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"Veryâ€"good ; I‘ll go right away. Any thing ele?" asked Hopton. "No, I think not, sir; you‘ll hear all the gruesome devails on arrival." "All right, T‘ll be getting along; goodbye." "Goodbye, sir." The Inspector snapped on the recelivâ€" er again with a grunt of annoyonce. "No peace for the wicked," he sighed. "I‘ve got to report to Lambeth as soon as possible on a murder job!" ‘"Well, it‘s nice sharp weather for you," commented Ellis facetiously. "I find it hard enough to keep warm in here." you want the moment 1 get Dback to ihe Yard." "Very good," agreed the other, "I‘m anxious to put a stop to this outbreak of forgery as soon as possible; it‘s beâ€" coming a nulsance and we feel certain that all the cheqaues come from the coming a nulsance and we.igei Ccertain that all the cheques come from the same source." Hojpxon nodded, but any further comâ€" ment was interrupteg by the telephone on the Superintendem‘‘s desk which began to ring harshly. "Dash the thing‘" muttered Ellis, taking off the receiver. "Excuse me a moment: Hello . . . yes . . . Fllis speakâ€" ing!" Hopton had picked up his hat preâ€" paratory so leaving his colleague, when the latter stopped him. "Yard <~wants you," he announced, handing over the phone to his superior "I fancy it‘s another murder JjJob." The detective turned up his eyes in an expression of mwe annoyance, put the receiver to his ear, and began to speak: "Hello!" "That Inspector Hopton?" It was sergeant Morrell‘s voiee which asked the question: "Speaking?" "You‘re to go to Lambeth Station at once, sir: it‘s a murder case." once, sir; it‘s a murder case." "Oh, Lord!" muttered the detective. "Inspector Carlingford‘s out of his depth, and the Assistant Commissioner wants you to get there as soon as posâ€" sible," Morrell went on. "Not enough t making for the get Sergeam particulars abot as soon as I‘ve : ‘"Very good," 1 dent rising. "C huntine!" Half an hour later the detective was seraping {the congealed snow from his boots before the roaring fire at the Lambeth Police Station while Diviâ€" sional Detectiveâ€"Inspector Carlingford, a big man with a red face and sandy hair, werd over the chief incidents of the case. "Well, Hopton, this looks like being a real worper," he began, taking a pile of papers from his desk and flattenâ€" ing them out before him. "I suppose that‘s why I‘m here?" suegested the detective waih a chuckle "But, go on.. "Well, to begin with," said the Diviâ€" sional Inspector, referring to his notes. "Police Constable Maggs was on point duty aw. éleven fortyâ€"five this morning at the junction of Mayford and Streatâ€" ham roads, when a boy came dashing along in a very exceited state and asked him to go to 84 Little Silreet, SW. 8, as a man had been murdered." "FEleven forty five?" asked Hopton, taking out his pocketâ€"book and writing down the time. FIRST TINSTALMENT CHAPTER I DEATH STRIKES A ROGUE Detective Inspector Hopton gazed out over the snowâ€"covered expanse of from (he Window of Kensington Road Palic»> Station while <â€" Superintendrnt Ellis anxiously waited for an answer to his question. "I‘m afraid I can‘t give you the exact details just now," said che C.ILD. man at last, ‘but T‘H look up the information you want the moment I get back to § BARGAIN FARES O 000004 000000000 * oc d e e ce es ce rr e ce ce o d er e se d er e e es ce ce cce "Yes, eleven fortyâ€"five exactly," reâ€" peated the other. "YVery yood, go on." "Realizing from the lad‘s rather jumâ€" bled statement that something serious hau happened, the officer accompanied him to the address mentioned where he ‘Well, I thought it sounded like the C A NA DLA N N A T LO N A L _ $| saving cta maninc at the time," caies: 00000000 e 0004 Dbolirne reluctantly agreed, . 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Railways Also from North Bayv "That‘s certainly out of the common," remarked Hopton, with growing interest "Talon marks, you say?" "No, nothing particularly noticeable," Carlingford assured him. "Scutt wasn‘t a big man, and his murderer, whatever it was, must have been extremely powerâ€" ful." "Oh, yes, my dear chap; everyone knows him in Lambeth. He‘s been at St. Luke‘s for years. Wonderful man, too. Done na end of good in the disâ€" trict. A real worker, you know." "I see. And you‘d met him before?" "Yes, quite frequently," returned Carlingford. "He‘s helped the police in a good many cases. Always working among the