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"Sit down." Maxley ifhvited, taking his own place at the big desk. The man was suspicious. "What‘s the game?" he demanded. "‘That are a few questions we want to ask you." He pressed a bell push and ordered the uniformed clerk who came to send Jerry Tuckley forward. The‘boy was ushered in from another room, took cne look at the ragged figure and nodded vigorously. ‘"‘That‘s him," he agreed. seen this lad before?" Maxley asked. "*Not a "You borough month ; nonth "Did I? Then you‘re beiter up in my movements than meseolf." "This boy saw you and you winked!" "Cor, yus, that‘d be right. One day there was a young shaver as acted the sport instead of givin‘ me away. This is ‘im, is it? Well, what about it?" "Where did you get on that bus?" ‘"*‘Tain‘t no good askin‘ me that. 1 dosgs it often and one place is as good as does anot] "Do you usually wink at pessengers?‘ "Never done it afore as I knows on When I sees the kid had piped me ] gives ‘im the eye ‘oping it ‘ud keep is mouth shut. Don‘t make sense to mt for ‘im to go squealin‘ at this time a dauy.‘ That he was no stranger to such sitrâ€" roundings was proved by his se"\‘â€"posâ€" sessed airâ€"that attitude which is pecuâ€" liar to thos> who have often bzen in the hands of the police. Between the law and the habitual lawbreaker there is a quaint cameraderie arising out of mutual understanding. "Lumme!" exclaim:d t he tramp, as hbhe took in the unexpcected number of That he w roundings w sessed airâ€"t liar to tho: the hands 0 law and the he took it people pre "Beltt suggzest suggested a Maxiley a willingly. chsmszse like same tMng aAr very effectively also sent for y Actually it 0 hour later whe hampteon brou; witness. "Then you "Seems so I knows t want?" "Pur2 gUL ed so plea convinced most impc ment. S8u: Bringing hampton. named M SUuporio discuss hastuy 1 Hack. * right in interest Morrigon | lmabit of darc Police Head porintendernt too busy to s into the diet chief ofr the THURSDAY, MARCH Almost Found t ‘Damn! pring 1 CHAPTER XXL WHO KILLED WATINWRIGHT GO ; any time Thursday, March 95th until 2.00 p.m. Monday, March 29th, RETURN: leave destination up to midnight Tuesday, March 30th, 1937. CANADIAN NATIONAL 15 m Sharpe had contracted : dropping into the Netherto: eadiquarters to chat with Su lent Maxley, who was neve! to see th> little man. On going dismal room reserved to the the CILD. he found severa. offhecers engaced in animatec I rememoser, guvnor. imped a bus between Colâ€" ind Netherton less than a he searded tramp, eh?" _dea What‘s the ussc. Every time you new cone you know all about | new It e at the big desk. was suspicious. "What‘s th emanded. a few questions we wan ree uch swork this time. You d with yourself that iccess ‘had rewarded ant endeavour of the it‘s the right person? We shall soon ses. T m right over from youu we Ve shall soon ses. They‘re i right over from Midâ€" anpears that a conductor ‘y spotted him doing the nd managed to nab him y but quite illegally., I‘ve roung Tuckley." was more than half an en a police car from Midâ€" ight the eagerlyvy awaited young Tuckle inspector. ed and th» h was not ofte For fares and further information apply to Raiiway Ticket Agents Mr. somiC you were there kid knows mt What more a bou Shat Cai went u: he got d‘ver felt vour it OHN into thatâ€"there "Into where? 1t was a ney did no unerringly had halted about a mi other Inmn That put 4 derin‘ wha You could: with a nod i Shiainpe. for wh ob spe2 Mat la@ tched the < after Breaks hay tm nam look up 1 tfi 1Cc know i "Murdt 13uUred 50 Maxley Why did namded. f1 cead ic icle Coulc Breaks ut I did omebod: ts behin noticed Win O Did he see : Gawd know 1c @72 ° What di Yelled t k. â€"Catr wWwas II chauffe zstor Lip!t erved. 1link you took you All ... +# 11 d Tflp {¢ Sun: Not CAn Not] t put ‘im off and while ‘e was wonâ€" n‘ what to do next I cleared off. couldn‘t a‘ seen my ‘eels fcor dust." SMARPE ASKS A QUESTION ilightenment came to Morrison rpe and Superintendoit Maxloy T1 o <IHll Ob pre€ eW bed aper‘s broad s there wa ot of peop T comL ht. topped citeme o3 Take advantage of this week.