The Washington times., 1919-01-30

"For what purpose g he hers7"
TO be treated by a great gps-
eialist for nervous troubles from
which he sufters. he told me-"
What impression has he made
upon your
"Why-really. a good one. He is
well bred. polite 70 everybody. reg
ular in his habits. only a little shy.
and does not associate with any
body In the household"
You have not noticed anythinx
unusual about him?s
Nothing; except that he never
took on his bIGek glasses"
Didn't that surprise your
NO. I thought he had weak
eyes. My poor father wore them for
that reason during the last t.,
years OF his life"
I "And where did he sleeDY'
I'm the next room to poor Mra
Tanksry."
Ah! Did he ask you for it7-
He asked me to give him one
."here he would not be disturbed
oy noise from his neighbors. That
one met his requirements best
The official remained silent = No.
ment. pondering.
Come" he said. after an in
stant' summon uD your reeoIls.-
uons' Madame. During the fsrt-
night that this young man has 80,
your guest, has nothing. abaoiuts-
~ nothing, attracted your af,.,
tion?'
Really nothing. Wait tboB~A
Aonsieur. One single thing. ner-
maps but II was 50 unimpOrtant
Never mind, tell me-
He came here, giving a. = 49,
erence a person whose name w..
unknown to me. A. n Fherv a.
Ilerry' OF chartres. I pretepdea
to know him, OF course. Aftsr al
II was possible that tAs Rentfapao q,
might have stayed here. I eanno,
remember exactly tho names OF an
my boarders since I have been e.
taolished twenty years. Thourh-
stili' she added in a low tone. a.
II making an apology to herself
my memory is yet good"
You see! He wanted to WIN vour
commence and make sure that yea
would not refuse to receive hin,s
How could have supposed AN
that!" sighed the worthy woman.
And now, on what terms ala h
stand with Mrs Tanlkeryg''
Il don't think he has ever smoke.
TO her. One day offered to pre-
sent him. He refused, saying hs
had no desire to make the acuuaint.
ance Of that "old carieature." Ha
even added that sueh a display AZ
tsWelry was ridiculous and would
only lead to her being murdered"
at wasn't difficult for him "a
show himself so good a p-ophstl
Wen madame, will you ask this
NJ Delorme to come ana talk win
me q moments"
That is itnpossible.-
Why
Ike has gone Qua
The questioaer started m
Gone out! And at what time
i don't know. He had aIreac.
left his room when the waiter vent
to carry his breakfast"
$50 no one has seen him TO-DAY.
and consequently he may ven, easily
have gone in the middle OF the
night?"
Certainly.
"And I suppose he was not in tbs
habit OF taking such early dspart-
ures?"
This is really the first time
At that moment the comnfsssPT
OF police returned, and Madame
Armelin withdrew, completely up-
set
''weI,' said the head Of the de-.
tective service, ''have you found
anything"
ave discovered along the wall
some fresh scratches which seemed
to confirm the conjecture that the
assassins came through the win
dow by means Of a rope ."
Thrown from inside by an ae-
compIice, an accomplice who could
be no one except one OF the board
ers in Family House. even the vic
TINS next door neighbor. The In
vestigation has already taken an
important step, hasn't Il. my dear
''You are entitled to all the credit.
SIR
''Humi You see, whatever pre-
cautions the most skiIlfuI criminals
take, it is rare that they do not
leave behind something that be-
trays them"
And he began to inform his fell
low official rapidly Of all the de-
ductions that Madame ArmelinS
had suggested.
According to him, there could be
no doubt and the genesis OF the
crime was thus established: some
individual came, with a false refer
ence, into a family clearinghouse
where some one had told him lived
an elderly foreigner who had val
liable jewels. He had taken care
to disguise his face with black
glasses and to pretend he did not
wish to speak to anyone, so that
he could not drop any imprudsnt