The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-11-21

then, he did attach some Importance
to it.
The room which had been occupied
by Drysdale was the counterpart Of
/ Tremaine's. but it was in great dis
order An open trunk stood in the mid
.le of the floor, with clothing streWn
about it; the bed had not been made.
We was ordered not t. do anything
toward sett.n' this room to rights" eX-
p,ained Thomas apolOgetically, It'll
the coroner sent us word we mig 1t.
lie amt sent 10 word yet"
1t was evident that Drysdale had
been packing very hastily when he
was Interrupted by the arrival of the
officers. The clothing which was in
tie frank had been crammed in care
| lessly-tlJu.h, CT course, that might
have been done by the coroner AFTER
searching ii.
"DIysGa.e evidently didn't spend
much tine in LED that night observed
| Go.1reE and indicated 4 pile Of elsa
reae stubs he3ped high on an ash
! t!;ly on The table lie must have had
! some Luotty proo.em TO wrestle with
| 10 need 50 many
! lie walNed slowly about the room,
| locking al e,e,s ling keealy. but
touching nothing. lie stood gazing at
the bed Tor Il long the. Then he
tur2e again . Tie table.
Here's ,Ee 0la.y," he said, picking
up il,tie Coz which 10y there. SO
ueIel)oVer C.dl't set it. Well. l
guess IA better see he Goesn't have
another chance
He weighed it in his hand, and l
could see how it tempted h.n. Per-
ha.,s here i@y de very key which he
had Laen seeking in vain. But in a
moment he slipped it unopened into
his pocket.
a nan is a fool to make promises"
he observed. with Il wry smile, and
| sat down al the table. "leilO, what S
this!" he added suddenly, and, stoop-
ing, he fishei from the wastebasket
beside him the fragments of a cane.
Ii was a cane certainly of at least
ordinary strength, and yet it had been
broken into half a dozen pieces and
hurled into the basket
Whistling softly to himself, Godfrey
surveyed it moment; then he bent
over the basket and examined the re-
mainder of its contents piece by piece.
| There were scraps of letters, torn
envelope, crumpled sheet of paper
He sprang to his feet with cry of
| in 40 a
1--WE found itr' he cried, bis face
beaming. I've found it, Lester.'
Found WHAT" l questioned, more
and more astonished, for Godfrey was
usually master of his emotions
All. Lester" he continued more
calmly as he smoothed it out carefully
on the table, this takes a lot of con-
ceit out of me. Had | been really
clever I'd have deduced the existence
Of this message long before | entered
the room. AS it is its luck-pure
| luck, I'm glad to win on any terms,
but Id rather win By scientific dedUc-
ton. {. Auguste Dup;n would have
come straight upstairs, walked straight
| to that basket and selected unerriGgly
| this sheet of paper: he would have
known that it was there, While well,
one can only do ones best. and this
| point was little too fine for me. Take
look at it."
| 1t was a sheet of the ordinary Edge
! mere note paper. Across it two lines
were written:
Be at the pergola at 9. If I am late
| wait for me. U.
WELL" | faltered; "welr'-
"Oh, don't you see, Lester, it's the
key to the whole problem? It's the
light we've been looking for-with our
eyes shut And to think that instead
of coming straight here for it l should
have stumbled about in the dark fol
SO long! It's the only possible explana-
ton, and yet 1 didn't think of it. 1t
was inevitable from the first, and yet
l couldn't see it. 1t disgusts me with
myself-it's what l get for being so
cooked up over finding that bottle
down there. Even after | saw that
blotter | didn't guess it."
He had taken out a card, and as he
| spoke he wrote rapid sentence on it.
Here" he said to Thomas, take
| this to Miss Croydon at once, please"