Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-08
EVENING EDITION.

sd1 ths shooting boot. the shape did
Nv the time that Susan had re-
+,,rned with one Of my Aunt Ends
shoes the pieces OF paper nag GOne
hack into their place Of hldtrS and
+ detective was still, quite adHlessay
ma It appeared to her. balaIc4n6 the
smoothing boot with the pump
abort comedy Of tho same ktnds.w was
enacted with the tiny shoeEa wnich
susan had brought him, and&then he
returned it to her, saying ggravely
again that it was very ~
The opinion expressed by SNsan la
ter wax that which was formed BY q
rood many who made the apquadnt-
snce of the Sergeant, that he was$a
queer gentleman, and she c0u1dn's
make him out at al.
:: Nevertheless she let me understand
that on the whole he succeeded IN
that after the conclusion OF thetr
gaining her confidence. 1t 2
that after the conclusion Of their.
conversation there was very little 2
the relations between the various
members Of the household and in
their duties and habits which fheghad
not in one way orr another cleaned
from her.
Grainger's service in the dining
room being concluded for the tims
being. II seems that he appeared In
NV uncle's room and looked at them
with an expression Of strong disap-
prevail Of their presence In that apart
ment. He lowered about them,@ n
venting imaginary business % per
! form in the way Of pen1ng
| and shutting them again. until Crisp
led the houscmatd into other regions
--L..L>. 49, h,%loeSu A,1t}oS gave him
no ostensible excuse for following
them. Poor Aunt Ends rooms her
bedroom and her boudoir, they found
more or less under the guardianship: OF
q person I suppose just about as much
unlike Granger. the self-const1tuted
guardian angel Of my uncles apart
ment, as one human being IAN be I'M
like another-Celeste, my au1ts
French maid.
Celeste already had. begun to havs
her own pigeon-hole In that most re-
t~entive. accurate and w~ell-ordered
s]torehouse Of interesting facts. Ser
ready sketched for him her portrait
in outlines. Now he had the OPP
portunity Of filling in some Of tho
details at first hand.
Susan was a discreet person.
measured in her opinions and her
statements on men and women, but
just in this particular, in her 'dis-
erection, she was very dissimilar to
Mademoiselle Celeste. whose virtues.
: whatever they may have" been. did.
not run precisely in that direction.
Though Susan was reticent, as It IL
the sound tradition that one servant
should be in discussing another, 1t
was not very difficult for a person
of Sergeant Crisp's acumen to per-
ceive that she did not altogether APP
prove of Celeste. No doubt there
was a little touch OF sanctim0nious-
ness about Susan, good old sou as she
a otherwise 1 hardly think she
could have given utterance to a
pious aspiration which furnished the
sergeant with a very useful clue to-
ward the ~unravelling of some, at
least. Of the mysteries of that fateful
night:
II do hope it isn't true, what they
Say. as it is that Jim Hesden as had
to do with 1t. I don't know how Ce-
leste'll take it il it is, I'm sure"
"Celeste-oh, really" said Ser
geant Crisp, prickins up his mental
! ears acutely, no doubt, although
making no external sign that anything
interesting had reached them. Has
Celeste been keeping company with
I InlS H00Sden ~ -+..E. E
Susan received the question with
a reinforcement of her admirah,e air
Of discretion.
. declared. I'm ,cnt,~aSxsam.ss,ss@.sho
king. And I should not IN nptnsnr
If only it was Keeping COMPANY. or
walking out. But 1 haven't heard
as there has been anv ~ that Sr,v
when it does come To- him and her he,
ing seen late at night In the dark a.
then all 1 have to- raw is that ~. !.
|, different thing ~, 70 ~ mat III =
nothing. Celeste. M mat+.,& ghat
her faults is a fello~-sersaat. "Ir'n I'M
And D von sre o,,,4o
!. quite right" said crtsn a ma ns! M'
} having seen told all tsa. 1 susan vas
at all likely to be able to tell him
on the subject You are quite
about your I,gIese. IN VIVA. you say
49, SNs"A -" 0PAu1Ou