The Calumet news., 1912-06-05

a few questions, Mr.. Mortimer Tregen.
MIS-"
The other had been silent all this
/ time. but had observed that his more
! controlled excitement was even great
er than the obtrusive emotion of the
clergyman.
ASK what you like, Mr.. Holmes"
said he. eagerly. at is a bad thing to
speak OF, but / will answer you the
| truth"
Tell me about last night"
We'll, Mr.. Holmes, / supped there,
as the vicar has said, and my elder
brother George proposed a game Of
whist afterwards. We sat down about
nine o'clock. 1t was Quarter-past
ten when moved to 60. left them
al round the table. as merry as could
te."
who let you out?"
Mrs. Porter had gone to bed, so |
let myself out. l shut the hall door
behind me. The window OF the room
IL which they sat was closed, but the
blind was not drawn down. There
was no change in door or window this
iorning, nor any reason to think that
{ ly stranger had been to the house.
Yet there they sat, driven clean mad
With terror, and Brenda lying dead of
fright, with her head hanging over the
{ rm of the chair. I'll never get the
sight OF that room out of my mind so
long as / live"
The facts, as you state them, are
certainly most remarkable" said
Holmes. Il take it that you have no
theory yourself which can in any way
account for them?"
Its devilish, Mr. Holmes; devil.
ish!" cried Mortimer Tregennis. ut
is not of this world. Something has
come into that room which has dashed
the light of reason from their minds.
What human contrivance could do
that?"
Il fear" said Holmes, that II the
matter is beyond humanity il is GER
tainly beyond me. Yet we must ex-
haust all natural explanations before
we fall back upon such a theory as
this. As to yourself, Mr.. Tregennis,
take 1t you were divided in some way
from your family, since they lived to-
gether and you had rooms apart?"
That is so. Mr.. Holmes, though
the matter is past and done with. We
We're family of tin.miners at Red
ruth, but We sold out our venture to
company, and SO retired with enough
TO keep us. l won't deny that there
was some feeling about the division of
the money and it stood between us for
time, but it was all forgiven and for
gotten, and We were the best Of
friends together"
Looking back at the evening which
you spent together, does anything
stand out in your memory as throw
ing any possible light upon the trag-
edy? Think carefully, Mr.. Tregennis,
for any clue which can help me-"
There is nothing at all, sir.''
Your people were in their usual
spirits?"
Never better"
Were they nervous people? Did
they ever show any apprehension OF
coming danger?"
Nothing OF the kind"
You have nothing to add, then,
which could assist me?'
Mortimer Tregennis considered
for a moment.
There Is one thing occurs. to me-"
said he at last. "As we sat at the
table my back was to the window, and
my brother George. he being my part
ner at cards, was facing II. / saw him
once look hard, over my shoulder, SO
turned round and looked also. The
blind was up and the window shut,
but / could just make out the bushes
on the lawn, and ie seemed to me for
moment that l saw something NOV
Ing among them. l couldn't even say
II IL were man or animal, but Just
thought there was something there.
When asked him what he was look
Ing at, he told me that he had the
same feeling. That is all that can
say"
Did you not investigator"
No; the matter passed as unim-
)ortant."
You left them, then, without any
of evil?"
None at ALL"
To BE Continued.