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Mystery Story Ever Written
itylPialtavAL CHR'. 'HER WREN
pis.ST RIA.D THI>d hi teerful and _"air rsssed. It was at
Orme ne Geo*brothers, John. one that she look *d as we entered. t
I+igby' aaad atiebset. ere inseparable "('aught them both in the act of
in their boyhood aad youth. Nick• baittn . Isobel," said U-rgby.
eel, or "Beau" is the loader. They "may ve each ,girt a half of the ".fkiuir
lira with their went, Lady Standen, Water'. --:about a pint apiece. dint
in Lrttgtauad. Lady Brandon trench the they ere willing to hear your wordat
"Blue Water." a valuable sapphire. if you: are quick."
stat *.ni lady Brandon, the ('hap -1 "Oh, I am so iniserabi.," moaned
luta, Gird , Isobel, Michael, Augus• Isobel. "I have been ouch a wir-ked
sus Brandon and John, are together; wicked beast. But I can't bear it any
and someone **este a look art the longgetr."
precious gem. Lady Brandon bringal "heave it with us, dear," raid Dig-
it .out. They were looking at it whelp by, "and forget it. Well smuggle
the lights go out and when t.iey ore. 14 back, and share Aunt's few well-
again turned on the aapnhirai h*s elle- rhossen wa)rda among us, won't we
appeared Everyone disclaim;, , an,/ Been?" " '
knowledge of its disappearance. Lacey " Vi°°hat ss( the trouble. child?'" i' asked,
Braadon gives the person who took it,. Michael.
rntii the next day to return it, but "Pee int Augustus take the Wenn
the next day it *till is missing.
all thea time," she cabbed.
NOW GO ON WITH THE ,STORY ! .. '+Didn't notice him taking any, "
"Who's there?" cried Michael.observed Dishy. "Must be a secret
"Me," bawled the ungararnennticu'r blame -taker, I suppose,"
laiirby. "Augustus is perfectly- innocent
Michael unlocked the door. and I could hsve proved it, the noom
"What's up?" he *eked. erns Aunt began to question us last
"Isobel wants to speak to us throe, night. A word from me would have
She's been looking for you two.- A saved him from all suspieion—and I
thought has struck her, Blow severe never. said it," she went ono'
but not ictal. All about the Painful \VhY, dear. I asked her.
Event. . .'" "Oh, I don't know. . Yes, I do,
"Where is aloe:" asked (Michael. .t would have looked like exculpating
"I said I'd lead you by • the ear to nyself too," she replied. "Besides, I
the smoking -room et an early date- lidn't know who had done it, Andit.
unless either of you had done a bunk was mere or less of a silly practical
with the loot;" replied Digby, joke last night. , . And, of course, I
"Well• -4 haven't fled yet, but I :height the person who had taken it
shall want a Bradshaw after lunch,' would say so, or at least put it back.
said Michael, adding,:. "Let'' go end . But now --it's awful.,,, And I can't
hear Isobel's great thous«ht. Gener-
ally worth Jtcaring.
We went downstairs and made out
way to the smoking room, The bras*
box caught my eye, and an idea alar
struck me with some violence, as 1
noticed that the lid and front seemed
brighter than the rest of it.
"Don't expose nae Yet, John," niiu'
:Michael as Iwo crossed the hall.
"John been cli.ching you out?"
asked` Dearly.
"Vaught trio last night, didn't yeu
John?" replied 'Michael-
"lied -handed," said I.
"It's blue -handed that Aunt wants
to cop someone," said • Digby, opening
the door of the smoking -room, _'Sap.
phire»blue," -•
Isobel was sitting by the lire look -
Tongue Combal
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melt other, Michael"' taco being, per-
fectly expressionless.
"I think of bolting with it, as I told
Isobel just now,"' said Michael.
"John going with his half too?"
asked Digby.
"No," replied Michael for me
"I'm taking it all.
