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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY. Samuel! Honeybun, retired English countryman, startles the neighborhood | P with the announcement thet blood 1s found in his rain-gauge. Right on the heels of the announcement comes news of the strange murder of-- Sir Francia Lathrop, 4 Jather of Mar. garet, who is engaged to Sir Guy throp, - Sir Guy, is suspected of the gr Detoctive Inspector Roake of Scot- land Yard, who had been assigned to the case, visits the Lathrop home. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. CHAPTER VII. Roake stared at the man blankly, as though unable to comprehend his in- tention, but' Margaret, whose bird-like | glances were darting hither and thi- . ther, saw Mr. James Honeybun slight- ..ly shake his head at the armed intrud- er, who promptly vanished from sight . as if in receipt of a preconcerted sigtal, "He has thought belter of it," said Sir, Guy. " Dropped of! into the road" "A pretty long drop," commented | Roake. "The fellow must have broken his neck or some other part of his aratomy." "Not necessarily," said Sir Guy, and he went on to explain that the ground on the rear side of the wall was at a much lower level than the road which skirted the other side of it. Quite six feet [dwer, to be exact." "Five feet eight inches is the differ- ence if you aim at absolute accuracy," said someone who was joining a little circe from the direction of the house. once again they faced about and this time encountered the quizzical eyes of Adrian Klyne. He seemed amused as he noted tho insolent enmity of his professions] rival, "You two detectives ought to know each other," laughed Sir Guy with genuine enjoyment. "Let me formally intreduce you: Chief-Inspector Roake from New Scotland Yard, Mr. Adrian Klyne of ors Street, Strand." "I know Mr, Klyne very wel by sight," snarled Recake. "Probably had me under observation for some ¢rimesof my own," Kye suggested with gentle irony. The words were uttered in a tone of tolerant contempt, but all the amuse: ment was gone from the speaker's face as he looked sternly at Mr. James Honeybun. The look was as good as a challenge, but its object thought best to disregard it. Stammering apologies for a call based on an obvious error, the younger Mr. Honeybun hurried away toward the "odge gates, Inspector Roake fo'lowed his example. "Not going to run me in then?" the baronet .callad after him gaily. "Wait and see," was the sour re- Jjoinder flung back, Ten minutes later Sir Guy, Mai garet and Klyne were assembled in the study at the Grange. "I shou'd like to hear what led up gra 'to that pretty scene," said the crime expert, I ran a' the way from the statién when I was told that the great Roake was in the place." "It was Roake who set the stage', replicd Sir Guy, and he narrated how After a brief interval] "Pardon me if I sit down.| the Scotland Yard officer; having made no secret of his suspicions, had posed an adjour: t to the foot of the wall, where James Honeybun had subsequently joined them, protest- ing against the annoyance caused lo his father by the persecu'ions of a de- fective. The baronet deseribed Roake's angry repudiation cf the charge and Honéybun's grudging acceptance of the denial, Klyne laughed merrily, "As I remarked just now, Dashade rashly," he said, "I was myself tI target for an indifferent marksman in |e: Iondon yesterday. I expect that I was the intended victim of the monkey-faced performer on the wall When shot at I was engaged in follow- ing up what has been called the rain- gauge clue, which fact rather throws the limelight on Mr. James Honeybun, ¢h? The wire-puller, for I do not re- gard the man as anything but a hire- | ling, must have got mixed in his de- tectives." Margaret ciapped her hands. "I am sure that you are right!" she ered; "That man was aiming at In- ! spector Roake, but desisted and drop- ped off the wall when Mr. Honeybun shook his head at him." | "I know," said Klyne. "I saw that too, and congratulated myself that Mr. Honeybun was not aware of my ap- ! proach. 'If he had. been the aim might have been altered, but not abandoned altogether." "Won't you tell us about your Lor- don adventure and the promise of the "And believe me, it will prove to be a very real obstacle," replied Klyne. | rain-gauge clue?" toate Margaret ' with shining eyes, « "It seems to be the ony obstacle to Guy's arrest and dis- od believe me, Miss Lathrop, it will prove to be a very real obstac.e," replied Klyne. "Your appeal! is very, natural, and hard to resist, but I am! | sorry. 