Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-12
EVENING E1T TON.

.%very strange" he q to himseif3
then. very strange. hme brand
same paper, same tobAo.." and he
recalled Uncle Ralph'sFeproachfAa
| wrath at the bare ided which the
sergeant himself had sug3sted, Of his
smoking in the presencef his wires
dead body.
which he had found one floor OF
the Summer-houses infested him
at all to the same ext4 because
there was nothing to ~sho{xhen they
had been dropped there hey might
have lain for days and light have
been left by anybody. Tn told him
nothing. .. ~
He allowed himself a lie relaxaAa
ton after he had finished examtA.
alton and sat in q corne OF the
| quadrangle formed by hotel
buildings where he was abAo see all
| corners and goers and wa himself,
with his suit of the '"prote9e color.
ing" his smallness and hiAnmobil-
inv, hardly noticeable. Hanade t.
a rule Of his day to give hself an
hour or two, if it were pSfble, Of
| detachment from any casahat he
was engaged in ito preservhis hu.
mainly" as he said. He wh a let-&
ter, using a fountain pen anh sheet
of paper from a thin notebod to his
wife. telling her. where he Is and
that he was likely to be kd there
for the time being. The 1t. day
would be Sunday, which h4lways&
tried to spend at home. s
After his supper the serght sat
himself down to writing his ms, ar.
| ranging them in some sequeA and
making comments upon then both
for future reference and alsob OBJ
tain the clearest mental vistoHossi.
BILE of the aspects of the casey far
as they had revealed themselvA One
of it's principal difficulties, d this
stage was that the aspects al the
possibilities were so many. AcekinRf
the detectives view thai the IL OF
motive might almost be excludedrom
the factors leading to a solutt OF
the mystery, because of the exlme
difficulty Of knowing motives Nchy
people wish to keep secret. susIon
seemed to fall very directly onlim
who was the first to give informAon
Of the murder-on Livesay, the Nd.
or. W.
OF course, it was he in the tst
instance who suggested the suspipn
against Heasden, by telling the strae
story Of meeting him running TN
the Summer-house. On the face DIT
that was a most unlikely tale and l.
ally looked very much like the invl-
ton Of a clumsy person trying =
avert suspicion from himself. LIN
say, therefore, had to take a hill
place on the list Of suspects. Y
But then. if one adopted the oths
view and accepted Livesay's story "a
truth, the suspicion became kee
against Heasden, and the sergear
could not rid himself of the idea q
some disgraceful dalliance between m
foolish and susceptible young aun1
with her unfortunate education in In
dia hill station society, and thk sin
gularly handsome rustic. Had hy.prts
sumed too far? Had she, reAstirf
his presumption, raised his hot vpsy
blood to rage, and had he suck
in blind fury? 1t was all possAh..'
Then there were mysteries ute
apart, mysteries to which neithe Of
those alternatives gave the ue.
Somewhere, by some one. by bre
than one: Sergeant Crisp had a 1n-
viction at this stags that somethg,
some. fact or some facts Of note ire
being withheld, but he could not ut
his finger on them. He was still H.
ing after them in the dark, or. at DIT
In a twilight which did not seem toe
gaining in illumination. r.,
There was a mystery Of the In
footprints.
What vas the meaning Of that
print, of the heavy sole everything /
slender, delicate one? The slent
print he had identified as being sin
lar with that which. my uncie's stS,
evening wear, would make. II
30, But then there was another. besi&t
my uncle, who might wear a shoet
that out:ine-Grainger. With this :,
perhaps to be linked that other M
terry OF the appearance of Graingem
full dress in response to. the midnIT
Dell ringing. Really, it was harss
so much that the case was in elos
as that light played in upon it III
such various. directions that they
came confusing.
With regard to that other print.
everything one, of the heavy shoe. 81
geant Crisp had not yet identified1
He believed that he would find it'll
DE the. impress Of the foot of oneA
other of two persons. Lvemy Il
Heasden. and the determination n
this point. which he reserved for III
vestlsation on the morning, ,woTl
act as a direction post, this way a
the other toward reinforced suspictS
OF the person who had made it. 4
continued Tomorrow Evening. Z