the paper, as well as on the envelope, were printed the words: "Grass LakeInn, Grass Lake, N. Y., Jack22 Evans, Prop23." And the letter had evidently been written the morning after the nightthey had spent at Grass Lake as Mr. and Mrs. Carl Graham.
The waywardness of young girls!
For plainly, as this letter indicated, these two had stayed together as man and wife at that inn when they were notas yet married. He winced24 as he read, for he had daughters of his own of whom he was exceedingly fond. But atthis point he had a thought. A quadrennial county election was impending25, the voting to take place the followingNovember, at which were to be chosen for three years more the entire roster26 of county offices, his own included,and in addition this year a county judge whose term was for six years. In August, some six weeks further on,were to be held the county Republican and Democratic conventions at which were to be chosen the regular partynominees for these respective offices. Yet for no one of these places, thus far, other than that of the countyjudgeship, could the present incumbent27 of the office of district attorney possibly look forward with any hope,since already he had held the position of district attorney for two consecutive28 terms, a length of office due to thefact that not only was he a good orator29 of the inland political stripe but also, as the chief legal official of thecounty, he was in a position to do one and another of his friends a favor. But now, unless he were so fortunate asto be nominated and subsequently elected to this county judgeship, defeat and political doldrums loomed30 ahead.
For during all his term of office thus far, there had been no really important case in connection with which hehad been able to distinguish himself and so rightfully and hopefully demand further recognition from the people.
Butthis . ..
But now, as the Coroner shrewdly foresaw, might not this case prove the very thing to fix the attention and favorof the people upon one man--the incumbent district attorney--a close and helpful friend of his, thus far--and sosufficiently redound31 to his credit and strength, and through him to the party ticket itself, so that at the comingelection all might be elected--the reigning32 district attorney thus winning for himself not only the nomination33 forbut his election to the six-year term judgeship. Stranger things than this had happened in the political world.
Immediately he decided34 not to answer any questions in regard to this letter, since it promised a quick solution ofthe mystery of the perpetrator of the crime, if there had been one, plus exceptional credit in the present politicalsituation to whosoever should appear to be instrumental in the same. At the same time he at once ordered EarlNewcomb, as well as the guide who had brought Roberta and Clyde to Big Bittern, to return to Gun Lodgestation from where the couple had come and say that under no circumstances was the bag held there to besurrendered to any one save himself or a representative of the district attorney. Then, when he was about totelephone to Biltz to ascertain35 whether there was such a family as Alden possessing a daughter by the name ofBert, or possibly Alberta, he was most providentially, as it seemed to him, interrupted by two men and a boy,trappers and hunters of this region, who, accompanied by a crowd of those now familiar with the tragedy, werealmost tumultuously ushered36 into his presence. For they had news--news of the utmost importance! As they nowrelated, with many interruptions and corrections, at about five o'clock of the afternoon of the day on whichRoberta was drowned, they were setting out from Three Mile Bay, some twelve miles south of Big Bittern, tohunt and fish in and near this lake. And, as they now unanimously testified, on the night in question, at aboutnine o'clock, as they were nearing the south shore of Big Bittern-- perhaps three miles to the south of it--they hadencountered a young man, whom they took to be some stranger making his way from the inn at Big Bittern southto the village at Three Mile Bay. He was a smartishly and decidedly well dressed youth for these parts, as theynow said--wearing a straw hat and carrying a bag, and at the time they wondered why such a trip on foot and atsuch an hour since there was a train south early next morning which reached Three Mile Bay in an hour's time.
And why, too, should he have been so startled at meeting them? For as they described it, on his encounteringthem in the woods thus, he had jumped back as though startled and worse--terrified--as though about to run. To be sure, the lantern one of them was carrying was turned exceedingly low, the moon being still bright, and theyhad walked quietly, as became men who were listening for wild life of any kind. At the same time, surely thiswas a perfectly37 safe part of the country, traversed for the most part by honest citizens such as themselves, andthere was no need for a young man to jump as though he were seeking to hide in the brush. However, when theyouth, Bud Brunig, who carried the light, turned it up the stranger seemed to recover his poise38 and after amoment in response to their "Howdy" had replied: "How do you do? How far is it to Three Mile Bay?" and theyhad replied, "About seven mile." And then he had gone on and they also, discussing the encounter.
And now, since the description of this youth tallied39 almost exactly with that given by the guide who had drivenClyde over from Gun Lodge, as well as that furnished by the innkeepers at Big Bittern and Grass Lake, it seemedall too plain that he must be the same youth who had been in that boat with the mysterious dead girl.
