The Washington times., 1920-06-06
The Mystery OF the GUNNER House

weapon for the dealing OF such a
stab, but many clasp knives are
ntted with a spring which makes
the blade rigid until the spring Is
pressed down again And even the
eommonest form OF clasp knife
might have been used. The cases
OF stsbbins with an ordinary clasp
knife. are frequent enough
''The examination OF the cap
tains rooms did give us one i'm
portant piece Of evidence" he went
ON. (which we followed up. When
went 10 the summer-house on the
Saturday ! had found two ends OF
cigarettes which had been lately
smoked. and In the tobacco and
the paper and altogether they
matched exactly the cigarettes that
Sir Ralph smokes. presumed
that he had smoked them cas- he
kept watch during the small hours
OF the morning over her lsdyship's
body. Yet when ! suggested TO
him that BE- had tried to solace
himself In this way he was quite
indignant with me. really did not
know what TO think.
t"But the examination Of Captain
vibart's rooms showed that he
smoked cigarettes OF exactly the
same make. and by applying to the
tobacconist with whom he was
found to have an account we dis
covered that II was Sir Ralph's
tobacconist also, and that the cap
tain had begun to deal there only
month or 30 before for the very
reason that he had smoked some
OF that firms cigarettes, as they
were supplied TO Sir Ralph, and
wished to get more of the brand.
So those cigarette stubs In the
Summer-house which at first
seemed to point to Sir Ralph be-
come now a link in the chain that
we have bound round Captain vi
bart"
The sergeant wanted h. see
uncle In order to tell him that they
had at length caught the wretched
fugitive, but uncle was out some
where, no one knew on what part
OF the estate, and the sergeant had
to visit Matilda Manson In order to
get some point quite clear about
the evidence that she would be
able to give at the trial OF the
Identification OF Captain Wharf.
He had to go off to catch his re-
turn train to London before meet
ing uncle. 80 1t fell to me to tell
him OF the arrest In Paris. AS a
rule we avoided so far as possible
even the most remote reference to
the tragedy, but II was no use
thinking of avoiding It in this in
stance, and the most direct way
seemed to me the best, so | said
Sergeant Crisp has been here this
morning and he asked me to tell
you that the police have arrested
Captain Wharf In Paris"
could almost swear that for
moment a CLINT of something like
triumph come into uncle's face.
was a little shocked by it, but the
next moment l was, telling myself
that II was only natural that he
should have some of this feeling on
hearing that his wife's murderer
was at length to be brought to jus.
tice. II was but quickly passing
gleam, too, that l saw, and his face
settled again almost Immediately
into the gloom which had become
its habit as he answered, in a voice
which / think he strained to make
Indifferent:
"oh. have they? Where did they
find him?"
81 understand that he was in the
Quarter Latin, among the artists
and so on"
"Yes. very suited to him. / should
think" he said bitterly. Are they
bringing him to England?"
81 believe so, as soon as some
formalities have beep gone
through"
We had been standing as he
spoke, acting an indifference that
We were far from feeling. All at
once uncle's power Of keeping up
his role failed utterly He sat
down suddenly, threw his arms,
stretched out, on the table in front
of him and laid his face down on
his extended arms. "Oh, my Cod"
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