Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1932, Page 22

~"“MURDER- HAZE MR ¢ by AcATHA CHRISTIE BYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALL-)seemed so nervous; he put it down to P the suspicious ignorance of her class. aaughter Violet, “You'll find the skunk what done it,” neighbors i the | said Evans. “Newspapers can do a lot, VMY | they say, in hunting down criminals.” t | “It was a burglar,” sald Mrs. Evans. | “That’s what it was.” “Of course, it was a burglar,” sald ist an offer of 1| Byans. “Why, there’s no one in Ex- 17 {55 Beitést | hampton who ‘Would want to harm the capting.” Enderby arose. | “Well,” he said. “I must be going. I X i ) | will Tun in now and then and have a At J L aneayened | little chat if I may. If the captain o | won three new novels in & Daily Wire | Competition, the Daily Wire ought to | makt it a personal matter to hunt | down his murderer.” A Wishing them a cheery good day, | Charles Enderby took his leave. 3|, °I wonder who really did the cap- d | tain in?" he murmured to himself. *I | don't think our friend Evans. Perhaps 2 | it was a burglar! Very disappointing, if so. Doesn't seem any woman in the case, which is a pity. Weve got to, have some sensational development | soon or the case will fade out. Just s my luck, if so. Eirst time I have ever INSTALLMENT VIL been on the spot in a matter of this CAN‘ TREVELYAN had no ene- | Kind. I must make good. Charles, my e | boy, your chance in life has come. mics, had he?” asked young Xpiie¥ihe most of it Our military y : | friend will, I see, soon be eating out of my hand if I remember to be suf- ficiently respectful and call him ‘sir’ often enough.” It takes about half an hour from Exhampton to Exeter by train. At| | 5 minutes to 12 Inspector Narracott ciually dis- | Was ringing the front doorbell of the E? aure! the YOURE e aurels was a somewhat dilapi- dated house, badly in need of & new coat of paint. The garden round it was Maj. | unkempt and weedy and the gate hung | ined to give | askew on its hinges. T ut he was no match ot too much money about here,” for the ¢ of Mr. Enderb; thought Inspector Narracott. “Evident- latter mad r ly hard up.” major was a or disagree | He was a fair-minded man, but in- the information the | quiries seemed to indicate that there ant was his was very little possibility of the cap- “No,” said the major. “But T hear the police don't think it is robbery,” went on Enderby. “How do you know that?” asked the | The girl's eyes opened. “Murdered, was he? 'Orrible, isn't it?” er, however, that the process was | tain's having been done w death by an painf d the major | enemy. On the other hand, four peo- a liking 1o | ple, as far as he could make out, stood | man |to gain a considerable sum by the old erby rose and ob- [ man's death. The movements of each | ) aiong to the post | of these four people had to be inquired ¥ in the notel register | r all Pearson e mewhat slatternly looking maid ered the bell ood afterncon.” said Inspector ott. “I want to see Mrs. Gardner, voung man. “I|please. It is in connection with the photographs, you | death of her brother, Capt. Trevelyan, ord. and | at Exhampton.” you feeding t} . or el 1 He purposely did not hand his offi- dandelior g char- | cial card to the maid. The mere fact of acterist You have no | his being a police officer. as he knew by idea how ou aders ate that | experience. would render her awkward sort of thir e | and tongue-tied a few wo 2 g itend | “She’s heard of her brother's death?” to do W 3 ed the inspector casually as the maid n rew back to let him into the hall. “Yes, got a telegram she did. From the lawyer, Mr. Kirkwood.” The maid ushered him into the draw- ing rcom—a room, whis & side of the house, was badly in need of a little money spent upon it, but yet had, with ali that, an air of charm S | which the inspector felt without being | | able to particularize the why and is | wherefore of it “Must have been a shock to your to resign ones mistress,” he observed. heels in Ext S you | The girl was a little vague about that, well at the Three C . "So | he noticed. “She didn't see much of him,” was €l g h. door and eome here,” satd s paper that by the greatest | “Shut the door and come here,” sa! e would be able to supply | Inspector Narracott. He was anxious to try the effect of & surprise _attack. “Did the telegram say it was mur- | der?” he asked. | “Murder!” | The girl's eves opened wide, a mixture | of horror and intense enjoyment in | him to 85 them. “Murdered, was he?" opened by | _“Ah!" said Inspector Narracott. “T T that | thought you hadn't heard that. Mr. ientity. | Kirkwood didn't want to break the news | too abruptly to vour mistress, but you e just come from |see, my dear—what is your name, by | the way2” “Beatrice, sir.” 5 “Well, you see, Beatrice, it will be in Enderby accepted the invitation. A | the evening TS tonight.” buxom yo an with dark hair | _“Well, I never,” said Beatrice. “Mur- and red cheek: red in the back- | dered. 'Orrible, isn’t it? Did they bash scd her as the | his head in or shoot him or what?” The inspector satisfied her passion hcut your late mas-| for detail, then added casually, “I be- “Who do you | lieve there was some idea of your mis- rded with an | tress going over to Exhampton yester- formation. |day afternoon. But I suppose the wn tramps, I|Weather was too bad for her.” Sisooser never, heard anything sbout it R e T | sir,” sal eatrice. think you must B e e ace a, mistake. The’ mistress s | went out in the afternoon to do some saw through that 8¢ gy ipping and then she went to the pic- ture nformant had been| . What time did she get in?” the Three Crowns| .About 6 o'clock. the legal spouse of SO that let Mrs. Gardner out. but he replied | . "I don't know much about the fam- eadontoss. Yes, | ilv.” he went on in a casual tone. “Is all a put up job.* | MIS. Gardner a widow?” hick did it then3" Oh, no, sir, there's master.” s coming forward. ghadt does k:ie do? e looked frightened and eager. ', He doesn't do anything: sald Bea- ci don'h youitakelcnsso, [ (T ES (SnE. Sl con L e S iy ir, see you later.” hesitated a moment hold of x glace at die | “Me? Oh! no. I am from a news- the Daily W 1 came down | j. Burnal He has just won | Foot B:ill Competition for “Then these | things are square after all.” | “Didn't you think they were?” asked a wicked world, sir. Evans confused, feeling that his ion had been wanting in tact. | “I have heard there's a lot of trickery | concerned. The late capting used to | say that a prize never went to a good That's why he used mine| nd agair described the captain’s winning of | three new novels. Enderby encouraged lum to talk. He saw a very good story being made out of Evans. The faithful . sfllant—old sea dog touch. He won- sl Just a little why Mrs. Evans “An invalid, is he? Oh, I'm sorry. I hadn't heard.” “He can’t walk. He lies in bed all day. Got a_nurse always in the house, we have. It isn't every girl what stays on with an ‘ospital nurse in the house the whole time. Always wanting trays Cm’-l ried up and pots of tea made.” “Must be very trying,” said the in- spector soothingly. “Now will you go and tell your mistress please, that I am h«‘n: from Mr. Kirkwood of Exhamp- ton?” Beatrice withdrew and a few minutes later the door opened ana a tall, rather commanding woman came into the toom. 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