Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25
CHAPTER xxIII.
4 FIRE ~ LIGHTED.

A 8 Granger shut the door behind
" him, Ross cot up.
"A we haven't made . great
4 4 deal Of headway," he said TO
Samuels. You'd better give
Granger your attention. Don't bully
him, or he won't tell you anything"
I'm not sure Lum We isn't our man, =
/ eamuels replied doggeely.
Johns and ! drifted outside.
"A fine fellow. Granger" Prof. Johns
observed, II shouldn't like to think he
had anything to do with the murder Of
his master"
He hadn't" retortsd with convic-
ton.
Ross and the coroner left shortly, and
/, the newspaper reporters went with
them. The inquest ives TO be the next
afternoon. Parados' body was taken up
to the bedroom he had occupied.
Miss Jahries prepared lunch, which
Manning presently announced. The
meal was a wretched affair, and we
] were glad to escape from the table.
Communicated Caroline again and
we spent the rest Of the afternoon on
! the slope.
It was nearly Z O'Clock and quite
dark when we returned to the house.
( After Caroline left me I wandered
. around looking for F1ique. No one
: ctCulcO 10 pe dIOuluS JOttklS IlCdu, NCAAt
: over desk, was visible against one
window of his tower The tide was
Z high and The Gut was making as omi-
( nous a row as it had the night before.
: Shuddering, went around to the
: north side of the house. To my relief,
found Flique on the little terrace.
you come with wearineSs," he
chuckled. HAS the little mademoiselle
walked you too far2"
II aavAfIIus GOULD +
all day with Cariline."
/ "Ah, it is Caroline already" and
Flique wagged a finger at me. THAT
. is good But you come with q weari-
: ness. Why Is this?"
THAT Gut gets on my pervesl" I
exclaimed. Haven't you hit upon any
thing yet?"
5 Monsieur is impatient. It will be
first the little mysteries-and then the
I big mystery"
z "Precisement" F1ique nnurmured. "As
you say, that is settled"
His casual air irritated me. Aren't
you interested" demanded.
Monsieur" he said reprovingly, 81
have q problem. But what is this?" he
continued. recovering his aniability.
Samuels was hurrying toward US
carrying what appeared to be wading
boot He presented the sole OF the boot
3
mated it with an electric torch.
: Look at that" he said tersely.
A little patch Of solidifled crude oil
adhered to the inStep, and embedded
in it were flbers of o blush material.
Monsieur has the sharp eye" Fiique
murmured admiringly. And this enor-
NOUS boot-it Is whose?"
"Grainger'sl" samuels exclaimed. u
found it In the garage. Jahries said
that the stain was not on the library
carpet early yesterday afternoon. It was
there last night. These fibers were
pulled out Of the carpet. I've Just
talked to JahrieS again. She said
Granger was wearing his waders last
night before dinner. Granger told Us
. he was not in the library between yes
terday noon and when Parados was
: found. He lied againl I've cot him this
timel" and Samuels shook the boot ex-
ultantly.
Il compliment monsieur" FIique
said with a bow. "But there is this
"Lum We hated Parados," samuels
interrupted. you know that. He and
Granger made that double alihi up be-
tween them. Lum We stole and broke
the phoenix, and Granger killed Para
dos. Lum We and Granger are the
birds we want. I'll aoon shake Grain
er's motive out Of him"
"Ah, his motive, my friend
At that instant q shot rang out In
the house behind US. For o moment we
stood rigid. Then F7ique bounced onto
sthe grass and in . couple Of jackrabbit
leaps arrived ut the kitchen door. SAM
uels and were behind him.
We heard Q scream In the hall, and
we found Manning with her arms
wound around Miss Jahries, who was
staring into the library with the hofTi-
bled onto Q tomb.
Granger lay "a his face On the