The Washington times., 1920-04-11

And you give IL 40 your opinion
then, Mr.. Livesay." asked the con.
stable, "as Il was Jim Heasden as
come away from the Summer-house
after numbering her iadyshipr
AT this extremely leading ques-
ton the doctor could not restrain
himself from exclaiming, "Oh,
come, come, Larncombe," but the
keeper himself forestalled the
exception which the doctor no
doubt was about to take to the
question, by pronouncing with de-
: cision: Il. Amt. going TO give II as
my opinion as ANYBODY had any
thing TO do at all with the murder.
don't know nothing. about that.
Murder there has been, and that's
q fact, but as to who done II know
no more than the babe unborn.
know only As ! see Jim Heasden
come as I've told you, and ] chased
him In and out among the bushes.
and then I lost him, and then !
looked In at the Summer-house, In
case he was hiding there, and then
] seed her ladyship. And that's
ALL"
II am to understand. then. Mr.,
Livesay." Larncombe observpd. "as
you decline to give any further In
formation"
"Decline!" retorted the keeper
Indignantly. II don't decline to
give nothing. I've give all ! have
to give. and l can't give no more,
can l, nowT
Doctors evidence" said the con-
stable phlegmatically, introducing
q new heading and beginning new
page In the notebook, without
noticing the keepers wrath.
Death probably instantaneous
caused, by some sharp weapon,
probably knife or dagger. Take
that down, and that's all have to
give you--for the moment, at all
eventsAby the way Of doctors evi-
dence. And now, Larncombe," DIR.
Pratt added, you must realize that
al this must be intensely painful
to Sir Ralph, to say nothing OF
Miss Carlton. Surely you have
asked questions enough, or the rest
can be asked somewhere else than
In their presence:
II know my duty. DR.. Pratt" said
the constable, repeating that high
ly improbable statement with the
same ponderous dignity as before.
"and believe that 1t is now done"
He closed the notebook with an afr
of as much solemnity 40 II II had
been the book OF doom. and, as he
spoke, readjusted its elastic band.
1T is my duty TO inform you. Sir
Ralph" he added pompously, that
nothing must be touched In or
about the Summer.house. nor the
body be moved In any way until
my report is made to q higher
Official"
Il was more than my Uncle
Ralph could bear.
"D'you mean to say" he ex.
claimed, that I am not at liberty
to take her back and hay her on
her own bedy The thing is mon.
strous. What good Is 1t that the
poor body should still lie here ~ 81
The doctor had to reason with
uncle little, persuading him that
in this the ridiculous Dogberry of
the Watch was probably right.
And, at least, he argued, what
harm could there be-how could
the poor clay lie better than in this
peaceful house in the woods?
That was the sum of his argu.
ment. and my uncle, despite him.
self. had to concede its force.
Then If she is to lie here" he
said, at length asserting, 81 shall
sit here beside her. You do not
wish to order me away, suppose?"
he demanded of the constable.
Certainly not, Sir Ralph" the
man answered. 81 have only to do
my duty" he added, a shade less
pompously.
suppose Uncle Ralph had sat
In the chair at the bench of magis-
trates a score of times and had
ordered Larncombe to do his bid
ding, and it is possible that the
policeman may have felt a little
secret pleasure in something like
a reversal of the roles.
prayed uncle that he would let
me share his watch with him. but
this he would not consent to. I
was so shivering with cold and