â€".end for a visit home of awey with kiends. T; nd Win ld poi ng?" pie gOL OITL little wood }€ ond thout [eBI 1 l d. Into it piled : superintendent, In wen ilf. ent Â¥ probaby unâ€" ‘ exit immediately e for the spinney. behind was a furâ€" t he had released i alsout his wrist ; the day. Only a s could have drivâ€" M ne sort of 1C osp cracted the way pse which had n the tragedies. )ugch his teeth IT*€ you," Maxley idded â€" grimly. hat spot out if 11 ib Ist have begn wrought bank ie commotion fall of Caleb bout the time ind. All the ill of it and call for you." 1 "I. e exclaimed. d don‘t want ‘ed Breaks is you dropped iriormation he went on. ifter me. I i‘ I wouldn‘t ame straight d Th with tery of a stop I ‘opped it 11 lown why n for the pulled up > thne bus â€"» slowly for semarked Motrrison mA nith a murde Anvon is valuâ€" explanâ€" which insatisâ€" ‘"‘s findâ€" he deâ€" 11 WOU C a ths cal th th« free H ks the n 1 l "Lumms, that‘s a tall order." "Try! Now tiake it easy. You hung anpout under cover?" "Yes. First a big lorry came. When it was passing I made a jump but there weren‘t no place for me so I got back. Then along comes the bus. That was luckier." "Go on, please! You found a wide st>» and an iron ladder to catch hold didn‘t it?" "Shouldn‘t be surpri ain‘t never ‘eard none." "one of the bangs wa than the cther?" "*Not to me." a passenger seoes you?" "Tain‘t often. They‘re mostly lookâ€" ing to the front. Conductors want watching. Sometimes they‘re starin right at you and then, perhaps, not seein‘ you."!‘ » "About this schoolboy! He was turnâ€" ing round?" "Boys never sits still." "Ncolsody else noticed you?" "Not a soul. Igot a good dekko inâ€" ~â€" "How often did you take a look?" "Just now and again. Once I saw a chap messin‘ with a window. Seemed to me openin‘ it, or somethin‘." Mr. Sharpe stcle a triumphant lock at the superintendent. This fixed the time as shortly before the shooting. "Did you hear anything peculiar?" he went on. bit "Mut there were some bangs? "Lo‘s of ‘em. Cor! were thcy shots?" "One was," Mr. Sharpe retorted grimâ€" ly, "If you had kept your attention on the interior you could have be:o>n an eye witness to the crime. Unfortunâ€" ately your evidence peters out at the important moment. I suppose you didâ€" n‘t notice a lady sitting by herself?" "Yes, I saw ‘er too. She‘d got a fat ‘andbag as made my mouth water. Dabbin‘ in it for ‘er lipstick, I reckons." The notion of the dour Miss Hanson was strange that he should have reâ€" mained in complets of the tragedies to which he had been so ncar Maxley decided that it was bevond powers to drag out the obscure factors that might have important conseâ€" quences. Making an excuse that he wanted to verify the actual scenes, he left his subordinates in the car and instructed the tramp and Mr. Sharpe to accompany him a short distance on id "What shcot? bout that." "But there w« "I see! Probably not! Tell me, was ie window opening goinz on the last me you peeped?" "Y¢â€"yâ€" No, it wasn‘t. I looked again ist before the bus stopped. But I d to z5 down quick. The conductor as turnin‘ my way. ‘E picked a bag o from the floor. Countin‘ mensy, or "Excessive exhaust fumes inying backfires." "What‘s that?" "Nothinz important. That e engine. It sounded like C ar, . | 1 ;argill think. Then ‘e s [ ducked me rappe lowed immediately I don‘t know urprised, thou, good dekko inâ€" more distinct notl 5 from unfire, induiging in such a frivolity was mildly amusing, but Maxley didn‘t think :o. To his way of thinking it lent credence ||to _ confession she had alread®t ‘"Undoubtedly! But we‘ve wandered from the point. Do I take it that Miss Hanson can now be eliminated?" Maxley nodded. "I suppose so. Apâ€" parently this complaint of hers makes her dream of revenge for their imagâ€" insd cppressions." "@Quite as usual, even to the extent of suppoesing the revenge to be aczcomâ€" plished. Queer, thcugh, I thought from the beginning that was the motive for the murder, I remember asking Mattâ€" hews if he knew a word of seven letters meaning ‘in return," but he didn‘t get my meaning." my meaning.‘ "No," the Superintendent retorted, "but he didn‘t forget the question. He‘s still worrying about the answer. So that was what ysu meant? Perhaps the woâ€" man can‘t be left out of consideration afier all. What do you think?" ‘*You‘ll convert me yet, Mr. Sharpe. Matthews is spending his time doing puzzles. I‘ve had to choke him off albout it in case he neglects his duties. Malybe I‘m wrong." ‘Nothirg at all,. As you‘ve carefully kept me out of the way of the lady you can hardly expect me to have any deâ€" finite opinions. All your endeavours are being devoted to making out her inâ€" nocence, although it isn‘t so lorg ago sinte I told you that if you could tell me why Miss Hanson should shoot Caleb Wainwright I would suggest how it could be, done." "Isn‘t it enough that she believed the man had done her some sort of a wrcng? "Certainly not, providing your Mediâ€" cal Superintendent‘s diagnosis is acâ€" curate. Paranoiacs threaten and rave, but only become dangerous in the last stages. From what I have seen of the patient she hasn‘t gone that far. There‘s another thing to rememberâ€"keep the trees in mind although yceu‘re in the fcrest." "All an intelligent man needs is a sound grounding in the three ‘R‘s‘ Plenty of books and a good memcory supply the rest. When you take up crosswords it drives you to dictionaries, encyclopedias and other works of teâ€" ference." "Quite the © tered blankly. "BI you all you krow