Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-24

answered. Tomorrow or next day, per-
haps. At present | have very d1fhcult
task before me. Goodbye for the pres
emit" And, hailing hanson, he Jumped
in and drove away, being careful not to
give the address to the driver while within
my hearing. Amber Jevons had been born
withlthe instincts of detective. The Keen
ness of his intellect was perfectly mar
velous.
On leaving him I drove to Harley street,
where l found Sir Bernard busy with pa
tients and in rather an tll-temper, having
been worried unusually by some smart Wo-
man who had been to consult him and had
been pouring into his ear all her domestic
woes
Il do wish such women would go and
consult somebody else he growled, a1ter
he had been explaining her case to me.
Same symptoms as all Of them. Nerves.
owing to indigestion, late hours and an artl-
fetal life Wants me to order her to Carls-
bad or somewhere abroad-so that she can
be rid of her husband for month or SO.
1 can see the reason plain enough. She
got some little game to play. Faugn! cried
the old man. Such women only fill me
with disgust.
l went on to tell him Of the verdict upon
the death of Mrs. Courtenay. and his man
ner instantly changed to one of sympathy.
Poor Henrye' he exclaimed. Poor lit
tie woman, I wonder that nothing has
transpired to give the police clue. 10 my
mind, Boyd, there was some mysterious
hid from his friends. In later years he
lived in constant dread of assassination"
Eyes, that has always struck me az
strange" l remarked.
Has nothing yet been discovered?" asked
nv chief Didn't the police follow that
man servant, Short?'
YES, but to no purpose. They proved to
their own satisfaction that he was inno-
cent"
"And your friend, Jevons, the tea dealer
Z nd n hnhhv assist
the police What of him? Has he contin-
ued his activity"
II believe go He has, understand. dis
covered a clue"
"What has he found?" demanded the old
man. bending forward in eagerness across
the table He had been devoted to his
friend Courtenay and was constantly in
curing of me whether the police had met
| with any success
| AT present he will tell me nothing
| replied
| Sir Bernard gave vent to an exclamation
| of dissatisfaction. observing that he hoped
| Jevons efforts would meet with success
! as 1t was scandalous that double tragedy
| Of that character could occur in a civilized
| community without the truth being re-
vealed and the assassin arrested.
There's no doubt that the tragedy was a
| double one" I observed. Although the
| jury have returned a verdict of found
| drowned in poor Mrs. Courtenays case
| the facts, even as far as present known
| point undoubtedly to murder"
ITO murder" he cried '"Then 1t is be-
| lieved that she's been willfully drowned?"
| THAT is the local surmise."
| "Why?" he asked, with an eager look
| upon his countenance, for he took the most
! intense interest In every feature Of the af-
| fair.
| well, because 1t IS rumored that she had
been seen late one night walking along the
| river bank near the spot where she was
/ found. accompanied by strange man."
i "a strange manr' he echoed. his interest
| Increased Did any one see him sufficiently
| close to recognize him?"
Il believe not" / answered, hesitating a,
| that moment to tell him all 1 knew 1.-The
| local police are making active inquiries,
! believe"
IT wonder who 1t could have been?" Sir
Bernard exclaimed reflectively. Mrs
| Courtenay was always SO devoted to poor
| Henry that the story OF the stranger ap-
/ pears to me very like some invention of the
villagers Whenever a tragedy occurs in 8
| rural district all kinds Of absurd canards
| are started Probably that's one Of them
| 1t is only natural for the rustic mind to
| connect lover with pretty young widow y
Exactly. But l have certain reasons
| for believing the clandestine meeting to
| have taken place. l said.