The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-11
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7 told you. Ny Wife
Yes. But" Battle coughed In
a deprecating manner. which wife,
Mr.. Stranger"
"Oh. see. Yes. l expressed my
self badly. The money goes to Au-
drey. who was my wife at the time
the will was made. That's right. Mr..
TrelawnyH"
The lawyer Assented.
The bequest In quite clearly
worded. The estate In to be divided
between Sir Matthews ward, Ne
vile Henry Strange. and his wife,
Audrey Elizabeth Strange, nee
Standish- The subsequent divorce
makes no difference whatever
That's ,lear. then" said Battle.
Il take II Mrs. Audrey Strange II
fully aware OF these facts7"
Certainly" said Mr.. Trelawny.
-And the present MIS-. Strange!-
-Kay?" Neville looked slightly
surprised. -oh, l suppose 80. At
least-rve never talked much
about 1t with her
Il think you'll hnd," said Battle,
that she's under a mlsapprehen-
sion. She thinks that the money on
Lady Tressilian's death comes 70
you and your PRESENT wife. At
least, that's what she gave me TO
understand this morning. That's
why I came along TO find out how
the position really lay
How extraordinary said Ne
vile Still, suppose 1t might have
happened quite easily. She has said
once or twice. now that ] think
about It, we come into that money
when Camilla dies but I suppose
I assumed that she was Just asso-
ciating herself with me In my share
Of it,
It's extraordinary said Battle,
1.-THE amount of Observation-Disclosures
there are even between two people
who discuss thing quite often
both Of them assuming different
things and neither Of them discov-
ering the discrepancy
7 suppose So said Neville. not
sounding very interested 1T does
not matter much In this case, any
way. It's not as though we're short
Of money at all. I'm very glad for
Audrey. She has been very hard up
and this will make a big difference
to her."
Battle said bluntly;
But, surely, sir, at the time OF
the divorce, she was entitled to an
allowance from your"
Neville flushed. He said IN q con-
strained voice:
There Is such a thing as-as
pride, Superintendent Audrey has
always persstently refused to
touch a penny Of the allowances !
wished to make her"
"A very generous allowance"
put In Mr.. Trelawny. But Mrs
Audrey Strange has always re-
turned II and refused to accept it,
Very interesting" said Battle,
and went out before anyone could
ask him to elaborate that comment
He went and found his nephew.
ION its face value" he said,
there's a nice monetary motive for
nearly everybody in this case. Ne
vile Strange and Audrey Strange
get a cool fifty thousand each Kay
Strange thinks she's entitled TO
fifty thousand. Mary Adm gets an
income that frees her from having
to earn her living. Thomas Royde,
I'm bound to say, doesn't gain But
we can include Hurstall and even
Barrett II we admit that shed take
the risk Of finishing herself of to
avoid suspicion. Yes. a. I say,
there are no lack Of money motives.
And yet, II I'm right, money doesn't
enter into this at all. II there's such
a thing as a murder for pure hate,
this Is IL And II no one comes along
and throws a spanner into the
works. I'm going to get the person
who did it,"
Afterwards he wondered what
had put that particular phase into
hts head Just then-Andrew Mac
Whittier had been around at Eas-
terhead Bay on the preceding Sat-
urday.
Ito BE Continued)