The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25

of the motor-I had q thought FOR
the tracks I might have left-and
came back to find out how the land
lay. Well, you know the rest
"You have done yourself no harm,
Mr.. Bulstrode, by this confession y
said Inspector Addington Peace.
THANK you And now, II you viii
Jump in, will drive you to the police
station. You will want to get Boyne
out and put me in. eh. Inspector
He was still laughing In that high
pitched voice Of his when. the car
faded into the night.
It was not until the next day that
Peace gave me his explanation over
our pipes in my studio. It ID, inter
esting enough to set down. II briefly.
There were many points in the
favor of Boyne." he said. Miss Sher-
rfck's story not only conceded with
that told us by Cullen. but It also ex-
planned much that the butler consid-
cred suspicious. The young man left
the drive hoping to meet Miss Sher.
rick. Cullen told me that Boyne ask
ed where she was as he left. and was
informed somewhere in the upper gar
den. He failed to find her. however.
and probably concluded she had gone
in to lunch. Boyne said he was walk
ing down through the Wilderness
when he heard the scream. Suppose
this were a lie, then how could he
have obtained the spear? Was he a
man Of such phenomenal strength as
to use it in so deadly fashion? You
observe the difficulties.
1T was when was upstairs exam
lining the body that the idea occurred
to me. The force used In throwing
thesspear was abnormal. Either the
murderer must have been man OF
remarkable physique, or he must
have thrown the spear from rapidly
moving vehicle. You remember the
notices that are displayed in railway
carriages begging passengers not to
throw bottles from the window which
will imperil the lives Of plate-layers.
It is not in the force OF the throw
but in the pace Of the train that the
danger lies. It was possible par
allel.
"And here made remarkable dis
covery. On closely inspecting the
shaft of the spear, I found smear OF
lubricating oil such as motorists use.
It suggested that man who had late
ly been attending to the machinery OF
a car had been handling the weapon.
Had one of the group under possible
suspicion anything to do with motors
or machinery? Not one.
IT had noticed the Jade collections
in the hall. This spearhead was OF
unusual beauty. Could 1t have come
from the coloneps own collection? He
had not taken it with him when he
ran toward the Wilderness, loading
his revolver. Why did he SO run thus
armed? Had he been robbed?
yet the thief had not passed that
way. Cullen would have seen him II
he had done so. Was the colonel en-
deavoring to cut him OF?
IT found the motor-tracks In the
drying mud-unusual tracks. mark
you, for the driver had run OF the
road circling the place where the col
onel had stood. l traced them easily
by the chain marks on the tires. They
led to the front gate. and just beyond
it the car had stopped for some time
close to the hedge. Lubricating oil
had dripped on the road while it wait
ed. The case was becoming palmer.
my talk with Bulstrode's chauffeur
made 1t self-evident. The information
of Miss Sherrick and her uncle's own
explanation as to his quarrel with
his brother over the spear swept
away my last doubt. Do you under.
standT
EYES," 1 said. 'It seems simple
now. Bulstrode has had bad luck,
though. Things look black against
him"
II think he will be all right" said
Addington Peace. His story has the
merit Of being not only easily under
standable, but true"
"And Boyne?"
II saw him meet Miss Sherrick. It
was enough to make an old bachelor
repent his ways, Mr.. Phillips. Be-
lieve me. there Is a great happiness of
which we cannot guess-we lonely
men,"