1 simply dare not be more ex- plicit, éven to you, my own clients, just yet." Perceiving the wisdom of it, they acquiesced in his Kivne } one of those inspirations kno & subjects of good Queen Vie A ds happy thoughts, but to us phrasemongers of a later breed as a brain wave. For the purpose of his cal'at Long Paston Manor hé would not only pre- curate--he | rt. not yet made {I hat po the. fair Ade'a's father, or even seen im. He would rectify those omissions and, incidentally, obtain authority to make his inténdad description of hi corréct one. He kad rot the ol idea how that end was to be attained, bat be id nat doshiSine lon She apex 'he would make an op- as on 'the road Sk, 89 he set out ore ston . When ra wi oe Sal he'gott ' (game? " there." Misiting card' about you, or, if ori would you mind telling me yout Chris- tian names?" i Klyne never neglected" actaths - He was provided with pasteboards de spribing Him in His asscum@d chatecter. | "¥The Reverend Charles Edward : Danvers," Adela read the card aloud, and to Kiyne's dismay, from several| books Of refercrice on the table she se- lected a volume which he saw was Crockford's Clerical Directory for the current year. Flipping over the she glanced at one of them a regarded the visitor with an in r, "Charlés'Danvers, youl are a fraud," she laughed. "You are not down in this pious register at al. What's the What do you want with Ty dad? No good, I'll go bail." This was a nasty one for the: in- vestigator. if it was due to his rea! personality] having been recognized. The latter point he could not determine. He would have to leave that to chande, but he would have to bluff, and bluff hard, if he was to remove the obstacle to his pose at Long Paston Manor as a curate, "Of course I am a fraud," he smiled at his fair accuser. "Clever of you to spot me, Miss Larkin. I think, however, that 1 shall have your sym- pathy and, I hope, your heip, when I 'ain my reason for the masquerade, These black togs cover a multitude of sina. I am out to touch Mr. Wilfrid Symes for a subscription to--er--any old charitable object that may occur to me. I looked in to see if Mr. Larkin would give me a sort of locus standi by engaging me as a temporary cur- ate. "The Rector has gone to London for the 'day, co you're off the carpet," plied Adela severely. : "Ah; that accounts : for Klyne. "Accounts for what !" "I have Tather keen eyesight. If I am not mistaken, you ate writing your father's sermons, or cne of them, for the coming Sabbath. Doubtless his jaunt to the metropolis will have en- croached upon his available working time." "You ought to have been a detec- tive," was the disconcerting answer, accompanied by a Took of disgust. "That is practically an admission," rejoined 'Klyneé, "and it emboldens me to crave your aid as your father's representative. Have I your permis- sion to describe myself to Mr, Symes as a curate of thig parish?" Adela surveyed the postulant over the tips of her joined fingers. "You can guess what that would entail" she smiled frostily. "To put yourself in order and justify my conduct you would have to turn up here on Sunday | and preach the sermon T-am compos ing: The text is, 'All men are liars!" "I believe I could deliver it very creditably," said Klyne dryly. "And I shall be most happy to do so." : "I shall hold you to that," was the brisk reply. "Well, I do net like Mr. Bymes and I have no objection to his pockets being raided. I will give you a letter of introduction to him." "Saying that in Mr. Larkin's ab- sence you are acting for him?" "Of course, and that you are our assistant priest. That sounds more imposing than curate, and we are out for imposition, ain't we?" Laying aside her sermon, she drew letter paper to her and wrote a few lines. Then she placed her production in an envelope and: stuck it: down, afterwards handing, it to the visitor with a queer little bow. "That ought to make it all right for you," she said. "Don't forget my con- dition that you turn up on Sunday to preach my sermon." (To be continued. ) it," said rT He-- "Yes was brought up in. the country" She--*"Wel.,: you'll never. bring: me But it was a nastier onef {Saw ul that coulis seen NEW AND ATTRACTIVE. The dolman sieeve gathered into a cuff is decidedly of the latest mode in this smart one-piece dress. The skirt has an inverted plait' in each side o- | seam, thereby allowing for the neces- sary fulness. The collar may be worn high or low. 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TA ASS] The great thing in life is to learn to learn and to keep on learning to learn. % " - Hw | the otter: 'stars are' JT gts a once the re "| help of Owing to tion, ir part of it must. once' At each 24 hours face onc re in its t: Yong the dh gi space; 'the part. will be. tened while it-does, {and will ea i or wg in fluctuations of gravity within 24 Souk _ Now Protéskof' Cou! ually discovered' Ha gravity, from "which he has deduced:that the ear: st be travel: Ing" apn ot figmeters & e employed several" 'Thdepddent ods for de termining this," each of which Ted' to the same results' Shifting"8f the Zenith. A change of the direction of gravity, for instance, would manifest: itself in a sWiftidg of 'the Zefitth yYotbgnizhble by measuring its distance from' cer- taf stars!' 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