New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

lefhargy and reaction seized upon him NET IL
per- Tomorrow IS better than to-Cia,r . t--Vss
true 70 his high-strung self. and went =. l',s
Baker-st.. where he took train for ~ u
nearest the village Of Chalfont. Nss
Il was a sharp walk from station =,
There was no cab. and when be srri,,~, Wa
Peacock Inn. where Sarah Gissing was - q {.
maid he learned that she was avav IN ~ abs-
neighbOring village. He strOlled aborf ~. - al
street until Sarah came home az ten o'closl-' a
girl. with projecting top teeth. and chrS-:'e @
Of wOnder1nent IN her eyes
You are not % be alarmed. p David s,s,
Il only came 70 ask you few questions aIo Y d
late mistress. Miss GvendOline Barnes = =, ~
have an interest. No one VIII f.s barr.-s ~all
as l am aware, by your telling me III that ~, g q
while YOU and / may profit b. H." All
They spoke IN the tiny Inn draxing-roo-,
Sarah, with her coat and hat on. sitfino !, a.
piano-stOOl. stared and answered shortlv - ~ q.
Little BY little she induced % utter 49, rs
He was tail man, she said. rather IN
and pale" q,
Straight nOses" asked David
Yes sir, straight nose, q handsome r,.-r
Black mustache. nicely turned a,.ts"
Yes sir, he had a Inustache'
Well, but all that says nOrhing Narv
answer such a description Was there ~ Fslla
graph Of him in the fiat: Did YOU never see pSo. %
YES. there was photogra7h On the 49,
piece OF Miss Barnes bedroom in = s;1,..- -.s-e
il was but the day after her death the sil,s- a
was still there, ana the r--Ci-l----l
for / noticed II myself s'~
DO YOU realize that YOU are telling ne NJ.
odd thing" said David with sudden interest a4,
soon after the door was forced did YOU 20 mo no.
fiat" ~'
Didn't 90 in at Onces
And how soon afterward did v11 notice ,t...
photograph was gone from the silver 5rarnesf '-'
How sOOns Soon afterwaTd
II was not one OF the men 81 ~ forced ~.
.-rer p
Il don't think that, sir | wCa.I have no..
It if that had been the case
When YOU went IN YOU found Z. body of 49,
mistress lying dead; the front doo- Fl ad been -.
inside; so there was no way Tor an one 70 havee-
out of the fiat. And when YOU lett votIr No.,
the previous night the phOtogra-h was = +.
frame, but gone when the door was sorced the - =
day. Those are the facts, aren't tle-
Yes, sir.
"WeI. that seems to say that !. was Miss p
herself who removed the phOtoE- H. dOesn's !.
And it follows that the photogra- IS stiu in r.
fats"
P'raps she did it to screen h:-l." sugp.z
Sarah indulging in the vanity o, -hougbt ,i
shouldn't wonder if that was It. 80 doubt She -.
up the phOtOgra-h, or burnt IL
But you didn't see any shred OF ashes Of It arv
wheres"
Not of photograph, although lid sweeD Ont
the place the same day, too. Still taats not to =
she didn't tear it up because there was no shres d
for there are ways and means
We're there shreds of any kind ahouts"
Yes, she must have torn up good few Iet-s-
overnight before doing what she did There was \
end of litter for that matter
But suppose she did not burn Or tear up III
photograph" said David. where would She bsr
hidden it? Can you suggest a place. Did YOU eve
know her to hide anything. For if she hid IN
thing, she may have hidden Others ruavn't She"
Il believe there's one letter she must hav
hidden" answered Sarah, unless she DESTROYED
"a letter that came from Paris four davs before Il
made way with herself. | saw the postmark an
the handwriting; so / know 1t was from him d
he was in Paris at the time and it was that let,s
that was the death of her, l feel certain. 1t can
about eleven o'clock, soon after breakfast. S