The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21

Did you see anybody on the
place or on the road?"
Nobody"
go on!'
81 walked into the Spinney. AS I
entered 1 heard voices" He paused
politely. Does this interest you,
Mr.. O'Brien?"
Very much. Whose voices were
they?"
There were two voices. One
was a Woman's. I did not recog-
nize it. The other was a mans
Doctor Blaikie
Did you hear what they said?"
II heard nothing!"
But as you got nearer"
when 1 realized that there was a
tete-a-tete going on in the Spinney,
l stopped, started to turn back but
the voices stopped and 1 heard
footsteps retreating. l waited a
minute and kept on until came
across Doctor Blaikie."
You did not see the lady at all?"
mo"
"You spoke with Doctor Blaikie
of course"
"Yes-for several minutes"
And then you went on?"
"Yes."
WAS your conversation a long
one?"
"A very brief one"
What was the nature of your
talk?"
Its one of those talks that you
can't reproduce because really
nothing was said. l knew that a
lady had just left the Spinney. l
think he knew knew that. 1 don't
know whether he was embarrassed
or not. l was a little conscious of
the situation. think l told him
that I'd come out because the house
was so warm and that l wanted to
smoke"
Had you lighted a cigar yet?"
mo. But 1 told Doctor Blaikie
that 1 was going back to the
house and l asked him to join me
in a smoke"
what did he say to that?"
"He said no; that he was re-
turning at once to the dance"
Did you 60 after that?"
LAS 1 remember, that was my
last remark"
"You left Doctor Blaikie in the
Spinney?"
yes"
Had he turned-had he started
to leave the Spinney?"
No"
by what path did you go out
from the Spinney?"
Il continued along the path that
runs beside Mrs. Avery's Little
House; then up onto the road and
then back to the Slows"
Did you smoke on the way
back?"
"Yes-one cigarette"
Did you meet anybody else on
the way back?"
mo"
How did you enter the house,"
"By the garage door-aS | left
it."
Did you leave your cape and
cap there?"
Yes"
did anybody see you come in?"
Il think nobody noticed it; for
the reason that the kitchen was full
of masks. They had come out,
1 think, for water.
You were there then at the I'M
masking?"
YES"
And what time did you say you
went home?"
About nalf-past twelve
You walked home?
Eyes.
Did you go straigh: up the
Head?
"Yes-exactly the way I came.
when you were in the Spinney,
did you hear any noise in the
bushes. let us say, or among the
trees?
II heard nothing"
Don't you yourself think, Doc
tor Marden, that it's little strange
that you did not volunteer this
information the first time l talked
with you"
Doctor Marden smiled. II think
it might seem so. But what would
you have done, Mr.. OBrien? There
was a woman involved. 1 didn't
know what sort of trouble l might
get her into"
We'll, of course you realize"
Patrick advanced, that some peo-
p12 might say that you invented the
woman to save yourself"
Doctor Marden bowed in a polite
acquiescence. He made no COM
ment.
What to your best knowledge
and belief was Doctor Blaikie'S
frame of mind while you talked
with him? Did you get any i'm
pression?"
He gave me the impression that
he was extremely happy-trium-
phant, definitely triumphant. Imight
say, he breathed. he cmanated tri-