Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10

II guess you are right" Samuels said
somberly. He must have done It."
"Precisement. You shall See"
Flique took himself into the billiard
room. reappeartng with the game bag.
the long steel ROD he had found In
the one I had relieved him Of. but .
1905 Springfield army rife. Most Of
the stock had been cut away from the
barrel around which had been sweated
wide straps Of steel to strengthen It.
The butt. also. had been cut down-to
lessen the depth OF the rife, I suppose.
Flique presented the rod for Samuels'
inspection
This rod, NJ. lie Deputy-you have
seen it before, yesp It Is the cutter
rod. This" touching the metal piece
into which the rod fltted-'is the cut
Ter. AS the grooves in the rife are to
be deepened this cutter may be raised
by - UNI - inserting trifle of paper
under It. Monsieur understands the
process. oui?"
Samuels shook his head impatiently.
The rod and the cutter-are they
not pulled back through the barrel.
turning, as they come, according 70 the
twist, Is it2--that is desired7 Thus q
shaving of steel is pared of, the rod
returns, the cutter it is raised, and the
artisan-does he not repeat that proc
Coo 1AASdA bAAC IAAhAilS IN IlIlSned?
FHque took up his rifle. Monsieur
has observed these bands of steel.
Widening the bore of the rife from the
| caliber 1903 to the caliber as weakened
the barrel and M. Johns-the word, M.
rAntiquaire?
Compensated for the Iessened re-
sistance of the barrels that what
you mean?" I ventured.
thank you. monsieur" Flioue
nNWG6 s5T1naf i7fny T1k
stated for the leSsened resistance of
the barrel by strengthening 1t with
these bands of STEEL
Flique put the rife down. THE
cartridge was a nothing for one of
ms SKIN. Would he not remove the
bullet from the .30-caliber rife car
fridge. cut of the thin end of the
cartridge case. and force the .45-caiiber
pistol bullet into the rifle cartridge he
had cut down?
Clearly. NJ. Johns disposed Of his
TOOLS when he had finished with them.
ana almost certainly he cast them into
the sea. Perhaps he did not cast that
roo Iar enough and poor Granger
found 1t one day when he looked to his
LOBSTER traps at the low tide. Also. M.
johns would gather I'D his sflavinps of
steel, but perhaps the fragments M.
Granger and l found had been trod
INTO the dirt beneath the lather and
ne missed them. 1t does not matter.
| Where was the rifle, you ask? Ger
tam M. Johns would not hide II In
his tower. No, he would put It where
no one would expect to find it-no one
put Anatole Flique, perhaps" and the
little man twirled his mustache.
And where was that but in the fat
stomach of that old cannon in front
of the fort?"
Fqiques face sobered. poor Grazing
err Clearly, he was-how you saw itp
--reconstructing the murder of mon
sieur from the rod and his shaving of
steeI. A man of intelligence, GraingerI"
Samueis WINGED at that and so did
J! 1t seemed now that we should have
deduced something of the truth from
the facts Flique had Haunted in our
races so persistently. Then Samuels
asked the question that must have been
In the minds of every one of us.
what about the motive?" he said
ADDS after living on San Lucas for "a
! years?" Continued tomorrow.)