The Holly chieftain., 1914-06-26

De seen look IL that ne uoo eiou6us
better Of II and gone back to lunch.
Il was driving the car myself, hav-
ing left the chauffeur behind. as l
did not wish him to know what l was
about. l started up the engines.
jumped into the seat, put the spear
beside me. and let her go. We came
round that corner at a good thirty
miles an hour. and there was brother
William In the road, waving his re-
volver and cursing me for a thief,
He had run down through the Wilder
ness to cut me off.
Il give you my word | was fright
ened. for knew him and his tempers.
], took up the spear, and as l passed
l threw 1t at him anyhow. Let him
keep 1t. and be id to him.
thought I wasn't going to have a
hole drilled in me for any Jade ever
carved. / never saw what happened,
for in that second / was of the road
and only pulled the car straight with
difficulty. The spear must have
struck him end on, and was travel
Ing thirty miles an hour.
my niece sent me wire. When
received It I understood what had
happened. ! was in a blue funk about
the business. l meant to get out of 1t
If l could. You see l am hiding moth
ing. told my man to take the chains
off the motor-I had a 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"
said Inspector Addington Peace.
Thank you. And now, II you Will
jump in. l 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
1t was not until the next day that
Peace gave me his explanation over
our pipes in my studio. 1t is inter-
esting enough to set down. II briefly.
There were many points In the
favor of Boyne," he said. Miss Sher-
rick's story not only coincided with
that told us by Cullen, but 1t 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 le',, 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
man of such phenomenal strength as
to use it in SO deadly a fashion? You
observe the dif1culties.
''It was when was upstairs exam
lining the body that the idea occurred
to me. The force used in throwing
the spear was abnormal. Either the
murderer must have been man Of
remarkable physique, or he must
have thrown the spear from a 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.
1t is not in the force of the throw
but in the pace of the train that the
danger lies. 1t was a possible par
allel.
And here made remarkable dis
covery. On closely inspecting the
shaft of the spear, found smear of
lubricating oil such as motorists use.
1t suggested that man who had late
ly been attending to the machinery of
car had been handling the weapon,
Had one of the group under possible