The Atlanta constitution., 1901-02-11

.well." said Teddy. grimly. II should
say the man or men who Eidnaped
Jayne"
DYKE bIinked and plucked at his lip,
looking searchingly at Teddy the while
There Is something very strange about
an this" said he How do you, with
emphasis. come 10 know so much, Mr..
Nyse2'
Because when you and that detective
gave 1t up. | followed on. on my own
account You see. / am very anxious 10
nnd Lieutenant Jayne"
'But-for all we know-he Is dead
NO. he isn't Just listen. Mr.. Dyke
and see II you don't agree with me.
MIR. Inspector nodded. and composed
himself to listen. whereupon Teddy, In
his excitable boyish way. detailed his
discoveries and theories from his cxami-
nation Of Dinchs boat TO his gaining Of
the information that the Fairy was in
London port. Now what do YOU think
h. asked. triumphantly. at the conclus-
/ ion.
Il think there IS a great deal I'm what
YOU say. Mr. WISE. But II the idol IS at
/ the bottom of the whole affair. II rather
points to the Chinaman. JiBfou. as the
man who wants il. In which case IL would
I follow that il was he who KIDNAPPED
] Lieutenant Jayne and murdered Gen
| kidnapping. | happen TO know-through
/ Maker. the officer who procured the in
/ formation from Mr.. Rowland Gaskell-
| that Jinfou was asleep I'm a low crib at
/ the time Dinch's boat was stolen. AS TO
this murder. Jinfou has been absent from
| FletmOuth for some weeks
| lie might have returned"
! Hardly without my knowledge. Flet-
mouth and Oldport are neither of them
/ very large. and my men are very alert.
I Besides, a Chinaman is a noticeable OBJ
ject''
There are dozens of Cinnamon about
Fietmouth." argued Teddy.
I True enough. But Jinfou had only
one eye. BY that alone he would be rec
I ognlzed. No, II was not the Chinaman
who committed this murder"
| How was the general murdered. Mr..
! Dyke? / haven't heard the particu-
| lars"
Neither has any one else. save the
police" said Dyke. drily. He rose and
/ drew aside the blind on the right hand
/ window. You see the glass is broken.
! Well. General Burnley was shot from
/ the outside-shot through the heart. We
to the blood Stain. lit had fallen face zee
| downward toward the window. Shot
through the heart" replied Dyke. Death
I must have been instantaneous"
/ shot Did no one hear tho report?"
| ''No one. That is the queer part of the
| business. The housekeeper and thu serv-
| ant were sleeping at the back Oi the
house: yet | should have thought that a
| shot would have reused them. But they
| heard nOthing-knew nOthing-till Mrs
| LaZenby came I'm at eight O'Clock to find
/ her master dead. and that broken win
| dow omen"
Open. Then :he assassin must have
| entered tho room. but he would do that
OF course. to get the idol. Is anything
| elSs missingg'
We'll. We can hardly say" Dyke
| locked round slowly. "As a matter oi
fact, until YOU came here. Mr.. Nyse.
| didn't even know that the idol was mis-
| sng"'
about what time did tho murder take
| placer
"Humph, We have only circumstantia
| evidence on that point. since the house
| keeper and servant did not hear the shot
| The doctor saws IL must have been about
| a quarter or half-past eleven. The bod,
was quite cold
| Teddy sat there with his hands in hi:
| pockets whistling softly to himself. Ther'
| was a self-satisfied expression on his face
! which did Dot escape the Inspector. VINO