New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
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! rain gauge on the morning Of the death ot Sir Francis Lathrop. Sir Francis daughter, Margaret had 1 planned i'd miury--
 Sir Guy l.atbrop against her fathers wish. Sir Guy is suspected ! Of the murder by
 Inspector Roako of Scotland Yard, while Adrian Klync, private detective, employed by Margaret succeeds in posing as Lord Bulpetcr 10 lioakc, but io nonpulsed by tho : strange behavior of
 Adela Lalkin. daughter Of Rev Stephen Larkin, whose rain gauge was one Of thrce found to contain human blood after the murder of Sir I.athrop.
 The two detectives are in confer ence at inc Grange over the strange absence of Margaret.
 , NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY ! The butler appeared at the li- brary door.
 "Mr. Symcs and Miss Larkin," he announced, in his loyal antipathy to Roake withholding the reason the visitors had given for their call and emitting 10 state upon whom they were calling. Naturally the { presumption was that the call was ! intended for someone permanently ! inhabiting the Grange.
 That presumption was, however, promptly ruled out by Adela's $ spritely greeting; How do. Mir. Koake. We are lucky to have caught you. after drawing the inn blank. 1 have persuaded Mr. Symes that 1 it is his duty to bring you some in- 1 formation in the Lathrop murder | case"
 Mir. Symes took up his parable. It would be WeariSomo to give it word for word, but the gist of it was that , he had discovered that his late chauffeur, Steve WiImot, had taken service with Mr. James Honeybun the son of Mir, Samuel Honeybun.
 On the night. or rather the late evening. of that lamented occur renee, Mr. Seymcs had gone out tc dinner some miles away, and had sent the chauffeur home with the car, so that Wilmot would have il at his disposal for several hours.
 The car was yellow one. anG it had only recently been brought to his notice by Miss Larkin that the LathropS' private investigator believed the murderer to have useG a yellow ono. Now that Wilmot had taken service with the son oI the gentleman whose rain- gauge contained human blood on the morning after the murder Mir Symes agreed with Miss Larkir that thc police ought to be informed of what must be either clue or striking coincidence.
 Roake roarcd with laughter. My word, but you have got conscience sir" he said. Set your mind al rest, l beg of you. That rain-gaugc stuff is all fapdoodlc. Your late chauffeur may have treated you badly, but he did not murder Sir Francis Lathrop. Nor did either of the Messrs. Honeybun. So, young lady, you knew that private sleuth fraud?"
 Adcla looked very pretty as she shrank froLA the loud official voice T can hardly be said to have knoWr him." she made coy answer. "He called at the RoCtory 10 inquire about yellow cars in the ncighbor' hood, so I put two and two to- gcther,"
 "Clcvcr of you, miss, though ht was clean off the target. Well, an obliged to you and Mir. Symes fol taking so much trouble over { mares nest. It isn't your fault tha you haven't spotted a winner Fault of that damned interlopel who mislcd you"
 The new day dawncd with change of tactics by Inspector Roake. He saw no practical utilit! in hanging about the village 0 Cheverel any longer. He would haV' 10 look farther aficld 10 effect th' arrest of Sir Guy Lathrop.
 In all probability he had fled t London, and the Inspector would embark on campaign of scientifl caly combing the metropolis fo him - congenial work in which h had great experience.
 This was the gist of what he i'm parted 10 Lord Bulpctcr over thei bacon and eggs,
 His lordship yawned elahorately Great news, Roakc,' he approve tho program. "The detective life 1 far too strenuous for mo. l feel a limp as chcwcd string this morning If you hadn't sketchcd out this ide should have given you the col and frosty mittcn."
 "I am sorry your lordship take it like that" said Roake. "Becaus' though I sec no reason for remain ing here myself, I had been goln 10 ask you to maintain a genera supervision. That internal girl q the Grange may have whole ba full of tricks up her sleeve yet. Sh might be tempted 60 join her cousi and then you could follow her you were on the spot"
 At this juncture the VaitreS brought the morning newspaper Again Lord Bulpeter seized tn Planet though not with the eS pectant esgerness he had shown 0 the previous occasion. Nevertheless his quick perusal Of headlines me with instant reward.
 More of It." he exclaimed. "Ar other dose of red rain at the res dence of Mir. Silas Stampage 2 Ruxton in Suffolk. This is the fourt of the series, but il is the first tim that the same gauge has figurc more than once. Whats the cate 9p