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tes that § the mossy mosaic ve old manor was iy Crofter Bont him at the doa XA dismounted, nd ha harge i Beat EES en tor's eyes brightened as fat Sp hive you taken, fou were of 1 ge me here was authority in the Tnapsktor's "I took a look around the j iF ented he 3 Sergeant, ae aie rhb rol 3 gon the Window of the lohnge--that Son oh, 0 our left ag we stand here, st d a setier of footprints in the clay soil, There Se. also marks on the stone sill wh indienne hit that someone either entered left b; means of the window. "Is it not possible to prove by a glance at the footprints whether the person came and went in that mane ner." Here the Inspector considered his superior training in crime detection would assert itself over the rudie mentary, and somewhat parechial knowledge of the Sergeant, "I had thought of that, bi But there are distinctly two sets of foot. pnts on top of each other which | might mean that the igs who made them entered and left the sate way. I only made the discovery early this morning, when it was light en. cugh to take a good survey of the ground, but 'as the door of the lounge remained locked after the dis- Hexley he con. 3 i FE he ie | Sasierl tonal Su- | gir, brought the im scant hay de it be age had pro in deduc- ta one of the Po but inten arse in bo, nvestigation he hi the previous a at. New Scotland his fetun, Inspector iad prayed for an op ab is -newly-acquited know- es the supreme fest of actual fuer. orking ont murder ; an examination paper was CE for Righard' Wishart thout intelligence, In fact, from i ly ambitious, but pro- she rural areas was al- ully slaw, uh after eight o'lock, af- : exhilarating vide in the erisp that early Christmas morning, y irned n at the oraato iron -- 4 THE BRSP IN RADIOS om Biot & Coon Phone ood | CHIROPRACTIC | os er wil 4 in the ov Toa 4 nort Syery Mt afternoon snd y vil appointment. ge Hs 14] 4 town and surrounding d's: Sultation is free at office, covery of the murder, sir, it woul appear that the footprints were made by someone before the crime was committed." The Inspector considered the mat- ter RA a Hemant ind made an entry his pocket b "op think we can leave that matter until a little later," he said brusquely, "Let me see the library." At that moment Sir John Forrestes and Sinclair came down the broad staircase together, "Are you from Scotland Yard?" in- Yuired Sir John, advancing towards e Inspector who, with the Ser- geant, had paused outside the library door, "I am not actually on the staff at i [Soins 44, a --. Your last chance to join the i pron] 1Ciro ag i Chri istmagy ii Club %» i OFFERS SPECIAL ADVANTAGES CTP ) i ed Too Good To Bo BUT IT - ISI And the SE you love music] (T --» La ou TODAY SLIP A DOLLAR BILL in your pocket and COME IN } D.J.BROWN The Jeweller Fhone 189 . King St. W J d | at in THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY. DSCEMEER 2. nt the day. seemed gratified un te af, over as quickly as go local" by pd tment m 1 s you're whom the t told 4s vy wolified Weigte t were en in MY tice?" . fi0ded | into the In, po Hg eriticize the fog procedure. io n in such & @ whatever pertinent gbtervations ¥1 considers necessary. Sir John is iw a8 anxious as yourself a get to bottom of this affair" ot should think so, indeed) 1 neyer igs i Ph arr. Hy oe ' . lok of discomforts on the Ry of the Ingpector was almost morous, and oi Sian thought he & o. noticed a le of amusement in the eyes . i ye Fs looking Ser- geant. spector, "but it isn't usual for a police officer to be criticized in front o a subordinate." With that the Sergeant sinlocked the library door and the Inspector entered followed by Sir John and Sinclair, For a few moments the Inspector the centre of the aparts ment drinking in every detail of the bureau against the wail and the small oak table just a little to one side of it on the left. Here reposed the dags ger which Sinclair had withdrawn when he had made the discovery and lifted Silas Overington, whose body was now covered with a cloth from the long table that ran down the cen- tre of the room Then the Inspector turned to Sinc- "i understand, from the Sergeant, that the deceased said something about the ghost before he died" "That is so," said Sinclair. "Mr. Overington's last words were "The Ghost I" "You realize, of course, that no ghost could have done that, The In- spector indicated the covered body beside the bureau, "I think we are all agreed upon that point," answered Sinclair, feel. ing that the Jnpestes was not he- ing > patie arly holpful Lean ought to be here any