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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1933-07-28, Page 7A 4 " , 11114Y 28, 163.4 LEGAL. c`6 1 r Phone No. 91 JOHN J. HUGGARD 'Barrister, Soliotor, Notary Paine, Ete. Beattie Block - Seaforth, Ont. " 1 HAYS & MEIR Succeeding R. S. Hays Barristers, Solicitors, Conveyancers and Notaries (Public. Solicitors for. the Dominion Bank. Office in rear of the Dominion Bank, Seaforth. Money to loan. • hese by E. PHILLIPS OP PENHEIM (Continued from last week) "Rubbishl" Lucille replied., "She never meant to tell you, or if she did, it wasn't the whole truth that you were to hear. Those two quarrelled in the billiard -room and A'yneeworth was found shot. Who else in the whole world, do you suppose: could have done it? Is there a single per- son you can think of?" BEST & BEST "St may have bilen an accident!", Jermyn muttered. Barristers, Solicitors, Conv'eyan- "An accident! Well, let me go on," can and Notaries Public, EJtc. • Office Lucille continued. "A quarter of an in the Edge: Building, opposite The hour ago 'Miss -Sybil ttluley, in a blue serge travelling suit and carrying a dressing case, stole out of her room. I found her on her way to the back re stairs. 'If she does escape. the fate she deserves,' Lucille went one "she has me to thank for it. I sent her back to her roam pretty' quickly. I never in my life knew anything so idiotic 'as. an attempt to escape like that!" "Do you mean that she was leav- ing the house?" Jermyn demanded. r• "'A'bsolutely! She made no bones about it. She was terrified, she said, about being asked questions. I talked common 'sense with her and she was quick' enough to realize what a fool she had been. She has changed back again into her dinner clothes. She is.. quite composed now and prepared to face the thing." ,. "I must go to her," Jerinyn declar- ed. "Go, by all means, if .you wiIl," Lucille replied. "I am not trying to keep you apart. If you take my ad- vice, though, you will say very little. I halve talked to her for some time. She hasn't the least idea now of. giv- ing herself away. 'She will deny that there was the slightest disagreement between them,. She does not know who shot hire. Sheame away leav- ing 'hien practising Cannons. I have imlpressed that upon her. That is the story she will tell." "And hew do you know that it is not the true one?" •Jermyn 'asked. • Ohce more Lucille looked around the DR. E. J. R. FORSTER room. Then she thrust her hand into the bosom of her gown and produced Eye, Ear, Nese and'Throat a small pistol. "You had better take charge of Graduate in Medicine, University of this," she said. "I have been con - Toronto. sealing it • myself- for the last half (.ate assistant New York- -Op-thal- hour but it is more your affair than mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's mine. 'Phis was lying on the carpet Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos- in Sybil Cluley's room." pita'Is, Condom, Eng. At Commercial Jermyn took it from her almost Hotel, Seaforth, third. Monday in mechanically. each month, from. 11 a.m., to' 3 p.m. "You found it -where?" • 68 Waterloo Street, South, Stratford. "I found it exactly where I say - in tSybil Cluley's .room ,"Lucille re- peated. ,"Jermyn, try and be a man. Don't look so dumbfounded. Sybil 'Cluley may be everything you think'. she is, but it is just as certain as that -you and d are talking here, that she shot Aynesworth. We both know what he was. He was a 'cad about wo- men. He had been puzzling ever since, she arrived about scene memory. Well it came to him, and whatever that memory was, it was the memory of something in her past life which af- fected her refutation. She knew all about it. Aynesworth wouldn't for- get to rub it in. She was above mak- ing terms with hire, without a doubt, but she saw the chance of losing you. Perhaps she lost her head. Why not? Frankly, I am sorry for her, Jermyn. 