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"Ask the constable to let me have a look at it, will you?" "Certainly," replied the Divisional Inspector, going out on to the landing and calling lup the man. Hopton continued his investigations until his brother officer returned, folâ€" lowed by the policeman, who held the missing screw in his hand. The Deâ€" tective took it from his subordinate and examined it with his glass. "Yes, it was picked up on the floor," answered Carlingford. "One of the ofâ€" ficers has it here." "It fell out into the room, I supâ€" pose?" Hopton suggested. "I didn‘t find it personally; but I understand it did," replied Carlingford, as if he was slightly annoyed at havâ€" ing to worry about such unimportant ng (0 details and examined it wilh his FIASS,. "Where did you find this, Officer?" he asked at last. j "Here, sir," replied the man, indicatâ€" ing a point opposite the door. "Right "*Um," nodded the detective edly, goinz over and taking look at the broken lock. "I screw‘s missing that held th of the socket in place. Did ; find it?" He noxt inspected the window catch with his magnifying glass and also t0ok a careful look at the sill, from whose surface the pile of snow had now practically disappeared, and noted that its height from the ground was about twelve feet. "There were no other footmarks in the yard below?" he asked Carlingâ€" tord, who had been watching his invesâ€" tigation in silence. "No more of these animal footmarks, T mean?" "No, that‘s just the thing we can‘t understand, replied the other. "The yard was carefully looked over and we also made a search of the roof with the idea the thing which left that print might have climbed down from above. But there was nothing . . . no sign of any other marks, or anything suspicious." Hopton bent over and examined the wounds in the throat. They were unâ€" questionably scratches ending in deâ€" finite punctures where the sharp talons had sunk into the flesh. The top butâ€" ton of the man‘s pyjama coat had been torn away, and the blood had run down on to the front of the colâ€" lar andstained the material and the sheets. detective next reverently turned ~down the bedding and ~examâ€" Ined the body, but could see no furâ€" ther injuries and, replacing the coverâ€" ing, focussed his attention on the room again. the expression qf which panic and blended. SECOND INSTALMENT CHAPTER II THE MISSING SCREW The body was that of a man past middle age, and of sallow complexion. The hair was white, and so was the stubble round the chin. The murdered man lay high up in the bed, his rufâ€" fled hair actually touching the iron rails and his head thrown back at an unnatural angle displaying the deep lacerations on the throat in all their grimness. The glazed eyes were open and the whole face was contorted into an expression that made it appear like some macabre mask of horror. It was called to the station to make a stateâ€" ment. He tells Hopton that Scutt, an exâ€"blackmailer, was, at the time of his death, a bogus medium who had come to believe in his own powers. He had been imposing upon a MRS. ABERâ€" SHAW, who imagined herself to be in the power of some evil spiritâ€"an Inâ€" ecubus, she called it. Sdutt had been attempting to free her from this obâ€" session, but in his own imagination the thing, which he described as black and formless, had transferred itself toâ€" a black ebony carving of a headless torâ€" so which he said came from Africa and which had been given him by ‘Mrs. Abershaw. In the snow, ouiside the bedroom window, still locked and barred, was found a single impression of a clawed foot, of a type unknown to science! (Now Read On) Keep your liver healthy and you‘ll feel great every morning. When you wake up Ieeling "rotten‘‘ your liver is out of erder. Your liver clears the blood of peisons, separates the nourishing part of your food from the waste. Supplies energy to muscles, tissues and clands â€"gives out bile, the body‘s larative, helps stomach, kidneys and inâ€" testines to wor‘ Lroperiy. A mere bowel At Lamteth police station he learns from Divisiona‘â€"Inspector CARLINGâ€" FORD that a man FREDERICK DAâ€" VIS SCUTT has been strangled. Great violence was used, and th>re are seyâ€" eral curious scratches and punctures on the throat, sugzestive of marks made by some large animal or bird. The finder of the body was the vicar, Mr. GALESBOURNE, who has been called to the station to make a stateâ€" ment. He tells HMHonton that Seutt an movement isn> wough. "Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives" made from fru‘ss and herbs, will strengthen and build up your liver like mothing else will. You‘ll be amazed how well you are every morning. Try Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives. All druggsts. Synopsis of Previous Chapters Detectiveâ€"Inspector â€" HOPTON, of Bceotland Yard, has toen called to a case which presents some very unusuâ€" al features. At Lamteth from â€" Divisiona FORD that a . VIS SCUTT ha EBONY TORSO THURSDAY, MAY 1938 WAKE UP LIKE A CAVE MAN Feel Full of Lifeâ€"No More Tired, Dull, Heavy Mornings By John C. Woodiwiss PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT 1 qf a damned soul, in ind fury were shockinegly letective abstractâ€" aking another . ~"I see the a the bottom Did yvour men one which the officer