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= (By Agatha Chwistle) CHAPIER ov ", ~» After the evening tak | have just chronicled, the affair seamed jo We to enter on a4 different phase. The wh de thing can be divided inte two paris, each clear and distinet rom ih pH) Part | -- from ll A hei LE mir ay of Sha wa NAFrative sented to Hereule trots elbow the win i wo what he saw, | ink road his mind As fled in this latter 1a he gt sirot showed me all his disor bi win, for instance, the we he held back the al impressions the Came to know Tater, eharacteristic of him, out hints snd suv ma, bat that he would not As Loaay, wp 0 the Monty wen Ing, My _ harrative a hee | that of Poirot himself sont (0 hin Sherlock, Pa tay var ways diverged, Pali l wae Busy on his own account, | ops hear of what he was doling becais " King 0) Abbot, yu Het " heat ul everything, but ha did not take ie to hin confidence beforehand, And |, ton, had w OWI Pre oeiprtiong On looking back, the thing that MERE Ie ost in the plevemieal chats acter of thin period, Bvery one had 4 hand in the ehacidation ul the mystery It wan rather like a | "wt puerle hie very yy on : " A \ ¢ oO We But their tusk pn ot hile alone oy the renown of Biting those pieces Into thelr curred fave Some of the neidents seemed gt Ha the trrelovant and cnmeaning Ther wan, for Instance, the giestian d lacy boots, Wut tint comes late To take things sirietly in chrom wical order, | mune begin with the mons from Mes, Avkroyd seit for me carly on and wine the Sli an urgent one, 1 hastens eting to fd her in eal " 0 youd (3 M - "w ~ morn " sounded there, oN is The Indy she concede situation, She § and Indicated a ¢ bedaide, "Well, Mrs, Akron Whits the matter with ihe with that kind ue iy which seem: 0 ul general practitione a Tw prostrate," sald Mes Ask oa tt voir, CAbsolitely posing Foeatuy Ro meh id il He sn bed the stig t ie yr APAWH Wp fe Hie "1 ow i! 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All Fuel Orders weighed an | Joven i deind, in ol be THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1927. re ao tiresome," she sald, and talk amongst theme "then I wets round--gand Sal the tine there's probably nothing A Ae aah" Haw Ri wrvanie heen talking?" 1 hat al ahout " Maron cast a very shrewd I yuite threw me oit | ny A I wn 'd know, doctor, I any hoo wre wi | M, Poy. | do ww, arn wi " --- Raving She would all the trouble sh it Rei \ js what they are, oe yo being the i ' yim a ow exactly whl sy! Pm most anxious 1 Are itoasin should yet fet ol don'ts po ery Metall to Me police, do you! There are family matters sometimes--nothing Wr te with the question of the me er Bat oF the girl was spiteful, why Wy have mde out all sorts of things, 1 win shrewd enough to see that a sory ooml anmiety lay behind these vipers. Poirot had been Justified Wo Wie premises, OF the six people pont Ae table yesterday, Mes, Acks port wt beast had had something to Wide 0 owas for me to discover whnt that something wight be, IL were yon, Mes, Ackroyd," | [ vate braguely, 1 should make a clean breast of things N " save a hittle seream EO) dortor, how ean you be so abs Ih ail me Phot h-un thonsh | Ad 1 van explain everything | La iaply Phen why met de wo 1 supmestod Mes Avkrosd book omt a fribled | ban rehiol, and bheeame tonrful, I thomh, thwtor, that you might WE al Paleo oenplain It, yom poe hear Ws so hmewlt or w LRRIENEE fa see oir point of view And som don't known hody could Ow what ve hd bo eentend win A arrow long marty rds Ahh & win ms Iie has been, | don't Wee bo apes of the dead bint here oon Not the smnbiest Ill bn Noha ale ee HONE aver Just us mh Woger had had a bow miserly PU PURE I Gr Ie a ME hind fold mie vesterday bo oon oF Ihe weaithiest men in these parts | Min Ackrigd paused to dab her eyes with the fribedd Bsn dkerehie You bond ene onramingly, "You wore tailing alomt binihs Phase rennin bills by Whe 100 And some | show Poger at all They Were Whines a man wold' wieder | tad