Evening star., 1912-09-29
Continued from page IL

Ing playeQ W1tn III lIllS uuel OI WOIuS, d1lO
his blue eyes ginted with some of the fire
his gaze unf1inchingly.
"If any charge that had its scene in New
York since nine o'clock this morning were
preferred against you, Mr.. Waverton, you
would have in me a credible witness for
proving an alibi," he said. IL am not nearly
so interested in your actions today as in their
motive. | think you would like me to speak
plainly. A man with whom you must have
some acquaintance, at least by repute if not
personally, Mr.. Kyrle, of Absecon, has
been found dead in peculiar circumstances
The police are 1nqulring into the affair, see
ing that Mr.. Kyrle and his wife were not on
the best of terms with each other, and it is
only reasonable to suppose that we should
wish to clear up the lady's movements dur
ing the few days prior to her husbands
death. Next to her, naturally, we are inter
ested in her associates. Of course, you may
decline to assist me in the matter. l cannot
demand your help, and, if you look on my
presence here as an intrusion, | shall transfer
myself to another car
"You talk as if you were rather vexed
with me, Mr.. Steingall,' said Wavertop
calmly.
"No, Sir, not vexed: merely precise. You
would have good cause to be annoyed with
me if had sought information under false
pretenses."
Suppose had retained my disguise, what
would have happened?'
"Then, as you would not be MIR. Claude
G. Waverton, but apparently German vio-
1inist, l should have remained your casua,
acquaintance of a railway journey
THAT'S candid, not to say ingenious
1 Now, have nothing to conceal. The
worst is known already,-the newspapers
took care of that, and, as told your col
league Mr. Clancy, with the exception of d
brief meeting in New York, 1 have not seer
or spoken to Mrs. Delamar since quitteo
her house at Palm Beach. That statement
is literally true. What else do you wish to
know
"Why did you visit Narragansett Pier to
day?"
@Obviously, to see my wife; yet without
her cognizance.'
@Pray forgive me if am treading on deli
cate ground-did you also expect to see Mr.
John Stratton Tearle?"
mo"
Steingall permitted himself to appear as
tonished. "But YOU dealt with him very
promptly when he put in an appearance
knowing the man as do, was not long
in forming an opinion as to the object of his
presence; so decided to free Mrs. Waiver
ton and her sister from his attractive com
pany, even if for no more than during one
afternoon
"You succeeded admirably. Allow me to
congratulate you on the means. Was it jiu
jitsu, or the savate?'
"Neither. 1t was-the invention of tn.
moment, suppose"
WavertOn seemed to catch his tongue II
the very act of tripping, and the detective
began instantly to speculate as to the nature
of the missing word. He racked his brains
for solution all the way to New York, and
when he told Clancy of that trivial hiatus
the little man pounced on it as the really
important event of the day. But he die
not permit the conversation to 1anguish or
that account
"You are aware, take it, Sir, that Nh
Tearle and Mrs. Delamar are close acquaint
ances, to put it mildly" he said.
"Oh, yes He introduced me to the lady
in the first instance"
"You speak bitterly of him; yet he was
your intimate friend"
Wavertons left hand brushed his eyes
and forehead with the gesture of a man who
tries to dispel a distasteful memory. "That
has passed, he said YEARLY. "Since my ac-