"Well, old horse," said Dishy, look -
cep •quiet any longer. I thought P4. ing at his watch, "could you, go soot,
tell you three before I told Aunt.
"Well --what is it, Faithful
Round?" *seed hiiehael.
"Why, when the light went out --
Yoe know ',said, 'Ghosts and goblins
and skeleton hands,' or something ?
Well, I half frightened myself and
half pretended, and I clutched some..
body's arm. When the Iight want up
I' found. it was Augustus I was hug.
in ---and let go so• quickly that no-
body noticed, I uppo e," y h o
hat settles it," said Digby. "It
wasn't poor Gussie; Couldn't have
been," he added, ""unless those two
were ane and did it together,"
"Don't be an acs, Dig," I said, for
poor Isabel was really upset about it.
"0h, never!" said Digby. "Abso-
lutely never!"
"Well—I like our Augustus all the
better for not having adduced this bit
of evidence himself," said I.
"Bless the dear boy," said Digby;
"end I searched all his little pockets,
I must and him and forgive him."
"'Have you told Claudia this?" ask-
ed Michael.
"Yea," replied Isobel, "But she
eeenna to think that I may.have been
mistaken,"
bsurd, of course," she soaped it, and was giving it a final
."Which is a
;added,
"Wolf—hien. ritiie pug -irk be
much, obliged to you, both for hang"
-ing-on--to in-the-darkreed foe- re,
membering it, Isobel," said Michael.
"Tell her at once and get it off your
conscientious chest, Isobel," said L
She looked at me long and miser
v_ mo a o e a
anld went out of the room.
Digby aa -the
door :closed, "what I want to know is
this. Who pinched this hero eon
we're being bothered about? fern
Offi-
cious; and offensive fella, I consider—
but
onsider but Gussie now being out of it, it
must be one of us'three. . . Excuse
my mentioning it then, butme being;
nut of. it, must be one off You two.
Now unless you really want the damn-
ed thing, I say, 'Put it back.'"
"._.Itfiehaol.and'i.onee.agein_looked .
atter lunch? I want. to Nihil up to
town to see a nran about or dog, and
Aunt seems to have other views for
us—until the matter is cleared up."
"Do my best to oblige," said Mich-
ael, as I quietly . slipped from the
room to carry out the idea which .bad
occurred to me as I crossed the hall.
I went to the brass box. Finger-
prints were very faintly discernible
on its highly -polished lid and front,
Going to the wash-b.ein in the room
opening off the neighboring corridor,
I damped my handkerchief, and rub-
bed soap, hard, on the Yet surface.
The hall was atilt empty when I re-
turned, and I prornp'tly began scour-
ing the lid and front of the box.
It was easier, however, to remove
the finger -marks than to remove the
signs( of their removal. I did not
wish it to be obvious that someone
had been doing -what was doing.
Under a heavy curtain, in to recess
in the panelling, hung overcoats
caps, mufflers, and such outdoor .gar-
ments. A.... silk scarf of Digby's
struck- me, as being Just the thing I
wanted.
I had restored to the box the brit -
Bence which had been its before I
wipe -with -- the• . silk, when 'they "doer'"
from the corridor swung open, Mich
,_ael-entere ,_and --L .►s__caught:eio..the
act.
And then I Saw that in his hand
was a piece of wash -leather and a ail.
l ver -duster, presumably purloined
e ea smarm e
traces of 'the -crime!"
"Alt -I! hope, Bectu," I replied.
"Sound plan, too," he observed..
"Just going to do it myself," and he
passed on.
slot , almost poI g tic ley I thought,
fraAli!" butler's i pantry!e g 11
Having finished my task, I placed
the lingers of arty right hand on top.
of the box, my thumb on the front,
and left as fair and clear a set of
tinter -Prints as I could contrive.