sohool." ‘"Now who‘d have thought of that but yourself! It sounds sensible enough to me. Shall I get the doctor to sift it out?" "FPoor John Smith," Mr. Sharpe choâ€" served inconsequentially. The Superintendent scowled. "What do ycou mean by that remark?" he deâ€" manded. real enemy amon ones." Mr. Sharpe, it seemed, had no very great of that particular expert. ‘"*‘Try, if you like," he said without any enthusiasm. "Some alienists could do it if they were trained psychoâ€"analysts. But it is the most difficult thing in the world to detect cne truth among a mulâ€" titude of liesâ€"or one lie among a mulâ€" titude of truths." ‘"*Ycu‘re not ceing very helpful this "Although sh custody?" ‘"No‘hing! Nothing much!" The little man was a picture ¢of innscencse. "Give a dog a bad name and hang him.," be quoted scfitly, "though I rever heard oi a dog being hanged. Are you going to tell me the new evidence that‘s turnâ€" ea up to make you concentrate once z27a@‘n on Smith?" / xoure guessIng again, sir!" "I rarely guess. Your prisoner has such a bad record that it would be easy to trace a connection between him and the stolen jewels found in Wainwright‘s possession. It‘s ro use putting on that wocden expression, which cnly confirms my view. Admit it!" "Smith has confessed." This made Mr. Sharpe start violently. "Impossible!" he ejaculated. "Yes, really, sir. We now have his signed statement about the Bradham . . " "Neli Hanse "Eorry, sir, but that is still quite out of the question. You have to get a permit frem the Governor of the gaol." Maxley lococked slightly ashamed. ‘"To tell you the truth," he cwned, "we‘ve had her certified already." SsSanity. Onse oOf 1is signs is a delusion of persecution. Quite a surprising number of peovle are affiicted with in in a minor form. Often it is accompanied by a belief of persoral grandeur." "What an education you must have had," Maxley said, enviously. "The very best in the world." "University?" sanity. On: persecution. of peoule ; minor form by a belief ( "Pararolia." ‘"That‘s what the doctor called it. So you know what it is?" "Yes, rather a common form of inâ€" sanity. One of its signs is a delusion of explained. "She‘s got a k "Insanity?" Mr. Shary eyes to their widest exten "More or less. Got a be net about caortain folks h on her, though there‘s no in it." A WOMAXN‘s Tim Breaks had been told to remain in the vicinity in case ‘he was wanted for the witness box. Arrangzements were made for him to stay at a Netherâ€" ton lodging house, much to his disgust, for he strongly objected to four walls and a roof during the fine weather. "I‘ve had a report from the medical ofhicer regarding the woman," Maxley explained. "She‘s got a kink, at least." "Insanity?" Mr. Sharpe opened his BCE . What was to prevent her from firtng under cover of the bag? Later he put this forward for the approval of Morrison Sharpe. Which means rr l hat! Yeou could hz Wairwright may have been a are the Superintendent mutâ€" "But they didn‘t teach krow at an c€ementary fessed." Sharpe start violently. ejaculated. r. We now have his not technically t a bee in her bonâ€" olks having a down re‘s ro sort of truth i host of imagined very helpful this Let me see Mis Beyord doubt, these were posers the effect of which was not lost on the crowd because they cheered Mr. Habel and the meeting fell flat. J. A. Hal:iol, Libcral member for the riding of Ccochrane South, tells how he broke up a streetâ€"corner "Red" meeting in Toronto some time ago. It is quite obvicus that his enquiries to a Comâ€" munist speaker at the meeting "took the sails cut" of the orator. Mr. Habel worked a simple formula when he came upon the speaker. He asked him three questions: Was he ever in Russia? If he were a trade unionist in Russia would he be allowed to go on strike? Would he be allowed to vote in Russia®? (From Sudbury Star) Wien one gets a Communist in this country to make a fair analysis of the privileges he enjoys and compare them with the rights he would be accorded in Sâ€"viet Russia, the answer is sure to be in favour of Canada. ‘ the swag and skipped it as soon as he got the chance. Smith got on his track and followed over half England before discovering him at Bellham. Perhaps," he added ironically, "you could do one ,o{ your deductive stunts from there?" _ *"Easily," Mr. Sharpe retorted. and to Maxley‘s chagrin he filled in the reâ€" mainder of the confession to within a ‘ reasonable limit of accuracy. Member for Cochrane North Questions the Communists down Caleb Wainwright." "Why do you say that?" "Because it is the truth." "Then who did?" s‘Ask me toâ€"morrow and I‘ll hand you an envelope sealed some days ago. Inâ€" side is a slip of paper with my, er, guess â€"if you like to call it soâ€"written "Wait a minute, that isn‘t the whole of it. 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