He womb have suid (hg things Wrens mene sury And of contin they ied wp, von know, and they hip Fang In Whe Jooked at me appealingly, as Whonigh asking me to vondole with hey El) Ahi striking peeulineity, they have," 1 agro Fe heeame gui i, dolor, | owas | SRR oul n'y : Irondivl Au And then | gentleman Were (twa en. My vo, and the Id. Qui « Haru dryly. "They py 4 ntlemen, bh | win in thelr an UB whisive | wrewns CR eel ot nah 1 FINE fond oy oa Wig ' a Hake ites bun! Mw Mil thet ws 11 ley Tl n thousand vn note WEN ed Mis Ark Yo "I wrote boone of emed there were didn that we Le Mond he Hite nt wove rma Wa all 0 question of eaperta Wt I Testamentary eapeetas | And (homgh, of vom | onpent | hit Roger would provide for me, ne hivew, | thought that 11 only | Could whanee over a voy of his | Wheaten I any seine of vidios prying but Just so that | eon aks OWH REFRNES en s Nhe whan od sidewars ot I'he Ponition wae now very delicate indeed, | WERE Ms von | I have hove LLL LTR TT TTT Mis Ark 11 , | raphy, Re CON trust you | oe | ies in sel [ st on tin | how what | ess | OEY an {has bo ane aur Hw Th ese of Par- they walt 0 babi Lym' Laoinething any :: ERE Spanier. Xa aith in ke l be prey prio ur a A -- ox | F ords, ingeniously used, [a pv the Whines of nak-. cold one tell this to dear hE QUT Ag ow to mis we anil to represent the master Tht ta M, Puiror, ft was | ern wll?" ] fon sop and swalled un. eer "Yeu, | roownted 0 ingly. "On Feiduy afternoon Well wl "lovery on was out, or so | thought, And | went mito Roger's study--1 had sutie real regan for going there--l ean, there was Ppp underhand ahout 1. And as | saw all the papers henped on he desk, It just came to me like a ash '| wonder if Roger keops his will Tn one of the drawers of the desk 'm so impulsive, always win, (rom a ehild | do things on the spur of the 1roment. He'd left his keys very carelins of him<in the lock of the top hist : "oer wid helpiilly, "So you senrched th desk. Did you find the wilh". Mrs. Ack opdl gave a little scream, and | realise df that | ha! not been sut- flelemly diplomat "How dee stud it sounds wish't ul al Bike tha really" OH comes owas," 1 said hastily, Nom mst Forgive my unfortunate way OF Pg ihe "OH comb ben ate so peculiar, In dear Romer » place, | should have no ubjeeted 10 revealing the provisions o! my will. Hat men are so secretive, In forced to adapt Jittle subter- Heivnee And the resuh fue 7" 1 anand Phat sn jt what Pm telling you, As owt to vw bottom drawer, Bourne came in Host awkward, Of course | | shat the dames and. stood up, and 1 Lah Ad her penton to a few specks ol atiaee. But | didn't like the way she booked quite respectiul abe ot a very nasty light in her eyes Ast contempt Gous, if you Aaever have liked wih. | She's a good she sawp Ma'am, and doesi't woe t to wesbing caps and aprons (whieh | declare 10 you a lot ot thet dy powattuys), and she can say Not af Jw withos scruples if she But it ul the Hitle subters tht wird wor het, and we doesnt ave those pe- cobras bog noses inside which so winny park wommids sem 10 have when Let me see, where wae | Yel wide suring, that in spite of several valualue yunlities, you never hed Boum "Wo mony | do Nhe'se<odd, There's something ditisrent shout her from the hers i well educated, that's my LR NT LY " who are ladies and whe ben't nowadp And wi at happened next?" Nothihy, Anil he gd sid, "Nolin Punch! ot with 1 I asked. A least, Roger came in, Whats all this?' and 1 I Just gdme in to fetch Howrne stayed behind, 1 heard her asking Roger if she could speak to im for 4 inate, 1 went tram uw omy room, to lie down. I Wis YOPY Weed There vas 0 pause You will explain to M; Poirot, won't Yau van see for yourself what A trivial tier the whole thing was. Hw war, when he was so stern who con valing thihgs, 1 thought of this at oree Howrne mav have made [ some extraordinary story out of it, but VOM Can eaplaim, can't you?" Tht 4 al 1 said, old me et pry thing!" Yo'en" said Mrs, ven," she ded firmly