1 am sorry for her ecause.I think that Aynesworth was robably brut- ally prctv'oking. I w to save her. You meet take my , vice." • "What is it?" "She will he asked questions. She will probably have to attend the in- quest. She will come under a certain amount of suspicion. without a doubt. So long as that pistol is never pro- duced and the stories of any disagree- ment ,between her and Aynesworth are kept quiet, she is in no more clan- ger than any one of us. Don't agi- tate her." Don't put fresh ideas into her head --she knows just what she has to say. And if you do see her, for Heaven's sake don't let her try to run away again!°". .Jermyn walked to the window and stood there for several moments. Somewhere in the far distance he could hear a motor car approaching. It was probably the police! He turn- ed hack to Lucille. . "If she did this." he cried hoarsely, "it must have been in a wild mom- ent! She wasn't accountable - they can't p'al'e her accountable! She was terrified ,,of Aynesworth all the time --no one could help seeing it." "I agree with you absolutely," Lt.wi1!e replied, "but we must re'rnem- lrer that the law judges differently. It takes no account of provocation. eVe must, Dont disturb her now. If they •ask her questions to -night she knows exactly what she has to say. 1.'tl do the best' I can for her. Jermyn, for your sake, hut let nee tell eou this -you are the only person whom I ever shall tell -I am going to put the fact a.hsolutely out of my mind. Listen." 'She paused for a rruoment. The mo- tor -car was drawing nearer and there were footsteps in the hall, but the room in which they were was still e•rnnte. .-.. "I saw Sybil Cluley with the pistol in her hand: I c'e'nt along the lawn as 'far as the billiard room window just before Mr. Norden •Smith cameo. I thought it. was only a ,joke. Mind, no one else shall ever know that from me. After all, she is a woman and she must have been taunted al- most to madness. . . Listen 1 who's that? Thcrc's some one 'tam- ing down the stairs." Expositor Office. VETERINARY JOHN GRIEVE,., V.S. Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin- ary College. All diseases of domestic xtriipals treated.' Calls promptly at- tended to and charges moderate. Vet= eriinary Dentistry a specialty. Office and residence on Goderich tStreet, one door east of Dr. Mackay's office, Sea.- forth. ea:forth. A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S. R Graduate of Ontario Veterinary College, University of Toronto. All diseases of domestic animals treated. by the moat modern principles. Chargee, reasonable. Day or night Balis promptly attended to. Office on Main Street, Henson, opposite Town Hall. Phone 116. Breeder of Scot- tish Terries. I nlverness Kennels, Blensalll. MEDICAL DR. W. C. SPRAAT Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario. Lon- don. Member of College of Physic- ians and Surgeons of Ontario. ,Office in Aberhart's Drug Store, 'Main ,St., Seaforth. Phone 90. DR. F.. J. BURROWS Office and residence Goderich Street, east of the United Church, Sea - forth. Phone 46. Coroner for the County of Huron. , . , Dr. C. MACKAY "1 C, Mackay, honor graduate of Trin- ity University, and gold medalist of Trinity Medical College; member of the College of Physicians and Sur- geons of Ontario. DR. H. HUGH ROSS Graduate of University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, member of Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; pass graduate courses in Chicago Clinical School of Chicago; Royal Ophthalmie Hospital, London, England; University Hospital, Lon- don, England.- Office -Back of Do- mnnion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No, 6. Night calls answered from residence, Victoria Street, Seaforth. DR. S. R. COLLYER Graduate Faculty of Medicine, Uni- eeesity of Western Ontario. Member College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Post graduate work at New York City Hospital ;and Victoria Hospital, London. Phone: Hensall, b6. Office,King Street, Hensall. DR. J. A. MUNN Graduate of Northwestern Univers- ity, Chicago, Ill. Licentiate Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto. Office over Sills' Hardware, Main St., Seaforth. •Phone 151, DR. F. J. BECU1 LY Gradxiate Royal 'College of Rental Sturgeons, Toronto. Office