very poor, and that sort of thing." "And have you any suspicion as to the person responsible?" "Well, the deceased man was a shady bit o0‘ goods," remarked Carlingford, with a doubtful shake of the head. "I must admit he hadn‘t been in trouble with the police for some time; but he‘d done two ‘stretches‘ for blackmail in the past. Since then, he‘d managed to steer clar of jail ;but it‘s possible he may have been at his old tricks again. You sse, he was mixed up with these fortuneâ€"telling games." "Professionally ?2" "I don‘t know if you describe that sort of tomfoolery as ‘professional,‘ but he made his living by it," replied Carâ€" lingford, turning over his papers. ‘"He was comnnected with the local Spiritualâ€" ists for a short time; but I understand they found he was bogus and kicked him out." "You mean he was a fraudulent meâ€" dium?" questioned Hopton. "I think he became unbalanced with all this psychic stuff," returned Carâ€" lingford. "But perhaps you‘d better hear what Mr. Galesbourne‘s got to say; he‘s been waiting for some time." found that a man, Prederick David Seutt, aged 55, had died under very unâ€" usual circumstances." "Um," ne«ided Hopton. "A doctor was sent for, and the conâ€" stable immediately telephoned to me," continued the Divisional Inspector, in a flat, offictal voice. "I went along at once, and arrived at about the same time as the doctor, who examined the deceased man and satisfied us that death had been caused by strangulation. Great voilence had been used, and there were also several curious seratches and punctures on the throat, suggestive of the marks made by the talons of some large animal or bird." Inspector Carlingford paused and raised his eyes to his brother officer‘s face to see how he was reacting to the story. "Well, that was the doctor‘s opinion, and mine," said the other impressively. "The deceased was dressed in pyjamas and was lying in bed . .. " "I‘m coming to that point," nodded the Divisional Inspector gravely. "But I want to take the events in their logiâ€" eal order, so as make myself perfectly clear." "Very good, go on. "There were no visible injuries on the dead man, except these deep seratches on the throat; but has face was very contorted ... as if he‘d seen something horrible and was scared stiff." "I see," agreed the detective, making "That‘s for you to decide, but I should certainly say he was," remarked his colleague. "He‘s got an absolutely unblemished record in the neighbourâ€" hood." "Was the bedding disarranged? _ Any sign of a struggle?" Hopton broke in, looking up eagerly. "Whatever it was?" Hopton‘s eyeâ€" brows shot up as he emphasized the pronoun. don‘t follow you." "Apparently, the last person to find him alive was a parson, the Reverend Mr. Galesboune, of St. Luke‘s Church, Stockwell, who called in to see him the same morning. "I‘ve got Mr. Galesâ€" bourne in the waiting room to tell you his own story.‘* "He‘s more or less above suspicion then?" suggested the detective. "D‘you know anything about the genâ€" tleman?" asked Hopton. "Yes, perhaps it would be as well," agreed the detective. "And then IT‘d like to see the house where the murder took place." "Very good, "nodded the Divisional Inspector, rising and going to the door. "T‘ll get the padre." MK. GALESBOURNE‘s sSFTORY In a shaort time he returned with the Vicar, a whiteâ€"headed, aestheticâ€" lookâ€" another note hatham, Guelph, via Toâ€" Niagara Catharâ€" 4 many N. O. Tâ€"144D b @4 04646466# 6 % 06 6 6 40696 644 4 660 60000 60 0 6 66 % 4606 6/ "Yes, I‘ve no doubt this business has upset you, sir," replied the other, as he made a rmental note of his visitor‘s careful rather Grawling voice. "Indeed it has," sighed the Vicar. "I‘m not so young as I was, and my ng@rves are not, well . . . er . . .so able to stand up to these sudden shocks since my breakdown last vear." ing man wearing a long cloak over a black cassock, dark trousers and black boots. H>» shook hands cordially with the famous detective, "CGoodâ€"morning, sir," began Hopton, as he took a quick, appraising glance at the newcomer. "Won‘t you sit down, please?" "Ah, thank you, Inspector," smiled the parson, taking a chair. "I‘ve often heard of yvou, but quite frankly, I never expected to meet you in such . . .er ... tragic ctirecumstances." *Well . . . er . . . rather overworked, you know, Inspector. A poor parish, like mine, is a continual source of anxiâ€" ety.. So much needs to be done, and vet there‘s always a shortage of money to do it with. It‘s heartbreaking at times, as Inspector Carlingford will tell vou." "Exactly You see, this man was really in a very poor way. He‘d been a whisky drinker for many years, and sufâ€" fered from fits of intemperance which left his nerves in a bad state." "D.T.