Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-03

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 That Tremaine had moved the tabl'
 nearer to the window"
 And why shOuld he do that1' 'To get . better light, perhaps" ventured.
 He might have done 1t in the day time. to get a better light, but d i night he would get much worse ont over there by the window than here
 The lights you'll observe, hang iron the center of the ceiling."
 Then he did It." said, fin ordel that he might be seen from outside" That's it. Not only that he migh'
 be seen. but that Drysdale might ses him. wonder If this is the kind ol paper he wrote onT' We keep supply of it in all tn | guest rooms, sir." volunteered Thomas 1 Godfrey took 1t up and looked at 1t l It was plain white linen of good | quality, with the word "Edgemere' embossed in blue at the top. There were also on the table pens, an ink stand and two or three blotterz He turned the blotters over, but only one of them showed any sign of having been used. and the marks on 1t were very faint, yet they seemed to interest Godfrey. He bent over them withNuz. zled face. Then he got out a little magnifying glass and studied them again.
 Lester" he said, at last, T wish you'd take look at this," and he pushed the blotter and glass toward me. What do you make of it?"
 gazed through the glass at the marks, but for moment could make nothing of them. Then they resolved themselves into a string of letters marching backward, fairly distinct at one end. but fading away to nothing ness at the other.
 Somebody seems to have been scrib- bling lot of disconnected letters on Q piece of paper" said, at last. T can't make out any words. The letters seem to be mostly B's and G's-yes, and here's an I. !"
 Thomas" said Godfrey, twill you go down and ask Mir. Delroy if he has Q sample of Mir. Tremaine's handwriting, and. if so, if he will let us see it for Q moment?"
 Thomas went out instantly and l looked at Godfrey in surprise.
 You think those marks have some value?" naked.
 Godfrey drummed absently on the table and stared out of the window.
 T don't know" he answered, but in an investigation of this kind no point is too small to be important. We've got to examine everything, weigh everything. pile up every little atom of evidence, if we expect to tip the scale in our direction. It's very probable that Tremaine never made these marks at all; even if he did, they probably have no significance. But in any event 1t won't do any harm to make sure; and, besides, I'd like to see a sample of his handwriting. just for its own sake-the handwriting of man like that ought to be interesting. Ah, here is Thomas"
 Here's O letter, sir," said Thomas.
 Godfrey opened 1t and glanced at tho contents.
 "He's a. good penman," he said; "see, Lester,", and he handed me the sheet but it's quite different hand from the one on the blotter-much broader and more masculine-just such hand as one would naturally expect a man like Tremaine to write."
 He explained 1t again for moment, then folded it up and handed 1t back to Thomas.
 Perhaps Mir. Delroy will want 1t again." he said.
 Now, let us see Mir. Drysdale's room"
 As he got up from the table I mo- tIced that he still held the blotter in bis hand, and I saw him place 1t care fully in m inner pocket. After all. then, he did attach some importance to 1t.
 The room which had been occupied by Drysdale was the counterpart of Tremaine's, but 1t was in great dis order. An open trunk stood in the mid dle of the floor, with clothing strewn about 1t; the bed had not been made.
 We was ordered not t do anything toward settin' this room to rights" ex- plalned Thomas apologetically. "till the coroner sent us word we might. He ain't sent no word yet"
 It was evident that Drysdale had been packing very hastily when he was interrupted by the arrival of the officers. The clothing which was in the trunk had been crammed in care lessly-though, of course. that might have been done by the coroner after searching it.
 "Drysdale evidently didn't spend much time in bed that night" observed Godfrey and indicated pile of ciga- rette stubs heaped high on an ash tray on the table. He must have had some knotty problem to wrestle with to need so many"
 He walked slowly about the room. looking at everything keenly. but touching nothing. He stood gazing at the bed for a long time. Then he turned again to the table.
 Here's the diary" he said picking up q little book which lay there So Henelbower didn't set It. Well, guess I'd better see be doesn't have another chnuce-