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should she tell you that private matter concerning her niece and the money?"
 T told you I could not account for old ladies fancies."
 You suggested there was no req son for her to think there was anything between you and the girl Yet you went off together and stayed talking in the lane for quite l a while Miss Marjorie told me that iHow long were you there?"
 T don't know" Bill spoke short | ly as in anger.
 What were you talking about?'' What the devil has that to do with you?"
 Just this" said Richmond dog gedly. While you say you were talking, or immediately after you had talked, some one killed Miss Querdling. She evidently thought you and Marjorie were lovers and she had just warned you if you married you would get none of her money"
 The young man went white. It might have been with anger. He controlled himself with an effort.
 AS I told you, Marjorie and I are old friends. Is it strange that we should talk together for a few minutes?"
 But you cannot say what you were talking about?"
 No" returned Bill
 Perhaps" suggested Jimmie, If you will positively assure MT. Rich mond that your conversation had nothing to do with Miss Querdling, that will satisfy him."
 will it?" said Netherton in a rather contemptuous tone. Sup pose I say we were discussing last months agricultural show, or Far mer Browns prize pigs?"
 q should ask Miss Blake and see if she said the same Here's my point" Richmond said. If Miss Querdling warned her niece and her niece's lover that no money was to be expected from her, they might think it better to remove her before the threat was carried into effect. It is a hypothetical case that shows there is matter on which I require to be satisfied" /"
 Netherton's coolness had returned.
 Now, I will put my point he said defiantly. Marjorie and l are net lovers. Either we were plot ting Miss Querdling's death or we were not. If we were, we should deny it. Nothing else concerns you. | Richmond returned his stare.
 "Very well, doctor, I will take that answer, but your attitude is ill-advised. How long did you talk with Marjorie?"
 Perhaps quarter of an hour y
 When Bill said that he had gone home upon leaving Marjorie, Rich mond disputed him, saying that when the chauffeur called for him he had not returned. The doctor explained that he had not said he had gone straight home. T went for a walk" he added hesitantly T , went to see Captain Stirling. He was not in"
 You went to Captain Stirling's $ house? His servantsS will, of course, confirm that?"
 Netherton looked annoyed T did not say I went to Stirling's house but that I went to see Stir ling. I was on my way to his house when he passed me on the road. He was in his car and ran by on the main road just before l reached it. I saw him, but he did mot see me. It was useless to pro- ceed, so I turned back"
 Since there were few people about that late in the evening, Bill said that, aside from Marjorie, no one could confirm his movements from the time he spoke to Miss Querdline until he got home.
 Captain Stirling, he explained te the superintendent, was in Nor ris two-seater, headed toward Mer- row Craig, though he could not say he was going there.
 Bill declared that he had no seen the empty Morris which Greer had reported stopped on the gol course. If I met Stirling a mil' away, how could it have beer there?"
 Jimmie smiled. If there was nj car there when you passed, ant you saw him going in that direc tion, it might have been there a the time the chauffeur suggests If it was, is it likely to have beer Stirling's?"
 How the dickens can I tell? Bill clearly resented the inquiries
 "Is Sterling a friend of Marjori or of Evelyn? Is he likely to hay . been calling on Miss Querdling? questioned Jimmie.
 Why ask me?" replied Bil ]. Why not go to the parties con