Evening star., 1932-07-09

Trevelyan's effects have
been removed. The police have made
q thorough search Of the house.
quite understand your position and
your anxiety that Mr.. Pearson snail
be-er-cleared if possible. But what
can you do?"
7 don't expect to find anything, ="
Emily replied. "or to not.ce AWNING
that the police have overlooked.
can't explained to you, Mr.. KlrkWood
I want-I want to get the atmosphere
Of the place. Please let me have 'he
key. There's no harm in it.. ,,
Certainly there's no harm IN II,
said the solicitor with dignity.
"Then please ba kind said Emily.
So Mr.. Kirkwood was kind ard fanded
over the key with sn indulgent smnc
He did his best to come With her WHICH
catastr31ho was only averted by great
tact aad flrmnes5 on Emi'y's part.
That morning Emily received a let
ter. It was couchcd in the loAo"lhg
terms: ~,
pear Miss Trefusis,' wrote Mrs. Bel
ling of the Three Crowns. You sai1
a. how YOU would like to hear If
ANYTHING at all should happen that
was in ANYWAY out of the common
even If not important and, as TINS
is peculiar. though not in anyway I'M
nortant. I thought it NY duty, miss, TO
let YOU know al once. hoping tnls VIII
catch ycu by the last post tonlght OF
bv the first post tomorrow. My niece
she come round and said 1t WASH
of snv Importance, but peculiar. whlch
/ agreed with her The police sald, ana
it was generally thought that nothlng
was taken from Capt. TreVelyanS mouse
and nothing was in manner OF speaking
l. IT.
thing there is missing, though not no.
ticed at the time being unimportant-
But it seems miss, that pair OF the
contains boots is missing which Evans
noticed when he went over the tnlngS
with Mai. Burnaby. Though / don
suppose it is of any importance, miss
thought you would like to know. IL
was a pair of boots, miss, the thick KIND
you rubs oil into and which the cap
tain would have worn If he had gone
out in the snow. but as he didn't go out
in the snow it doesn't seem TO make
sense. But missing they are, and who
took them nobody knows, and though
1 well know it's Of no Importance / felt
it my duty to write, and hoping this
finds YOU as it leaves me at present and
hoping you are BOT worrying too much
about the Young gentleman, I remain,
miss. yours truly MRS, BELLING.
Emily had read and reread this let
ter. She had discussed it with Charles.
Boots" said Charley thoughtfully
ait doesn't seem to make sense.
1T must mean something Emily
pointed out Il mean-why should a
pair of boots be mis8ing?"
You don't think Evans is invent
ing2' =
people do invent, they invent some
thing sensible. Not a silly, pointless
thing like this
Boots suggests something to do with
footprints said Charles, thought
fully.
Il know But footprints don't seem
to enter into this case at all. Per-
haps If it hadn't come on TO snow
again
Yes. perhaps. but even then
Gould he have given them to some
tramp" suggested Charles, and then
the tramp did him in
I suppose that's possible" said
Emily, but it doesn't sound very like
Capt. Trevelyan He might perhaps
have found a man some work TO DO
or given him shilling, but he wouldn't
have pressed his best Winter boots on
him
well, I give it up" said Charles.
I'm not going to give it up said
Emily. by hook or by crook I'm
going to get to the bottom OF it.
Accordingly. she came to Exhampton
and went first to the Three Crowns,
where Mrs. Belling received her with
great enthusiasm.
And your young gentleman still in
prison. miss! Well, it's a cruel shame
and none of us don't believe 1t was
hin-at least, 1 would like to hear
them say so when l am about. so
YOU got nv letter? You'd like to see
Evans? Well. he lives right round the
corner, IS Fore street it is. l WISH
1 could come with you, but l can't
leave the place, but you can't mis-
take it,"
Emily did not mistake it. Evans
himself was out. but Mrs. Evans re-
ceived her and invited her in. Emily
sat down and induced Mrs. Evans TO
do so also and plunge straight into
the matter on hand.
"I've come to talk about what your
husband told Mrs. Belling. l mean
about pair Of Capt. Trevelyans S
boots being missing
"ft's an odd thing, to be sure" said
the girl. fl. r.oi,,
about it?" 3
"Oh. yes. Wore these boots most OF
the time in Winter, the captain olo.
Big ones they were, and ne wore Z.
co;ple of pairs of socks inside them.
Emily nodded. s.a
'aThev can't have gone to be mended
or ANYTHING like that?" she suggested.
Not without Evans knowing, they
couldn't" SAID his wife, boastfully'
NO. I supp ise not.
IT'S queer like" said Mrs Evans,
"but I don't suppose 1T had ahytLl-ta5ss, !,
TO do with the murder, DO you, mss
1T doesn't seem likely asieeu
"4ave they found out anything new
n,'sg2" The girls voice was eager.
YES one or two things-nothlng
very important -.
seeing as that the inspector from
Exeter was here again today, l thoueh1
as though they might.
Inspector Narracott?"
"Yes, that's the one. miss.
did he come by train?
No. he came by car. he went TO
the Three Crowns first and asked ABOUT
The Young gentlemans luggage
What Young gentlemans luggage?
The gentleman you go about WITH
miss" 49,. ,-,.,
They asked Tom" went on the girl
Il was passing by just after ana ne
told me about 1t. He's one for motto
ing. is Tom. He remembered there were
two labels on the young gentleman
luggage, one to Exeter and one to Ex-
hampton"
sudden smile illuminated Emily S
face as she pictured the crime being
committed by Charles in order to pro-
vide a scoop for himself. One could
she decided, write a gruesome little
story on that theme. But she admired
Inspector Narracott's thoroughness in
checking every detail having to do with
any one, however remote their connec-
ton with the crime. He must have left
Exeter almost Immediately after his in
terview with her. A fast car would
easily beat the train and in any case
she had lunched in Exeter.
Where did the inspector go after