The Washington times., 1920-04-11
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the book had been nlled and the
lead stub had many times been re-
freshed with moisture before the
constable, In his bucolic way,
moved on to new chapter:
"And now will you be good
enough TO explain, Mr.. Livesay.
how Z was as you happened to be
In the neighborhood OF the Sum-
mer-house and TO discover the
corpse. as stated?"
Sir Ralph knows all about that.
told him already as we came
along down here" was Livesay's
answer.
THAT is all very well, Mr.. Live
say" Larncombe said severely.
"You have told Sir Ralph. What !
am asking OF you now. as Is my
duty. me being a police constable,
Is az you should inform the law
that is, Me-" II Is impossible TO do
justice to the immense dignity with
which Larncombe here invested
the personal pronoun unless IL be
written with a capital initial.
And told you, too, Joe Larn-
combe-only just now, as we come
along from the village. You know
very well as I did"
"And you know very well, Mr..
Livesay, as you told me when un-
der the trees, In the shade like,
and me not having my notebook In
my, band"
well. you surely haven't forgot,
ten" Livesay began, protesting.
but at this point Uncle Ralph
broke In, with an exclamation
which showed how much in the
way :of nerve strain It was costing
him Ito endure the prolonged tor
ture., It was as IL on the swapping
or release of some tenseiy held
spring in him that he burst out
with;
"Oh, for Gods sake, let him ask
bis question in his own way, and
got done with 1t, Livesay."
Very good. Sir Ralph" said
Livesay, obediently, subduing. as
many a wise man has been con-
trained to do before him, his irrt
tation at the tortOise-like methods
Of the law.
Uncle's exclamatton. though ad-
dressed to Livesay:s who was his
own servant was not without its
effect on the other also. and he
seemed to make such endeavors as
bis intelligence permitted him TO
expedite his inquiry.
Il win put it to you this way. Mr..
Livesay." be said, sDidn'f you say
as you was In the shrubbery with
your dog because ron had reason
to suspect as q certain person had
been in there a-laying his snares
for the rabbits?'
Il didn't snspect--I knowed," the
keeper replied with some heat.
Didn't ! find the snaresf Three
or four of them?"
That's so, Mr.. Livesay. That's
the way as the law puts it--reason
to suspect" The stubby pencil
went to work again while the
keeper. though saying No sartieulate
word, snorted in manner which
suggested no profound respect for
the law.
"Ani what did you see in the
shrubbery, Mr.. Livesay?"
81 saw Jim Heasden," said the
keeper shortly.
And where did you see Jim
Heasden?' was the next question,
when the fact of that persons ap-
partition had been noted.
"He came out from the Summer.
house." said I4ivesay. Least.
ways" he corrected himself, al
most as IL in reply to a movement
and a half-uttered ejaculation of
my uncle. "leastways, l should not
like to say as it was from the Sum.
mer-house itself as seed him
come. ] seed him come from the
path which leads down to the Sum.
mer-house, the little short path, out
of the main path like"
"The Law" said Larncombe very
impressively, in the pauses of not.
ing down the heads of this reply,
''is most particular as witnesses
should be most particular in wit.
Messing to the particulars"
Apparently Livesay did not think
it necessary to reply to the eau
tian