Evening star., 1921-05-26
CONTINUED from Yesterdays s.a-l


wrayson turned to the waiter ant
ordered a liquer brandy.
Has one. you fellows? he asked
"Ciood, Four, waiter.
He tossed his own,off directly i
arrived. His lips were pale. and tn
hand which raised the glass to HI:
l!rs; shook Heneage alone. who wa:
wach:ng him through a little clout
nt tobacco smoke. noticed this.
Have you finished with me. colo
ncf"' Wrayson asked.
"Practically." the colonel answered
Of the three queries suggested by my
resume. First. who killed MOTIFS
Earnes? Secondly. when was it done
Thirdly. where was it done: nave
left out a possible fourth. why was
ii done: because. in this case. I think
that the motive and the man are prac
t.caily Identical. ! mean that II you
discover one you discover the other
Heneage leaned across the table
toward the colonel
You are a magician. colonel. ne oe
clared quietly. Il glanced through
this case in the paper. and it did not
even interest me. Since I have lis
tened to you / have fallen under the
spell of the mysterious. Have you any
theories?"
We'll. ] am afraid not" he admit
ted regretfully. ITO be perfectly in
teresting the affair certainly ought to
present something more definite in
the shape of clue. You see. provid-
ing We accent the evidence of Wray-
son and the .cabman. and I suppose"
he added. laying his hand affection
ately upon Wraysons shoulder. I'VE
must. the actual murderer is person
absolutely unseen or unheard or by
any one. If you are all really inter
ested we will discuss it again in a
weeks time after the adjourned in
II, for one shall look forward to
it." Heneage remarked. Glancing
across toward Wrayson- What
I'm on" wrayson declared. rising
a little abruptly.
And l." Mason assented.
And 1 can't" the colonel said re-
gretfully. u must go down to Bal
ham and see poor Carlo Mallini.
The colonel loved pool. and he hated
a sickroom The click of the billiard
balls reached him as he descended the
stairs. but he only sighed and set out
way he entered fruiterer's shop and
inquired the price Of grapes. They
were more than he expected. and he
counted out the contents of his
trousers pockets before purchasing.
"A little short of change" he re-
I'll take them"
He marched out, swinging a paper
bag between his fingers, travelled
third class to BALKAN. and sat for a
couple of hours with the invalid
whom he had come to see. a lonely
italian musician, to whom his coming
meant more than all the medicine his
doctor could prescribe. He talked to
him gloving1y Of the success Of his
recent concert (more than a score of
the tickets sold had been paid for
secretly by the colonel himself and
his friends) . prophesied great things
for the future, and laughed away all
the poor fellows fears as to his con-
dition. There were tears in his eyes
as he walked to the station, for he
had visited TOO many sick beds to
have much faith. in his own cheerful
words. and all the way back to Lon
don he was engaged in thinking out
the best means of getting the musi-
clan sent back TO his own country.
Arrived at Charins Cross. he looked
longingly toward the club. and rue
fully at the contents of his pocket
Then with 4 sigh he turned into a
little restaurant and dined for eigh-
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