The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02

have come back again. How could he
do that without being seen-with the
house full of people. besides the ser
vantsT'
I don't know, oh. don't know.
sir" she sobbed. wringing her hands.
How could the murderer himself get
in and nobody see him?''
DR.. Furnivall turned again to the
body.
Notice the shape of that mark on
the forehead, Gerrish," he whispered.
and remember Il. They poured oil
over him and were going TO burn him.
we're they?" he continued in 50 strange
a tone that his colleague threw him
quick glance. Never had he seen the
calm and assured DR.. FurnivaH show
such vivacity. The blue OF his eyes
had become gray his face was alight
with animation, and his movements.
ordinarily slow, restrained. almost
apathetic. were now lightning like In
their celebrity. As DR.. Gerrish gazed a
strange thought came 10 him. and the
next instant he was dumfounded 10
hear his companion express that very
thought In words
do you know, Gerrish.' he said.
speaking so fast that his hearer could
hardy realize the utterance as that OF
the deliberate man he had known for
50 many years. when you said at din
neI that I SHOULD be a detective, I be-
Heve you hit H. II was what was
thinking about that very moment
You were joking then. but I'm not
now. Why. never felt such interest
in anything. 50 much life nuid spark
ling and boiling in me. in my life as
do this instant. I'm a new man 1
feel the pure. unmixed power OF the
cosmos itself moving me about as a
champion moves chessmen on "A hoard
II that doesn't mean 10 a man that he
has found his vocation, what does7
It's what Is called genius. 7 know
now that I've got 81. along this line.
at any rate. and I'm devHish sure 7
never had II IN medicine. az well as I
succeeded. That was all work. hard.
hard work, and no play. But this,
Why. it's joy. it's exhilaration. intox-
ieationl Gomez
He hurried from the room ana ,re-
sently stood with his friend outside
gazing eagerly up az the boys window.
I'm no. he muttered. dartiag here
and there. examining the wall. the
ground. and the nearby summer
house. zone story-no vines. no lad
der. summer house TOO far or. and too
low; went IN that wiudow-but how.
h0w?-ahi"
The jerky muttering suddenly ceased.
and the speaker st5od with mouth
open In amaze staring az his COM
panion- The grounds were well light
ed by electricity. and though there
were shadows dense and large sca.-
tered all around, the two doctors cou,s
see each other but little less plainly
than BY daylight Itself.
What f. IT, Or. Garrfsh was
startled at FurnivalTs look.
For answer he took him bv +ba u--,s.
ana bringing hts hand down to the
grass directly under the window. rub
ped y back and forth. Then he asked
What have rou on your handen
Sweet OIL" he answered DR. Ger
IRISH promptly
"Well7" He eyed him expectantlv
II was fully ten seconds before M
Gerrish grasped the meaning OF the
Interrogation. When he ala his own
face reflected the astonIshment OF
Furnivalrs
-Jover' he exclaimed. and began
hurriedly examining the ground
Yes" he continued. excitedlv. "tbe
grass Ifs broken down here. and there's
on all around. They must have
split"
Furnivall regarded him dlsgustedly.
He was laid here. after the oil was
poured over him" he corrected
"Ah! And therefore YOU mean"
Certainly. In short the boy was
killed and covered with oil. and then
brought into his room through that
window. The crime was not commit
ted in the house"
ITS the straneest thing ever
heard OF" said DR.. Gerr-ish. in q low
tone. Il don't understagldw It in the
least. Such a little boy. and-it's hor-
riblei Wat did they cover him with
old for? And why was he laid down
here?''
because those things were logical
results Of the murderer's bent y:
mind
Yes. but how much does that ex-
plain?''
Everything-to one who knows the
murlerefs motive. Now" continued
Furniyail. speaking with lightning
speed. 4 must see everybody in that
house. ] know the crime. 1 know the
motive, and the only thing necessary
now IS 10 ind person who could have
that motive sufficiently strong to re-
suit IN the crime. Il was Somebody
who pa sses freely about che house and
grounds. for he must heve been seen
going in and out. and his presence
was taken for granted That disposes
OF the tramp theory. 1t was either a
guest or a servant. There was only
one concerned. for the body was laid
here while he went TO the ohild's room
and lowered a rope from the window.
II was also a woman, and that lets
Jack out. for the part Of the house IN
which the room is located is given
over to women, and a man would not
only attract notice. but cause conster-
nation there"
DR. Furnivall paused. and. gazing
straight into the eyes OF his friend
added. with an abrupt change OF man
ner to slow solemnity:
Has IL occurred to you why the
body was naked?"
DR.. Gerrish shuddered and shook mis-
head. making an awed. deprecating
motion with his hands
Il give Il all up" he said. The
whole thing from bac~frnfps~ 70 90 a..