Evening star., 1928-06-09

readily, WIlen fGeN, III tie licAt iOOih
to Ada's, says he failed to hear the
second shot? And that long interval
between the two reports will need some
explaining. And there's Sproot--the
multilingual butler who happened to be
reading Martial--Martial, by all that's
holyl--when the grim business took
place. and came directly to the scene
without meeting or hearing any one.
And Just what significance attaches to
the pious Hemming's oracular pro-
nouncements about the Lord OF hosts
shifting the Greenes as he did the
children of Babylon? She has some
obscure religious notion in her head
which. after all. may not be so obscure.
And the German cook; there's a
woman with, as we euphemistically say
a past Despite her phlegmatic appear
ance, she's not of the servant class, yet
she's been feeding the GrecneS dutifully
for over a dozen years. You recall her
explanation of how she came to the
GreeneS? Her husband was a friend
of old Tobias: and Tobias gave orders
she was to remain as cook as long as
she desired She needs explaining.
Markham-and a dashed lot of It,
And Rex, with his projecting parietals
and his wambly body and his periodic
fits. Why did he get so excited when
we questioned him? He certainly didn't
act like an innocent and uncompre-
hending spectator of an attempted
burglary. And again | mention the
lights. Who turned them on, and why?
And in both rooms In Julia's room
before the shot was fired. for she evil
IDENTIFY saw the assassin and understood
his purpose and In Ada's room. after
the shootingl Those are facts which
faf ftI. 90, fnr h
out an explanation they're mad. IRA
tional, utterly incredible. And why
wasn't Won Blon at home in the mid
die OF the night when Sproot phoned
him? And how did 1t happen he never
theless arrived so promptly? Coinci
dence? And, by the by. Ser
geant, was that double set of footprints
like the single spoor Of the doctor's?"
There wasn't any way of telling
The snow was too fiaky"
1T probably doesn't matter particu-
iarly, anyhow" Vance again faced
Markham and resumed his recapitula-
ton. And then there are the points OF
difference in these two attacks. Julia
was shot from the front when she was
In bed, whereas Ada was shot in the
back after she had risen from bed, al
though the murderer had ample time to
go TO her and take aim while she was
still lying down. Why did he wait silent
ly until the girl got up and approached
him? How did he dare wait at all
after he had killed Julia and alarmed
the house? Does that strike you as
panic? Or as cool-headedness? And
how did Julia's door come to be un-
locked at that particular time? That's
something / especially want clarified.
And perhaps you noticed. Markham
that Chester himself went to summon
Sibella TO the interview in the drawing
room. and that he remained with her
considerable time. Why, now did
he send Sproot for Rex, and fetch
Siballa personally? And why the delay?
l yearn for an explanation OF what
passed between them before they even
tually appeared. And why was Sibella
so definite that there wasn't a burglar,
and yet so evaSive when we asked her
TO suggest counter theory? What un-
derlay her Satrical frankness when she
held up each member Of the Greene
household including herself, as a pos
sble srspectp And then there are the
details of Adas story. Some of them
are amazing. ncomprehensible. almost
fabulous. There was no apparent sound
IN the room. yet she was conscious OF a
menacing presence. And that out
stretched hand and sbuniing footsteps
We simply must have an explanation Of
those things And her hesitancy about
saying whether she thought 1t was a
man or woman; and Sibella's evident
belief that the girl thought 1t was she
That wants explaining. Markham.
And Sibella's hysterical accusation
against Ada. What lay behind that?
And don't forget that curious scene
between Sibella and Won Blon when he
reproachcd her for her outburst That
was devilish odd. here's some inti-
macy there You noticed how she
obeyed him And you doubtless OBJ
served t0os that Ada Is rather fond OF
the doctor: snuggled Up TO him flgura-
lively during the performance, opened
her eyes on him wistfully. looked 10
him for protection oh. our little Ada
has fiutterings In his direction. And
vet he adopts the hovering professional
BEDSIDE manner OF a high-priced medico
toward her. whereas he treats Sibelia
very much as Chester might II he had
the courage"
Continued In Tomorrow's STAR
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