over W. R. Smith's Grocery, Main Street, Sea - forth,. Phone: Office, 186 W; resi- dence, 185J. AUCTIONEERS rOSCAR KLOPP Honor Graduate Carey Jones' Na- tional School for Au'otioneering, Chi- cano. Special course taken in Pure Bred Live Stock, Real Estate, Mer- chandise and Panm Sales. Rates in ' keeping With prevailing markets. Sat- isfaction aosured. Write or Wire, Oscar Klopp, Zurich, Ont. Phone: 21-93. They hath listened intently. From where they stood they could just dis- tinguish the sound of light,• stealthy footsteps upon the smooth oak of the staircase, the swish of a dress, foot- steps that hesitated a little and yet ca'm'e steadily on. Jermyn mo'v'ed to the door and threw it wide open. They 'both stood upon the threshold; Mak- ing out. With her hand Upon the ban- isters, peering half fe" .r. ully forward, only a few steps above them, stood iSybil. CHAR XIII •Sybil descended the last few stairs with her head turned sideways, her eyes distended, unnaturally large, ,fixed upon Jermyn. 'When she reach- ed the hall she seemed to steady her- self. Then ,she came slowly towards the threshold of the library. For the Moment Jermyn could do no more than look at her. She• was wearing now the dress she had worn at din- ner time. He. could see the place from which the rosette was missing. One or two of the roses were hanging limply from her brooch. She had the look of one who walks in her sleep. "Sybil!" he cried softly, She looked into his eyes and he shivered. There was some new thing there, something which seemed to raise a wall between theme. She came slowly on, but the hands which he had held out fell to his side. • "Sybil!" he cried once more., "This is horrible!" she whispered. "Let me come in. I am afraid to stay upstairs any longer." She canine slowly into the room, Jermyn closed the door after her. "Sybil,"! he insisted hoarsely, "tell 'me the whole truth, the whole story ,-everything you know? I must un- derstand exactly what you are going to say, before these men comae to. a'sk you questions." She began to tremble. She opened her lips to spear, but closed teem a- gain. "Listen," Lucille said --"listen, both of you. This is a critical moment. In a very short time there may be peo- ple here 'before whom a single slip might mean irretrievable disaster. Sybil •Cluley, .remlemtber that. no one save d myself saw you trying to leave the house. I have forgotten it. You have put those clothes back in your trunk?". 'I .have put them .back," Sybil a- greed in a dull tone; '"Very good. Now listen to me in- tently. Remember you played that fifty up with Lord Laken•hamc, You finished the game. Your head ached. You made an excuse and left him. You went straight to your room. You meant to take some phenacetin and come down again. He was practising cannons, which he had been trying to teach you, when you left. He was a- lone. You neither saw nor heard any one approaching the room." tSelbil began to tremble. She Ioo'ked away from Jermyn. • "'I neither saw nor heard any one approach," she repeated, "Lork Lak- enham was alone when I left." Lucille inclined her head.' "That is sim'ple,e she said. "There was no quarrel between you and Lord Lakenham, no disagreement of any sort: "There was no quarrel," Sybil `re- peated. • "What we three know," Lucille went on, 'about that little paragraph in the paper which recalled a certain inci- dent to Lord Lakenhame mind, "no one outside this room knows. We must all hear that in mind. There was no secret understanding between you and Lord Lakenham. He was a stranger to you. You met him here for the first time." "I 'met him here for the first time," Sybil repeated. "You parted on good terms, you left him in good spirits. . . . Now, Jermyn, listen to me. You were with me out in the garden most of the time when Sybil was playing, billiards with Lord Lakenham. You came straight from the garden into the bridge room. Mr. Norden Smith founo you there. You and he together went to the billiard -room. You had ' not nreeiously entered it since dinner." . "I had net been near it since din- ner," Jermyn repeated. ' • • Sybil was standing with her