The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
THE MYSTERY OF
THE JADE SPEAR

(Continued.)
"Good afternoon, Sergeant Hales,"
said Addington Peace. 80 you have
arrested Boyne?"
Eyes, sir"
upon good grounds?"
'The evidence is almost complete
against him"
Indeed | shall be pleased to hear
it"
"Well, sir, it stands like this. Mr.
Boyne called upon Colonel Bulstrode
about one o'clock. He was shown
into the library and"
zone moment" interrupted the in
spector Where is the library?"
THAT is the door, sir" answered
Hales, pointing to the room from
which he had emerged.
perhaps it would be easier to un-
derstand If we go there?"
The library was a long, low room,
lined with shelves that were In q
great part empty. 1t projected from
the main building-evidently it was
of more recent construction-and thus
could be lighted by windows on both
sides. To our right were two which
more looked out upon plot Of grass
dotted with flower beds, upon which
several windows at the side of the
house, at right angles to the library,
also faced.
PRAY continue" said Inspector
Peace.
About ten minutes later, Cullen,
the butler, heard high words passing.
A regular fighting quarrel it sounded
or SO he says"
How could he hear? Was he list
ening in the hall?"
"No, sir; he was in his pantry,
cleaning silver. The pantry is the
first of those windows at the side of
the house. The library windows be-
Ing open. he could hear the sound OF
loud voices, though, as he says, he
could not distinguish the words"
The inspector walked to an open
lattice and thrust out his head. He
closed it before he came back to US,
as he did to the second window on
the same side.
Mr.. Cullen must not be encour-
aged" he said gently HE is there
now, listening with pardonable curios-
fty. Well, Sergeant"
Presently there came a tremen-
dous peal at his bell, and he hurried
to answer it. When he reached the
hall, he found the colonel and Mr..
Boyne standing together. You un-
derstand me, Boyne,' the colonel was
saying, If l catch you lurking about
here again after my niece's money.
bags, I'll thrash you within an inch OF
your life; l will, by thunder!' The
young man gave the colonel an ugly
look, but he had seen the butler, who
was standing behind his master, and
kept silent. Show this fellow out
Cullen said the colonel. And II he
ever calls slam the door IN his face
And with that he stumped back into
the library, swearing to himself in 8
manner that, as the butler declares
gave him the creeps, it was so very
imaginative.
with one thing and another, Cutler
was SO dumfounded-for he though,
that Boyne and Miss Sherrick were a,
good as engaged already-that ht
stood In the shadow of the porcl
watching the young gentleman. Boyn,
walked down the drive for a hundred
yards or so, looked back at tn.
mouse, and, not seeing the butler, a,
ne supposes, turned on to the lef
along path that led towards tn.
fruit gardens. Cullen did not know
what to make Of It, However. II wa,
none OF his business, and at last h,
went back to his pantry. Stickin,
out his head, he could see the colone
writing at that desk"-the sergean
pointed finger at knee-hole tabl,
Uttered with papers that was set /,
the further of the windows lookin,
out upon the grass plot-"and a
concluded that he could not hav,
seen Boyne leave the drive, havin,
mad his back to 1t at the time.
About twenty minutes later chi
len and Mary Thomas, the pario
maid, were In the dining room. ee,
ting the table ready for lunch. Thi
room looks out upon the lawn at tn
'front.' Of the house. All OF a sudde,
they heard shout, and the next mt
ment the colonel rushed by and mad
across the lawn to the Wilderness
gate. He had revolver In his hant
and was loading 1t as he ran. II
dropped two cartridges in his hurr,
for found them myself when wa
gong over the ground. Cullen ha
been with him for years; he is an oil
soldier himself. and at the sight {