The Washington times., 1920-04-25

any of the others who had 70 put
on some clothes before they came
DOWN."
aye. was In the hall frst"
"And I suppose you spoke 70 Mr..
Hvesay nrstr"
"Then ye suppose wrong" said
Granger. dourly,
did you not open the door
thenf"
there's two bolts ana a bit
chain and q big lock and key be-
fore you can open the door"
which would take" (Crisp
pulled out his watch ss he spoke
and looked at the secondhand
while he went through the motions
OF pulling back one bolt at the top
OF q door, another bolt at the bot
tom, unhitching the chain and turn
ing the key) exactly five seconds
Granger offered no comment on
this estimate.
$50 that It is not very apparent
what you were doing-why you
/. were not the FIRST to get the door
opened and to speak to Mr.. Live
say"
Granger offered NO solution Of
the pussle.
sNow," said Crisp, and his eyes
seemed to me al Of q sudden TO
take on an expression twice as
penetrating az before, "is II that
you cannot or Is II that you will
not tell us--Miss Carlton and me
what you were doing or why 1t was
that you were not the drst to get
speech with Mr.. Nvesayt
The wooden visase did seem to
be .just . little bit perturbed at
that. For the first time in the In
terview he answered with an air
o( slight confusion:
Il Gamma say. ] micht has been
dosing. I Gamma say"
The gong rang then and ! went
In to luncheon. Uncle Ralph had
his own way into the dining room
nom the library, 90 that he did not
uass through the hall. ] told him
a. Sergeant Crisp's being In the
hall and wishing 70 speak to him.
He did not seem at all surprised
ana said he would see him In the
library after luncheon. It appeared
that Granger had told him Of the
detsctivs's arrival, 20 that he was
quite prepared for hts Visit. 49, :,
That luncheon remains In my
memory as q peculiarly painful or.
deal Neither uncle nor myself
had vet learned how to bear and
wear our trouble. Out OF the des-
perate gloom and dazedness Of the
night be had reused himself to an
attempt at naturalness, and even
Of gaiety, ignoring all that had hap
] pened, which was quite dreadful.
Granger came In and took his
place in waiting on us very soon,
with his usual badly carved wooden
expression. ] heard afterward that
Sergeant Criap had been able TO
extract very little more from him,
and. indeed, realizing the utility
Of It, had put very few more ques-
a. 6O0b u ulAA@ M asuBSi uc~ oSo~A
30 far amenable. however, as to
ask susan, the upper hoagsmaid, to
come to the drawing-room ~ be in
|, terviewed.
The sergeant had questioned me
/ closely about the persons that COM
posed our household stat. Its
head, below stairs. should, tradi-
tionally, I suppose, have been the
cook, and 50, for official purposes,
she always was considered, but our
cook of the moment was rather q
young woman, and the person Of
real authority was old Susan, who
had been in service at Scotney
House ever since she was girl,
and was now regarded In the Light
of family friend rather than ser
want. Whatever was required, ap-
peal was always made to Susan,
and she never was found wanting.
Just what it was that Sergeant
Crisp hoped to find out by interro-
eating Susan do not think that
even he knew himself. He was
merely, as l imagine, acting on his
general principle Of neglecting no
possibility OF information. He had
something Of the large optimism OF
Mr.. Micawber, ever anticipating
that something would turn up.
In spite of all his experience and
in spite Of all his astuteness !
knew, for the little man himself
told me as much, that he was at
this time just as beclouded as l
was in the midst Of all the mys.
teries--of the many and various
mysteries that enveloped this
tragic and violent death OF my
young aunt. There was. OF course,
, the main and central problem--by
whom had she been killed and
why?-but there were also a num-
ber OF minor problems lying cir
cumferentially to this as their
centre.
Why had she gone out, as she
had done, to meet her fate? Why