/tow could it possibly matter to me
ai if a detective identified them *fit
it Banff l utting
on Brilliant Carnival
ala• ter p.ti ss( sail twin skeet dark*Carut+wl. It) Mart Cr,.wQ.w..1 no Catania. tie la-M+s*r r► ps-
tsa at Lake hash.* swrbrr• Nr A tyrtesl 41omplefietor twos.
ing the carnival. The scenery setting has not its
equal in the world.
What Quebec City Waren* to the east for its winner
sports, Banff mem* to the test. Calgary meetly
abornlooed her winter carnival to ,loin ferces with the
mountain resent Instead of going to sleep for the
minor like the bears that ream the neer-by await.
tales, Banff beeps awake and with the emating of the
saws takes .n a sew Wee of life. Visitors COMA
from army part of the world.. Ice palaces art built
and tieo tetra takes me a Nay and ftstive appearance.
Them inliet shows the C.rntvsI Qrws. Wen Bary Craw.
Tim elsampleueldp dog eery to "TM Top of tat
'Meat and Beek" will be a* fratslatdtwg trent of bite
swami, al, '11eia mart bikmnlae moms* and pretrial
Pas*so leareat sad moot *Mai beteg 1711 ! s Tial h� mran� the
same.
s read bsube aatfd ash talus attest the mast
expert dot mosisro mat obs inedIM IL _
la
owejcis series(. i�
silted Met a sheetro t9115: egg dab we�e
shousur riab. violate ibis to illsristlal is•
tweets tone azimem ata
flan'f in winter and a esaapkte abandentsent to tb4
Joys of reinter sports are synonymous. Thou-
ss*is of people in all parts of the world baro happy
artwatelise of Banff in summer tints. Fewer p*op*
knew of the joys of Banff in winter trot this fancied
taometain insert at this season of the year is bice..•
ingg; widely paepatar. The great annual winner carnival
there has because * elasok, and is*Oudot to draw
its regular devotees as ease ties MaMi Ora at Naar
Orissa and the Rae Toarnassext at f"asadmaa.
Dre"tag
Use week et lhbreary k to 1! Yap I will
.me agaIa be the sane of one of tar' Mat betlitast
wrhaslse eerdeok +gut the catboat. The Waste la
144 Irl' *WM bio of winter sport. 'rise moat ex-
port elders aald sew-mkoors .It ties asthma will bo
to tet fee the mow seapmatt. ss(. Tire
am that aowned M Banff sift a e -
asst import In Ude art. Fancy
Y tbNr gaossitat art ea the rush,
Um mow as .aslitag bee -
WO be a s taert tit is
bthe bet
as jest a Sow of
attractive. of Daft der-
Tkm fltasot .teed mat
tee D.eiIv ns is is semeatieu
is *mad high up toad, of
the start an
Wait
� ;,; `. !=eve► that I 1
hs a
leo was illebael se wasienal
that Iag.a .res slat a.t M
i. ngaet *s a piece of erhaiener
be with tie feet that 1 bed
boa -i olding kis wrist, above the
gime ewer, wile* VAS lights were
tweed oar ?
I tent up to gay psoas dsspairimr.
acrd to lar to recall what. I had reed
arsesslnittis 4wr., *boot
t Isttso ettMy
tWowhen gat power on to those aad
t
apply eerboa-paper or tissue pa-
paer, take a phot,;graph of the re-,
sults
Anyhow, if Aunt had bees( wily
enough to polish the box, Just where.
we, wonlet touch it, so that she could'
get the finger -prints of the person
wise opened it, she'd get mine all
right and those of nobody else, when
the dattetives canna.
. Aunt Patricia did not appear at
lunch, heir did Claudia. The Chap-
lain wen still ill in bed.
A' Bold -n and a footman always
waited at that meal, there was no
general conversation on the one cub -
felt of interest to us all.
It was apainful meal, to me at any
rate, though Digby seemed perfectly
happy, and Michael unconcerned.
The only reference to the theft WAS
durine" a brief absence of the ser -
vanes..
"Did you tellAuntwhat you pro-
posed to tell her? What did she
say?" asked Michael of Isobel.