At once Earl Newcomb suggested to his chief that he be permitted to telephone to the one inn-keeper at ThreeMile Bay to see if by any chance this mysterious stranger had been seen or had registered there. He had not. Norapparently at that time had he been seen by any other than the three men. In fact, he had vanished as though intoair, although by nightfall of this same day it was established that on the morning following the chance meeting ofthe men with the stranger, a youth of somewhat the same description and carrying a bag, but wearing a cap--not astraw hat--had taken passage for Sharon on the small lake steamer "Cygnus" plying40 between that place and ThreeMile Bay. But again, beyond that point, the trail appeared to be lost. No one at Sharon, at least up to this time,seemed to recall either the arrival or departure of any such person. Even the captain himself, as he later testified,had not particularly noted41 his debarkation--there were some fourteen others going down the lake that day and hecould not be sure of any one person.
But in so far as the group at Big Bittern was concerned, the conclusion slowly but definitely impressed itselfupon all those present that whoever this individual was, he was an unmitigated villain42--a reptilian43 villain! Andforthwith there was doubled and trebled in the minds of all a most urgent desire that he be overtaken andcaptured. The scoundrel! The murderer! And at once there was broadcast throughout this region by word ofmouth, telephone, telegraph, to such papers as The Argus and Times-union of Albany, and The Star ofLycurgus, the news of this pathetic tragedy with the added hint that it might conceal14 a crime of the gravestcharacter.
验尸官海特跟他的助手所搜集到的材料，确实异乎寻常而令人焦虑不安。
开头是，因为有一条游船失踪，连同一对看来很幸福。漂亮的观光客也失踪了，在当地客栈掌柜建议下，一大早便出动寻找，结果在月潭发现了那只倾覆的小划子，还有那顶帽子和那块面纱。所有能找到的客栈职工，连同导游和住店的客人，经过急募以后，就立时分别潜入湖中，或利用装有铁钩的长篙，想把一具或两具尸体都给打捞上来。据导游西姆。肖普以及客栈掌柜和出租游船的人说，失踪的姑娘既年轻又漂亮，看来她的同伴好象是相当有钱的年轻人。这一事件足以引起湖边许多林区居民和客栈职工的莫大兴趣，乃至于内心悲痛。除此以外，大家还觉得疑惑不解的是，象这么一个晴朗无风的日子，怎么会发生如此离奇的不幸事故。
可是，过了一会儿，却引起了更大的骚动。原来事实是这样的:
正午时分，有个经常在湖上拖钓的人约翰。波尔……一个林区居民，终于钩住死者的衣服，把罗伯达给推出湖面。她的脸部……嘴唇。鼻子和右眼上下，显然受过伤……对于这一事实，所有在场帮着打捞的人，马上都感到非常可疑。由乔。雷纳帮着摇橹，终于把罗伯达曳出湖面的约翰。波尔，一见到她便大声嚷道:
"唉，你这可林〔怜〕的闺女呀!
她那身子简直好象压根儿没有分量似的。居然她还能沉底。
一〔依〕我看，真是怪事。"稍后，他伸出自己两条有力的胳臂抓住她，把浑身湿透。早已咽了气的她拖进了船舱。这时，他的那一伙人便打手势招呼其他的打捞船。于是，他们马上围拢来。由于湖水冲击，她那浓密的棕色长头发已把脸儿盖没了，约翰。波尔一面把她的长头发拢到脑后勺去，一面找补着说:
"我说真怪，乔!
看这儿。这孩子好想〔象〕是给十〔什〕么东西砸过!
看这儿，乔!
"周围其他船上的林区居民和住店的客人，都仔细端详着罗伯达脸上青紫色伤痕。
即使罗伯达的尸体已被送至北边的船棚，在湖上仍继续打捞失踪的男尸，这时就有人道出了这么一些疑团来:
"得了，这好象有点怪……这些个伤痕……而且……不是吗?
这条小船，在昨天这样的天气，居然会底儿朝天，真有点儿出奇。
""这家伙到底在不在湖底，一会儿就见分晓啦!
