Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-20

shown me that day when ! first mad"
her acquaintance. and rs | followed
her in now it struck me forciby that |
had taken the wrong turning that Au-
gust morning. If | had taken these
people into my confidence then, | should
at least have started on the right road
BETTER than over realized what tricks
my instincts play me. Or perhaps 1t
may be my efforts to regulate them by
hight of what | am pleased to call my
reason that produced such unhappy re
suits.
Il am wondering how they found you
out" she began. at seems 50 myS-
terious that they should have suddenly
started to try to murder You Iik"
that. They must have felt quite posi-
tive-and what made them feel posi-
tive?"
"Did you or your father say any
thing to anybody about my voice; that
/ didn't seem to have 50 much accent
as had at first. or anything Of that
kind?'
"Not q word" she said positively.
"Father is the most uncommunicativP
of people, and have inherited some of
his closcness.
''Your servants?" l suggested.
''They are Ramsay girls. and one
foreign accent is the same as another
to them she laughed.
''Then it must have been finding the
parachute. l always thought that gave
me away"
''But it wasn't found till Monday
morning, after we had been for that
walk
1T might have been found by these
people sooner
at might" she admitted without
much conviction. But still-who did
you see or speak to apart from us and
\ Docton Kendall and Mr.. Brien?'
"The Scollays," I said. "and sew
eral farmers l happened to meet; but
always with most suspicious accent.
Oh, and there was one incident ! forgot
to mention. On the Sunday afternoon
i was doing a little fancy shooting with
my revolver down on the beach when
Jock turned up. You know Jock the
idiot?''
"Well," she said, but her attention
had evidently been caught by my first
words. You were doing fancy shoot
ing" she repeated. Are you a very
good shot?"
n H.
coming modesty. THAT afternoon /
was rather above myself
"Then," she cried, you were seen,
and that's why the man stopped firing
at you as soon as you aimed at him
He knew he would be hit if he went
on!'
. l opened my eyes little and smiled.
'That is a flattering solution"
said, 'but if l may venture to say So
it seems rather a bold inference.
''I'm certain it's right" she said
confidently. Did you speak to jock
''Yes, had a little talk with him
that's to say of course l did all the
talking.
"In your natural voice."
'Latterly | did, ! admitted.
"Were you far from the wall above
the beach"
''Not very"
"And I suppose there were lots o
rocks about?'
''The usual supply"
''Then some one was behind eithel
the wall or the rocks and you wert
overheard! That's how you were founC
out!'
''Miss Kendall" l said, ''you arriv'
st solutions by such brilliant short cut
that l feel like an old cart horse STUN
bling along out of sight behind you. Nj!
models hitherto have been the classica
detectives-"
+ "Tuts.'' she laughed, "they wer'
only men!'
"Yes,'' l agreed, Eve are not muci
of sex. And now, guess again
please, it's very simple conundrun
this time--for you. Who was the maj
behind the wall-or the rocks!'
she looked the least trifie hurt.
AZ am really trying to help, sh'
said. u.!
.don,t think l am laughing at you. This
;,,nnipe to conclusions is probably th'
s;gbt way of reaching them Anyhow
nv way has failed, and l am only toe
keen T. try yours.
But could see that had sensitive
- well as clever ally, and her ardol
,sas evidently little damped. triec
INV best to rekindle IT, -,
at haven't told you yet, said
s..hout Mr. Hobhouse' attempts at de-
,setion. % He discovered one little fact
T'hs old man with the tinted specta
elss was seen by a small child running In,aln
seward the beach after he had inter
Tiawed me." -,,. nm bor o.r,
s,. but she said little this time
"a II vent on to tell her OF Boil
tnr,s Two talks with me. When l came
~ IA discovery her ardor was fairiy
a ~ agsin vet she still seemed to
'sholaing herself in little,
4 'same one who hasn't lived all their
= a ne plaee, Y she repeated. e.,
Il a Il be meant woman.