Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1926, Page 30

By Louis Trazy SYNOPOSIS. | agent e heir presump- | Gy son. donhn disanneated some vears \hant o be pre- | fecides o leave | 1 he tells Mr. Lesl of the Hudson R that he ohn _Tridgnorth Pan- | Maple ied (Tanzhter. 18 a sympa. | theic Tistener 10 the e encourages her fath Panton | In the meantinie "Eilen Grant is married | in Tondon to Alistair Panton. Immediately ¥ e learne that John is Ol his way to England heritance left “him by Tis dohn Panton's fatner | nable 10 Tnverlochie with | “he telle him That W as his wife untl Lcitled to her satis dog. Spot ar-| « a letter of n hrother. a lawver o Lesiies invite cepts their . Who'telia him that he has | had been drugged by one the fatal dav he refused to ut of the trenches < this bit of information fo atter calls a meeting at tor Winter of Scotiand tant_Furneanx: Mr. Mount f the Probate Court and Fren- lotters which come from Joha o Alietair. and she is con: velinf of JoRn'a Innacence bitterls *with ' Alistair and 3 1% him ta’vome to Th- | On'his arrival there he diseavers one of ‘the men of his| has just arrived. presum. | and his_suspicions are his cousin ets Eileen in the village and she er faith is unshaken. ' That night r Alistair walks down fo the lake 32 hardly ‘out af wight 0f the housa | when'a nolice whistle disturba the neighbor- | Alistair is found dead on the boat. housa pier and presumahly has been mur (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) INSTALLMENT LVIIL A Stanch Ally. the local inspector wished to interview the one man whose testimony hore v on the manner Panton's death he was told, marked astoni ment, that John Panton had retired for the night. That might be under- standable, but he was positively irri tated next morning. The prosecutor:| fiscal, a county official of much im-! ‘v, I'M QUITE A BRAINY YOUNG WOM. TROUBLE TO THINK.” portance in the legal and civie life of Scotland, reached Inverlochtie soon fiter 10 o'clock and the inspector hur- ried him to the house. John again in request, but he and Fur- neaux and a number of gillies who knew every nook and cranny of the hills for miles around had crossed the loch more than an hour earlier. They took several dogs, enough provisions to last the day out, and a sure footed pony for Furneaux, who. though in | first rate physical condition for so small a man, could hardly be ex- pected to tramp many miles through heather without a good deal of prior training. Unless the unforseen hap- pened, the party would not return | until nightfall. The procurator-fiscal, a Mr. Ding- wall, was none too pleased, efther. “I' wish Mr. Panton could have delegated his share of the search to some other person,” he said. “His absence will delay my inquiry a a whole day." Luckily Sheldon was close at hand. | “The difficulty is, sir.” he explained. “that Mr. Panton’s dog ix probably keeping track of Connington, and the | two know each other's ways. Thv; dog would hardly recognize the right of any other person to interfere with him. Mr. Panton impressed this fact on his helpers before they set out He improvised a set of signals so that any one in a very extended line who sees Spot can stand fast and sum- mon him.” “Is ‘Spot’ the dog’s name?" es.” “But my difficulty, Mr. Sheldon, is that the doctor is inclined tn believe that Mr. Alistair Panton may easily have met his death by being knocked | over and mauled by some powerful animal of the kind.' | The pupil of Sheldon’s right eve, it | will be remembered. was larger than that of the left. When he was pecu liarly troubled or amused. the one had a trick of contracting and the other of dilating. They did these things now and the effect on Mr. Dingwall was rather disturbing. He was not quite sure that his own eves were not decelving him. { “Have you discussed that with Po- | lice Constable Campbell?” inquired the detective. “No. It is only a first-hand opinion formed by the doctor last night.” “Well, I'm sure vou can ‘disregard it. sir. Look at the'facts. Recause Mr. Alistair Panton feared. or pro- fessed to fear, a physical attack by his cousin, he told Campbell something about it. The policeman, quite rightly and most fortunately, as it happens, kept Mr. John Panton under close ob- servation. If he had not, no one can deny that Mr. John would now be: under grave suspicion in the matter, and that very consideration,. 