Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1932, Page 24

INSTALLMENT XIV. | ¢¢] THINK a lot hinges table-turning busine y told Enderby. “You've done this table-turning or tipping, haven't you?” “Oh, yes, now and then. ous, you know.” “No, of course not. It's the kind of thing one does on a wet afte! n and every one accu one else of shoving. Well plaved it you know what The starts spelling out a name it's a name somebody knows often they it at once and hope it isn’t and al the time un one calls shoving recognizing things ma involuntary je: when the next comes and stops the t less you want to do the more it happens.” Yes, that's true” Enderby. “I don't believe spirits or anything posing that o of were playing kne elyan was beir minute—" “Oh, I say,” protested Charles awfully far fetched “Well, it needn’t as that are just all. We are knew Capt on Not seri- recognize letter d the mes, agreed Mr. or a moment ke that. But s those people who t Capt - at in ite so crude be. We tal th ssertin somebody Trevelyan was dead a absolutely couldn’t their knowl- edge. Tr table by ayed them." “It's awfully ingenlous,” s “but 1 don't believe for a minute it's /e'll assume that it is true” said Emily firm 1 am sure that in de- tection of crime you mustn't be afraid to assume things “Oh, I'm_quiie agreeable,” said Mr. Enderby. “We'll assume that it is true ~—anytaing you like.” “So what we Emily, “is to the people who were p with there’s Maj aby r Rycroft. Well, it seems wildly unlikely that either of them should have an accomplice who was the murderer Then there is this Mr. Duke. Well, for the moment we know nothing about him. He has only just arrived here lately and, of course, he might be a| sinister stranger—part of gang or | something. We will put X ugainst his | name. And now we come to the Wil- letts. Charles, there is something | awfully mysterious about the Willetts.” | “What on earth have they got to gain from Capt. Trevelyan's death?” l have “Well, on the face of it, nothing. But if my theory is correct there must be a connection somewhere. We've got to find what is the connection.” | “Right,” said Mr. Enderby. “And supposing it's all a mare’s nest?” | “Well, we'll have to start all over egain,” said Emily “Hark!” cried Charles suddenly. He held up his hand. Then he went over to the window and opened it. It was the far-off booming of a great bell. As they stood listening, Mrs. Curtis’ voice called excitedly from below, “Do g'tn"'xl hear the bell, miss—do you hear v opened the door. 'you hear it? Plain as plain, i 12 Well now, to think of that! “What is 1t?” asked Emily. “It's the bell at Princetown, miss, near to 12 miles away. It means that & convict’s escaped. George, George, where is t man? D’you hear the bell? There's a convict loose.” Her volce died away as she went through the kitchen Charles shut the windo down on the bed again that things happened all wrong” said dispassionately. “If only this con- | vict had escaped on Friday, why, there | would be our murderer nicely account- | ed for. No farther to look. Hungry| man, desperate criminal breaks in. | Trevelyan defends his Englishman’s | castle—and _desperate criminal Dbiffs him one. All so simple.” He shook his head sadly. Emily woke early the next morning. | Being a sensible young woman, she realized there was little possiblity of Mr. Enderby's collaboration -until the | morning was well advanced. So, feeling restless, she set out for a brisk walk along the lane in the opposite direction | from which they had ®ome last night.| ‘The lane ran steeply uphill and came out on the open moor where it degen- erated into a glass track and soon petered out altogether. The morning was a fine one, cold and crisp and the view was lovely. Emily ascended to| the very top of Sittaford Tor, a pile| of gray rock of a fantastic shape. | this height she looked down | a5 far as she could see without an habitation or any road. Below her, on the opposite side of the Tor, were gray masses of granite boulders and rocks. “One ought,” thought Em fusedly, “to see things better when you are high up like this. It ought to be | ilke lifting off the top of a doll's| house and peering in." | She wished with all her heart that | she had met the cead man even if | only once. It was so hard to get an | idea of people you hed never seen. You had to rely on other peoples judgment and Emily had never yet acknowledged that any oiher person's judgment was superfor to her own. Meditating vexedly on her problems, Emily sighed impatiently and shifted her position She had been so list in her own thoughts that it was vith a shock of | surprise she realized that a small elder- | ly gentleman was nding a few feet | away from her, his hat held courte- ously in his hand, v he breathed rather fast | “Excuse me,” he said “Miss Trefusis, | 1 believe? “Yes,” said Emily “My name is Ry give