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cp The Murder (By Agatha Christie) Roger Ackroyd Charles Kent Hali an hour later saw Poirot, my- self and Inspector Raglan in the train on the way to Liverpool. The inspec- tor was clearly very excited. "We may get a line on the black- mailing part of the business, if on no- thing else," he declared Jbilantly, "He's a rough customer, this fellow, by what 1 heard over the "phone. - Takes dope, too. We ought to. find it easy to get what we want out of him, there was the shadow of a motive, nothing's more likely than that he kill- ed Mr. Ackroyd. But in that case, why is young Paton keeping out of the way? The whole thing's a muddle --that's what it is. By the way, M. Poirot, you were quite right about those fingerprints. They were Mr. Ackroyd's own. I had rather the same idea myself, but I dismissed it as hard- ly feasible." 1 smiled to mysell. Inspector Raglan was so very plainly saving his face, "As regards this man," said Poirot, "he is not yet arrested, eh?" "No, detained under suspicion." "And what account does he give of himself?" "Precious little," said the inspector, with a grin. "He's a wary bird, 1 ga- ther. A lot of abuse, but very little more." On arrival at Liverpool T was sur- prised ta find that Poirot was weleom- ed with acclamation. Superintendent Hayes, who met us, had worked with Pairot over some case long ago, and had evidently an exaggerated opinion of his powers, "Now we've got M., Poirot here we shan't be long," he said cheerfully. "I thought you'd retired, moosior?" "So 1 had, my good Hayes, so [ had. But how tedious is retirement! Davidson & Samells #3 Simcoe 8t, N, Phone 827 "For Better Shoe Values" For Better Values DIAMONDS Burns' Jewelry Store 28 SIMCOE 8, PHONE 880 Cash or Terms You cannot imagine to yourself the monotony with which day comes after "Very likely. So you've come to have a look at our own particular find? ls this Dr. Sheppard? Think you'll be able to identity him, sir?" "I'm not very sure," 1 said doubt: fully. | "How did you get hold of him?" in- quired Poirot. "Description was circulated, as you know. In the press and privately. Noi much to go on, 1 admit. This fellow has an American accent all right, and he doesn't deny that he was near King's Abbot that night. Just asks what the hell it is to do with us, and that he'll see wus in ---- before he answers any questions' "Is it permitted that I, too, see him?" asked Poirot. The superintendent closed one eye knowingly. "Very glad to have you, sir. You've got permission to do anything you lease. Inspector Japp of Scotland 'ard was asking after you the other day. Said he'd heard you were eon- nected unofficially with this case. Where's Captain Paton hiding, sir, can you tell me that?" "I doubt if it would he wise at the present juncture," said Poirot primly, and I bit my lips to prevent a smile, The little man really did it very well, After some further parley, we were taken to interview the prisoner. He was a young fellow, I should say not more than twenty-two or three. Tall, thin, with slightly shaking hands, and the evidences of considerable phy- sical strength somewhat run to seed. His hair was dark, but his eyes were blue and shifty, seldom meeting a glance squarely. I had all along cher- ished the illusion that there Was some- thing familiar about the figure I had met that night, but if this were in- deed he, I was completely mistaken. He did not remind me in the least of any one I knew. "Now then, Kent," said the superin- tendent, "Stand up. Here are some visitors come to see you. Recognize any of them." Kent glared at us sullenly, but did not reply. I saw his glance waver over the three of us, and come back to rest on me. "Well, sir," said the superintendent to me, "what do you say?" "The height's the same," I said, "and as far as general appearance goes i might well be the man in question. Be- yond that, I couldn't go." "What the hell's the meaning of all Low rental, r ' " " t X " " ' " " ' 9 " ' K X " 9 4 " " K ' 9 " 9 ' r ' " r 9 9 1 9 ' 9 " " ' " ¥ " K K ¥ F r o ' STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT About 12,000 ft, of good dry storage space, conveniently locat- ed, with Canadian National siding, for rent either in whole or in part. CHARLES M. MUNDY ¢/o Mundy Printing Company, Limited Telephone 35 or 312 3 4 b b 3 1 b 3 p 3 4 2 b 1 b 2 3 3 b 2 2 3 p . 1 b A ' bo 3 b A . 3 lo 1 A 2 . 