The Detroit times., 1913-01-24
CHAPTER xI.
(Contlnued.l


"No one; We we're alone the entire
time"
rAnd you saw nc one hanging about
the place as you left it,
mot that | can remember; IL did
n made no impression on me-"
But didn't you see Shrimplin"
asked Moxlow quickly.
"Oh, come, Moxlow, you can't play
the sleuth-that was afterward. you
know II was!"
~Afterward--"
Yes. just as I was starting for the
generals place, fully an hour later"
In the meantime you had been
where"
"From McBride's store l went TO
my rooms. I remained there until IL
was time to start for the Herberts',
& and as intended TO walk out started
earlier than | otherwise should have
done"
Then you were coming from your
rooms when you met Shrimplin?'
"Yes, Il was just elk o'clock when
! stopped to speak to him"
"Shrimplin was the only person you
met Rs you crossed the Square,"
"As far as l can remember now,
saw no one but shrimp"
"And just where did you meet him,
North" asked Moxlow.
"On the corner, near McBride's
store"
do you know whether he had just
driven into the Square or mott"
mo, don't know that; il was
showing hard and l came upon him
suddenly"
''You continued on your way out of
town otter speaking with him. North ?"
yes"
"And later, at eleven o'clock, as you
were returning to town you met
stranger, probably countryman, You
say, who told you that Mcbride hai
been murdered"
"Yes. you have that all straight"
ION your return to town you went
where.
''To my rooms again and finished
packing"
ibid that take you two hours?"
mo, but / had a Let OF things to see
to there"
WHAT" asked Moxlow.
''Oh, papers to destroy, and thifEs
OF that sort that sept me pretty busy
until train-tire."
"You walked to the depot?
Eyes, was too late for the ho,el
bus; in fact, bGiely caught the tra'n.
just had time 10 Jump aboard as IL
pulled OUT
Excuse me a moment, North" said
Moxlow as he rose from his chair
He Quilted thr room and Norm
heard hiEi pass down the hail.
'It's a bad busircss," said Taylor,
Gronipinn : TO
the guilty man7''
aNo. as Moxlow says, we haven't a
clue to go on. u S incredible though,
isn't IL, that a crime like that could
have been committed here almost in
broad daylight, and It's perpetrators
get away without leaving a trace be-
hind?"
at Is incredible agreed North, and
they lapsed into silence,
North thought C. Elizabeth. re
would slip out to idle Hour that AFTER
noon or evening; he couldn't leave
Mount Hope without seeing her. The
coroner drummed on his desk: he won
dered what had taken Moxlow from
the room in such haste. The prose
cutting attorneys brisk step sounded
IA the hall again, and he re-entered
the room and resumed his chair
"Just one or tSo more questions,
!. North, and then guess we'll have to
let you CO." he said. You have been
on very friendly terms with the muir.
dered man for some time, have you
not?'
HE was very kind to me on NUM-
eFous occasions. "
"In q business way, perhaps"
Largely In q business way, yes"
"It-pardon me--usually had TO do
with raising money, had It not ,"
North laughed
1T had"
"You were familiar with certain
little pecufiarities of his, were you
not, his mistrust OF banks for In
stance"
"Yes, he had worry little confidence
In banks. Judging from what he said
OF them"
did he ever tell you that he had
large sums OF money hidden away
about the store"
Never
But always when you had business |
dealings with him he gave you the
ready money, very rarely a check"
Never In all my experience a
check. always the. cash"