The Washington times., 1920-05-02
CHAPTER VIII. (Coned)
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~ NC among th> many mys-
teries OF that dreadful night
- was the way BY which my
Aunt Enid had gone from the house
to meet her death. think l have
said that thsre was q track lead.
ing out OF the main footpath
throuxh the shrubbery TO the door
OF the conservatory which adjoined
my aunt's boudoir.
She kept the key OF the conserv-
atory door. the gardener coming to
her for 1t when there was any work
for him In the small conservatory.
and returning 1t to her again. II
Was by this door that she usually
cent out into the garden or
grounds. and this seemed the nat
Aral way for her to 80 II the moon
light and the beauty Of the night
had attracted her out for stroll.
But the difficulty In accepting
that otherwise most natural and
simple explanation was that the
door was found locked and no key
I'm II. n she had gone out through
II and locked II behind her It was
reasonable to think that the key
would be found attached to her. in
her dress or BY her body. But II
was nowhere TO be seen.
How then did she make her exitf
That was one among the many
problems--a minor one, perhaps
which called for solution. There
was no other obvious way ont o..
cept through the front door, which
she certainly had not used. or
through the library. And II she
had gone Through the library Uncle
Ralph .oust have seen her. He ap-
peared to have been In that room
practically all the evening. and II
was Q room which my aunt hardly
ever went into, All the downstairs
windows were closed and bolted.
II was very strange.
1t never was necessary for my
nncle. II he wished to go out at any
me after the front door was
7cd. to unbolt and unchain and
i that principal portal of the
:, His library had large win.
,penibg ri:ht down to the
and all that he had to do
,7-h IN The lower half OF
lese and, STOPPING a very
s'ep out through 1t. That
him on to the gravel sweep
ST opposite the point at
he grapelled footpath went
n 1t and led away to the
a;y
.'' into" my aunt's boudoir
or fonnd an occasion for fol.
tg the detective. He came to
nurtnce that Larncombe was be-
low. and would be CAD to know
whether Sergeant Crisp had any
orders for him. The detective hes
itated a moment and then said, II
will come and speak to him"
He then thanked Susan for the
attention with which she had heard
and answered his questions, ex.
pressed q hope to Celeste that he
might have the pleasure of a talk
with her a little later, and went
down with the butler to where
Larncombe was awaiting him at
the back door.
WELL" he said to the constable
as soon as he had led him out OF
earshot OF the attentive Granger,
"have you made any discoveries?"
Larncombe shook his head.
Nothing fresh," he said MAY I
be allowed to ask whether you
have, sir?"
so many" Crisp replied, "that I
cannot see clearly where they are
leading. Now, tell me, where is
the nearest magistrate or Justice
excepting. I mean, Sir Ralph"
Larncombe mentioned a neigh
Dor living about a mile and half
away; but he could not say wheth-
or he was at home at the moment.
"Then please go over at once and
ascertain. 1t will be convenient to
know in case we make an arrest"
"In case we arrest Jim Heas-
DEM" Jarncombe exclaimed, all
aglow with excitement. why, I
knowed all along as 1t was him."
"Then you've known all along a
great deal inore than I kno even
now" said the sergeant. "But go
along and find that out for me.
That's what want you to do"
The constable might have been
less pleased had he also known
that one main purpose OF his er-
rand, unavowed to him by Sergeant
Crisp, was to get him out Of the
way so that the sergeant might be
quit Of him and be free to conduct
his inquiries In his own way for an
hour or two at least OF the after
noon.
CHAPTER TX.
What the Freneh Maid Had to Tell.
THINK that a detectives life