"yesShe raid, somewhat.
cryptically, 'Virtue is its own reward,'
and nothintr else." replied Isobel.
"Gussie," said Diaeby, "Isobel bas -
one cannot say `bearded' of a lady --
let us say faced --Aunt Patricia in
her wrath, in order to tell her that
you must be absolutely innocent of
and quite t.bove or beneath suspi-.
cion."
"What do you mean?" snarled'
Augustus.
"She very kindly went to the lion-
ess's den," continued Digby, "to say
that she seized you and hung on to
you last night while, the lights were
out—and that, therefore, you :could
not possibly have gone to the table
and pinched the sapphire, as'she was
hanging on to your arm. I sincerely
apologise to 'you, Gussie, andhope.
you'll forgive me."
"My arm?" said Augoatus. in door
and genuine surprise, ignoring f the
apology, and quickly adding, elle-
'es -ser ---of course. Thanks, Isobel."
We all looked at him. I had been
watching him when he spoke, and t t
me his surprise was perfectly obvious
"Then Aunt knows I didn't do it?"
he said.
"Yes,,Gusete," Isobel assured him
"and I'm awfully sorry I didn't sari
at once, last night.".
"Yes --I thought you might have
done so," replied our Augustus.
"Isobel is not so keen on exculpat-
ing herself too, you see," said I, .glar-.
ing at the .creature. ' "If she were
holding your arm. she meld not hnvc
gone to :. the table herself, Proving
your innocence proves her own."
"Well --.she might have thougbt of
rel ..he .humbled.
"She: has. Gussie." said Michael;
"we shnrl all think of you. Frit sure,.
Anyhow, we are air sorry wu
were unkind and puepicious."
"Suspicious. Your said Augustes.
"Ruh! "
"Yes ---and I'm sorry 1 searched
you. Ghalrtly." 1Kkt in Digby,
«I'll unsearch you by and by, if
you're rot careful." he added.`
And then David and Burdon -came
in with the next course.
After lunch, feeling disgruntled'.
and miserable, I went along to the
billiard -min to knock the balls about.
as one could' not very well leave the
house in face of. Lady Brandon's re-
quest.
Augustus war before • me and It
turned to retreat.. 'I was in no mood
to suffer Augustus
'-'"'Pollee come yet?" he leered'.
"No—you're 'safe for the present,"
I replied.
"Yen heard what Isobel said at
lunch," he squealed.
"Yes." said I, going out, "you could
hardly believe your ears, could you?"
end I am afraid that the anger that 1
felt wasalmost entirely due to my
conviction that he was absolutely in-
nocent. Isb!bel could not very well be
mistaken. I" suppose that Augustus
Must have quite forgotten the inci-
dent until Isobelmentioned it, or else
had never noticed it at all. Certain»
lv that was far more probable, than
that Isabel herb made a mistake as to
whom she had clutched in the dark-
ness, especially sus she did not leave
go until, the. liaehts came on and start-
ed us all blinking at each other. ,
I went un to my bedroom, feeling
deadly tired after my wakeful right
and ell the worry, and threw myself
on my bed.
I was awakened from a heavy steer
by the entrance of Digby. a coapt. of.
hours later. Ile held a letter in hitt
hand.
"Hi, hog," cmuoth he, "wake up and
listen. Latest edition," and he
sat himself down heavily on the foot
of the bed,
"What's up now?"yawned, rub-
bing my eyes.
"We've got to use our wits and do
something; to help Riau. Show the
Mettle of mix pastures 'and all that. .
Beau's dank a bunk. Left this note
with David. Save he pinched the
'Blue Witter, and isn't, going to face
the nolle, . "
"What?" I tried.
"Read it." said Digby, and nsssed
the letter to me.