th now," the Inspector announ- ced, going over to the table and scru- tinizing the shori-handled dagger. "He'll be able to od us, ApProxi- mately how Jong Mr verington toud have lived, When we know that e will be able to fix the time. We bia know fore we fan. Jak. | any idea of the crime. I suppose no one has left the Manor since this occurred. "We have been careful to see to that, said Sir John, now outwardly calm, but still sore after the police officer's rebuke. "Have you formed any theory yet as to how our host came by his death, Inspector?" "Theories are dangerous things, if I may say so, sir," replied the In- spector, thoughtfully. "It is so easy to jump at conclusions which might very easily be wrong ones, But I will say this, sir. From the position of the bureau here, if Mr, Overing- ton was writing at it--and there is evidence here that he was--then he wopld have commanded an uninter- view of the door. If anyone had come in through that door he would, most certainly, have seen them. If the murderer had gained ac- cess by that means Mr. Overington would have been prepared. The fact that he stabbed in the back edits that theory, and we bay look for some other ue wry io entry. There are no marks on oy A windows, and the catch has Mh personally r or retorted Sir h aw ohigns hint of reenimen, a a is pone; FA i] . It was evident to Fut | were LYOURSELF | | 8988 casocims "\| H been to go br tte fatal, blow, That, of couse, sir, is' still by+4 John considered the ent and was oaks to admit tha quite added 10 is a of the Bo) capabilities considerately above PAF. 1 suppose 1 am iT shod tion the guests if such a course aecestark: Inspector, Trg 10 SIF to the moment Sah ill ancerata a he w an autage everyone could dante for their movements, wal ve between the conclusion of dinner and midnight." 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BURNS El °F Tm Leda 1] im afraid I Sat he of very much t tor, or a 2 he Ry rg --- ce for By twelve months he has hoe said - thing to Which woud lead Te 30 jt Ne had any enemies af It was. surprising what a sudd change had fate ¢ over the man, Ris nervousness had ated the suddenness of an hr: morning mist, He was once more the sauve, con- fident man whom Sinclair had met the previous night at dinner for the first time. you know whether Mr, Over- ington kept any valuables in that bureau? asked Sir John, determined to lose no opportunity of exploiting his favourite heory, regarding a motive, to the full. "Not that I am aware of, sir; Mr. Overington was the kind of man who preferred a strong-room to the come parative neseurity of 3 bureau." "But might it not have contained 8 fecret recess of which only your employer was aware," persisted the Baronet, Smphssising every point by tapping the index finger of his right hand in the palm of his left. The Inspector was beginning to show signs of impatience and before Morrell could reply he said: "You say you were not in the house when the crime was committed, you mind telling me where you were last night and at what hour you re- turned? I must ask you to give me ' complete record of your move- ments," Sinclair had been hoping for this question, and he now awaited the man's reply with equal eagerness, "Certainly," said Morrell, with a bland smile. "I attended a small social function down in the bg ] hall to which I had been invited, The dancing continued until well midnight, after which I walked leis- urely back to the Manor, the night being particularly pleasant and there was no occasion for hurry." It was on the tip of Sinclair's tongue to interject with another question, but he refrained. He did not want Morrell to know that his return to the Manor had been wit- nessed by anyone, "If you arrived back after midnight --and I presume from what you have already told us that it must have been between one and two o'clock--- how was it you were able to enter the house unobserved by the Con- stable who had been left on duty and in whose charge were the keys of all the doors which had been locked as soon as the murder had been dis- covered by Mr. Sinclair?" The Inspector's voice was coldly official, It reminded Sinclair more of the Actusing 4 accents of a prosecuting counsel examining 8 witness at the Old Bailey than of an enterprising police inspector investigating pn or moment Morrell did not reply. hether this pause was the deliberate trick of a cleyer fence, or whether it was'a definite sign that the man was momentarily cornered and was searching his mind for a ible and convincing reply, was tell. 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