Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-05

"ThAtssswhat 1isay," put In Hayi.
land "the" wholes affair lis 20 ! in.
exnltcable-excuse me, Mr.. Brunt,1 but
Il can't think It such q. Ample case a.
gage expert skill to solve the mys-
teries of 1t ALL"
'That must come later. ana In.
spector Brunt resumed his usual
gravity Of manner which had been
disturbed by the discovery Of the
blackjack. will you now please
give me some detailed information as
to the circumstances? rs the house,
always securely locked at night?" j
VERY much so,"i answered. Havi-
land: Miss Darlington was not. overly
ttmtd. but she always insisted on
careful precautions against. burglary.
She had q house full Of valuable fur-
niture. curios, and art works besides
her personal. belongings. Yes. the
house was always supposed to be
carefully locked and bolted."
Whose duty is it to'look after it 81
"The butler Haskins, and his wife.
who Is the cook. had all such matters
In charge"
81 will interview them later. Now
please tell me, any Of you, why Miss
Darlington was arrayed in such pc,
ouliar f~ashion1ast evening"" y,
II can't imagine" said Pauline.
"My aunt was not a vain woman. I
have never known her to sit before q
mirror, except when necessary, to
have her hair dressed. It is almost
Unbelievable hat she should deliber-
ately don those jewels and scarf and
sit down there as if to admire the eff
feet. Yet. it. had that appearance"
But she wore the Jewels during
the evening, did she not?"
mot all of them. IShe wore her
pearls. because, as she told us, and
as I have often heard her say, pearls
must be worn occasionally tn keen
them in copdition. But sheiadded q,
large number of valuable censor;
some one did-after we left her last
night"
Whom do o mean by we?"
Miss Frayne and myself. We
to her, and we left at the sane time"
"At what time?"
About quarter past twelve. I
should think. wasn't it, Anita? We
went upstairs about midnight, and
were with my aunt ten or fifteen min
utes."
"wers your good-nights %amicable?"
asked, the inspector, and Pauline
lecting the words OF. her aunt, she
shut her lips obstinately and made no.
1fnde C they " we're not!" declared
Miss Frayne; Miss Darlington told
both Miss Stuart and myself that, it
would be our last night beneath this
roof! That today we must seek some
other home for she would harbor us
no longer!"
"Ah!I And why did sbe thus treat
you?"
"There was no especial reason"
and Anita's lovely blue eyes looked
straight at the inspector with a pa
thetic gag "she was in a tantrum, as
she frequently was" :.
"She didn't mean it," put in Paul
inc, hastily.
""She did!" ~asseverated Anita; 1--WE
heard her threaten to ssend us away
before but never, sQsseArnestly,s She
meantsat last night, I aml;suresfFAnd,
too she knew! something would hap
pen to her last night-she said So"
What? what's thatD
d. hush, Anita!" said Pauline;
Proceed, Miss Frayne." and the
inspector spoke sternly.
"She did" went on Anita. II don't
remember the exact words, but she
said I little knew what was going to
happen to her, and she said ''tomor-
row. you may sing another song'
Surely such words meant something!"
Is. IL NllCy uAup oAu duA1lCs dll6AAy
ffG to dismiss you today" !!
mo at ALL and Anita glanced at
her, "she distinctly said something
would happen to her-not to me-"
You know better than to- take
things she said in a temper; seriously!
If we are to repeat Idle conversations:
last evening that you'd like. to kill
her!"
II didn't. shrieked Anita.
you did, declared Pauline calm
ly; land Gray said she ought to be
killed, too. I know o didn't mean
to kill her, but I've just as much right
to quote your foolish words as you
have to quote hers" "
"Nonsense!" said Haviland; "let up,
Polly! You two are always at each
other! AS there is no question. as to
who killed poor Miss Lucy, why rake
up our foolish words spoken : under
the intense. ,p~rovocation. of her exhibit
ton OF temper-which was specially
trying last night. Inspector, can we
tell YOU anything more Of import
ance?"
So far the inspector had been al
most silent. and appeared to be learn
ing some points from the conversation
not addressed to him. Now, he
changed his and began
briskly to ask questions.
"This glove" he said, holding 1t
out, was, as you know. found clasped
in her hand. Is it yours. Mr.. Havi-
land?"
NO" said the young man. as,
after a close examination of the glove
he handed it back "no,Iit is a size
smaller than I wear, and 1t is OF a
different make from NINE"
Have YOU any idea whose 1t a
be? It, is highly improbable the
give no idea" and Haviland ehrug-
ged his shoulders. But If it was not
left by the, intruder, where could 1t
possibly have come from? 1t is a
mans glove"
Gould it be one Of Cousin Carr's?"
said Pauline. aunt Lucy was awful
~ fond of anything Of his. She kept
one of his caps in her drawer for
months. after he left the last time"
mo" replied Haviland; ut isn't
Loria's. He wears larger gloves than
I do. My theory points to a sort Of
gentleman burglar, a 'Raffles, you
know, and ! think he talked with
Miss Lucy, before he struck that
blow, and disarmed her:mind Of fear"
what an, extraordinary ideal" and
s"But how else explain the glover"
And the snake? Did your gentle-
man burglar persuade her to
that paper thing? Never! Gray.
you're absurd"
! Another thing" went on Inspector
B-unt, returning the glove to his
roomy pocketbook; lin the bedroom
we Noticed a glass of milk and beside
it an. empty plate. Was it the lady's
habit to have a night lunch7"
YES" said, Anita. but she rarely
ate it. In ease Of insomnia. h had