Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
CHAPTER xxx.
MENDED ROMANCE.

" you remember" said Jimmie as
~ Nancy. Donald and the su-
perintendent followed him
eagerly, that Duckworth had
told us of seeing a woman
pass outside the house on the night
Miss Querdling was killed. got the
woman, Mrs. Frater, to go that way
again. To see her was possible, but
IL was necessary to be close to the win
dow, very close indeed. You found
that, Richmond. You had to press your
face against the glass. But 1t did not
suggest anything to you. Duckworth
explained that he drew the curtains for
the sake OF privacy, but why did he
peer so carefully up and down the gar
den? Was 1t not to see that 1t was safe
for him to slip out?"
"Probably it was" said Richmond,
hut few would have thought OF 1t. l
did suspect him for a moment when he
mentioned the woman. / thought he
might have imagined her. But 1t proved
| to be true"
Exactly. Then the singing all the
time. Did that suggest nothing? The
lovers were alone together. yet there
were no affectionate interludes, only
continuous singing in that powerful
Hardly natural, was It? Yet 1t was
consistent with desire to make people
think there was no interval or break"
why did you hesitate?" asked
Donald.
TT is not easy to believe that a
pleasant -mannered girl can be at heart
capable of deliberate and cunning muir
der Had it been Duckworth alone,
there might have been no reason Tor
hesitation. But Evelyn was implicated
as deeply as her lover.
Every one seemed to realize the
matter OF motive so far as Marjorie
was concerned, but, as l pointed out to
you two or three times, 1t was idenu-
cally the same with Evelyn.
well, we reached rather deadlock
until the night Green was found dying
with his supposed confession by his
side. Then things seemed to happen
all at once / came across Stirling and
Marjorie love making, and was COM
PEELED to change my route. Audrey
discovered that it was Strings car we
had been worrying about, and no.
ticed something that to me was more
significant than any OF these things
It was while we were playing bridge
that the confession must have been put
by Green's side. Duckworth was In
the adjoining room singing. and at the
appropriate moment we were favored
with the same two songs, ITO the Des'
ert and September Roses I might
have burst into the room then, but
had no reason to suspect more deviltry
To be quite honest, 1t was not until
Green was found and I was in the ga
rage with Netherton that its significance
dawned on me. When got back to thu
house Duckworth had already gone
No doubt the graphophone went with
him. So had to wait"
The superintendent seemed fascinated
as he looked at the photograph needle
Il wonder how they got that Queel
dope used on Green?" he asked.
Seeds OF Paradise" said Jimmie
"Duckworth was once employed in (
brewery and this poison Is used as ar
adulterant in beer. I think Evelyr
realized my knowledge of this poison
might lead police to the person whC
used IT.
How did you know they were mar
ried?" inquired Nancy.
That takes us back to the time whei
they called on me about those letters
Had they determined then what the.
meant to do? think Evelyn was il
love and Duckworth impressed with tn
idea Of marrying rich wife. When h
found the aunt opposed. he determine,
to remove her, and gradually persuaded
Evelyn to do as he wished. They prob
ably thought that by calling in the pc
lice and seeing an alleged expert out
side they would divert suspicion iron
themselves. It was the same cunning
that caused Duckworth to point on
that probably not all the letters wer