Wot | hod noted the momentary hes- ation, are | knew that there was still she wis keeping back. It win nothing less than a flash of sheer penis that prompled me to ask the question | dil Mrs, Askroyd" | said, "was it you who left the silver table open?" I had my answer in the blush of You have Ackroyd. "Oh! OF MIDDLE AGE Mrs, Wilson's Experience a Guide to Women Passing ou) he Change Lise = 3 And | ook Punch and went 2 ------------------r. vr --s% evo rT -- : guilt that even Tougé anid powder could not conceal. "How did you know?" she whispered. "It was you, then?" "Yes--I--you see--there were one or two pieces of old silver--very interest- ing. I had been reading up the sub- ject and there was an illustration of quite a small piece which had fetched an immense sum at Christy's. It looked to me just the same as the one in the silver table, I thodght I would take it up to London with me when I went ~--and--and have it valued. Then if it really was a valuable piece, just th what a charming surpirse it. woul have been for Roger?" SL I, refrained from commients, accept- ing Mrs. Ackroyd's story on its merits. 1 even forbore to ask her why it was necessary to abstract what she wanted in such a surreptitious manner. "Why did 'you leave the kd open?" I asked. 1 #t9id you forget?" . "I was Startled," said Mrs. Ackroyd.! " ECZEMA! Try "Sootha-Salva' W Without Cost. Sootha Salva is a soothing, heal- ing, disinfectant ointment prepared by the physician who discovered tunity to it at our expense. uit-a-tives. It is the result of ¥ to lry pe over 15 years' e rimenting. People We have so much confidence i who have oot Ter ion oF by any Sootha Salva: that in the cid customers who buy a 650c. box of Fruit-a-tives. This is your oppor- way we sell it under a guara Botha Siva have ound that if it does not give satisfaction Soot! rnb rr ie ai. ih ) pany urchaser may return the ) sensation m portion of a tin and get his sly nd that a gradually improved, hs her money back. What better > hy sondition followed. proof a you want that it must 0 he Bake, Soha x A Fave a marvellous ointment? d people' fo ts leadi druggis «Bold everywhere, 50¢. a tin. ve away a ink od a "Made by Fruit-a-ti i fi size boxes of Sootha Salva "tol Ottawa, Ont. ves Lets. T Heard footsteps coming along the! terrace outside. I hastened out of the room and just got up the stairs before Parker opened the front door to you." "That must have been Miss Russell," I said thoughtfully. Mrs. Ackroyd had revealed to me one fact that was ex- tremely interesting. Whether her de- signs upon Ackroyd's silver had been strictly honorable I neither knew nor cared. What did interest me was the fact that Miss Russell must have en- tered the drawing-room by the wine dow, and that I had not been wrong when 1 judged her to be out of breath with running. Where had she been? I thought of the summer-house 'and the scrap of cambric. "lI wonder if Miss Russell has her handkerchiefs starched!" I exclaimed on the spur of the moment. Mrs. Ackroyd's start recalled me to myself, and | rose. "You think you can explain to M. Poirot 2" she asked anxiously. "Oh, certainly. Absolutely." to listen to more justifications of her Suggests One Large Province of Yesterday" subject in his address to the Wom- en's Canadian Club here today. Prime Minister emphasized "the im- portance of the new consciousness of our country's story." press rumor that he was to make some impotant the course Speeches to the Women's and Men's I got away at last, after being forced | | Canadian Clubs. .1. have no impor- 'tant pronouncement to make now jar tomorrow, but if I had one I would make it to this club and not to the men's," he added. Mr. King doubted if many Cana- dians fully comprehended the ra- pidity of events in the history of Canada. While Confederation was sixty years old, Canada as a Do- minion stretching from sea to sea was but twenty-two years of age. In dealing with "the preliminary moves which led to Confederation the Prime Minister said that in 1864 the Provinces by the sea had met in conference to discuss the pos- sibilities of creating a single Prov- ince. "Personally, I think it would be a good thing if they could repeat that thought today and let us have one large Province instead of three," said the Prime Minister. EMIER FAVORS = MARITIME UNION Instead of Three Small Ones Montreal, Nov. 17.