Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-07

himself with me ina procession of
two following the bearers. On the
way he said nothing. but when we
reached the house he said:
Il shall be going to the White Hart
now, Miss Carlton, to get, some din
course of the afternoon, l hope 1
may have the opportunity. of a talk
with Sir Ralph And with that he
left me, going off down the shrub
berry path again, while I went to see
the poor body laid out on the bed
which had been my Aunt Ends when
she was alive. ~
Now, although, Sergeant Crisp had
told me that he vas going back. to
the White Hart to get his dinner, and
although he did as a matter Of fact
take the most direct way to bring him
to It, he yet turned OF that direct
path again where the by-way branch
ed to the Summer-house, and once
again had a. look around that scene
of tragedy. The inside he had already
examined with a minutenees which
seemed almost. superf!uous, but now
1t was to the outside Of the little build
ing that he was directing his attention
and to n spot more particularly.
I think I have explained already
that the Summer-house lay quite open
on the front, but that the bushes
pressed pretty closely up to it at The
back and also at the two sides, except
at one place. On the southern side
and just below one OF the latticed win
dows the turf had late'y been lifted
in q semi-circle Of a couple Of feet or
so IN radius to allow Of the planting
of a small honeysuckle, which it was
hoped would, in course of time, Irvine
its way over the whole little house.
It had been an idea of my Aunt
Ends and we had all nightly ap-
proved Of it. But naturally the plant
had msde no growth In the fortnight
its aspect was only that Of bare stray
Cling limbs fastened by nails and
clinging to the wooden wall of the
house. The semi-circle from which
n turf a been taken still remain
ed bare Of grass
Sergeant Crisp, after his interview
with the keeper. had spent some time
to h detriment Of his faultless suit,
IN poking and diving among the bush
Is rather as II he were a terrier try-
ing to pull out a rat. His object was
in he main to make al the ground
good: by examining 1t so that nothine.
which might serve as a clue could
well escape him if it were there to be
seen.
He Vas faithful to his general prin-
ciple that il you knew what you were
likely to find there would not be
nearly the same necessity to look for
It. But besides this he had always
the hope that a hunt in the vicinity
of the body might discover the knife
with which the murder had been
done OF the fact OF murder there
scanned no reasonable doubt what
ever.
Cnsp's diving amor the bushes
did not reveal to him any evidence
30 direct and material as the aetna,
knife. but it did. nevertheless. result
in = discovery to whirh he attached
much importance. He had keenIy
and the approach to the Summer
house itself were: for the most part,
| 80 firmly graveled that there was not
g chance Of learning anything from
the.$tmprfnt Of feet upon them. But
within this seni-circie, where the
h~oneysuckle had been planted. the
soil was still quite soft, and recep
. tive, and on that impress'onab,e sur
q clearly outlined. were the i'm
prints not only OF one but Of two
suppose It Is not quite a to
ray the irnprints Of both were clear.
for: az q matter Of fart. the one was
rathAf cut into and almost cut in two
by the other, but fully enough ro-
maincd OF the unobiiterated outline
to serve as q sufficient guide for I'll.
ing IN the parts that ware ,niss,pg
Evidently the prints were made NV
shoes belonging to different pairs.
Each print wa that III a risht-foot
shoe. and they lay the n Almost
across the other.
You, zee what It rnean--there was
the print Of the smaller, finer, slighter
shoe which had been Impressed first
and then there was the print Of 4he
other, heavier. more clumsy shoe
falling across y. and IN part blocking
serseant crisp. Al i learned later.
had Uncovered these footprints dur.
ing tho interval between the tarrnina-
ton OF his interview with LJyesav
and orr coming with the litter 70 take
away the BODY Of poor Aunt, Enid.
After he had accompanied us 10
the house he returned to the Hnm-
msr-house on his way to ths whste