Evening star., 1932-07-06
TNsTALMENT XXIH.


+nr Narracott admitted 70
the chief constable, "circum-
xtantial and all that, and any
~.~-w .s,O9,t TO convict on 1t. Stlll, What
S,r,s say IA true enough oont see
him as O murderer. o.,,a
aAnd his Young lady Is very actiVe
A.. taaa nv ase " said the chief constable.
Al Mis- Nj T'refusis, yes, she's a one and
so -oiS+ske. A real fine young laoy.
AVA ahsolutely determined TO get nm
~ she's got hold Of that lournahSI1;
Tnderbv and she's working MN 1or al,
she's worth. She's a great oeal Uoo guy
for Mr., James Pearson. Beyond s nlis
cnod looks I wouldn't say theIe was .
much to him in the way OF cnalacCe1, ,o',,,r
ssRrt II she's managing young
--...a,, that's what she likes" said the
chief constable. ~-..-ooot+
aAb we'll" said Inspector Narracott'
4tbsye's no accounting for tastes wen,
vo,, % agree. sir, that had better take
I'm this alibi or Dering's without any
more delay" :. a what
.bollt the fourth interested party IN n ILe
uiIl9 There's fourth, isn't tneLtE II
ives the sister. That's per1ecIly an
right. 7 have made inquiries LII al.t
she was at home at o'clock an s;,o rlsrt
sir. I'll get right on with 'ile Dei-A'e
business"
II was about five hours later tnat
TnTnector Narracott found Mr. DeIAls
at home. He couldn't De olste IDel' sL GO 90
he was writing. the mald nao od,,oeG saiu @S
-, ofHcial card and bade her take IL 10
%ar master without delay. Whle walt
;,so he strobe up and down the room
Ig4s 15as' ,sird was working actively. He
,,icked I'M a rather battered old DooK,
!sTp~ide and Prejudice" He opened tne
oa1er and saw scrawled on the fy-leal
IN rather faded ink the name Marina
Pvcroft. Somehow, the name OF NY
croft seemed familiar, but ne coulo 4qt @
for the moment remember why. ne
was interrupted as the door opened anu
Martin Dering came into the Ioolh.
The novelist was a man OF mloo1e
height with thick, rather heavy cneSC-
nut hair. He was good-looKlng In
somewhat heavy fashion, Win ups 'li"V
were rather full and RED
inspector Narracott was not pre-
nossessed by his appearance.
sGood morning, Mr.. Dering. sorry
m trouble YOU all here again.
"0f, II doesn't matter. inspector, put
reaIlv can't tell you any more than
you've been told already
.swe were led to understand tnat
voz,r brother-in-law, Mr.. Brain rear,
AN was In Australia. Now, we ma
+bat he has been in England Tor tne
Sa~+ tvo months. Your wife distinctly
fnld me that he was IN New Soueil
SErian In England" Dering seemed
genuinely astonished. II can assure
Vol. inspector, that I had no Know, s
sd1e Of the fact-nor, I'm sure, @ nau
INV wife. sylvia has twice wTltten mn, I,
letters TO Australia during tnat i. slIis
"Oh. well, in that case l apoiosiI1e
sir. But naturally ! tnoughe ne .9ess wou.e
have communicated with ms reia1lons
and I was bit sore WIN you 4o-
holding out on me.
ssWeII. as / tell you we knew notnais' 1lls
Have g cigarette, inspector? by Lls
way. / see you've recaptureo your
escaped convict" ,,n,,+
,ather Rad luck for him-the mist
corning down He walked right rouIo
IN a circle. Did about 20 miles 20 Ilno
himself about half a mile from Prince
town at the end OF it" os
Extraordinary how every one goes
round in circles in log. Coco thliig
he didn't escape on the Friday. l
GllDDOSe ne MOuI0 AAdFN ~A~
der nut down to him as Certainty.
"He's a dangerous man: FreemanSle
Freddy, they used 10 can can. nm Ia ~ tho
berry with violence, aSsaun.Iieo r5aIf
most extraordinary double hte Han
the time he passed as an educated, re-
snectable. wealthy man. A KIND OF
rrirninal mania used to come over nm
$ron1 time to time. He would olSap-
1,aaT and consort with the lowest char-
acters." -. .n.
from PTincetown9" "a.
cts well-nigh impossible, sir. But
This particular escape was extraorolnar-
fIy well planned and carried out we
haven't nearly got to the bottom OF IL
yet" u,oro.a at
his watch. "if there's nothing more, N
spector-Tm afraid I am rather a OusS
man
"Oh. but there is something more,
Mr.. Dering. 1 want to know why you
told me that you were at Literary
dinner at the Cecil Hotel on Friday
HT-I don't understand you, inspec-
tor"
II think YOU do. sir. You weren't at
that dinner, Me. Dering."
Martin Dertng hestitated. His eyer
ran uncertainty from the inspector
face, up to the ceiling, then TO Vhe
door, and then to his feet.
The inspector waited CAIN ana sIohu
well" said Martin Dering at last
"suuposing wasn't What the hell has
that got to do with you? What have
nv movements, five hours after my
uncle was murdered, got to DO VIII
Won or anv one else?
You made a certain statement TO US
Mr.. Dering and I want that statement
verified. Part Of it has already proved
to be untrue. I've got to check up. or
the other half. You say you lunchec
and spent the afternoon with friend
"Yes-my American publisher
His name?"
''Rosenkraun. Edgar Rosenkraun.
"Ah and his address,"
Hes left England. He left last Sat
urday"
For New York;"
Then he'll be on the sea at tht
present moment. What boat is he on?'
II really can't remember"
"You know the line? Was 1t
Cunard or White starr"
II really don't remember"
'Ah, we'll" said the inspector, wei
cable his firm in New York. Theyi
know"
'It was the Gargantus," said Derinl
sullenly.
Thank you, MI Dering. I though
you could remember if you tried. Now
your statement is that you luncheC
with Mr.. Rosenkraun and that yol
spent the afternoon with him. At wha
time did you leave him?"
About O'Clock, should say"
"And them"
Il decline to state. It's no bushes
OF yours. That's all you want surely
Inspector Narracott nodded thought
fully. II Rosenkraun confirmed Der
ings statement then any case agains
Dering must fall to the ground. What
ever his mysterious activities had beel
that evening could not affect the case
What are you going to do?" de
rnanded Dering unnasilV