--"The History was Premier King's The Early in his remarks he killed a She (indignantly): "I'd like to see you kiss me again-" He: 'All right, keep your eyes open this time." in Montreal announcement of his two conduct, The parlourmaid was in the hall, and it was she who helped me on with my overcoat, I observed her more closely than | had done heretofore. It was clear that she had been crying. "How is it," I asked, "that you told us that Mr. Ackroyd sent tor you on Friday to his study? I hear now that it was you who asked to speak to him?" For a minute the girl's eyes dropped before mine. Then she spoke. " 1 meant to leavc in any case," said uncertainly. I said no more. front door for me. mig out, she said voice "Excuse me, sir, of Captain Paton' I shook my head, looking at her in- quiringly. "He ought to come back," she said' "Indeed--indeed he ought to come back." She was looking at me with appeal- ing eyes. "Does no one know where he is? she asked. "Do you?" I said sharply. She shook her head. "No, mdeed. I know nothing. But any one who was a friend to him would tell him this: he ought to come back." I lingered, thinking that perhaps the girl would say more. Her next ques- tion surprised me. "When do they think the murder was done? Just before ten o'clock?" "That is the idea," I said. "Between a quarter to ten and the hour." "Not earlier? Not before a quarter to ten?" I looked at her attentively. She was so clearly eager for a reply in the af- firmat.ve. | "That's out of the question," I said. "Miss Ackroyd saw her uncle alive at | a quarter to ten." | She turned away, and her whole' figure seemed to roop. "A handsome girl," 1 said to myself as I drove off. "An exceedingly hand- | some girl." i Caroline was at home. She had had a visit from Poirot and was very pleased and important about it. "I am helping him with the case," she explained. I felt rather uneasy. | Caroline is bad enough as it is. What! will she be like with: her detective in- stincts encouraged? "Are you going round the neighbour- hood looking for Ralph Paton's mys- terious girl?" I inquired. : "I might do that on my own at- count," said Caroline. "No, this is a special thing M. Poirot wants me to find out for him." "What is it?" I asked, "He wants to know whether Ralph Paton's boots were black or brown," said Caroline with tremendous solemn- ity. I stared at her. I see now that I was unbelievably stupid about these boots. I failed altogether to grasp the point. "They were brown shoes," I said. "1 saw them." "Not shoes, James, boots. M. Poirot wants to know whether a pair of boots Ralph had with him at the hotel were black or brown, "A lot hangs cn she She opened the Just as I was pass- suddenly in a low Js there any news Call me dense if you like. sde. "And how are you going to find out?" I asked. Caroline 'said there would be no dif- ficulty, about that. Our Annie's dearest friend was Miss Gannett's maid, Clara. And Clara was walking out with the Boots at the Three Boars. The whole thing was simplicity itself, and by the aid of Miss Gannett, who co-operated loyally, at once giving Clara leaye.« absence, the matter was rushe through at express speed. It was when we were sitting down to lunch that Caroline remarked, with would-be unconcern:-- "About those boots of Ralph Pat- on's." "Well," I said, "what about them?" "M. Poirot thought they were prob- ably brown. He was wrong. They're black." And Caroline nodded her head sev- eral times, She evidently felt that she had -scored a point over Poirot. I did not answer. 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