The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-13
tho Inspector Explains.
CHAPTER XIV.

] had not thought slumber possible
for me, and yet l must have slept. My
bewildered senses, dazed by a sudden
recall to activity, took subconscious
c~ognlzance OF a regular, persistent
pounding and eventually succeeded In
stirring me to attention. l suddenly
sat up and looked about me. | found
myself in the deserted cottage, the
drug slave still motionless on his couch
and the logs still %smoldering in the
fireplace.
That humping quickly saw where
1t came from. Davis was standing over
the sleeping form Of Dodds, the con-
stable, engaged in the work Of awak-
ening him by the park policeman's
Misunderstanding him on the sOles Of
his shoes.
The process was successful. The
constable snorted. drew up his legs,
rubbed his eyes and sprang to his feet.
1T will be daylight in half an hour"
l heard Davis tell him. Il want you
to 60 and get the blackboard and drive
around to where Rouser's body lies.
DiAAi6 AXS oily PdpCIS sou lin AZ mas
pockets. Leave his money and his
watch and keys, so as not to III
any suspicion Of robbery. AS 0 0 as
you have done that l want you to
drive back and pick up the body be-
fore anyone else finds it. Drive with
it to Millervale and leave it there.
Don't talk too much. Tell everybody
<h~k -, ~,.~ A. h~lv, - $h1 Soo<
OF the precipice and impress on them
that 1t must have been an accident in
the dark. AS soon as you can convent
emily get away, come back here. Make
sure, though. that nobody follows you"
AS soon al the constable had gone.
Davis lit a cigarette, turned up his
coat collar and took a seat on q
rough bench just outside the door.
Come on out here, Harding. and
watch the sun rise," he called to me.
l rose hastily from where I had
been sitting gazing stupidity about me
and joined him on the bench.
There was something you wanted
to ask me. wasn't there?" he said
pleasantly.
There were so many things | want
ed to ask him I hardly knew where to
begin, but the first thing / blurted out
was:
rs Hugh Crandall guilty?"
HE Is guilty only Of being In love
with Katharine Parrish against her ia
theirs Wishes" he replied.
but surely" l said doggedly. che
has some connection with the crime
Of the yellow letters. He knew
Young. He knew where to find him.
There are many things about his &C
tions that to my mind call for expla-
nation"
did you notice his eyes," asked
Davis. 1t was still too dark for me to
see the inspectors face, but ! felt
sure that he was laughing at me. He
made me feel that way all too often.
Il didn't l answered rather cross
ly. but what's that got to do with
it?"
I'm afraid. Kent, as have said be-
fore, you will never make a good de.
tective. You are entirely too unob-
servant OF important details. Do you
s6rA:l my asking early in u investi-
recaIn whether or not Crandall had
gatL eyes?"
bluEes." l grudgingly admitted. Il re
u.iit."
lraHAs soon as I discovered that Gran
dali had blue eyes that eliminated him
az the probable criminal"
II don't see your logic"
1--WE told you before" said Davis,
after . pause long enough to permit
him to light another cigarette. that
there are classes OF crime and types
Of criminals, each strongly marked
| after It's own sort. l saw right at the
start that this crime was Of the hid.
den sort. Of the kind that includes con.
spiracy. blackmail. secret plotting
| the kind that requires a skilful sneak.
You never in your life found a blue
| eyed sneak. There are lots OF blue.
eyed d~esperadoes and burglars. Most
Of the notorious bad men Of the west
were blueeyed, but you don't find q
man with blue eyes shooting or stab
bling q man In the back or kidnapping
a child or writing blackmailing let
ters."
While I was not at all convinced
by his argument, l felt that 1t WOULD
be useless for me to dispute 1t. for
would be invading comparatively un
known territory. whereas he undoubt
eddy had dozens OF cases at his finger
tips ready to illustrate his theory.
decided to change the subject.
:" recall. too" l said. that 70,
asked II Crandall was left-handed. 81
far as raw. he Is not. What OF that
IL that another proof OF Crandall's In
nocence?"
NO." said Davis. that didn't prove
Crandall's Innocence. 1t proved Rou
ser's guilt. In fact. 1t wns the left
handed clue that put me on the RICH
track and eventually led me to THU
very cottage"
"For Heavens sake" said ] impa
tiently, don't talk In riddles. Go o.
anA explain Il"
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