The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-18
.rRAFFoRp AND aRIMBLEsHAw

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 sTRAFFoRD AND GRIMBLEs4Aw.
 The sheet found by Grfmbleshay i1 the lower entrysvay. Or at least still rernainiDe there when MaIbon arrived; fitted welt with the story of man wrapped lin shroud. and the two facts. under circumstances that for bade the theory of agreement in de- tai'ss between Grimbleshaw and Phil. had their possibility of value.
 Trafford was weighing this as he passed the doctors boarding place. The door 3openeds and young Calden came
 out. To Trafford. quick to value
 trffles there was something in the mans air that suggested more than
 mere coincidence in the visit It wss. perhaps. in the start that Calden gave when he recognizea the detective. and his half instinctive motion to turn in the other direction. The very fact that he did not turn wass. in itself. so palpably an effort to avoid a mistake as to constitute one. Trafford. on his rart. had no purpose to facilitate any dinlinution of the uneasiness that the closing scene in Beckwith's office might have caused the young fellow, and accordingly he studied to throw ] into his salutation as great) a sen@e of repellant distance as he could without absolute rudeness This was the needed touch to convert Calden's lat ent hesitancy into open uneasiness, and Trafforj read this in his face as he passed.
 As far as a man who. as a Necessary feature of his work held himself fire from personal likes and dslikes. would
 give mere feelings way. Trafford's dis- taste for the young fellow. who was really of a prepossessing personality,
 was. manifest, and manifest to the
 man himself. In the relation in which they, stood such an attitude. uncovered from any predisposition toward con- | ceaIment must be at the lesst d S l turhing. not to say alarming. To Trsf- ford himself. who already knew facts
 that would not become public until l far later in the chase. the extent of this uneasiness seemed possibly inn
 portant.
 .T,m not suspecting any one" he,
 said. and I'm not going to, but I'm. bound to weigh a mans suspicion of himself"
 Tn this light Caldens visit to Grim 1 bleshaw was important enough to be questioned. even to the extent of using it as the basis of that call upon the doctor concerning which Trafford' s one question was the best time for
 making it. Tn his turn Grimbleshaw. who knew that the visit was sure to, come, counted it of good fortune that I it had not come forty-eight hours earlier. Tn the interval he had seen and talked with Calden. and owne6 to a
 feeling of surprise that Trafford had
 given him the opportunity, At the
 same time it made him trifle more
 uneasy when at last the inevitab'e
 visit came. this lauery just why tims
 and, opportunity had been given him It did not occur to him that the ra's- l ing Of this very question might bs
 Trafford's sufficient reason.
 "You've a knack of getting mere | comfort out of boarding house than | most of us can." said the detective. on entering Grin bleshaw's sitting room.
 He made the remark the cover for a
 keen glance that seemed to take in
 everything, even to the quality of the
 cigars and whisky, so far as they
 could be judged by mere sight.
 I'm afraid comfort is more import
 ant to me than to most men, am
 swered Grinbleshaw. I've never ac-
 quired the faculty of being comfort
 able when I'm uncomfortable"
 And yet as doctor there must be a heap of discomfort" Trafford sug- To be Continuetf9