eyes tightly closed. She was swaying a little on her feet, Jermyn . almost pushed her into a chair and her head fell forward into her hands. "You had not entered the billiard - roam since dinnertime," Lucille pro- ceeded calmly. "'You entered it for the first time with .Mr. Norden Smith. You found Lord Lakenham lying there in his present condition. There were no signs of a struggle'tl'r•e, you saw no weapon, nothing. Thee affair is a complete mystery to you. That is all quite simple, is it not?" "It is quite simple." Lucille held her head for a mom- ent. "I do not think that there is' any- thing which I have forgotten,'% she said. "You heard the front -door bell? Those are the men from Norwich, I suppose. You had better let 'them 'ask anybody any questions -they wish to. The great thing for us three to re- member is this. We are in a ;tate of mystification. We have no idea as -ta who shot Lord Lakenhani. If he re• covers and makes a statement, that is a natter against which, of course, we cannot guard. Except for that we should be safe." Sybil raised her head slowly and looked at Jermyn, She met the fierce- ly questioning look in his eyes wi ;b- out flinching. "What, in God's name-' he be- gan. . Lucille's arm shot out. "Hush!" she' whispered hoarsely. "Those men are in the hall. They will he shown in •here. Hush!" There was a tap at the door even as she spoke. The 'butler entered. He made his way to. Jermyn. "There is a police 'insp'ector here, sir," hea'nnounced in an undertone. "He wishes to have a few words with you, if it is quite cotrvenient." Jermyn nodded. "I will emit out," he said. • , The two women were left alone. Lucille came over and stood by the side of Sybil. "My dear Miss Cluley," sli•e re. nn'arked dryly, "surely the training of your profession should stand you in better Mead than this! Be agitated, if you like, but don't be tragical. 'Re• member, if a suspicion is once plant- e:i it quickly grows. It rests with you to see that it is not planted." The police inspector was very civi and not in the least officious. Jermyn took him at once into the billiard - room and showed him as nearly as he could how I1nkenham, had been found, "Nothing in the room," the inspec- tor asked, "has been disturbed?" "Nothing at. -all;" Jermyn assured him. "Nothing removed .from the floor for instance?" . , "Nothing," Jer'mlyn,: repeated. The man went on his hands and knees and made searching examina- tion of the whole place.• "No weapon?" he inquired: "I have not' seen one," Jermyn re- plied. The inspector locked up the apart- ment and put the key in his pocket "If quite convenient, Sir Jermyn," he said, "I should be glad to be taken upstairs to,.,Lord Lakenham's bed- room. The doctor can tell me then if there is any charice'of his lordship's being able to make a statement:" Jermyn accompanied the man up- stairs. Lakenham had been taken in- to one of the large bedrooms in the east wing, which was r' approaehed through a spacious sitting roam. The doctor answered their soft tap at the door and stepped outside at once. "This is Inspector Holmes from Norwich,"• Jermyn explained. "He is anxious just to have a word with you." "I• amt bound to ask • you at once," the inspector -put in, "if there is any chance of Lord Lakenham being able to make a statement shortly?" "I cannot say," the doctor answer- ed, "He is alive, but unconscious. The wound is an exceedingly danger- ous one and his situation is critical. I am afraid an operation will be neces-` sary within the next few hours, but from what I can gather of the pat- ient's condition, I •must confess that it is very doubtful whether he will survive it. I am expecting Dr. Field-' en from Norwich in a very few min- utes, but d am sure he will ,only con- firm what I am telling you." "Has his lordship spoken at all?" the inspector asked. "Not a word." • "Have any of his clothes been re- moved -his shirt, for instance?" "I have put the shirt on one side for you,e the doctor replied. "It is locked up in a chest of drawers here. You must excuse 'rue now. I dare not leave my patient any longer." He hurried back to the