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another line of attack

"Of course, Bates, I wasWhat's your

own theory of the matter?"

"I have no theory, sir Mr Glenarainst theories He said-if you will pardon er in the speculative ht Irish accent, which in

itself puzzled me I have always been attentive to the

peculiarities of speech, and his was not the brogue of

the Irish servant class Larry Donovan, as English-born,

used on occasions an exaggerated Irish dialect

that holly different fros than his speech were to puzzle

me in this man

"The person in the canoe? How do you account for

her?" I asked

"I haven't accounted for her, sir There's no worounds, or any sort of person except ourselves"

"But there are neighbors,-far the lake"

"A few, sir; and then there's the school quite a bit

beyond your oall"

His slight reference to my proprietorship, my oall, as he put it, pleased

ht, at this season-hunting ducks-should

you say, Bates?"