The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-01

cap! CTn"eU NaZaiet " Udt lhey
have found is Craven's watch and
keys and the silver mounted trun-
cheon that Killed hIm But they found
them in q place where they coulun
possibly have been put by the MAJ!
identified as Scruton'
say where vas that" asked Toye
with great interest My paper only
SAYS the things were found not
where"
No more does mine but can tell
you. because | helped to ind EN-
You don't saw"
You'll never grasp where. confin
ued Ca2alet In the foundations un
der the house."
Details follow ed in all fullness: the
listener might have had part In the
Uplands act OF yesterdays drama.
might nave played in the library scene
with his adored Miss Blanche, so WV
idly was every minute OF that crowd
ed hour brought home TO him He was
rot SO sure that he had any very den
rite conception of the foundations OF
an English house
Ours were like ever so many little
tiny rooms" said Cazalet. where !
couldn't stand nearly upright even as
a small boy without giving MY head
crack against the ground floors They
led Into one another by lot OF little
manholes tight fits even for boy
but nearly fatal to the boss police
man yes,e,day!"
Hilton Toye. edging in his word.
said he guessed he visualized-but just
where had those missing things been
found?
Three or four compartments from
the first one under the library" said
Cazalet
Did you find them?"
We'll. kicked against the trun-
cheon. but Drinkwater dug 1t up. The
watch and keys were with 1t"
Say, were they buried"
only 10 the loose rubble and brick.
dusty stun that you get in founda-
tons"
Say, that's bad! That murderer
must have known something. or else
it's q bully huke in his favor"
Il don't follow you. Toye.
I'm thinking OF finger-prints II
he'd 1ust've laid those things right
down, he'd have left the print OF his
hand as large as life for Scotland
Yard"
THE devil he would" exclaimed
Cazalet " wish you'd explain" he
added: remember I'm wild man
from the woods, and only know OF
these things by the vaguest kind OF
hearsay and stray paragraphs in the
papers. never knew you could leave
your mark so easily as all that,
Toye took the breakfast menu and
placed 1t face downward on the table
cloth. Lay your hand on that. palm
down" he said, and don't move 1t
for a minute"
Cazalet looked At him q moment
before complying; then his fine. shape
". sunburnt hand lay still as plaster
under their eyes until Toye told him
he might Jake IL NY vi Sou' 90 eAS'S
was no mark whatever. and Cazalet
laughed.
you should have caught me when
| came up from those foundations.
not fresh from my tub!" said be.
"You wait" replied Hilton Toye.
taking the menu gingerly by the edge,
and putting 1t out OF harms way In
the empty toast-rack. You can't see
ANYTHING now, but II you come round
to the Savoy I'll show you something"
"What?"
your prints. sir! don't say I'm
Scotland Yard at the game. but ] can
do It well enough to show you bow
it's done. You haven't left your mark
upon the paper. but guess you've left
the sweat of your hand: II snow q
little French chalk over 1t. the chalk'll
stick where your hand did. and blow
of easily everywhere else. Say. come
round to lunch and I'll have your
prints ready for you. Id like aw
fully to show you how It's done"
CrO BE CONTINUEDJ