bedside. The inspector and Jermyn' turned away. "Lord Lakenham, I presume, had nothing 'on his mind?" the former asked. "He was not in the least like- ly to have committed suicide?" Jermyn -shook his head. ."The idea is preposterous," he de- clared. "Lakenham was in excellent spirits all day. ,He was a man who thoroughly enjoyed•life, he was weal-. thy, and so far as I know he had no troubles of any ,sort. His was not at all the sort of morbid disposition one associates With the victims of sui- cide." "`'tiro was the last person who saw him alive?." "Miss Cluley-Miss Sybil Cluley- the young lady •`c`f*ho is engaged to be my wife," Jenrmyn answered slowly. "She was playing billiards with him. but she complained of a headache and left hint as soon as the game was ov- et." "Could I have a few words with her?" the inspector suggested. "Certainly." Jermyn assured him. "She is ier the library now. Mr. Nor- den Smith, too, the gentleman who was with pie when w''' discovered Lord Lakenham, is sti'.1 here in case he is required. We shall find hint, I think, in the smoking ' nom,." "He will do presently. I should like to speak to Miss t !uley first." Jermyn led the wnv into the lib- rar4'. Sybil 'was sitting• in the sante easy -chair, in very netoh the same attitude. Lucille had a• ,rarently been standing with her el'', upon the mantelpiece, talking. re -er. Both wo- men turned their hence as the two men entered. "Sybil." .Jermyn sai... closing the door behind hint, '•1 are: sorry, but the inspector wants to a=:, ,just one or two questions. I lief e you won't mind?" pli"eNd, o, I do not mini ,1. all," she re - "It is, my duty 10 nut; c a report of s affair," the inset': or explained, with a slight salute. •'n td any infor- mation you can give n. • I should be glad to have. .4t tine - sine time, this is not a formal '0'11'1}, and it is not in the least necessary that you an- swer any questions 0'•`e5s you care to." Sybil's eyebrows WI 1 • slowly rais- ed. She seemed sere: hew to have completely recovered ii r"self-posses- Rion., "If I can he of are assistance, I am sure you are w•elennie to all the knowledge I possess c'! the affair." The inspector howwo i. "As the last persoe who taw Lord La.ken•ham alive, madam," he said, "your evidence will, of course, be of importance." "All that 1,can tell you," Sybil ccme- tinued, "seeins very unimportant and 1 am afraid it will net help mech. You can hear it now, er any one can hear it at any time they choose. I played billiards with i,o'd Lakenham after dinner, as I do not care for bridge+, We had quite a cheerfr:l game and Lord Lakenham ere, ell the time in the highest spirits. We talked and laughed so ,much, indeed, that when the game was over I had.quite a bad headache, so I went un to- curs^ room, meaning to take some•phetaeetin and cone down again I left Lord Laken- bar pr,.actising eanuoxa . T' ate* 'that d brow about tlbd t x'.,' . "Thera was, thene the MP, aeked, "no qUalrel inetWOOrt you?''"'.. "Quarrel?"'Sybil repeated. "Lord'; La'kenbaxn, was 'mulcb, too gallant a mtan,. I can assure you, to -quarrel with ''"Where was no misuixdeastandnng, or anything of that sort? "'Miss Paley lis engaged to marry me," Jerrmynmtertvened. "tier ace quaintance with Lord Lakenham is of the Tightest. She has known him, in feet, for barely twenty. -four hours." ' The inspector made a tette or two in his book. • "For the sake of formality." he persisted, "I should like you to an- swer my question. I am taking it that there was nothing in the nature of a quarrel or disagreement between you and Lord Lakenham?" "I ha•tie already assured you," Sy- bil repeated calmly, "that there was nothing of the sort." "You played one game of®billiards and after its completion went up- stairs. A. gaime of fifty or a hundred up?" "A ,game of fifty up," The inspector closed his book. - "If you would excuse me for -one moment," he said, "I will' return." Jermyn moved forward. "Shall I----" "If you will allow me, sir, I, will go alone," the inspector interrupted. He crossed the hall and they hearc)- him enter the billiard roam. In a moment or two he was 'back,. having