2 4 3 . A bo A A A A bo -» - - | this?" asked Kent. "What have you st me? Come om, out with it! Windom i Mipposed 10 have done?" ) my "It's the man," | said. the voice." "Recognize my voice, do you? Where you think you heard it be- fore?" "On Friday evening last, outside the gates of Fernly Park. You asked me the way there." "1 did, chad 12" "Do you admit it?" asked the ia- "1 recognize spec.or, "1 don't admit anything. Not till 1 know what you've got on me" "Have you not read the papers in the last few days?" asked Poirot, speaking fur the first time. The man's eyes narrowed, "So that's it, is 11? | saw an old gent had been croaked at Fernly. Try- ing to make out 1 did the job, are you?" "You were there that night," said Poirot quietly. "How do you know, mister?" "By this" Poirot 100k something from his pocket and held it out. It was the goose quill we had fouad in the summer-house. At the sight of it the man's face changed. He half held out his hand. "Snow," said Poirot thoughtfully. "No, my friend, it is empty. It lay where you dropped it in the summers house that night." Charles Kent looked at him uncer- tainly. "You seem to know a hell of a lot about everything, you little foreign cock duck. Perhaps you remember this: the papers say that the old gent was croaked between a quarter to ten and ten o'clock?" "That is so," agreed Poirat. "Yes, but is it really sor what I'm getting at." "This gentleman will tell you," said Poirot. He indicated Inspector Raglan. The latter hesitated, glanced at Superin- tendent Hayes, then at Poirot, and finally, as though receiving sanction, he said i-- "Lhat's right. Between a quarter to ten and ten o'clock." "Then you've got nothing to keep me here for," said Kent. "| was away irom Fernly Park hy twenty-five min- utes past nine. You can ask at the Dog and Wiastle, That's a saloon ahout a mile out of Fernly on the road to Cranchester. | kicked up a bit of a row there, | remember. As near as nothing to quarter to ten, it was. How about that?" Inspector Raglan wrote down some- thing in his notebook. "Well?" demanded Kent, "Inquiries will be made," said the in- spector, "If you've spoken the truth, you won't have anything to complain about. What were you doing at Fern- ly Park anyway?" "Went there to meet some one." "Who?" "That's none of your business." "You'd better keep a civil tongue in your head, my man," the superintend- ent warned him. That's "To hell with a civil tongue. IT went there on my own husiness, and that's all there is to it. Ii | was clear away hefore the murder was done, that all that concerns the cops." " ry ame i 'harle (e ! ; ccarse Your name, at is Charles Ke nt thing lay clearly unraveled hefore him. | heca said Poirot. The man grinned. "Pm a full-blown Britisher all right," he said, "Yes," said think yon are in Kent." The man stared. "Why's that? Because of my name? What's that to do with it? Is a man whose name is Kent hound to be horn in that particular county?" "Under certain circumstances, I can imagine he might be," said Poirot very "Where were you horn? stared at him, then he Poirot -meditativelv, "I I fancy you were horn 1 EYESIGHT SPECIALIST. oes your work require range vision? Don't fail to have your eyes examined. 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But he's got to come clear with a statement as to what he was doing at Fernly. It looks to me as though we'd got our blackmailer all right. On the other hand, granted his story's! correct, he couldn't have had anything to do with the actual murder. He'd got ten pounds on him when he wits arrested-rather a large sum. | fancy that forty pounds went to him the numbers of the notes didn't cor- respond, but of course he'd have changed them first thing. M. Ackroyd must have given him the money, and he made off with it as fast as possible, What was that about Kent being his hirthplace? What that got to do with it?" "Nothing whatever," mildly. "A little was all. Me, little ideas." "Are you really 7" said Raglan, study- ing him with a puzzled expression. The superintendent went into a roar of laughter. "Many's the time I've heard Inspec- tor Japp say that. M. Poirot and lis litile ideas! Too fanciful for me, he'd say, but always something in them." "You mock vourself at me," said Poirot, smiling; "but never mind. The told ones they laugh last sometimes, "when the young, clever ones do not | laugh at all." | And nodding his head at them in a sage manner he walked out into the street. | He and | (hotel. | said Poirot idea of mine, that I am famous for my lunched together at an know now that the whole He had got the last thread he needed to lead him to the truth | But at the time | had no suspicion of the fact. | overestimated his gen- eral scli-confidence, and I took 1 ier granted that the things which puzzled me must he equally puzzling to hin. My chief puzzle was what the man Charles Kent could have heen doing |at Fernly. Again and again I put the question to myself and could get no satisfactory reply. At last | ventured a tentative query to Poirot. His reply was immediate "Mon ami, | do not think; I know." "Really z" I said incredulously. "Yes, indeed. I suppose now that to you it would not make sense if I sail that he went to Fernly that night be- cause he was born in Kent?" I stared at him. "It certainly does'nt scem to make sense to me," I said dryly "Ah!" said Poirot pityingly. "Well, no matter | have still my httle idea." (To be continued) | Bowmanville Ivers Kelly, Bowmanville rep- resentative, Telephone 300. (Continued from page 8) any music master. Each member