Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-23

Mr.. Enderby could well believe that.
Emily had the kind of personality that
scars triumphantly over all obstacles.
They had arrived by now at the
ruined castle. but paying no attention
to it, they sat down on piece q wall
In the so-called sunshine and Emily
proceeded to develop her ideas.
Il am looking at this, Mr. Enderby.
in an absolutely unsentimental ard bus
inesslike way. You've got to take 1t
from me to begin with that Jim didn't
do the murder. I'm not saying that
simply because 1 am In love with him.
or believe in his beautiful character or
anything like that. It's just. we'll
knowledge. You see I have been on
my own pretty well since ! was 16. I
have never come into contact with
many women and 1 know very little
about them, but ! know really slot
about men. And unless a girl can size
up a man pretty accurately. and khow
what she's got to deal with, she VIII
never get on. I have got on. I work
as a manneQuin at LIcie's, and I can
tell you. Mr.. Enderby, that TO arrive
there Is a feat.
Well as I was saying. I can size up
men pretty accurately. Jim is rather
weak character in many ways. l am
not sure" said Emily. forgetting for a
moment her role OF admirer Of strong
men. that that's not why I like him.
The feeling that I can run him and
make something Of him. There are
quite a lot of-well-even criminal
things that l can imagine him doing II
pushed to it-but not murder He SIM
ply couldn't pick up sandbGg ana
hit an old man on the back OF the neck
with 1t. He would make a bosh shot
and hit him in the wrong place If he
did. He is a-he is a gentle creature,
Mr.. Enderby. He doesn't even like kill
ing wasps. he always tries to put them
out OF window without hurting them
and usually gets s:ung. However. it's
no good my going on like this. You've
got TO take my word for it and start on
/, the assumption that jim is innocent"
DO you think that somebody is de-
liberately trying TO fasten the crime,
on him?" asked Charles Enderby in his
best Journalistic manner.
Il don't think SO. You see nobody
knew about Jim coming down To see
his uncle. OF course, one can't be
certain, but 1 should put that down as
just a coincidence and bad luck. What
We have to find is some one else with
motive for killing CAPT Trevelyan. The
police are quite certain that this is not
what they call an outside job mean
it wasn't a burglar The Aroken-open
window was faxed"
Did the police tell you all this?'
Practically" said Emily
What do YOU mean by practically?"
The chambermaid told me. and her
sister is married to Constable Graves,
so. Of course. she knows everything the
police think"
Very we'll" said Mr.. Enderby. st
wasn't an outside Job. 1t was an in
side one"
Exactly" said Emily THE police
that Is Inspector Narracott who, by the
way. / should think is an awfully sound
man-have started investigating to find
who benefits by Capt. Treyelyans death
and with Jim sticking out a mile. so to
speak. they won't bother to go on with
other Investigations much. Well, that's
got TO be our job"
What a scoop it would be" said M.
Enderby, If you and i discovered the
real murderer The crime expert Of
the Daily Wire-that's the way I
should be dcecribed. But it's too good
to be true" he added despondentiy
That sort Of thing only happens IN
books"
Nonsense" said Emily. 1T happens
with me"
You're simply marvellous" said End
eroy again. Emily brought cut little
notebook.
Nov let's put things down method
ically. Jim himself his brother and
sister, and his Aunt Jenliier benefit
equally by Capt. Trevelyan's death. or
course Sylvia-thats Jim's sister
wouldn't hurt fly. but wouldn't put
it past her husband; he's what call a
nasty sort Of brute. You kno.'-the
artistic. nasty kind. has affairs with
women-all that sort Of thing. Very
likely to be in a hole financially. The
! money they'd come into would actually
be Sylvia's, but that wouldn't matter
to him. H would soon manage 70 get 1t
out Of her"
He sounds most unpleasant per-
SON." said Mr.. Enderby.
oh! Yes. Gooc-looking In a bold
sort OF way Women tak about sex
with him in corners. Real men hate
him"
We'll, that's suspect No. l." sad Mr..
Enderby. also writing in a little book.
In, estiaate his movements on Friday
easily done under the guise of inter
view with popular novelist connected
with the crime. Is that all right"
SPLENDID" said Emily. Then there's
Brian, Jim's younger brother. He's
supposed to be in Australia. but he
might quite easily have come back. 1
mean, people do sometimes without say
ing"
We could send him q cable"
We will. l suppose Aunt Jenn!fer IS
out Of it,
TO be ccntinuedD