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Thi The Moorcroft Manor Mystery by By J. R, WILMOT (Author of "Where There's a Will", etc.-, There was a tremor in the old a's voice and his usually ruddy buntenance had blanched quickly, "That's what I'm trying to find t" said Sinclair, slowly. "You may o ngw, Gleave," he added, turning h if cr "Sir John and I will tend to the matter." "Very good, sir. If there is any- ing I can do..." "Thanks," murmured Sinclair, ratefully, and waited until the quaint gure had closed the library door. hen, in slow, dispassionate tones e told Sir John what had happened. Sir John Forrester was a man with efinite and fixed ideas. He was a rm believer in what he was pleased bh call the cult of commonsense. his being so he was essentially a aterialist. He could readily under- and and appreciate anything that as ultimately reducible to physical acts; for the supernatural and the cult he confessed an honest sceps eism. Such phenomena as ghosts nd phantoms could not be accom- odated by his reasoning, and be- ause no one had, as year, even giv= In him any convincing proof of their xistence, together with substantia- on of their nebulous context, he ound himself in the ranks of the nhelievers, "I'he Unost!" he repeated, imcredul- sly, when Sinclair had completed is narrative, "You mean he really id something about a ghost?" "I hear dhim quite distinctly," the oung man reminded him, "but I hink it must have been a very sub= antial ghost to bury that terrible eapon in Overington's back, There hay, or there may not be, a ghost. f there is, then I am inclined to N think he's an impostor." Sinclair then proceeded to relate his adventure in the corridor leading from the east wing. Sir John listened to the continua- tion of the young man's story with open mouth. "Damn it all, man! There must he something in this ghost story after all! What's to be done?" he burst out. "Well, as the place is still too me- diaeval to possess a telephone we can't ring up the police," Sinclair told him. "But Rogers will be here any minute now with the keys and I'll send him down to the village. In the meantime you've got to persuads Lady Isabel to break the news as gently as she can to Helen. No word, mind you of my meeting with the cavalier. That is for the police, and for them alone." As it happened there was no neces- sity for Sir John to break the news to his wife, and Sinclair was secretly glad, for his own idea of Sir Joh was that he was utterly devoid of tact, especially in such an emergency as the present, Lady Forrester ar- rived in company with Rogers who solemnly handed over the large bunch of Reys to Sinclair, Rogers, who now seemed to have livened up considerably, said that he could borrow a bicycle which be- longed to one of the mains and could eycle down to the village in a few minutes. He was told to call at the first doctor's he found and afterwards to notify the police that the presence of the Inspector was required at Moorcroft Manor. Sinclair returned to the library a few moments later, after having seen BOYS WANTED | AS CARRIERS AND COLLECTORS -- for -- THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES High Schoc! Boys Prefered Liberal commission and steady eniployiacnt to capable boys, -- Apply to -- MR. BOYCE -- Times Office % ry hn ---- CN { Rogers off the {the small postern-like door behind and locked him. Lady Forrester bore the ordeal sur prisingly well . There was no trace of hysteria about her. In fact she was quite the calmest of the three, you?" Slnclair im] "You're a wonderful woman, Isabel. I can rely upon you, can't 1?" ; "Of ourse you can," she told him, softly, "I'll take her with me to my 10 " and 1 h with her tonigh hy "Just as , Isabel" re- marked Sir John. "Don t mind about me, I'll find a shake Jown some- where." Sinclair gripped Lad. "sabel's hand in silence and as his ey. sought her's Sinclair read a commoi. vond of un- derstanding written in their hazel depths. 