"经过好几个钟头，还是白白地打捞一场以后，大家心里终于下了结论，说此人尸体很可能压根儿不在湖底……这个想法，对大家来说，是既让人难受，可又令人激动不已。
在这以后，那位导游(是他将克莱德和罗伯达从冈洛奇一路捎到这儿来的)跟大比腾。草湖两地的旅馆老板谈过以后，下面几点已得到肯定:
一。溺死的姑娘将自己的手提包留在冈洛奇，而克利福德。戈尔登则随身带着他的手提箱;二。
在草湖和大比腾湖各自登记的卡尔。格雷厄姆和克利福德。戈尔登，这两个姓名虽然不同，但经两家旅馆老板仔细讨论，并从这个申报人的外貌判断，毫无疑问，出自同一个人;三。那个自称克利福德。戈尔登或卡尔。格雷厄姆的人，曾向开车送他到大比腾的导游打听过那天湖上游人是不是很多。在这以后，迄今所有的一切疑团，已趋于完全一致，认为此人使用了卑鄙手段。对此几乎已是毋庸置疑。
验尸官海特一到，人们马上告诉他，说住在北边林区的居民对这事深为激动，而且坚信他们提出的怀疑很有道理。他们不相信克利福德。戈尔登或是卡尔。格雷厄姆的尸体当时会沉入湖底。那时，罗伯达的尸体早已很小心地放到船棚里一张帆布床上，海特仔细察看了那具无名女尸后，发现她既年轻，又漂亮，心情也激动得出奇，其原因不仅是由于她的相貌，而且还由于四周围充满怀疑的气氛。更要不得的是，他一回到客栈掌柜的公事房，看了从罗伯达外套口袋里找到的那封信。于是，他便断然倒向了最忧郁，但又坚定的持怀疑这一边了。因为他读了以下这么一封信:
最亲爱的妈妈:
我们已到了这儿，而且我们就要举行婚礼了，不过我写在这儿，只是让你一个人知道。请你别给爸爸或是任何其他人看，因为现在还得保守秘密。圣诞节的时候，我已对你说过这是怎么回事了。所以，你什么也不用担心，什么也不用提问，更不要告诉任何人，只说你已经接到我的信，反正知道我在哪儿就得了。你千万别觉得我日子过得不好，因为将来我会过得很好的。紧紧地拥抱你，在你两颊上亲个吻，妈妈。千万让爸爸知道一切都很好，可是不管对他也好或是对艾米莉。汤姆。吉福德也好，什么都不要说，知道吗?
热烈地亲吻你。
爱你的伯特七月八日于纽约州草湖再过一些时间，我会写信给你的，再谈这些事。不过在这以前，暂时务必保密，只有我知道就得了。又及信纸右上角和信封上，都印有"纽约州草湖草湖旅馆所有人杰克。伊文思"的字样。显而易见，这封信是在他们以卡尔。格雷厄姆夫妇名义在草湖住了一宿以后，转天早上写的。
水性杨花的年轻姑娘们!
从这封信可以看出，他们两人显然是以丈夫和妻子的名分下榻那家客栈，可事实上他们还没有结婚。海特先生看信时，不由得浑身抽搐，因为他自己也有好几个女儿，他是非常疼爱的。不过就在这时，他猛地转念一想:
本县每四年一次的选举快到了，十一月就要举行投票，那时候，今后三年内全县所有公职……包括他自己职位也在内……都得重新选过;此外，任期六年的本县法官一席，今年也要改选。到八月间，也就是大约过了六周以后，本县共和。民主两党的代表大会即将举行，那时将推举出任上述公职的两党候选人。但是，迄今为止，现任地方检察官除了本县法官一席也许还有希望以外，其他公职是一概不会考虑到他的，因为他已经连续担任过两届地方检察官，而他的任期之所以那么长，就是由于他不但在内地政界是以辩才赡富著称，而且，身为本县司法界最高官员，他能够给自己朋友们帮各种各样的忙。可是现在，除非他时来运转，能提上名，当选为本县法官，要不然，他的政治生涯的末日注定就在眼前了。要知道迄至今日，在他的全部任期中，从来没有过一个真的说得上重要的案件，可以让他一下子抛头露面，从而有理由。有希望要求进一步得到选民的承认与敬意。可是这一件……不过现在，正如精明的验尸官预见，大比腾湖上这个惨案不是完全可以被利用来将选民的注意力和同情支持都集中在一个人……也就是现任地方检察官奥维尔。梅森的身上吗?
