Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-11-17

which was apparently q profound mys-
terry, had been timed to within . min
ute Of its commission did not appear
among the latest particulars. No ar
rest had been made. No clue was men
toned, beyond the statement that the
police were. still searching for def
mite instrument With which 1t was evi.
IDENTIFY assumed that the deed had been
committed. There was In fact . close
description OF, an unusual weapon, q
special constable's very special trun-
cheon. It had hung as cherished tro-
ply on the library wall, from which 1t
was missing, while the very imprint OF
q silver shield, mounted on the thick
end Of the weapon. was stated to have
been discovered on the scalp Of the
fractured skull. But that was = little
bit Of special reporting, typical Of the
enterprising sheet that Toye had pro-
cured. The inquest, merely opened on
the Monday, had been adjourned to the
day Of issue. rs
I'VE must get hold of an evening pa
per-" said Cazalet. Fancy his own
famous truncheon! He had 1t mount
ed and inscribed himself. 80 that It
shouldn't be forgotten how he'd fought
for law and order 1t Trafalgar Square!
That was the man all over!' 5Gs
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 darkly In his acute eyes.
II wonder II 1t was a murder p he
specialized. Il bet it wasn't DELHI
crate murder"
What else could it have been?"
kind Of manslaughter. Deliberate
murderers don't trust to chance
weapons hanging on their victims
walls"
you forget" said Cazalet, "that he
was robbed as. we'll" IS,
DO they claim that?" said Hilton
Toye. IT guess skipped some Where
does it say anything about his being
robbed ?" I 1.s
"Here!" Cazalet had scanned the pa
per eagerly: his finger drummed upon
the place. - g The police" he read out,
in some sort Of triumph, have now
been furnished with q full description
OF the missing watch and trinketss and
the other articles believed to have
been taken from the pockets Of the de-
ceased What's that but robbery? :" ~
you're dead right, said Toye. II
missed that somehow. Yet who in
thunder tracks man down to rob
and murder, him In his own home? But
when you've Drained man. because
you couldn't keep your hands on him.
you might deliberately do all the rest
to make it seem like the work Of
thieves" ~, 2sg3 III IA s.
Hilton Toye looked = Judge of de-
liberation as he measured his irrefut-
able 4 words. He looked something
more. Cazalet could not tear Ms blue
eyes from the penetrating pair that
met them with a somber twinkle, an
enlightened gusto. quite uncomforta-
bly, suggestive at such! moment.
i"You aren't detective by any
chance, are you?" cried Cazalet, with
clumsy humor.
mo, sir! But I've often thought I
wouldn't mind being one" said Toye.
chuckling. II rather figure might do
something at it. II things don't go my
way In your old country, and they put
up big enough reward. why, here's q
man I knew and place know, and I
might have mind to try my hand"
They went ashore together. and to
the same hotel at Southampton for the
night. Midnight found the chance pair
with their legs under the Same heavy
Victorian mahogany, devouring cold
beet, ham and pickles as phlegmatical-
" rs commercial travellers who had
never been on 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 q few of those anecdotes
and piquant comparisons in which his
conversation was at it's best. It was
ut it's worst on general questions, or
ON concrete topics not introduced by
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 evening
paper at the inn. They included fras-
mentary report Of the adjourned in
quest, and the actual offer Of such q
reward, by the dead mans firm. for
the apprehension of his murderer, as
made Toye's eyes glisten in his sa-
gacious head. s4
But Cazalet, though he had skinned
the many.headed column before sit
ting down to supper. fatty declined to
discuss the tragedy his first night
ashore. ~. -,
Cro BE coNTINUED)
Wooden Shroud Compulsory.
It used to be compulsory in Eng
land that the dead should be buried
In wooden shrouds. This law was in
troduced in order to encourage the
manufacture of wooden cloth within
the kingdom.
Goat Getters.
What gets our goat in our spiritual
life is that we constantly meet up
with people who, when they can't find
other people to stand for their misfor-