Evening star., 1927-09-25

"why should she?" Collingwood
said.
she didn't tell us till we found II
out for ourselves. You knew all about
it, did you?"
Il did. She told me as soon as
saw her"
did she tell YOU that medicine was
a deadly poison?"
How could she know
The chief constable laughed. she
signed the book for it."
"You have to sign the book for
tonic"
1T was the poison Miss Dean
bought that killed Wissenden.
The girl sat still as stone.
"Ha. Not surprised, are YOU"
IF that's A question: said CollIng.
wood Its nonsense. II it's an in.
suit. you're a coward. Miss Dean
won't meet You again till YOU apollo
siza. Come. Lii"
"Don't YOU move" the chief con.
stable cried. I've given YOU chance
to explain yourself. Now I'm going
to-
"Oh. no." said Reggie's gentle voice.
'You haven't given anybody chance.
You're only bullyin'"'
What do you mean, SIR"
You know you're not sergeant
aior. No really. You only want
to be.
"I1l show you what I am
You have, you have" said Reggie.
X r.
A CAR whirled up to the house ana
stopped. Miss Wissenden was an
nounced
She came in, a small. plump woman.
You sent for me- ma jOr??" She saw
the others. "Oh. dear me. whit is
all this?''
Il did no such thing, ma am. the
major gasped.
She sank into chair NO? But
the Young man said---
Miss Wissenden will tell us. sdid
Reggie. EXACTLY what happened when
Mr.. Wlssenden died
II didn't know" she painted. "Oh,
dear. / didn't know. How ever could
you tell?"
You came along the terrace with
YOUR Pekingese. He kicked il. hurt lts
mouth and broke two, of its ribs. Ana
then. Miss Wissenden?"
'It wasn't Dodos fault"
eff you want us to believe you. you
must tell us everything.
But I will. really. 1t wasn't Dodos
fault. | was walking in the garden.
Edward didn't like me to come. but
do love it. and Dodo loves it. too. ]
used to try to keep out of Edwards
way But Dodo ran after bird, ano
I had to go after her.
There was Edward in his usuai
nIace on the terrace, but behaving so
strangely. He had a glass and ne was
measuring something into IT out OF
bottle. Then he drank some and he
IaI.ghed and got up IN hid the DOT
tI14 in the terrace and sat down again
and began to write. Dodo wouidn lei
me catch her. l had to run after her.
And she went up on the terrace ana
Edward saw her and saw me.
Edward jumped up and looked
oh. so dreadfully. And | just said
Why. Edward. whatever are you do
ing?' and Dodo jumped up at him
He kicked the poor darling and | ran
up to save my Dodo. and he tried TO
Kick her again and fell over into the
racks, | said Well. that does serve
YOU right Edward and | picked w
nv poor Dodo. She was hurt and
took her home and sent for the vet.
Good heavens. ma'am. the chlef
constable SdSpeu lou KIT SO"'
brother lying there?"
II didn't know. OF course, I didn't
know. / thought he had just fallen
down. / was so shocked when |
heard"
"Do you know what you told u.s."
the chief constable roared. You re
saying your brother poisoned him.
self"
Poison? don't know anything
about poison Miss Wissenden was
bewildered. ''Oh. do you mean he was
putting poison in his glass? How
dreadful
'Tf that was poison, then the bot
ties out there on the terrace. The
superintendent"
Don't worry" said Reggie. ut
was there. | found it," and he put
on the table the bottle of tincture ot
hyosCyamine.
You found it? And how did you
do that?"
We'll. it was in the lithospermum.
thought the bottle would be there.
You see, l was sure he poisoned him-
self"
Why should the man poison him
self"
Reggie sat down. "Why did YOU
She gulped. II didn't really. He
drove me out. Because | simply would
not be a slave any more.
Yes. Then he found Miss Dean.
And he was quite happy while she
He looked at the girl.
"All right. say it, While she was
slave said CoilngwOod.
Then you found her. captain. In
January. He tried to stop that. tie
l. Il Id
her. if he couldn't keep her. He was
ready to kill himself to do it. He
made a will leaving everything to her.
lie went to a friend of his. doctor.
and talked to him about quick POI
sons"
THE fellow gave him presctip.
tion?" the chief constable cried
"Oh. no. he didn't. | rang up
Wix. He gave no prescription but
he remembered WiSSenden asking h:m
about alkaloid poisons. The presc'1p-
tion was forged. Wissenden wrote 70
his solicitor that he had quarfelen
with Miss Dean and meant to revoke
his will.
There's the motive for murder put
on record. He send her TO buy the
poison. He drank a dose i'm bar'HV
water that she had brought hlm
There's the evidence. And if it hadn't
been for Dodo. he'd have left fine case
tor the chief constable to use"
Then the chief constable found his
voice again: Fortune. do you mean
to teIl~me Wissenden committed SUI
eide to get Miss Dean hanged?
Look at the facts"
Because she was going to get mar
ried and leave him-he'd kill himself
to kill her?'
yes, yes. He's not the first" said
Reggie, but an ambitious fellow. II
wasn't only her death he played for.
There was going to be shame and mis-
Try for the man who loved her. Fine
display OF power"
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