The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-29
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Pendean to solve the mysterious
disappearance of her husband
Michael. Pendean is last seen in
the company of Robert Redmayne
uncle to Jenny, when the two men
visit a new bungalow being built by
Michael near Foggintor Quarry,
Blood is found on the floor of the
cottage and witnesses testify te
having seen Robert ride away on his
motor bicycle with heavy sack be-
hind the saddle. The sack is found
at a far distance from the scene OF
mystery.
Jenny goes to live with her uncle
Bendigo Redmayne. Brendon calls
at Bendigo's home and meets Giu.
acppe Doria, who works there. Ben
digo shows Mark a letter supposed
to be from Robert Redmayne.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
"Now, what is more, both Miss
Reed and her parents made it clear
| that the soldier was of an excitable
and uncertain nature. In fact Mr.
Reed didn't much approve Of thu
match. He described a man wht
might very easily slip over the Dor
der line between reason and unrea
son. No, Halfyard, you'll not fine
any theory to hold water but tn,
theory Of a mental breakdown. Tn.
letter he wrote to his brother quite
confirms it. The very writing show:
/ lack of restraint of self-control."
"The writing was really his?"
"I've compared it with another let
ter in Ben&igo Rcdmayne's posses
sion. It's peculiar fist. Shout,
| say there couldn't be a shadow o
doubt"
what shall you do next?" aske'
Halfyard.
"Get back to Plymouth again ant
make close inquiries among tn
onion boats. They go and come ant
l can trace the craft that left Ply
mouth during the days that immedi
ately followed the posting of Red
maync's letter. These will probabl.
| be back again with another load il
week or two. One ought to b'
! able to check them"
"A wild-goose chase, Brendon."
| "Looks to me as though the who'll
inquiry had been pretty much s.
from the first. We've missed tn
/ key somewhere. How the man tina
left Paignton in knickerbockers, ant
big check suit and red waist
coat on the morning after the muir
der got away with it and never chal
I lcnged single eye on rail or roa'
| well, it's such flat contradiction
to reason and experience that can
easily believe the face value"
"No-there's breakdown some
where-that's what I'm telling you
but whether the fault is ours, or
! trick has been played to put US fair
ly out Of the running, no doub
| you'll find out soon or late. dom
! see there's anything more we can d
up here whether or no."
There isn't" admitted Mark
dts all been routine work and
devil of lot of time wasted in m.
opinion. Between ourselves, pr
rather ashamed of myself, Halfyard
I've missed something-the thin
that most mattered. There's sign
post sticking up somewhere that
mover saw"
The inspector nodded.
ut happens so sometimes-crue
vexing-and then people laugh at u
and ask how we earn our money
Now and again, as you say, there
a danger signal to case so clea
as the nose on mans face, and yet
owing to following some other clue
or sticking to theory that We fee
can and must be the only right on.
we miss the real, vital point till W
go and bark our shins on it. An
then, perhaps, it's too late and W
look silly"
Brendon admitted the truth q
this experience.
! ".There can only be two possibl
situations" he said; "either thi
was a motiveless murder-and lac
of motive means insanity; or els
there was a deep reason for it an
Redmayne killed Pendean, afte
plotting far in advance to do so an
get clear himself. In the first cas-
he would have been found, unless h
had committed suicide in some sue
cunning fashion that we can't dis
cover the body. In the second cas-
he's very cute bird indeed and tn
ride to Paignton and disposal of tn
corpse-that all looked so mad-wa
'supercraft on his part. But,
alive, mad or sane, I'm of opinion h
did what he said in his letter to hi
brother he meant to do, and got OF
for French or Spanish port. S
that's the next step for me-to TT
and hunt down the boat that too
him." t,s
He pursued this policy, lie.
Princetown for Plymouth on the 70
lowing day, took room at a. sal
orS' inn on the Barbican and wit
the help OF the harbOr authority TO
lowed the voyages of dozen sma
vessels which had been berthing /;
Plymouth during the critical days
A month of arduous work Mar
devoted to this stage of the inquir,
and his investigation produced notl
ing whatever. Not skipper of an
vessel involved could furnish tt
least information and no man r.
sembling Robert Redmayne had bee
seen by the harbor police, or an
independent person at Plymouth
despite sharp watchfulness.
A time came when the detectiy
was recalled to London and hearth
chaffed for his failure; but his ow
unusual disappointment disarme