3 "Well, we can't do anything more until the police come," Sinclair in- the door of the library, "But I.do know this," the young man went on, "Whoever it was killed Silas Over- all went up to the east wing. What is, perhaps, more important, he not only knew that we had gone, but he in the library." They crossed the hall and unlocked the door of the lounge. "That's so," Sir John agreed, "But what was the motive?" he added, re- flectively. "As far as we know there was nothing in the bureau except business documents, and nowadays people don't commit murder for bits of paper when ordinary burglary will be equally well" : f course we don't know any- thing about that," mused Sinclair, as he dropped into an easy char "There may, or there may not have been, something valuable in that bureau, but I should imagin--if I know any- thing at all about a man's charac- ter--that Overington was much too shrewd a business man to take any risks while the banks are still open for the safe deposit of valuables and other securities." After the first shock of the discay- ery which, he had to admit, had 1em- porarily disturbed his emotional equilibrium, Sir John was beginning to regain his accustomed rationalis- tic attitude of mind, Hitherto, mur- der cases had scarcely interested him, IIe had, quite casually read about them in the newspapers, but he had never gone so far as to tax his in- genuity in solving them, In spite of this he had his theories. Detective novels interested him he- cause their mechanism and their rea- soning was something he could read- ily understand, Deductive arguments were, in the long run, all reducible to a common measure, Hypotheses were invariably built upon a founda- tion of fact. 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For Sal By Next Post Office--King St. E. Simcoe St. S. 'll look after Helen, won't | plored. think I'd better stay|' timated to Sir John as they locked ington, was in this house when we knew that our late host was alone SHAWA DAILY TIMES. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1927 -------- : stay ci the An RDEEN OTEL ny 320d St, near Sth Ave, smlEn fim ten service Rooms $ 50 a wars with bath avisiiabia Soha I. Dowaen, Mew.cging Diroes his well-worn theories to the f "Still, there must have bee. « the f ntals of erime scluti a. First find the motive and then cast about until you find somé person who will fit that motive. \Vhen yeu have done that you are well on the track of the murderer." Such reasoning, Sinclair thought, ising that it was one of the moie conventional methods of approach in such cases, he did not dispute Sir John's argument, Any further speculation was in- terrupted by the arrival oi the local sergeant accompanied by the only constable on duty. Upon being made acquainted with the facts he immediately assumed the attitude of singular importance, Once again the library door yiclded to Sinclair's key, and the police ofii- cer stood surveying the scene wiih an air of mconsequential detachn:ent. "Nothing has been touched, sir, I hope?" he enquired, turning to Sir John, "Nothing," announced Sir John "I should say it was a clear case of murder, gentlemen," intimated the sergeant after a scrutiny of the body. "I shall have to see the Inspecior at Hexley about this. In some respects it resembles a similar crime done in this very room somewhere around fifteen years ago. I was a young constable at the time, but I rcuen- ber the affair quite well. Old Ben Hiscough, he was, who took over the manor, Made a pile of moncy he had, in the woollen trade at Brad- ford. He had not been in the place more'n a week when he was found just like the old gent there--stabbed in the back. I can't help thinking it peculiar, sir." Sir John was looking impatient but before he could say anything Sinclair asked: "Have you ever heard any story a- bout a ghost, Sergeant?" The police officer smiled. It was an indulgent sort of smile often seen on the faces of the law's custodians when they wish to humour anyone for their own purpose. "There is a story, sir, that gh it lie in these parts old Manor is haunted by a t I can't say as I've seen Something about a cava- ve, sir." ; ¢ the ghost story is no- thi of imagination, then?" sal , " ; say they've seen it-- but old with ghosts myself, sip," "W spect "Firs. Il leave e e do you expect the In- sked Sinclair, mg in the morning, sir, he constable here all night. can't do anything till the mcrn- But the murderer may be miles ty by that time" protested n, simmering with politely sup sed impatience, jorry, sir," the Sergeant a; I, "but I can't do anything 1 i the Inspector comes, May I send down to Scotland Ya 1 may be sure, sir, we'll do : can, though we never foun rdered last time, It's a qu: ess, sir)" This was too much for "i de had always had the ui: pect for the police. tle eit « confident of their « ciency, calm way this local Sery of "waiting till the : | raged his scnse of ji often heard that local « | were roped together | tape, but