Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-03-25

committed The mistake at first of sup
posing that he had hidden II IN the
bolthpusc. ! should have known bet.
tor Naturally he would throw 1t into
tho BAY. There was Il single chance
against me. Ii he had thrown IL In
uncorkcd it would probably have sunk.
That was point hc didn't think Of
and by just that much he fcll below
perfection | think hc probably ad-
miHl.trred the chloroform 10y pouring
II uuOu one corner Of Che sheet and
throwing It over young Grlhnw's face.
No doubt the odor would have been
percrptble next rnrulng had any one
thought to look for IT, There was only
| one point IN the Whole case no added
thoughtrully. that was utterly ut va.
Rance with my thcOry-und Il worried
me badly for II time"
What was THAR | asked.
THAT was the story the iailer told
us-that Miss Croydon believed Drys-
dale guilty. But yUu have seen how
naturally that was explained. | knew
! then. In that instant, that | was on the
right trRcE--tbat nothing could defeat
-e. But let us 90 bacl; 10 the bugiD.
nlng--and Ia like you to point OK any
! flaws YOU see In the story"
VERY we'll" | said and settled back
! In the seat to listea.
"Trcmuinc had two worry powerful
! motives for the commission OF this
crime" began Godfrey. lie needed
money and could take no moro from
Miss Croydon. since he was trying
seriously to win her affections. lie was
determined to get Brysdalc out OF the
! way under circumstances rs discrctl.
table AZ possible. confident that In
that case L. would himself win Miss
Croydon Which," he added In a
thoughtful aside. from what you've
told me of him, don't think ut all I'M
possible"
mot In the least" | agreed. Il be.
licvc TrcmaInc could win any woman
lie really set his heart on"
AT any ra:c. he learns Of DIysGglG's
Jealousy and Of Miss Cr0ydon'a prom
Use TO explain thing. lie secs that 1t
any hazard he must prevent thdt eG-
plantation MOIlny morning. he comes
TO town with Dc,,oy, and the latter
tells him that lac intends giving the
necklace the salt water treatment.
YouU remember /, WAS Tramalnc who
originally proposed this, thDIgh he
coald scarcely ut that limo have fore.
seen whut would come Of IT,"
"Alcrc chance" I nodded.
swell. Trcmaiur takes tic early train
back t. Edgcmcrc and lays his plans
lio writes thc note
But You really haven't any evidence
that he did" | objected.
I'or answer. Godfrey took from his
pocket tho blut,gr lac had found In
TrcmUinr's room.
81 told Won that these letters aren't
I'm TrrmnInc's Lrud" he suld. "hut n
You'll compurc them with the note
you'll see how nearly they resemble
Miss Croydon's. Again, thcy are only
cnpltnl Rs. Gs ana Is, which are the
only CAPITALS used In the note. That's
pretty good clrcumstnntlal evidence
Trcmainc, OF course, burned the piece OF
pnpcr ne pructlcod ON, but he dldn',
think to burn this blottcr II was only
the freshest line at the bottom of the
paper that left these marks"
But did Trcmainc have n sample OF
Miss Croydun's writlngT"
There's mo- reuson 10 think he didn't
have, but If he didn't he could nc
doubt have found pIcnty of sample,
among Drysdnlc's things. He's prob
ably mn ndcpt Mt forgery rs well as nj
most other branches of crime" =
"All right. Go ahead" I said.
"Trcmainc writes the note and leave.
| =