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8 November-December deadline for "Mirror - 1 November/S3 m nday was not normally a cheerful man, and this morning was not exception. Not that he would have wanted to change his igi utiook and Hs pessimis and o open [ISI his right to try to get back a "e nly What had the world done for him? Had anyone 4. IE oe a [A€ hy ken him in when as an infant he had been left on the steps of the very church BT Fp. FT Haars Jy i i. where he now served as sexton? No... instead he had been taken to an orphanage, where, since no identifica- tion had been made of the child, and because it had been the firet day of the week, he wae given RS giv the surname REE RRA JR, J PR Rg, md dle The orphanage was also at the letter S in the alphabet inthe naming of boys. The boy who had arrived just before him being given the name Samson, he was given the next name in the S-s, Samuel. Farmers gave ST a I Tra so NR pn -- more thought in nam ing their cattle, Samuel had aways thought. He had gone from the im personality of the orphanage, to the regimentation of the infantry in the last vears of YAF_ ial -- a. J - oa. J. World War ll, surviving that to go into the woolen mill at the end of that conflict, where he had remained until the plant was finally closed and all hope of it being bought and re-opened b by its new owner was abandoned, Hig life had he &n gone ull circle, and he was back on the church eps, this time as the Sexton. But now he wasn't a powerless infant. Not that this t ever crossed his for Sam uel wasn't given oditii ~ 1 . Nor did he gnize that his boot- 1eg- fthe curate's cottage, his use ofthe mausoleum oldest families in the community for the ection. N id he re IN de} CLOT storage of his wares, were acts of Jenges ance for the his Peing ignored by the world, being denied even his rightful identity. And his sense of anger and frustration this morning was the direct result of someone's having de crived him first of one of his favourite targets asa Agnes Turley and then one cf his best custome , her husband, Charlie. Even Samuel's less than well ho ale perceptions, were Leginnin 'g to pick up animosity in the reactions of others when he walked down the street, in place of their usual Indifference. Forthefirsttime he was being noticed... and a part of him enjoved it. But this notoriety was having an affect onhb [Wi usiness, One ofthe advantages of a with i ' [A i Sain Monday, was his going largely unnoticed. in fear that the police might be watching Sam's activities, his requiar customers were staying away from him. Itwasn't i + 1 i thot was angering Sam, it Xing p= cr ne D ~ D 2. 3 1.0 0} 3 J "Hh 3 pl pJ 2 Ie inst OSU FC % was being party to the peity sins of some of the guiding lights of the community that was being thwarted. With that peculiar tendency a topic of general interest and concern ceeme tn hava ile) hacome = ang concemeseem »is10ieH meg thie hay 4S | =O tary, athe become in Weavers' Mills. Conversations that Peta tial ate lata hl Maras is dass Bonn imme sem om Hom mom od md ame morning ori witli, iovely Udy, ESP NSE, Need rain though." *Terrible about Agnes and iChariie, "..response, "terrible... can't help but wonder who's next." "They have no idea who did it" ..response, "no suspect," *Bi-Cen- suspect, tennial Celebration is getting near," ....response, "yes, and won't Agnes be missed. The only change in this litany since Agnes's death, had been the addition of Charlie's name IRE RR Aa Tne police took note of these conversations and the complete iack of the mention of possibie suspects. No one seemed to have any idea of who in the community would want these two people dead. Corporal Fairchild said as much on Tuesday morming when Jeremy Fegan stopped by to inquire how the investigation was going. "The biggest mystery is the complete lack of uspbects " the officer com ined. "If Agnes was mur- lain Agnes mu & 10 of that sh ered... and we still have no proof that she was... why? Then why kill Chariie? Or was Chariie's death acciden- the officer, and grima prisoners when you eros e m?" "He didn'twait tor dln ia ne cup antn the an answer. "If it is the threat of having to drink a second cup must make them tell anvthin now..." He put th ey knows reasmail gap existed and files. "If it's any help, Charlie was definitely m Wy Someone very carefully doctored the second hottla of whis key, knowing that AREAS a elas UN HEADY EERE dog oo Voor: ome Charlie wouldn't notice the change. The bottle | took a sample from was as close to pure grain alcoho! as one could hope to get. Two good slugs of that would kill an ox and C arlie wasn't an ox." "Yan! thought you'd say that," the detective took an absent-minded drink of his coffee. "| have a call in to the lab in Toronto for the results of the tests on the stuff we took from the crimes scene at the church. They should SAAN ERCA RE ERR LR OF 1 1 CNT ID Tl Sv isa TIL In gy have something by now." "So far though," Jeremy mused, "the only person with a common connection with deaths is Samuel! Monday. ! as + He would have unquestioned access to the clean id i materials at the church peing the sexton and being local entrepreneur, to the bottle that Charlie had. His dislike of Agnes could be seen as a motive, and Charlie cht have caid somethin mgs } ome S 0 this effact to Monday and this effect to Monday and geciaec e him as well... but that is too obvious. ayy Sam is a miserable ¢ excuse for a human, but he's not smart enough to plan and execute gither crime." He's the only suspect we have though." Fairchild put his feet up on the desk and leaned back in his chair, Trbure cont dna. 7