carefully locked the door behind him. "You say, Miss Cluley, that you played Lord Lakenham a game of'bil- liards, fifty up, and that you finished the game amicably and went upstairs. The score on the marking. board at ,present is twenty-eight and thirty. How do you account for that if the game was finished and if it was a fifty up?" •Sybil looked straight into the man's eyes. There was a perceptible pause before she spoke. Jermyn felt his` heart beating fast. Wes she really thinking -thinking out her answer? • "Lord Lakenham agreed to give me twenty points," she said slowly. "We omitted to put them on at the con-. mlencement of, the game. Therefore; when I had reached thirty I had wen." There was a brief silence in the room. Somehow the cold preciseness of Syribil's answers was terrifying Jerilyn. •Perhaps, notwithstanding all that he felt for her, some such though that be felt for her, some such thought was in his mind as the in- spector presently expressed. "You are, I believe, an actress, ma- dam?" the latter asked. "That is my profession," she ad- mitted. "And I think I understood from Sir Jermyn Annerley that Lord Lek-, enham was a stranger to you when you met him here?" "Entirely." "He had said nothing during° the evening which had led you to believe that he was in any sort of trouble or distress,?" "On the contrary," Sybil declared, "he seemed in the highest of spirits: He grumlbled because I would not play again,' but directly he understood that my headache was really painful, he made no further attempt to keep me." "Do yob, Sir Jermyn, or you, Miss Clul•ev, or you; madam," the inspec- tor continued -turning to Lucille. "know of any other person who did enter or could have entered the bil- liard room between the time of Miss C'ruley's leaving it and your discovery, of this accident?" !Ther all repeated in the negative The inspector closed'his book finally. "i trust that my questions have not bcere offensive," he said, a little aooI- c getically. "It is not my duty to' en- ter upon a complete cross -examine - :ion, I have only to ask tee obvious questions which might lead to the truth being discovered before any time has been allowed to intervene. Perhaps it would be as well now, Sir Jermyn, if I had a word with the gen- tleman who was with you when you entered the billiard -Lawn.' "Shall you require to speak to these ladies again?" Jermyn inquired. "If not, 1 daresay they would be glad to retire." �!, ainly not, sir," the insne.rtor replied. "I shall' leaee my two hien here, if you will permit me, until I have repor•tcd this matter a' head- quarters, and it' would perhaps he' a well 1! (10 one left the house for were than a slight expedition, at the im- mediate ',resent," ".There .is no one, I ani sure." .Ter- myn declared. "who proposes leaving it. If you will conte this way, then." The inspector. earned towards Luc- ille.telnd Sybil:'• Ile glanced at Lucille but it was Sybil u pon whop his eyes rested. "I am sorry to have had to trouble you. mndanr.," he said. "I wish you gond-eight." Sybil looked at him iinfaltcr ingly. Th'.ro was no smile upon he,' lips, but '-hr inclined her head slightly. "Gond-fright," she answered. CH.tPTER XIV (ince more the inspector and Jer- myn ci u5>od the hall and this tipie cntrretl the smoke room. Mr, Norden Smith, w•itli a very- large cigar in his mouth and a 1,vhisky-ancl-soda by his site, etas lying stretched out upon nn,' cn'y-c-hair• with his legs in an- other. 1lo rose with"a little apology as the, dam' opened. "Say, I hope • you'll forgive m}• making myself cn'nefortable," he said to his host. "Yon told pie to ring for anything i wanted. That affair gave nr , quite a nasty shock. is there any change in his lordship's condi- tion?" "N-nne at present," Jermyn answer- ed. "I ani very glad indeed that you have been looking after yourself. This,' he added, turning to the in, speetor, "is Mr. Norden -Smith. Re had called to no Lord Lakenham and was shown into the library, where we were all playing bridge, by my butler, T took him to the billiard room wt•ith the result you know of." "i)id you notice any signs of a struggle or any traces in the reom of the recent presence of any other per- son, excepting,. -of 'colts', Miss Cluley, sir?" the inspector asked, Mr, Norden Smith shook his head negatively. "There was nothing unusual 'what- ever to 'be observed," he replied, "with 1 ii:t'etet. • •4exIe�gonthe °sy1 nxpirrt0.,„ eas oi` suaeide,t' .. ; ileTxe,ei • seeded,. "the 'Mature••of• cr, with Lord Lakenbant'?" ""iI hadn't any business.With hili at all," 'Mr. Noorden. 