Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03

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seven IN the evening: but how crime.
which was apparently profound mysJ
terry. had been timed TO within min
ute OF it, commission did not appear
among tho latest particulars. No ar.
rest had been made. No clue was men-
toned, beyond the statement that the
police wero still searching for . dem
mite instrument with which It was ovi-
IDENTIFY assumed that the deed had bsen
committed. There WAS In fact close
description Of an unusual weapon.
special constable's very special trun-
cheon. It had hung - . cherished tro-
ply on the library wall, from which It
v.s missing. while the very imprint Of
Q silver shield. mounted on the thickl
end Of the weapon. was stated TO have.
been discovered on the scalp q the
fractured skull. But that was little
bit Of special reporting. typical OF the
entsrprising sheet that Toye had pro-
CURED. The inquest, merely opened on
the Monday. had been adjourned to the
day Of issue.
I'VE must get hold Of an evening pa
per-" said Cazalet Fancy his own
famous trunchson! He had 1t mount
cd ana inscribed himself. 20 that t.
shouldn't be forgotten how he'd fought
for law and order at Trafalgar SQuarsl
That was the man all Overt"
His voice and manner achieved the
excessive indifference which the Eng
lish type holds due from itself after
any excess Of feeling. Toye also was
himself again, his alert mind working
keenly yet darby in his acute eyes.
II wonder II 1t was q murder" he
speculated. Il bet 1t wasn't . delibJ
crate murder"
What else could it have been r
Kind Of granddaughter. Deliberate
murderers don't trust to chance
weapons hanging on their victims
walls"
you forget" said Cazalet, that he
was robbed AZ well"
DO they claim that?" said Hilton
Toye. II guess skipped some. Where
does it say anything about his being
robbed?"
"Hsre!" Caxalet had scanned tho pa
per eagerly: his finger drummed upon
the place. "'The police he read out,
in some sort of triumph. have now
been furnished with = full description
Of the missing watch and trinkets and
the other articles believed to have
been taken from the pockets of tho de-
ceased What's that but robbery"
You're dead right" said Toye. Il
missed that somehow. Yet who In
thunder tracks . man down to rob
and murder him in his own homo? But
when you've Drained man, because
you couldn't keep your hands OF him.
you might deliberately do all the rest
to make It seem Ike the work Of
thieves"
Hilton Toys looked . Judge Of de-
liberation as he measured his irrefut
able words. He looked something
more. Cazalet could not tear his blue
eyes from the penetrating pair that
met them with . somber twinkle. An
enlightened gusto. quite uncomforts
bly, suggestive at such moment.
you aren't . detective. by any
chance. are you!" cried Cazalet. with
clumsy humor.
mo. sir! But rye often thought 4
wouldn't mind being one" said Toye.
chuckling. Il rather figure might do
something at it. II things don't 80 my
way In your old country. and they put
up big enough reward. Why, here's .
man knew and place know, and 5
might have mind to try my hand"
They went ashore together. and to
the same hotel 1T southampton for the
night. Midnight found the chance pair
with their legs under the same heavy
Victorian mahogany. devouring cold
beet. ham and pickles AZ phlegmatical-
" - commercial travelerS who had
never been OF the island In their lives.
Yet surely Cazalet was less depressed
than he had been before landing: the
old English ale In . pewter tankard
even ELECTED few OF those anecdotes
and piquant comparisons In which his
conversation was 1T it, best It was
at it, worst on general questions. OF
on concrete topics not introduced b.
himself: and into this category. per-
haps not unnaturally. fell such further
particulars of the Thames Valley mys-
terry as were to be found in an evenine
paper at the inn. They included . frag-
mentary report Of the adjourned In
quest, and the actual offer Of such =
reward. by the dead mans nrm, for
the apprehension Of Bis murderer, .
made Toye's eyes glisten IN his sas
eacious head.
But Cazalet, though he had skinned
the many-headed column before sit4
ting down to supper. hatly declined to-
discuss the tragedy his nrst night
ashoro.s
(To Be Continued.1
Broken bones are now healed by an
injection Of bone dust in petroleum
around the ruptured ends.
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