Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-01
VERY sorry to ear Of this tragic

Very sorry to ear Of this tragic
occurrence. Sir Ralph"
1t was his cue, ! thought, to model
himself on the police officials dcscrib-
ed in the newspaper reports of trag-
edies.
He seemed much taken a.back by
the fact that my unc.e did not answer
MIN. This was not playing the game
in accord with his conception of it.
There followed an awkward moment
OF silence, which was relieved by the
doctors suggestion: Well, I have
done my part Larncombe. in this
painful business. 1t is for you now to
do yours"
THANK you. Dr.. Pratt" said the
constable. II know my duty
which was quite untrue. His sense
of offended dignity immediately
moved him to a chow OF official ac-
tivity. and he produced from his per-
son an enormous pocketbook and a
stub Of pencil which he moistened
with his tongue. and setting the Ian
tern so that it should fall on the
books page began a laborious entry.
Corpse discovered" he read slow
ly, giving us the benefit of each word
as he wrote it down, by George
iAvesay, gamekeeper-at what hour
precisely" he demanded of tho
keeper.
Il should say. as near as I could
judge. "a quarter to twelve"
Eleven forty-five," Larncomho
corrected severely, noting it down
And nothing had been disturbed
from the time of the discovery of the
corpse until the police appeared unon
the scene?" Whatever his limitation
Larncombe evidently had a retantivo
memory: He had all the Language 1T
me police court report to the yery
II didn't make to touch her ,odv.
shlp when I seed as she was dead =
tnats what You mean, Joe Lew.
combe.' said the keeper dubio,siv
i Just went right up to the homs,
and old Sir Ralph"
for a minute or two the stuhh,
pencil travelled over the zoe thook;
page. and then the constabIe's "a
quest for information addressed ,tseI,
70 Uncle Ralph and to me. in ordar
70 elcit how we had received ~
news There Is no need Ia re,sat
with all the wearying uninnortan ~,
ueta1is which Larncombc's omea+ion
ing extracted. a story Of which al ~,
points that matter have been p;var ~
me reader already. Several M en-. -,
the book had beer filled .nd ~. y,
leao tub had many times heon ~.
Iresned with moisture before ~.
constable, In his bucolic wav mouns
on 10 a new chapter: e
ana now will you be good eno,,..
90 explain. Mr.. Lvesay, how II W.
Is o happened to be in tn. no,"s
Dornood OF the Summer house and ~
o'seovsr the corpse, as stated D" y
SaI ralph knows al about tho.
!oio MN already as VIC CANA a..
ao~m q was Liveaay's an-vsr
Is all very we'll, M ~,
~, Larncombe said severely ~.
nave.told Sir Ralph What 7 an ~ nU'
tns OF you now, as is my duty. ms I OK
~ poic constable, is AZ ~,
1nou'o inform the, Lew-that 10 ~,
=. = impossible to do Justice - ~
Immense dignity with which .n'
soMiDe mere invested tho personal IN I'm
ttal initial. with a cap
An ! told you. too. Joe ~,
CCmpe-oniy just now, "a ~ assrnn
v~rv -an 'fe village. You knn.
ve.y ven as ! did" know
Y4-1 you know very well
~ ~. e. Q told me When ma,
sns Zee, IN the shade like. ana na &c
noa assy,ns my notebook In nv MAJ, q,
y, 81, you surely haven't ,arna.
- th,a masay began, protesting. -,
Nth ~ p PM Uncle Ralph broke :,
.naw m,,rh e1t e. which show :,
Il was ."c ces.. n I HE, Wy r. q nerve sts ss,