'Smith conemell; "qHe stayed. with us in New " ork only a month or sQ ago. We enter- tained nt 'twice, antwhe)a he hearhid thatomee tl was or comiing tdo a;g land this summer be inatbeinle Arent-. ise I'd look 'him up. Quite a good. fellow, 'Lord • Lakenham, and we en, joyied taking :hint round very much in- deed. .1 happened to .be spending the nightat the inn here, and heard that he was "staying with Sir ler-mire so I. telephoned over. Sir Jerneyn was kind enough to aek me. to dinner but I had some mail to look after so I told him I'd come round afterwards.' "Ydu say that you are staying at the inn," the ins,peetor asked. "Isn't this rather an out-of-the-way place for a casual visitor?" • "I am on a motoring tour, doing all the cathedral cities of England," Mr. Norden Smith explained. "Ecclesias- tical arehitecture is a bit of 'a hobby with •me. Dee done. the west coast. I ,was at Norwich this morning and I meant to get as far as Lynn to- night. I had, bad tire trouble all the way from Norwich here. and finally I got sick of it. The' Annerley Arms looked very .conufor'table, so 'I put up there and set my man to work to put on new covers. I am on my way to Lincoln and •Durham." "Did I understand, Sir Jermyn," the inspeetor inquired, "that Mr. Norden Smith was shown in to the library by yo.u: butler?". "That is so," Jermyn assented. "The same servant who admitted Mr: Norden Smith at the front door." "I believe so," Jermyn replied, `'Such would naturally be the case. It is quite easy to find out." "The matter would be finished up," the inspector said apologetically, "if I 'might just ask the question." Jerrityn rang the bell. The butler himself answered the summons. "Roberts," Jermyn 'began= The inspector intervened. "Will you allow true, sir? It is A depression is a period wihen cows quite an unimportant question but it can return to the pasture that some-. is more in order for me to ask it my- body messed up with cetmlent walks. self. Your name is Roberts?." • --Fountain Tribune; "Yes, sir!" "You showed this gentleman into the bridge room this evening. Did you also admit him at the front door'!" "Yes, sir!" "He 'asked for 'Lord Lakenhamt?" "Yes, sir!" "Did, you •kno • that Lord Laken - ham •was in the billiard rooms?" "I believed that he was sir," the butler replied,' "because I had served coffee there. In any case, though, it seemed more in order to show the •gentleinan first into the room where Sir Jermyn was." • "And so .you took him there direct from the front door?" "'Certainly, sir." The inspector nodded. "That is all that I wish to know from you. By -the -bye, though, yop say that you served coffee in the bil- liard room?" "Yes, .lir!" "To Lord t-akenham and '-Miss Clu- ley?" Yes, sir! His Iordship also took a liqueur br"andy." • "They were alone at the time?" ":Iver,, sir!" "Playing billiards?" "Yes, sir!" "Did they seem interested in the sante ? „ "C4rtainly, sir. , His lordship war showing Miss Cluley how to hold the rest when I entered. I had, to wait with the coffee -tray until she had finished her stroke." Once more the inspector closed his hook and obeying a gesture from his master Roberts disappeared. "It will not be necessary for you to interrupt your journey, sir," the inspector remarked, turning to Mr. Norden Smith. you will permit me, though," he added, turning to Jer- ilyn, "in case. the ladies should not have retired •I should rather like to ask Miss Cluley one more question." Jermyn frowned a little impatient- ly. "If you aro quite sure the' it is essential." he said."' "You can ender - stand, I am sure, how terribly upset Miss .