hear. He could not distinguish all, as the lawyer read in a low, rapid voice; he could catch sentences.
"State of Illinois, County of Cook." What had that to do with it, Peewee wondered? "Whereas the undersigned Henry Mellen to-day appeared before me." What followed this Peewee could not hear. . . . "Deponent states he is, and was upon the twelfth day, of June, 1919, employed as a physician in the office of the coroner of above county." Peewee's experience had shown him what a coroner was. More. words followed which he could not make out. . . . "Did upon the twelfth day of June, 1919, perform upon the body of one Helen Lampert an autopsy." Peewee did not know what that meant. He caught other, but not directly succeeding words. . . . "Due to suspicion of death by drugs administered with murderous or suicidal intent." This was not plain to Peewee. . . . "Resulting in determination that death had ensued from natural causes, complicated and induced by exessive use of alcohol and drugs." There.
