The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-11
fContinued From Test erday-)

"You should have no difficulty in getting him.
 Not the slightest. We have been on the lookout for him, and there was some idea that he had got away to America. Now that we know that the gang are here, l don't see now they can escape we have the news at every seaport already, and re- ward will be offered before evening; What beats me is how they coulo have done so mad a thing. kno"lns that the lady could descTlDe tneih' and that we could not 1all Io ie10s7 iiANe
 "Exactly. One would have expect, ed that they would have sllenceo Lady Brackenstall as well. T
 "They may not have rea,nzeos suggested, that she hao Ie0oNeoo from her faint
 eaThat is likely enough. If she seemed to be senseless; they ~4Iie HIS not take her life what aOout LiIi beard some queer stories about nm.
 sSHe was a good-hearted man Whei, he was sober, but a perfect ilenu when he was drunk. or rat1eF oTar711 HirTr really went the whole way me ues II seaued to be in him at such t1Ines' and he was capable or any yII i1 E; E-ron1 what I hear, in spite oL dlI dlI ltt wealth and his utle' ne EeS Tbere same our way once or twice. !neh
 -as 2 scandal about his drenchlns dog with petroleum ana seIlAilS +ba fre-her ladyship's dog, to flahe .li. e,iv ,e++er worse-and that was o1lIS tli1sbad m with difficulty. Then ne +bra1 a decanter at that ma1o' tne rasa Wright; there was trouoIe that. On the whole, ana Det"eeAt o,,se selves, it will be prlSI 7ool,ine 3Ei+bont him. What are you loohiiis Ho1mes was down on his knees, eG examining with great aIeeIieiotH tbe knots upon the red c9Fa 9Gban "fto' he care re- ta9S fa3i,, ser scrntinized the broken ana ana fraEed fulty end where it had snapped OH tI,hsn the burglar had dragged IL down. ,,7a5 down. the i loudly" he remarked, Tho kitchen stands right at the back ol 'ne s.HoW did the burglar know no no o,e would hear it? How dared he mil at a beIl-rope in that reckless fashion? ,+,1, vo,,
 ,,+ +he yerv question which I have | as1led myself again and again mere 1 can be no doubt that this feilo" l must have known the house anu LIH | bahits He must have perfectly un l 6arstood that the servants would all | he in bed at that comparatlVely cary | hour. and that no one could posslplS l hear a bell ring in the kltchen- Therefore, he must have been m eiose Surely that is evident, But tne1s are eight servants. and all Of sooo | character" Holmes "one would suspect r'he one at whose head the master threw a | decanter. And yet that would in 1 volve treachery toward the -fnlstIeSS 1 to who this woman seems devoted | ha | and when you have Randall you VII | probably find no difficulty in secuf- ing his accomplice. The lady storS | caTtainly seems to be corroborated | if it needed corroboration. by every detail which we see before us.' lie walked to the French window anc threw if onen. There are no sign: here, but the ground is iron hard and one would not expect them see that these candles in the mantel piece have been lighted"
 "Yes, it was by their light, and
 that of the lady's bedroom candle that the burglars saw their way
 And what did they take?"
 ii Well. they did not take much
 only half a dozen articles of plat' stall thinks that they were themselve'
 so disturbed by the death of Sil Eustace that they did not ransac cl
 the house, as they would otherwise | have done-''
 "No doubt that is true, and ye
 they drank some wine. I understand 'sTo steady the nerves"
 "Exa ctly These three giasse
 upon the sideboard have been un
 touched, I suppose?"
 "Yes. and the bottle stands as the:
 left it.''
 Let us look at it. Ha1loa, ha1loa What is this?''
 The three glasses were grouped ; together, all of them tinged wicl
 wine and one of them containint
 some degree of beeswing- The bot
 tie stood near them, two-thirds full and beside it lay long deeply-stain 1 ed cork. Its appearance and tn , l dust upon the bottle showed tha
 was no common vintage which tn murderers had enjoyed.
 A change had come over Holmes l manner He had lost his liStless ex kpression. and again saw an aier