"Mv dear 1')ig," it ran, "I have told
David to give you this at foto *'clock•
by which time I :'hall be well en my
way to- where I am pine. Will you
please tell Aunt that there is no fur-
ther nerd to chivvy any of you about
the 'Blue Watei." If the police roast
or a mystery -merchant from Scotland
Yard, tell them that you knew that I
was I* sore stralgkta---or is it straits
(err creokeds?) for money, hut that
you think that tills is sly *est offence
and I remit kora been led away by
bad comp.nlons (you sad Jobe, of
ectiretl. lt;.ep an eye am yeas John.
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•
ENTURIESago, when tea was first
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n- e ° --
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mrreeil him--l-lrope-he'll--be a This -was- true --enough... No ha
boy. If I send you an address later, could result front Digby's knowing
it will be in absolute confidence, and all that t knew.
relying wholly on your utterly mho- Moreover, if,: as Digby assumed
ing to give it to anybody, for any rea- Michael were shielding somebody else
son whatsoever. I do hopethat presumably he would welcome any;
things will settle down :quickly and evidence that strengthened the case
quietly, now that the criminal is against himself.
known, . Sad. sad, sad! Give my "Well," said l relletantly, "it'te like
love to Claudia. this, Dig. . . Beau went down to the.
Ever thine, drawing room last night. I met him.
Michael' with the key in his hand. . "
"It can't'be true," I said. "It's int "And what, were you doing, if one
possible.' might ask?"" interrupted nay, brother
"Of course it ie, fat -head," replied "Going to see if the 'Blue Water'
Digbyr • "lie's of on the romantic had beer' reteened" I replied.
tack. Taking the blame and all that "'Anyhow, B'ratia Imetwre returnetil r"k
. . Shielding his little brother. . had he?" grinned Digby.
• • • "No—but at the time. 1, naturally-.
*vetch?'" I asked.• your enough, thought he had," said I. "and
"No," said Digby. I suppose that fixed the idea in any
"Me`" I asked. : mind. - I first got the Idea—naturally
"Subtle mathematician„” observed enough again—when I caught him
Digby, • hand hoverine ever the gime cover in:
""But I didn't do it,"" I said, the darkness. "
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"Nor did I," said Digby, and• ad- "Anything else?'" asked Digby, Hard and soft corns both yield to
ded, "Let's say `Taking the blame and "Yes, the third reason I had for Holloway's Corn Remover, which iv
thinkinsr he's shielding his little tiro • suspectipa Beau: though T' put mye .entirely safe'to use, and certain and
they" then." tCantlnuect ort hags 7 satisfactory : in its action.
"But, Dig," I exppaoss tulated, "do You
think Beau seriously supposes for one
moment that you or I would steal a
valuable jewel—and from Aunt Pat-
ricia of all people?"
"Somebody has stolen it, haven't
they?" said Digby. "And I tell you
what, my lad, he added: "you say
that Beau would never seriously sup-
pose that you or I would steal it -
but you yourself seriously supposed
that beau had!"
"Row do you know'?" I asked
ag- "By"the way you looked at him --
oh, half a desert tmmesi"
"I had reason to suspect him," I
said,
"What reason -except that you
caught hold of his wrist in the dark
when ho was probably doing just
what you wore doing, trying to eateh
Omsk In the act of putting it back?"
asked Digby.
"I'd
rather not say any more about
It, Dig." I replied, "It's ]data's busi-I
news after rill, toad. ."
"Wet las a eolosaai au," interrupt-
ed Digby. "Chf tomes it's Beau's
Wetness, end that's what we are taik-
h* *beet. The more ws both know,
the more 'we ea* lata hstp ishan---
eith.r t. g+tt *way, err to emus barb
If we kart he le ggoi10, whack.
;if 'mega*. he least, was esoM envie tied
stress Ida trail; and #. w•
lkslwsrecerktr ie faroemaat" which Iro is, wo
mold lay for the rout thief awl este
hi*s oat."
"Beau dsae s't want balm cast{ht out
owierittly." said I.
"What --nit if it's the nd asrabrls
Gado?" eased arur batboy ladia"-
- 't." aid I. "Audi BoaBo
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