From among these she picked out a bit of paper and offered it to him.
"That will explain--partly," she said.
It was a newspaper clipping, worn and faded, with a date two years old.

It had apparently been cut from an English paper, and told briefly of the tragic death of Mortimer FitzHugh, son of a prominent Devonshire family, who had lost his life while on a hunting trip in the British Columbia Wilds.
"He was my husband," said Joanne, as Aldous finished.

"Until six months ago I had no reason to believe that the statement in the paper was not true.
Then--an acquaintance came out here hunting.

He returned with a strange story.

He declared that he had seen Mr.FitzHugh alive.