奥维尔。梅森是他……海特的密友，一向对他有帮助，而且足以增加他的信誉和力量，同时，通过他，对本党全体候选人也十分有利。
于是，在这次即将到来的选举中，全体都可能当选……现任的地方检察官不仅可以获得提名，而且还可当选为任期六年的法官。过去政界还有过比这更光怪陆离的事哩。
海特马上决定，凡是有关已被发现的这封信的任何问题，他一概不予答复。
因为这封信保证能够很快揭开那个作案的罪犯之谜……如果说真的有罪犯的话;而且，在目前政治形势下，谁能揭开这个谜，谁将获得殊荣。与此同时，他立刻命令厄尔。纽科姆和陪送罗伯达。克莱德去大比腾的那位导游去通知不久前这对男女下车过的冈洛奇火车站:
不管在什么情况之下，现在那儿保管着的手提包，除了交给他海特本人，或是地方检察官的代表以外，绝对不能交给任何其他人。然后，他正想给比尔茨去电话，查清楚那儿有没有奥尔登这户人家，家里有个女儿，名叫伯特的，也可能叫艾伯达。就在这时……他觉得仿佛得到上天福佑似的……突然有两个男子和一个小孩打扰了他，原来他们是在这一带打围捕兽的猎手，由一群熟悉湖上惨剧的人簇拥之下，几乎乱哄哄地把他们拥进了海特的房间，就是因为他们掌握情况……非常重要的情况!
据他们报告说(他们的话常常被打断，有时还互相补充，互相更正):
在罗伯达淹死的那天下午，大约五点钟光景，他们从大比腾以南十二英里左右的三英里湾出发，想去这个湖上或是附近一带捕鱼。打猎。根据他们现在一致佐证，就在那天晚上，约莫九点钟光景，当他们走近大比腾南岸的时候……也许在大比腾以南三英里的地方，他们突然碰到一个年轻人。当时他们把他当做正从大比腾客栈往南去三英里湾村的陌生人。据他们现在说，此人穿着很漂亮。很阔气，压根儿不象当地居民……他头上戴着一顶草帽，拎着一只手提箱。当时，他们心里也真纳闷:
他为什么要安步当车呢，特别又是在这么一个时刻。因为转天大清早就有一趟南行的火车，到三英里湾只需一个钟头。再说，他碰到他们时，为什么又是这样惊慌失措?
据他们描述说，他在树林子里一碰上他们，就马上往后一跳，好象大吃一惊似的，而且更糟的是……他一下子吓坏了……象要拔脚就逃的样子。当然罗，他们里头有个人身边带的灯捻得特别小，因为那夜月光还很亮，而且他们走路时脚步很轻，凡是跟踪追捕野生动物的人都是这样的。可是，要知道，这一带当然是最安全也没有了，时常碰面的人大都是象他们那样的诚实公民，那个年轻人压根儿就用不着跳起来，好象要躲进灌木丛去。不过，当那个身边带着灯的年轻人巴德。布鲁尼格将灯捻大时，那个陌生人好象这才清醒过来。他们先向他说了一声"你好"，过了半晌，他才回答说，"你们好?
去三英里湾还有多远?
"他们回答说，"大约七英里左右。"稍后，他便独自往前走了。他们也继续赶路，一路上还谈论着这次邂逅哩。
他们所说的那个年轻人的模样儿跟冈洛奇开车接送克莱德的导游和大比腾。草湖两处客栈老板所说的既然差不多完全吻合，那末，现在看来也就很清楚了:
跟这个死得莫名其妙的姑娘在同一条船上的那个年轻人，一定就是他了。
厄尔。纽科姆马上请示他的上司，准许他打电话给三英里湾那家客栈掌柜，看看这个神秘的陌生人会不会碰巧给人撞见了，或是留宿在他们那儿。结果此人并没有在那儿。再说，除了刚才这三个猎人以外，显然还没有其他的人碰见过他。他真的就象已在空气里消失了似的，虽说在同一天傍黑时分就证实:
在这些猎人同那个陌生人不期而遇的转天早晨，有个年轻人，模样儿跟上面所说的差不离，拿着一只手提箱，不过，头上戴的是便帽……不是草帽……搭乘来往于三英里湾和沙隆之间的小汽船"天鹅号"去沙隆了。但是，除此以外，好象再也找不到别的线索了。至少到这时为止，在沙隆似乎谁都记不得有这么一个人到过或是离开过。甚至船长本人，据他后来佐证，也没有特别注意到有这么一个旅客上岸了……那天登轮的大约有十四个旅客，可是这些旅客里头任何一个人的模样儿，船长怎么也讲不真切。
不过，就大比腾全体居民来说，所有在场的人都逐步肯定地相信这么一个结论:
不管此人是谁，反正是个大坏蛋……一个兽性十足的坏蛋!
因此，人人心里都异常热切，恨不得马上把此人缉拿归案。这个恶棍!
这个杀人犯!
于是，通过口口相传。电话和电讯媒介，把这一惨剧的新闻报道发往诸如奥尔巴尼的《守卫神报》。《时代联合报》，以及莱柯格斯的《星报》等报，并且还暗示说其中说不定隐藏着骇人听闻的罪行。
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