picked up had neveor been in the door?" Carlingford inquired after taking another look at the object in question, and finding what the other said to be undeniable. "Exactly," agreed the detective. "And I‘ll go even further. I wouldn‘t mind taking a sporting bet that if you cut the entire pieco of wood out of the door, and carefully saw it in two, so that the screwâ€"hole can be examined in section, you‘ll find one or two other things to interest you." in igâ€" es- se "" + your contention is that the n‘t he we ith tatl )mi "That‘s very‘simple," Hopton assured him. ‘"This crimtnal we‘re after is a pretty cute fish. It must have been quite clear to him that we should "By George! That‘s a brainy theâ€" ory!" agreed Carlingford grudgingly. "T‘ll have a carpenter in at once and see if it works out. But what about this screw the constable picked up, in the meantime?" "Give me a chance," cride the detec-i tive, holding up a silencing hnnd.l "What I‘m telling you isn‘t deduction, it‘s fact. You‘ll find the screw which held the bottom of this socket in place was cut off; so that very little effort would be needed for anyone to force it out, and enable the intruder to get at his victim easily and, above all, without much noise." "You mean, someone removed the proper screw and substituted a cut off one?" questioned Carlingford. "I do," nodded Hopton decidedly.} "And if you want proof, you‘ll find that a sectional view of the hole it was imbedded in will show that the corâ€" responding spirals in the wood will | only be torn away quite near the openâ€" i ing." "I suppose so." "Very well, Now, I may as well tell you right away that I suspect the footâ€" print on the sill was a mere blind, and that Scutt was murdered by an ordinâ€" ary flesh and blood person with an extremely acute brain. This job has been planned with the most devilish cunning . . ." "One moment, Hopton," broke in Carlingford sharply. "This Sherlock Holmes business is all very well, old man:; but deduction won‘t satisfy a judge or jury, you know. You were talking about this screw." things to interest you. "Such as?" Carlingford‘s question was put in an acid tone. "Well, when you drive a screw into a door, its thread leaves a correspondâ€" ing spiral impression in the wood, doesn‘t it?" "Quite so." "But, if it‘s torn out, as this one was alleged to have been, it tears away the corresponding spiral in the wood, does it »no?" "Well, the uncovered portion of the metal is very rusty," Hopton pointed out, ‘"proving pretty conclusively that the screw has been in place for some time." "Well," asked the detective, ‘"is that correct, or isn‘t <it?" "I must admit you‘re right," replied the inspector. "Butâ€"â€"" "One moment, before you start makâ€" ing any objections,"" Hopton interruptâ€" ed. "Do you notice anything else?" * Carlingford subjected â€" the screwâ€"head to another long stare, for he was anxâ€" ious not to appear less observant than his brotherâ€"officer, but was at last forced to admit he could see nothinz2. "‘Take a good look at the head, ofâ€" ficer," he suggested. ‘"Yolu‘ll ~notice that it‘s rounded and covered with black Now my contention is, that if a screwdriver had ever been vsed on it some of that protecting lacquer must have been chipped off, exposing the steel beneath. You‘ll noâ€" tic>2, however, that not a particle of metal is visible." "Yes, sir, you‘re right there!" agreed the constable eagerly. "But isn‘t this rather pointless?" sneered Carlingford in a sarcastic tone. "What does it prove, in any case?" "Nothing in itself," agreed Hopton readily. "But it‘s a loose end from which to begin the unravelling process. No, I want you both to take this glass and examine the secrew that has reâ€" mained in position in the door. You‘ll sse at once that the lacquer on its head is chipped pretty extensively round the ridge into which the blade cf the serewdriver fits." Thz two officers did as they were asked: Carlingford with a rather bad srace. "What!" Inspector Carlingford‘s eyeâ€" brows shot up in astonishment. "This screw never held the socket in place," reepated the Scotland Yard man, decidedly. "I see," nodded Hopton, comparing the hsad of the screw with the one still in the door. "It must have shot out with some force to get over there," commented Carlingford, showing a little more inâ€" terest as he realized the point might nave an important bearing on the over here, close to the skirting ion," agreed Hopton. "And what about a motive?" inâ€" quired the Divisional Inspector sarcasâ€" tically. "It certainly wasn‘t robbery, this fellow Scutt was as poor as a church mouse; then, there‘s the foot mark on the sill, and the talon wounds on the dead man‘s throat to explain away. How did they get there?" "Everything will fall into its proper place as scon as we begin to thin the facts down," Hopton assured him conâ€" fidently. "I don‘t think there‘s much "So I suspect," replied the Detective confidently. "Um, that looks rather black against Galesbourne, doesn‘t it?" remarked Carlingford. ‘He was the person who burst open the door, and he stated he didn‘t leave the room again until the police arrived." "Well, he‘s definitely under suspicâ€" ion," agreed Hopton. "It might easily there by anyone Carlinegford. "Possible, but jected Hopton. 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