The Washington times., 1912-11-18

mo indeed; but the clue now leads
away from Gcralton."
clue? What cluc?" Cyril found It
difficult to control the tremor In his
voice.
"lf you will excuse me. my lord. l
had better keep my suppositions to my
| self I'LL | am able to verify them
The man suspected him! But why?
| What had he discovered? Cyril felt he
could not let him go before ne had as
certaincd exactly what h" hhd to Tear.
II was 80 awful. this lighting in the
dark.
III you have half an hour TO spare.
come to my rooms. They are only
| few doors away.
knew where he was staying and had
been lying in wait for him: but he
| thought It best to pretend that he fclt
| above suspicion.
| Thank you. my lord
A few minutes later they werc sitting
before a blazing frc, the inspector pui-
| fling luxuriOusly at cigar ana Slppihs
soda which Peter had reluctantly placed
| at his elbow. Peter, az he himself "oulh
have put 1t. did not hold with tue ho-
lice" and thought his master was sa1iy
| demcaning himself by fratcrhizlhs with
| "A member OF that calling.
| II quite understand your rcluCtanc" TO
talk about Il case. said 'Eril; rrNttlhB
| at once to the subject h" had In nlhh,
| but hS tIIH "''' ~, - ,.,aI, ,l,irL
| have a right to your confidence. ] am
| most anxious to know what YOU nave
discovered This mystery is wciEhihs
| on me. ! assur" you you 'eI '''' vi
my discretion. -. ....,,,,..
"wclI, my lord. It's BIT unprot"s,
| sional, but seeing It's YOU ] don't NINA
II do It's the reporters am ai'd'u
II shall not mention wha, you tell me
to anyone except possibly to one
| friend" cyril hastily assured MN;
Thank you. my Iord. on s's' "y ay
| he all wrong, so | don't want TO say
| too much I'll ] can prove my case.
| 4 understand that said .NTl' mHh1
| this clue that you ar" iolIo"lhE nat
| is it?" lie inquired with Dfea'hI'ss l''-
patience.
| The car. my lord. answered the m
| sp.ctor. settling hlmscit u'rp,t vi m.n
| chnIr. while his eyes Drt"" " h''"''
with suppressed "Nctcm'h, a., rh,,,
| You have found the car IN "hiCh
her lordship made her escape! ~
| II don't know about that !c,' ~, ,nn
have found the car than s,oo" n,%S, ~
| foot OF thu Long Ian" on 'h' '"s"' Vi
| the murder"
oh, that's not so very WohasttT',, a,tnn1n,
protested the inspector Wa Jn,,~ a., burst.
| at mOdesty. nut ne wac St'ar1.rt
Ing with pride III his a. Wno, SmI Won
How did you do ~ may nau ,,,,. Sn"
to go by asked 'Er" WIN s'''"''''
amazem"nt. ., ,,. irving n find
out what cars had oe.h s''h tno nirh,
relghborho3d ot 'el""hb 'el",Shnrbood I mean
OF the mu,".r.p;; r,iIcs found, AS I
a ran!uJi ,bot hsif-past Ii, not being
| ,i,.aI'. low Rad hen seen or heard. Most
OF thtst wi IL bad no difhCulty In
srn,,ng mai they had only been used
~ n,,.ctiv legitimate purposes.
There remained. however, two cars
otcommt One belongs to Mr. Benedict.
n Young man who owns place about
ten miles from GeTalton ana VINO si.Ia, set,hs
wildly over the country. lie pr"tends
he had no particular object ana as ne
is a bit queer 1t may be true me oi"et
car IL tho property OF tn" IahuioIu OF
the Red Lion Inn. very rcsp.Stapls
hotel In NewhaV"n. ] then sem Mo % u
my men TO examine 1hrs' 'a' az. n,.u ,,ro
phr: II either OF thrm hau NV ,n, u uhc
for the GarGener VII. swo' 'IS RoneI re
car she hcaru n"u a ou, sicn. nC wear
diets urcs an S"om 80 dncu,
nat the heu A'o'' e"'
one; o,o n,oco NJ work g.,
| brave; ia, a,n,hirg renIied the in
ON, thnt nS irwinG to supprcss a
"S sITt. sSod smile,
t;sat'sned n,, nnd S,'' any further evidence
l'd !nu "uu u,o,.n,.o tyLat con-
against .i,ls viii Tho rsstIc -" in
hccu1h hau "' wan NV
quired ,Erll' ,., ,,-,,r.rs,o,. sligbt,-y
He khc" Lo." w .,,'','o na,,s oos 80 - ~
but says ne mas " to,,rad 20 ht,,a,a
ladyshiP' Anu an '">" ~ "
him" , :, ,,,,,
In that case what part uo's ne p'aS
in this afatr' -, -
None. I fancy. You see nc Keeps the
car for the convenience OF ms quests,
and on the day IN question IL had peeh
hired by two young Fr"nchmen. who
were out in II from O'Clock I'LL mid
night"
"Frenchmcn But how could they
have had anything to do with the
Tragedy"
THAT remains to he seen. So far all
T have heen ahle to ind out about these
Two men is that the; landed In New
haven ten days before the murder. They
; nrofcssnd to be brothers, and called
thomSeIyes Pierre and paul Durand
: n'hn,, seemcd to h. amply provided with
,nna,, onJ want.d Tho 1est tho ho,oi