The Washington times., 1920-05-30

10 very clever, mat Fre0co Woeas
and, of courss. HsAsdsn. Who 10
oaly . rustic boor N mind, though
a. handsome ~ Q GTSsk goa wosId
ssy anything that the vrsach Gin
told him to. ! am supposinS that
they saw 0rainger come from the
summss-houss, bsesuas we psscti-
csjly know that he Atd come away
lust in that manner. and because
this would naturally sugsest 70 the
Yqsick vit Of that Freaeh woman
the iAsa Of saying that thsy hsd
seen Sir Ralph. You see what
mean. do you not! II would pay
her financially much better TO say
that u was Sir Rslph that they
saw, than to say II was Grainser
There was no money to speak Of
to be had ont OF the butler. but
there wss no saying Whist might
not be had out Of the master"
"Blackmail, You mean. But is It
possiblei Do you believe Celeste
could ,bs capabls'---
81 believe that French woman to
be capable Of everything. Miss
Carlton" he answered With 'deci-
sion, "and, besides. she 10 no lover
Of Sir Ralph. I can discern thst
from her manner In speaking OF
him"
"You are right there" i said.
"She was too much my aunts
friend to be his. But what ! do not
understand is-it was not at first,
when you first questioned her. that
she said anything about their hav-
ing seen Upcle Ralph"
"Why, no." he replied. NATURALLY
Abe would NOT. The statement that
she and her precious lover had seen
him would be of much less value
as soon as It was communicated to
anyone else. II was Of value only
while It was kept secret and not
made public. Then they could hold
IL over Sir Raiph's head to extort
money out OF him."
"Then why did they tell you
when they did-or, rather, when
Celeste did?"
because by that time ! had
given her q real good fright by tell
ing her that Heasden was seriously
suspected, They had not thought
Of that before. As soon as they did
they thought they had better try to
shift the suspicion c n on somebody
else. I say they for / believe the
French woman, In her own way. s
really fond of that sood-iooking
gipsy." 5.
"fisd yoa ever any suspicion Of
Heasden?" I asked him. ~
Il suspected everybody. That is
always the best way. II is the only
way to keep an open mind. But up
to the moment cf tte inquest |
have to confess that my suspicious
, were about equally divided between
Sir Ralph and the butler. You see,
I an being perfectly candid. OF
course, I had not seen the doctor,
as he was always out when ] tried
to hud him"
"And now" I asked.
"Oh, now! There seems only one
that it Is possible to suspect now.
in view Ct what we have discovered
since. Ycu know, ! suppose. that
we have Uncovered, or believe that
We have di covered. the means by
which Captain Wharf Gamer"
"No." I raii. 81 don't know"
I'm glad to hear It," he said
I'm glad that the police are ablc
to some extent to keep their secrets
though ] suppose / ought not to
say that at this moment when ]
have been telling you some Of my
own secrets. But. yes. we have
found out. as we believe. the garage
from which Captain Wharf hired
the motor in which hc drove down
from London that night-it was by
motor. not by train, that he seems
to have come.
"A man, corresponding more or
less to TIE description Of Captain
Wharf, though II was quite another
name that he gave. did hire motor
that night. He drove himself, and
1t says a good deal for the honesty
OF the people who commonly hire,
motors that the people at the
garage let him have II on no guar
antee and without knowing any
thing about him. However, they
lost nothing, IS II happened, In this
instance, for the hirer, whoever he
was, was back with the motor at
some time before midnight, and
paid for II then and there to some
sleepy fellow in authority who does
not seem to have observed HIM
very closely.
But what makes II seem almost
certain that 1t was Captain Wharf
is, in the first place, that the name
and address that he gave-the gar
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