Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1927, Page 34

e e e e e e e e s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | By AGATHA CHRISTIE. : Copyright hy Dodd. Memi & Ce (Continnad trom Yestenday's Star) 1 decelved & matter all thes R ne wene for thinking ¢ the sun, 1 dont X 3 alieve “leomed with : 1t i\\)u- met id n spell ] Ve to| | nt annot try rds n ess to condemn A man unheard. The telephone bell rang sharply ral s tells. | I went out fnto the hall and took nce of money—a great | off the receiver. He wants money | “What” I said He | pard speaking.” amount “Yes, Dr. Shep- —he desires {t—and it is 8o easy 1 has to do nothing tor it—just keep | I listened for a minute or two, then stlence. That is the beginning. The |replied briefly. Replacing the re- desire for money grows. He must | ceiver, I went back into the drawing have more—and more! He ls intoxi- [room. 2 cated by the gold mine which has| “Poirot.” 1 said, “they have de. at his fe He becomes |tained a man at Liverpool. His And in his greed he over- |name is Charles Kent. and he {s be. Feaches nhimself. One can press a|lieved to be the stranger who visited man as far as one lMkes—but with a |Fernly that night. They want me woman one must not press too far. :0{ - ’::‘» Liverpool at once and iden- For & woman has at heart a great | Ufy I T desire to speak the truth. How CHAPTER XVIIL. thelr husbands wreek their | L with a grin THE EVENING STAR, ' WASHINGTON “I doubt It 1t would be wise at (he present juncture,” sald Polrot primly, and [ bit my Hps to prevent a winile. The little man really @11 1t very well, After mome furthor parioy, we were taken to interview the prisoner ) the way to Liverpool. 'The In- sector was clearly very exelged. ket a line on the blackmalt w, If on noth vd - jubllantly ner, this follow, «iy what 1 heard over the phoue Pakos dope, too, We ought to find it any to et whit we want out of Ho wan o youn fellow 3 e wis the whadow of o | ey not more than 22 or 2 I « more likely than o [ thin, with sllghtly shaking hands, and willed Mr. Ackroyd. Hut in that case, | the evidences of considerabl phy aton kevping out of | oal steength somewhnt rin Lo seed “w 0 | i hate wae dark. bt | W were By the way, | blue and shifty, seldoy sting 0 quite right about | lane qunrely 1 all along finke N They Mr [ cherished the llusion that there war kroyd's own. 1 had rather the same | somet) familiar about the fikur U dismbsed 1t as 1 but If this werr \ wmpletely mintukon Lnspector Rag | 1Te ot remind me in the least of pladnly saving his [y one T knew | “Now then, Kent nid Polrot | int nd up s pegards (his man | { v af them ot Kent glared at un not teply B i T aver tha three of uw . 1o rest on me " what » holght's the 1 sald au far nn Ken ppearance 1t might well be t \ in ques Beyond that, T couldn't go.” at the hell's the meaning of all ked Kent. * ve you out with to have [ tle,” sald the inspe ani SHew e wary b \ ot of abuse oo biel sald the superintendent Ao you say?” v arrival at Liver| prised (o find that ¥ - with ko, and had | od opinion of some ¢ evide h Now we've got M. Poirot shan't be long,” he sald che 1 thought you'd retired, my hoad. o T had, my good Ha man,” 1 sald w tedious is fmagine to y 1 recognize o monot after day.” come o | bef my voles, do you’ 1 think you heard it ay evening last, outsldo the | mates of Fernly Park. You asked me | the way ther 1 did, did 17 “ho you admit it &pector “I don’t admit anything. Not til I know what you've got on me.” “Have you not read the papers in the last few days?” asked Poirot, speaking for the firat time. The man's eyes narrowed. “So that's it, I8 1t? 1 saw an old |gent had been croanked at Fernly. Trying to make out I dld the job, are you?” “You were there that night,” said Polrot quletly. “How do you know, mister?” “By this.” Polrot took something from his pocket and held it out. It was the goose quill we had found in the summerhouse. b be able to identify him, st not very sure,” 1 said d w did you get hold of him?" | g quired Poirot “Doscription was circulated. as you know. In the press and privately. Not much to go on, I admit. This fellow has an American accent all right, and he doesn't deny that he was near King's Abbot that night. Just asks what the hell it s to do with us, and that he'll see before he answers any “Is it permitted that I, 2 asked Polrot. iperintendent closed one ey y. glad to have you, sir. You've got permission to do anything you please. Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard was asking after you the other ) *pala the wuper | Hayee, then at Folre though recetving e “That's right to 10 and 16 o “Then you've nothing to kesp me swnld Kent bo: % where you dropped It In the summer. house that night.” Charles Kent looked at him un cottainly. “You seem to know a hell of & lot nbout everything, you little foreln wok duck,” Perhaps vou remember hin: The papers say that the old gent Yam oronked between n quarter of 10 10 o “That 18w, agreed Poirot “Yow, but la It really T'm gotting ot hin gentleman will toll 3o pas o ean At the Dog and Whintle, That saloon about a mile out of Fernly on the road to Cran chester. 1 kicked up a bit of a row there, 1 remember, Aw near as noth ing to quarter to 10, it was. 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