practices a given selection at home, and then, in com- | pany with th erest, tries to play the selection in company with the , rest. There is no outsider present | to point out to eae individual how he or she may better the playing as | a whole. tra tere are Wallace Horm, Archie McDonald, Helen Argue, Rernice | Pagnell, Phyliss Darch, Oscar Jam- | ieson, Leola Miller, Howard Bickle and John James. COMMENCENENT EXERCISES ON DEE. § | | (By Staff Reporter) | Bowmanville, Noy. 23--The annu- al commencement exercises of the | Bowmanville High School are being held a: fifteen minutes after eight o'clock on the evening of Friday, | December the ninth at the Opera House. The public is invited to at- tend and view the presentation of prizes, diplomas, and certificates, to see the production of one of Booth Tarkington's one-act play. and to don't think he's! er without the guiding counsel of | Among the members of the orces-| world's mischief is born of idleness. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1927 |chestra will also be in attendance |ana render several mumbers. The one-act play, which is being produced by the Literary Society, is entitled 'The Trysting Place", and is being produced by Miss 1. K. Smith, teacher in English literature at the school. The prizes and certificates and diplomas which will be tendered at the commencement are awards for proficiency both in athletics and in academic work. The awards present- ed will be those which were won during the school year closed last summer. W. J. Morrison, principal of the High School, is attending to the major details in connection with the exercises. Members of the High School Board, including W. B. Couch, ¥. C. Vanstone, J. H. H. Jury, Dr. G. C. Bonnycastle, Dr. J. C. Devitt, A. L. Nicholls, and .L 8. Caverlgy will likely assisy im the presentation of awards. TO PUT ON PLAY "THE TRYSTING PLACE" (By Staff R er) Bowmanville, Nov. 23.--Among the preparations under way for the Dow- manville High School Commencement exercises which are being held in the Opera House on Friday, Deceniber the ninth, is the one-act play, "The Try- sting Place," witten by Booth Tarking- ton, and which is beng produced by Miss I. K. Smith, B.A. The play was chosen after sume dis- cussion as the one best suited for the occasion which will find everyone in a fun loving mood. The play is a hght comedy, and is said 10 have great laugh producing qualities. Among the cast there are, Alan Knight, Brenton Hazlewood, Tom Sykes, Ted Mason, Helen Darch, Rer- nice Bagnell and Ethel Winter. | PERSONALS Bowmanville--Miss Esther "Joby" Freeland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GG, I. Freeland, has returned to her home in Toronto following a short visit with her grandfather, Chief of Police Rich- ard Jarvis and his daughter, Miss Martha. Miss Freeland is a student at "Moulton College, Toronto. Jack Cox has returned home follow- ing a week in Toronto at the Roval Winter Fair. Mr. Cox intends return. ing for the final day of the show, Thursday. FORD STRESSES VALUE OF WORK Automobile Magnate Dedlarss Labor Only Salvation | of People | New York, Nov. 23.--Only through work may world peace be established, unemployment and idleness breeds wars and revolutions, Henry | Ford, Detroit automobile manufacturer, said in an interview with Herman Bernstein, an author, to be published. ' Terming work, "the only salvation of the world today," Ford discussed war and peace, the future of nations, American politics and prosperity, the Jews, aviation and the new model of his automobile. The theme "work" ran through the entire interview. "The nations that apply themselves to hard work must succeed and make progress. Germany is one of the best examples of a nation getting' on its feet again after such a dreadful cat- astrophe. "I believe that Russia will also come into her own. China will also read- just herself "I. am not working merely for to- | day or only for myself. I believe that | we should do all we can, not only for ourselves but also for posterity. "In ten years, perhaps even in five years, the large aeroplanes carrying 200 passengers will be in general pe. | People will not hesitate to travel in large planes as they now hesitate to get into a small plane." Prosperity to Grow The manufacturer declared that pros- 'perity of the United States will con- tinue Lo grow. | He said that Herbert Hoover would make an excellent president of the United States. "The Jews are achieving things everywhere because they work hard," he said. Expressing further his love of labor and faith in its power for good, Ford said : "There are many people to whom the millenium means a time when they will not have to work. Such a millen- ium will never come. These people whose chief aim is to lead a life of idleness will surely fail. Most of the *"Idleness is the great enemy of mankind. Unemployment, idleness, breed trouble. They are the cause of | wars and revolutions. 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