‘s?" questioned Hopton. "I wouldn‘t go so far as to say that, Inspector, but he had queer delusions which were partly attributable, I imaâ€" gine, to drink and partly toe dealing in occult matters." "You mean Spiritualism?" "No, something far more objectionâ€" able. The fellow had been dabbling a good deal in what he called Black Magic â€"at least, that was how he expressed "Was she a drinker too?" Hopton inâ€" quired sceptically. "I never saw her," replied the parson. "And, quite frankly, I‘m glad I didn‘t: such cases are very painful." "That‘s true, sir," agreed Carlingford. "There are one or borderline cases round here." The vicar shook his head without commenting on the officer‘s statement. "Seutt told me he had been making attempts to remove this entity from the unfortunate woman," he continued after a pause. "But he had got the idea firmly into his head that the thing which he described as being black and formless, had tranferred itself to him and was sapping his vitality. This dreadful delusion became so firmly fixed in the poor wretch‘s brain that his nerve went completely, and he behaved more like a lunatic than a rational beâ€" ing," went on Mr. Galesbourne. "He used, to lie and rave for hours on end that this demon was waiting to kill him and seemed only able to escape from his terrors by means of alcohol, which he took in increasing quantities." "I see, sir, please go on." "I was first asked to call on Scutt by his wife, who was seriously alarmed at his mental state, and got me to look in and see whether I could do anything. That was about six months ago, and I found him just recovering from a severe bout of drinking, and in an extremely excited and nervous state." "Had he got to the ‘blue devils‘ stage?" inquired Hopton facetiously. "More or less," Galesbourne agreed with a sad smile. ‘"He told me he had been associating with a woman called Mrs. Abershaw, a widow, I understand who had lived in Hong Kong for some years, and had been practising this magical business with disatrous results to her mental balance. It seems this unfortunate woman imagined herself to be in the power of some evil spiritâ€"an Incubus, she called it, which had atâ€" tached itself to her and of which she was quite unable to rid herself." "Quite so," agreed Hopton, case like this there‘s no option "Quite so," agreed the Vicar. "I tried to soothe him down by showing him how foolish these terrors were, but it was no use, and he started to tell me the entity was becoming increasingly powerful, and that it would eventually kill him." "That‘s true," nodded the Divisional Inspector, sympathetically. "But now, perhaps you‘d tell Inspector Hopton the facts concerning Mr. Scutt‘s death, sir?" The parson cleared his throat. "Well, Inspector, to sart with, you probably know this unfortunate man‘s record," he began deliberately. "Of course, T‘d rather not speak ill of the esd ;. ; * Hopton noted the fact in his book, but made no comment. "It was a very distressing case, Inâ€" spector," the parson continued, "and I did everything I could by calling reâ€" peatedly and trying to reason with the poor wretch,. However, to cut a long story short, things came to a climax this morning, when Mrs. Scutt called at the vicarage in an almost hysterical state, and begged me to come and talk to her husband as he had one of his attacks. I was so sorry for the poor woman that I did as she asked me, although I knew my efforts were hopeless, and found him in a very violent and excited conâ€" dition." "Oh, you‘ve been ill, sir?" enquired the Detective. "I see," remarked the«letective. "But not worse than you‘d seen him before, I suppose?‘! "Well, yes and no," replied the padre. "He sat up as I came in and cried, "‘Thank God you‘ve come, Viear! I‘ve had an awful night keeping it off !" "Pretty bad case, I should say," comâ€" menteu the Inspector. "Alluding to this demon??" queried Hopton, in a sarcastic tone. zreed Hopton, "but in a THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTMMINS, ONTARTO f i w :4 Some More of Those |«â€" ~ Schoolbov Howlers» of what happened afterwards,. I have begun to think ... 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