-41-eley-nat'u'al!y is." "It i; simply," the inspectn:' ex - peened, "with a view to making things easier later on. It is a sub- ject I should have alluded to befnrc hut I must 'confess that it slipped ; try memory," Jermyn led him hack once mor in- to thc' library, • Lucille and Sybil were still there. At the opening of the door they hoth started. Jermynr hurried over to Sybil's side and drew her hand through his arm. '•!t is ten had to worry -pm). I know• d ai'," he said. "hut the inspector wishes to ask one more question. Per- haps it is ,lust as well for hint to get 'hens rivet'. It is something which he had fnrtrnften." "i wish to ask," the inspector in- tci- e'd, "whet her you. Miss Cluley, hod so•. n Lord Lakenham in posses- sion of sny- sort of, a pistol 'luring the evening?" She shook her head. "Most certainly not." "Do y"u possess a pistol yourself." The inspector looked up quickly. "May 1 ask where it is?" She smiled faintly. "It is amongst my properties at the imperial Theatre. she replied dis- tinctly. "11 has never had any cart- ridges' nor am I sure that I know how to used•it," "You haven't it with you here, then?" the inspector persisted. "Didn't. P make that. clear?"' she asked. "So far as I know it has never' her n nut of my dressing room in the Jniperial Theatre. It was most certainly there 'when I left London. It is.,certainly- there now." The inspector saluted the two lad- ies. • "Then it 15 very apparent, madam," he declared, "that it is of no interest to us in our present investigation„ I am sorry to -have had to trouble you again. r wish you both good -night." ttexmyn led him out into the hall. "This is a very extraordinary af- fair, sir," the man remarked, "May I ask a 4uostion whit;rbr yon _R ha`Gis thin' a little emelt* the pres,'errt juncture? "You may ask anything' ye i �xtkq Jermyn answered: "Do you know anyone in this lio ei sir, who has any cause for x}t against his lordship?" "'•: 'Absolutely no one," • Jere, to. plied. "Lakenham was an els r�goa ing, good natured sort of fellow,, without, violent likes or dislikes, a man who was quite content, too; to lead • the ordinary life of pleasure... I can't conceive why -rte should have had an enemy, and tI can't think it possible that he could Have had one under this roof," "I trust that you will not taltet ex-' ception to any arrangements which I feel it to be my duty to make," the inspector cpntinued. "You see, the circumstances ef this ease are very peculiar., Suicide seems a strange theory in any case, and the fact that noweapon was discovered by the side of the body seems to dispose of that theory altogether: 'I am compel- led; therefore, to regard it as a case of 'murder." Jermyn shivered a little. It was a hackneyed word enough, but in his own house, concerning his own kins- man, with those whom he loved so closely involved, it ,,seemed to possess a new and' more hideous significance. (Continued next week.) WIT AND WISDOM The way to widen and to hold mar- kets is to supply the 'best in goods. - Ottawa Journal. A map in the car .tells you all you want to know except how to 'fold it up again. -Brandon Sun. Hon. Maurice .Dupre says Canada's only hope is to .trust in. Providence and. :Nix. . Bennett. This relegation of.. Mr. Bennett to second place calls for an explanation. -,London Advertiser. Some husbands get excellent care and some make the mistake of carry- ing too much life • insurance. -King- sten Whig -Standard. 'The fall fair lists 'are out. It won't be long now, Mr. Coalman. - St. Thomas Times -Journal. "Bennett has alternative if „con- , ference fails," proclaimed the Mail and Empire in its •editorial columns on the 5th inst. Is that alternative like the magic bag of tricks which was to provide work for every un- employed person in Canada; three weeks after the last Federal Cabinet? -Midland Free Press. To our mina the world's champion c rrimist is the old maid who powders. her nose before she looks under her bed at night.-,.Petrolia Advertiser - Topic. LONDON AND WINGHAM South. \Vingham Belgrave Blyth Londesboro Clinton I3rucefi•eld Kippen Hens al l Exeter North. 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