1 jmag ine, is a vital element in Connington's flight. Having attacked Mr. Alistair with a boat hook. perhaps not wholly with intent to kill, he made off in the hoat which he commandeered from the moorifie ground near the bridge. The last thing he counted on was &n imstant alarm. But the flashing of a | light on the landing stage, the police | whistle and the accidental discharge of a double-barreled gun warned him that the whole district was aroused. | Whether the man is a murderer or not, he is certainly a criminal, and the first instinet of a criminal is not only | to escape but to throw the hlame on | some innocent person. _Connington | may certainly be trusted to assume that John Panton would -possibly he | held responsible. I imagine he is bank- | ing on that chance to get clear away.” | “But others may not be wholly sat- | isfled that thie Connington, whoever | he may be, was anywhere in the local- | ity,” objected Dingwall stiffly. lheldon was well aware that he! must_not go too far in his anaivsis | €nts untll the other man was bet- | that clear, youthful skin and rosy- ter acquainted with them. In s matters a slight barrier of doubt sily be converted into a stone wall | of prejudice. | “Have you been over the ground, may 1 ask, sir?” he said. “No. That is exactly what I want | to do in Mr. John Panton’s company.” | “Campbell was never farther than a hundred yards from him and his dog since the two . lefi Macdonald's cot-| tage. Shall we get Campbell now to take us over every inch of the w: I shall be glad myself to have a loc at_the place in broad daylight.” The procurator-fiscal admitted that heldon’s suggestion might simplify his inquiry. They picked up the in ector and Campbell, and were walk ing toward the village when Betsy Bridgnorth came racing after Mr. Dingwall knew her well, happened, so he made no secre his present errand. ““Oh, I'm quite a brainy young woman when I take the trouble to think.” aid Betty airlly. “I was on the ter- ce. and guessed what you four were after the moment you set out. Kileen | didn’t sleep at all last night. so I've uaded her to take some and hav ap Lady Lan trying all dodges to keep her kiddies from hearing anvthing about Alistair's death until the funeral is over. Being a marvelously clever pe! son, she may succeed. At any rate am at a loose end. May 1 join you’ “Well—er—er— " hegan the offi clal. | “Oh, T understand. You'd like to say ‘no,” but would prefer that I should take a strong hint and find some | other occupation this fine morning. | But aren't you making a bit of a mis- | take? 1 probably know more about this wretch Connington than anyhody else in Inverlochtie at the present mo | { | | i Miss Bridgnorth?” cried the | d Dingwall. Uncle Hector told me hes akfast what Alistair and Con- nington said when they met yester it happened, 1 had a good | look at Connington in the village dur. | ing the afternoon.” “But you are telling me, or rather . things which I am hearing | he first time!" | ixactly. That is why T ran a{ler’ Who hegins—you or 1. Mr. Shel- | “You are doing so admirably Vha!‘ T hope you will carry on,” said Shel- | don WHEN I TAKE THE | Betty told her story in terse, vigor- ous sentences. By the time the party | had reached the entrance to the bridle | path Mr. Dingwall was beginning to | view the Inverlochtie tragedy from a new and more accurate angle. The inspector, ton, was an interested lis- tener. He gave Sheldon an occasional weighing look which led the detective to try to dispel at once any new false fmpression which might be forming | in his colleague’'s mind. “‘Before Campbell tells us what hap- pened from this point onward,” he said, T want to say that [ eould not | possibly have put matters so clearly as you, Miss Bridgnorth. Furneaux and 1 came here in the dark. I am | now seeing the place definitely, and piecing together a whole heap of un. | certain ideas. 1. for one, am very glad you are with us. 1 do really believe that when Campbell shows us ex- | actly what occurred from the moment | he left the hoat and followed on Mr. Panton’s trail we shall have a fairly accurate notion of a somewhat ex- | traordinary series of events.” Copymight, 1926, hy Louis Traces.) (Continued tomorrow.) Porto Rican Court Assignment. The President has designated Judge | Emilio del Toro y Cuebas, chief jus. | tice of the Supreme Court of Porto | Rico, as acting judge of the Distr Court of the United States for Porto Rico during the absence on vacation at intervals hetween July 1 and De- cember 31 of Ira K. Wells, judge of he District Court For Business Good taste and modern ideas suggest eyeglasses or spectacles with h weight shell rims or no rims at all. We can furnish these to you in your proper focus, measurements being taken from your present lenses. 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