The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-12-07

O"tV returned 10 the window and
examined IL with the closest atten-
ton. Presently he slipped ont a mag.
nifying glass. staring eagerly M
spot on the longer portion Of the
shaft.
DO | understand you. Sergeant
Haies, that you found Boyne endeav.
oring to pun out the speargP
Yes. sir"
Who else touched it?"
No one that know OF, save the
And yourself?"
OF course, sir"
Let me see your hands"
The sergeant thrust them out with
smile. They had plainly not been
washed that afternoon.
Thank you. Have you discovered
the owner OF this spear?"
No, sir; I wish l could"
Have you tried Cullen or Miss
Sherlock"
mo, sir" said the sergeant, look.
Ing blankly at the Inspector
Inspector Peace walked 10 the fire
place and touched the electric bell
In few moments the door opened
and a fat. red-faced man walked in
There is no installing the attitude
and costume OF a British butler.
Colonel Bulstrode was a collector
OF jade?" said the inspector, in his
most innocent manner.
yes, sir"
Il noticed the specimens In the
hall. Well. Cullen, have you ever
seen this spear amongst his tro
phies?"
The man glanced at 1t, and then
shrank back with SILVER.
It's the thing that killed him." he
stammered.
Exactly. But you do not answer
my question
There may have been one like II,
but couldn't swear 10 It, sir. The
colonel would never have his collec-
ton touched lie or Miss Sherrick
busted em and arranged 'em them.
selves. lie was always buying some
new thing"
Would Miss sherrick know?"
Very likely, sir
Thank you. That Is ALL"
As the butler closed the door. the
sergeant stepped up to the inspector
and saluted
Il should have noticed those collec-
tons" he said u have made fool
OF myself sir"
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mission is never fool. Sergeant
Hales. And now kindly take me up
stairs 10 the colonels room. You
can wait here, Mr. Phillips
Il was close upon the half-hour be-
fore they came back to me, and had
leisure enough for considering the
problem. When Peace had walked
into my rooms al lunch time, mention
ing that he had case with possible
ties al Richmond, II | cared 10 come
with him. had never expected so
strange development Nor, | fancy.
had he
This Colonel Bulstrode had served
many years In India. Had the mystic
ries OF the east followed him home 70
q London suburb? The gigantic force
with which this spear had been
thrown-there was something abnor-
NAL there, a something difficult TO ex-
plain Yet, after all, Il might be a
simple matter. Boyne was presum-
ably a strong man, and the deadly
fury that induces murder in law
abiding citizen is akin TO madness.
giving almost madman's strength.
was still puzzling over II when the
door opened and the little inspector
walked In.
THE story Of Sergeant Hales?" |
asked him. is he exaggerating-
was the spear thrown with unusual
violence"
Very unusual II is the crime OF
giant Or"
lie did not finish hts sentence. but
stood tapping the table and stariAg
out at the gold and green Of a sum.
mcr sunset At last he turned 10 me
with slow inclination OF the head.
"Hales is waiting" he said. "and
We must get TO work The light win
not last forever"
The sergeant led us over the lawn
to the Wilderness and through its
paths to the wicket-gate Showers in
the early morning had turned the
dust OF the road into n grey mud
that had dried under the afternoon
sunshine The surface was scored
into a puzzle OF diyerging lines by
the wheels OF carts and carriages.
cycles and motors. Yet Peace hunted
II over even more closely than he had
hunted the paths in the grounds. lie
was particularly anxious 20 know the
position In which the body had lain,
and finally tho sergeant got down In
the drying mud to show him.
Apparently the colonel had walked
about ten yards from the gate when
the spear struck him. He had fallen
Y almost In the center OF the road,
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