The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-24

a little warming that there was
real trfiouble coming for him unless
he kept mis- mouth shut.
/ don't suppose you want to
know how 1t was all done. It's
pretty obvious now, but II some
very bright bird hadn't been a lit
tie too clever ] should have been
In the South Sea Islands b ythis
time. The details? Here they
are:
I got some closing prices from
New York by long distance before
coming on board and wrote them
In a disguised handwriting l had
been practicing long time on q
page Of m ydiary. I wrote a mes
sage TO Stodart In my own writ
ing on the other side, and put II
In my pocket.
As soon as we were on board
gave Stodart some work TO do In
our drawing room and went tc
see the Bishop. I found my note
had had the desired effect, and al
though I told him nothing, ! could
see that as far as he was con-
cerned could bump of the whole
Church Of England so long as
didn't dig up that nasty business
out Of the past.
Then I went back to the draw
ing room and gave Stodart a lit
tie knock on the back of the head
with a hammer I had with me for
the Job. He was sitting at the
small round table, so I moved the
writing table away from the win
dow and dragged him across to II
and popped him out. II was quite
dark by thcn so no on could sec
from the G. :. Then I threw the
hammer the gloves I wore
while arranging the room
to join En-. l found I'd cracked
his Sil j TIN skull, so I had to
sponge Jut spot Of blood on the
carpet before changed into even
ing dress In hi room.
got up to the lounge at half
past seven and introduced my
self as Stodart and after a while
wrote the closing prices in my
diary again in front OF everyone
and In the same kind of hand
writing. told the steward to
push 1t under the door Of the cab
in and 1tayed in the lounge until
the bugle sounded for dinner. The
Bishop, who was among the people
who came up while was there,
showed T., was safe for anything
by not turning a hair when he was
introduced to me as Stodart.
After that everything went &C
cording to plan. At $3.50 the
Steward came up with the note ]
had left addressed to Stodart and
hurried down with him to the
cabin. While he was In the bath
room l exchanged the note I had
kept In my pocket with the one
that had been pushed under the
door. That proved the missing
party was alive at 7:45, and you
see although I'd worked this thing
out pretty carefully, the differ
ence between doing a thing just
we'll and doing 1t properly is to
make allowances for the unex-
pected. I didn't see why the sui
eide story shouldn't be accepted
without question, but II they did
prove murder I didn't want to
be In on 1t. It's one thing to go
down for killing Stodart; 1t would
have been very disagreeable to
have been charged with killing
Blame.
You know, It's almost worth 1t
to have seen the Bishops face
when he saw me the next morn
ing and realized I hadn't commit
ted suicide. After thinking he was
rid Of me he must have realized
what had done. That's why he
tainted.
Well, that all and since 1t
hasn't come off I want to see it
finished with as little delay and
formality as possible.
BOLITHO BLAME.
Witnessed:
KEYS RETIRING
on s. Y. Golden Gull, 9-l-'37
Detective Officer
Florida Police.
THE END
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