The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-25

started another train of thought.
 -Four of them and any one o1 them might Linda, those men don't walt for the noon train. They get out of here as quickly as they can pack. I'll stand over every last onc---Pll tell thcm it's that or .-nrrest."
 "But, Tom. you were convinced 1t was an accident. Wasn't every
 "Yes. of course, Binks. How could t seem anything else?' l That's 1t exactly. Murdcr--flur- der simply doesn't occur to anyone ln--weil. in our type of home. And anyhow 1t had every appearance of an accident. You went all over the ground. didn't your"
 "Sure--with Parsons. Into the bedroom, out on the balcony"
 And neither of you saw any thing?"
 What was there to sec? An empty bed--an open d0or--a torn railing"
 And the body of an old man who fell over, headfirst. hit the stones below and was Killed. Was the doctor even surprised that the fall killed htm?"
 "N-no. Of course 1t was only one story but the old fashioned balcony is quite high and he did go head ,crushcd."
 pThere! Hc didn't suspectv l "No--no, he didn't | "Did you see---af1y clue?"
 "What do you fnennY Oh, traces of the man! No, nothing" And what would there be to see? It's only fin books that q murderer leaves c cigaret case or a long blond hair, or something of | the Sort. If t man walks Into Q room at 6 q. m. or thereabouts when everyone in the house ig sleep ing, throws an old man over the rail and goes back to his room what earthly trace could anyone ever nnd--unless ---y' 'sUnIcss what, Binks? The police can nt least question them"
 "Thc police! The police of this village!" She paused to give his own imagination time to work. "In the first place could we even con- vince the police? What possible proof could we give? It happened so early there were no witnesses All the men were in their rooms or could say they were. thought was choked.--but l fell uncon- scious and might simply have fainted. You were swimming in, with your eyes full of water, and you thought you saw man. And think of those particular four men ---can you imagine one of them bearing the idea of being accused of murder patiently? Nob6dy--no- body from oiitsidc---could possibly find out thing from them."
 Tn fact" agreed Tom slowly, they the police would just laugh at the suggestion of murder and if they did investigate in their usual dumb way they'd be licked before they started"
 And then. Tom, 1t would Dc ended! Tho men would oil go as quickly as they could and we would never know"
 . He smiled little wryiy and pattcd her hand.
 Well, Binks, whats up your | sleevc?"
 "A plan that ] know will work. Remember they have no idca--thc murderer huB no luen---tHht l Know 1t was murder. That's our great advantage. l came hurrying into the room and caught him there. He hid and choked me, but you've all taken for granted that 1 fainted. Isn't it natural that l think the same thingY So as 1t stands now, there's been an accident. I've come to after prolonged fainting spell brought on by shock. don't rec member anything but choking sensation before everything went black Isn't that the proper express 1 sl0nY
 | "So you and are free to act and the first thing we must do is to | make those men stay here. They must finish out the weekend just as we planned it, or as nearly so as possible"
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