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satisfied, as Jimmie learned next morn
ing when the superintendent called on
him at the Wade home I'D like to
know what first made you suspect
Lionel and Evelyn and how you guessed
they had graphophone."
IF Duckworth hangs" said Jimmie,
bringing out a small shining object
from his pocket, sit will largely be be-
cause Of this"
"A graphophone needle!" exclaimed
Nancy
Yes That first day in the young
ladies' room I noticed this on the car
pet and picked IL up Then 1 thought
it strange that there was no graphic
phone in the house. When we heard
the stories of those in the house. /
was struck by the general agreement
that Lionel and Evelyn we're busy in
that room with their singing I saw at
once how graphophone would answer
all requirements of the case Real
singing at first, then a record turned
on while the singer slipped out for a
few moments. Then real singing again.
could see it was possible, but you
cannot say more of it than that"
Il thought you were worrying about
the car at the bottom of the garden"
observed Donald.
Il was. While that factor remained
unaccounted for, it was impossible to
pin ones faith finally to any definite
theory. Green, Gresham. Netherton,
Vincent Marjorie-there was suspicion
against each of them, but l was not
satisfied with the case against any I
felt-we all felt-that Marjorie and
Netherton were keeping something back,
and while the mystery remained as TO
Strings car doubt was inevitable. At
the same time I kept my other theory
in mind. l asked DuckWorth what. as
singer. he thought of graphophones.
He condemned them heartily and Eve
lyn. with Just a shade of excessive
warmth said she would never have one
in the house"
There wasn't one when we searched
for the will" said Richmond IF
there had been. 1 think l should have
noticed it. I went through the contents
of the desk"
Il agree there was no graphophone
there at that time" said Jimmie. "Ob-
viously they would not let it remain.
AS you saw, 1t was very portable in
strument--DuckWorth I suppoSe-and
he brought it over when it was to be
used. You will perhaps remember that
Janet told US she listened with delight
to the song To the Desert After that
she heard a song she did not like 50
well, September Roses"
I'VE ourselves heard Duckworth sing
both Of them" said Nancy.
Heard him and saw him" agreed
Jimmie. Il had the curiosity to ap-
proach the graphophone people and I
found out that Lionel DuckWorth had
done only one record for them 1t was
OF To the Desert and on the back was
September Roses
You will agree the discovery vas
significant. Duckworth could have
committed the crime while a graphic
phone record was being played and the
songs that we're heard while the crime
was done were the only songs Of his
which graphophone records existed.
But 1t was not proof. Who had been
in that empty car at the bottom of the
garden? I had told Richmond that his
theory was lnconclus,ye while that
not DuckWorth sing his greatest sue
cesses?"
You saw the truth. but couldn't be-
lieve it," remarked Donald
Yes. In a way that is so. Until
yesterday my case was not complete
Even then it fell far short Of absolute
proof" he said. smiling at Richmond
"ano you had already shown me YOU
would take a lot of convincing I was
able TO demonstrate that Edward Green
had never written that confession and
had never attempted suicide
But that was a very different thing
from showing who had killed him or
Miss Querdling. Evelyn and Duckworth
acted last evening exactly as 1 antici-
pated they would. It is entirely due to
mat that their guilt is so clearly es-
tablished"
Ito be continued