Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-17
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II luu out All dDOul tHe lue VI
Mrs. Krill before she married Krill
and came to Christchurch. She's the
daughter of farmer. You'll find the
name in this" Hurd passed along a
copy of the marriage certificate which
Mrs. Krill had given to Pash. ''Anne
Tyler is her maiden name. Find out
what you can. She was married
to Krill at Beechill. Bucks"
Miss Dian took the copy of the GER
tificate and departed, grumbling at
the amount of work she had to do
to earn her share Of the reward.
Hurd. on his part, took the under
ground train to Liverpool street sta
ton and then Travelled to Jubileetown.
He arrived there at II o'clock and
was greeted by Paul.
"Ive been watching for you all
the morning" said Reecot. who looked
flushed and eager. sylvia and l
have made such q discovery
Hurd nodded good humoredly as he
entered the house and shook hands
with the girl.
Miss Norman has been doing some
detective business on her own ac-
count" he said, smiling. Hello, who
is this?"
He made this remark because Mrs.
Purr, sitting in a corner of the room,
with red eyes, rose and dropped a
courtesy.
"I'm called to tell you what 1 do
tell on my Bible OATH" said Mrs. Purr,
with feryor.
Mrs. Purr can give some valuable
evidence" said Paul quickly.
"Oh, can she? Then I'll hear what
she has to say later. First, l must
clear the ground by telling you and
Miss Norman what / have discovered
at Christchurch"
So Mrs. Purr, rather unwillingly. for
| she felt the Importance of her position,
| was bundled out of the room, and Hurd
| sat down to relate his late adventures.
| This he did clearly and slowly and was
| interrupted frequently by EXPLANATIONS
| of establishment from his two hearers.
| $50 there" said the detective when
| finishing, you have the beginning of
| the end
"Then you think that Mrs. Krill killed
her husband?" asked Paul obviously
Il can't say for certain" was the
cautious reply, but ] think so on the
face of the evidence which you have
heard. What do you say:''
Don't say anything" said Sylvia
before Paul could reply. "Mr. Hurd
had better read this paper. 1t was
| found by Deborah in an old box belong
ing to my father, which was brought
| from Gwynne street.
She gave the detective several sheets
of blue foolscap pinned together and
closely written in the shaky handwrit-
| ing of Aaron Norman. Hurd looked at
it rather obviously. What is it?" he
asked.
''The paper referred to in that unfin-
ished scrap of writing which was dis
covered behind the safe," explained
Paul. Norman evidently wrote it out
and placed it in his pocket, where he
forgot it. Deborah found it in an old
coat she discovered in q box of clothes
brought from Gwynne street. They
| were Norman's clothes and his box
and should have been left behind"
"Debby won't hear of that" saiG
Sylvia, laughing. ''She says Mrs. Kril
has got quite enough, and she took al
she could
whats all this writing about? 2
asked Hurd, turning over the closely
written sheets. ITO save time YOU
had better give me precis of the mat
ter. Is it important:"
Every. should say" responded Pau
emphatically. ,"It contains an accoun
of Norman's life from the time he lief
Christchurch.
Hum" Hurd'ss eyes frightened
"I'll read it at my leisure, but at til,
present moment you might say wha
you cam
'Well, you know good deal of 1t,
said Paul. who did the talking at
Eign from Sylvia. at seems that Nor
man-we'd better stick to the old mann
left Christchurch because he wa
J afraid of being accused of murderin,
Lady Rachel
"Was she really murdered"
Norman doesn't say. He swears h
knows nothing about the matter. Tn
] first intimation he had was when Jes
sop came down with the news afte
laundering into the wrong bedroom
But he hints that Mrs. Krill kille,
her"
"Can he prove that?"
"No; he can't give any proof, or, a
all events, he doesn't. He declares tina
when his wife and daughter
''Oh, does he call Maud his daugf
err"
Eyes. We can talk Of that later,
said Paul impatiently. "Well, ther
Norman says he went fairly mad. Jes
sop had bolted but Norman knew h
would not give the alarm, since b
might be accused himself of KILN
Lady Rachel. Maud. who had see
the body. wanted to run out and ca
!. the neignbors."
E How old does Norman say sh
. wasT'
''AbouS fifteen-quite old enough I
! make things unpleasant
"Then she can't inherit the money,
said Hurd decisiyely.
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