The Washington times., 1936-02-26

a green gold band around it."
The Inspector was making some
notes. He continued to write as ht
asked, ANY identifying marks you
noticed?"
Nothing. Oh, yes, her mono
gram was on it, CHS, engraved on
the gold band"
Good. You are sure you re.
turned it?",
oh, positive" CDicky later con
firmed this. Little did I ever
dream how important that pen
was going to be to meD
That is a strange thing, Miss
Julie, for it has now disappeared.
The letter was written in ink, yet
there was not q pen Of any de.
scription to be found in the place.
If you are sure" I realized then
how keen and hard his eyes could
be, you returned it,"
Il know I did!" I exclaimed,
why she had it in her hand and
sort of waved it when she told
Miss Sass she had letters to write.
Then perhaps the pen will lead
us to the murderer"
And did I Shudder later when I
recalled that remark You're ask.
ing me!
"One other thing. Do you re.
member any more conversation
that might interest us?"
MOO" I answered slowly, think
ing hard.
What else did you talk about?"
I'VE talked about a book she was
reading from the Book Shop; they
rent books out, you know. It was
biography Of the man who wrote
Moby Dick"
Herman Melville" said Mr..
Perkins. Il found that book on
her desk this morning. If you
don't want it, Inspector, I'll return
it to the Shop"
mo, I don't believe 1t would be
OF any use to us. Well, Miss Julie,
I guess that's all. You have been
very helpful, and I may need you
again. Now, If Melvin Wright is
waiting outside, send him in, will
you?"
Eyes, sir. Goodbye. Do call me
If I can help any more"
AS I went through the door. In.
Spector OBrien said to Mr.. Per.
kins, This Wright boy was the
caller who left last night at $3.50, -
told Melvin to go in, but !
Shuddered when he passed me,
Could he have killed anyone? !
knew the story of his relation to
MISS Sinclair, as did everyone else
IN school. He was mess to begin
with, rather good-looking, but con,
slderng himself a hard guy, as
Dicky calls it, and always in
trouble. Miss Sinclair was sympa.
thetic. Most of the teachers had
the policy Of setting their lips
when Melvin entered class, keep.
ing on the alert, and startinp
things first; I mean they hopped
on him at the slightest thing he
did or said, and kicked him out
on any pretext, glad to be rid of
him. Miss Sinclair was different
She had lots of patience: She
talked to him, and she tried to re.
form him.
He behaved pretty well in her
class, and all the boys kidded him
about having a crush on her, until
ne blackened Jack GibSon's eye
Then she found out he had stolen
some money from another
teachers desk, and had spent it
on some girl downtown. She re.
ported him, and after that he
seemed to hate her as much as he
had adored her. He was on pro.
baton now, and Miss Sinclair had
TO sign his parole blank each
week.
AS he opened the door, Mr.. Per.
k1ns was saying, "OBrien, this
chap Wright is the schools prob
lem boy, I'll admit. He has
caused every teacher here a lot
OF trouble at one time or another
but hardly think he would 60 SO
far as to shoot one of them!"
) Melvin stood in the doorway. AS
the principal finished speaking
he laughed that hard, sneerine
laugh Of his.
mo. I've felt like it often
enough. but I didn't do this job. -
Ito be COntinued)