hitherto he [a | that the simile was mor fact, "I've never heard of : he fumed. "It's preposteron quite prepared to lose : nours of valuable time it is customary to acqua officer who doesn't hap; i the spot. I suppose you are Sergeant, that you are givinz ever committed this das: | rage time to leave the count: 'you so much as raise a iu arrest him)" "I have my orders, sir," replicd Sergeant in contrasting calm to . John's impassioned outburst, "but oi course I'll take a look round tle place before I go--footprints under the windows or anything like tha, sir." Sir John Forrester gave a frantic gesture of despair at the police ofii- cer's retort and strode from the room, his face redder than a turkey cock with anger and semi-suppressed in- dignation at the leisurely attitude of these local officers of the law. Sergeant Crofter watched Sir John disappear, then he turned to Sinclair with a good-humoured smile. "I was sorry to upset the gentle- man, sir, I'm not responsible for or- ders you know, and I've had my or- ders that the Inspector must first be informed before I have power to act on my own. You see, sir, I'm only a Sergeant, I'm not supposed to be able to think along quite the same lines as, for instance, the Inspector, who has had a course up at Scotland Yard. That's how I figure it out, sir. As for the murdered getting away, well he can't get far until the morning and the Inspector will be here then." "That may be the way you look at it, Sergeant," said Sinclair. "For my part I think the Inspector ought to be more readily available than seems to be the case. No one can ever be quite sure what is going to happen you know, and when one's friend has been foully murdered it is, not exactly comforting to know that those on whom the security of the publi cresposes are not capable of discharging their obligations in a thoroughly efficient manner. Sir John n NewYork | was somewhat stereotyped, but reul- | land Yard and youn may be sure he {will not lose tine in. acquaint- ing them ot the fact the present zy iportaul, si i avout tive," Sir John insisted. "Motives « 3 Mats » 14 5 SU BIN AL RAINE \ 5) ANA Autonomist Sop arationist Movement is Curbed in France L} "a ; QATT IS n Bd Ei f J. hJdy Reo 7~Two arresteu start an Strasbourg, France, Dec. men and a woman were Sunday with attempting to autonomist french language newspa- per here, They are H. Baumann, manager of the autonomist newspa- per Wabhriet, G. Kohler, confidential agent of Baron Lorn dc Bulach and Mme Kohler. The autoncmist movement in Al- sace, which was crusned by the wave of nationalist sentiment which fol- trial of the h-separatist cy, has lifted its head In an eliort to nip the new wnt, the I'rench government proscribe © three autonomist newspa- pers. These newspapers, al German at Strasbourg by the same editors and printers, are the Wahr- heit, K it and Voikstimme, The government's act prohibits their cir- culation, sale or distribution any- where in France, including Alsace and Lerraine, Alsace is torn by the autonomist agitation, with the war veterans in- cluding many who fought in the Gers man army, and most of the youths in favor of France, while their eld- ers remain loyal to German culture. Formerly the movement was confined to a few, hut the question has he- come general with all the inhabitants taking slides. } printed in TWO COAL MINES OFFERED TOLV.V. rganizetion Asked to Make Test of Its Econcmic Theories Denver, Col, Dee, 7 trial Workers of the World, outlaw bor crran. m at i i rece behind the I nt -The Indus- Colorado ! two val- 5 test r- E: And r [ VEC Uas 4 Denver, Col., Bc2. T. of Los 14 years » 1 to girls of 12 or over, are valid i» Colorado, in the opinion nt Disiriet © Judge Charles C. Sackmann. Commenting upon a deeision in which he refused to annul the mar- riage of V¥Viviaa Margery Stewart to Urban A. Rouse, d Sack- --"arriage: Jude mann told the United Press that marriage was the one contract be- tween minors that could mot be dissolved hecause of age. "It is against the law to issue a marriage license to men under 21 or women under 18," he said, "and it is against the law for any- one to marry minors. But if the young people contrive, by misre- presentation, or otherwise. to be come married, that marriage wil' stand if the boy is over 14 and the girl over "2." . The Rouse-Stewart marriage was performed at Santa Ana., Cal. in 1925. Rouse was 290 and Miss Stewart 16 at the tinve. 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