me speaki Excursions to NIAGARA FALLS Round fil 280 Trip " Tickets good for 16 days MLEAVING THURSDAYS O FRIDAYS, June 30, July 1st, 14th and 15th 5:00 P. M. L BITALM Leave Washington .. Arrive Niugara Falls . Por particulars and descriptive tolder, phone or write the Travel Bureau, Woodward Bldy. and E Sts,'N. W., Phone D. L. MOORMAN Assistant General Passenger Agent Bo&O BALTIMORE & OHIO little community of ours the smallest detail is known, and your arrival here | yesterday has naturally gone 'round. I can assure you that every one feels| a deep sympathy with your position, Miss Trefusis. We are all, one and all, dous to assist you in any way we can.” That's very kind o! said Emily. “Not at all, not " said Mr. Rycroft. “Beauty in distress; you will pardon my old-fashioned manner of putting it. But seriously, my dear young lady, do count on me if there is any way in which I can possibly assist you. Beautiful view from up here, is it not?” “Wonderful,” agreed Emily moor is a wonderful place.” “You know that a prisoner escaped last night from Princetown.’ “Yes. Has he been recaptured?” “Not yet, I believe. Ah, well, poor fellow, he will no doubt be recaptured soon enough. No one has escaped successfully from Princetown for the last 20 years.” “Which directidn is Princetown?” Mr. Rycroft stretched out his arm and pointed southward over the moor. “It lies over there, about 12 miles as the crow flics over unbroken moor- d. It's about 16 miles by road.” Emily gave a faint shiver. The idea of the desperate, hunted man impressed powerfully. Mr. Rycroft was g her‘and gave a little nod es,” he said. “I feel the same my- self. It's curious how one's instincts rebel at the thought of a man being hunted down, and yet, these men at Princetown are all dangerous and violent criminals, the kind of men you and I probably would do our utmost to put there in the first place.” He gave a little apologetic laugh You must forgive me, Miss Trefusis 1 am deeply interested in the study of crime. A fascinating study. Orinithol- ogy and criminology are my two sub- " He paused and then went on at’s the reason why, if you will me to do so, I should like to ate myself with you in this mat- ter. To study a crime at first hand has long been an unrealized dream of mine. Will you place your confi- dence in me, Miss Trefusis, and allow me to place my experience at your dis- f you," at all “The watcl allow What if yov soil dress jumping out of the rumble—this white crepe | oblivious of subtleties. Now, she was | /\TH'E/ EVENING STAR lnuplclon is bound to fall on young our Jim." ? I have read and studied this subject deeply.” | Emily was silent for a minute. She‘ was congratulating herself on the way | events were playing into her hand.| Here was first-hand knowledge being | offered her of life as it had been lived | at Sittaford. “Angle of attack.” Emily | repeated the phrase that crept into her mind so short a time before.| She had had Maj. Burnaby's angle— matter of fact—simple—direct. Taking cognizance of facts and completely | being offered another angle which she suspected might open up a very dif- ferent field of vision. This little, shriveled, dried-up gentleman had read and studied deeply, was well versed in human nature, had that devouring | interested curiosity in life displayed by | the man of reflection as opposed to the | man of action. | “Please help me,” she said simply. | “I am so very worried and unhappy.”| You must be, my dear, you must be. Now, as I understand the position. Trevelyan's eldest nephew has been arrested or detained—the evidence against him being of a somewhat simple and obvious nature. I, of rse, have an open mind. | Of course,” sald Emily. “Why should you believe in his innocence | when you know nothing about him?”| “Most reasonably,” said Mr. Rycme; “Now to approach our little problem.| On the one hand we assume that| young Jim—the name is Jim, is it not? | We assume that young Jim had a pressing need of money, that he came down to see his uncle, that he asked | for money, that his uncle refused, that in a moment of passion he picked up a sandbag that was lying at the door and that he hit his uncle over the head, The crime was unpremediated—was, in fact, a foolish, irrational affair most deplorable conduct. Now all that ma)" be s0; on the other hand, he may have parted with his uncle in anger and some other person may have stepped | in shortly afterward and committed | the crime. That is what you believe— and to put it a little differently, that| is what I hope. I do not believe your fiance to have committed the crime, for, from my point of view, it is 5o | uninteresting that he should have done so. 1 am therefore backing the other horse. The crime was committed by some one else. We will assume that and go at once to a most important | point. Was that some one else aware | bt the quarrel that had just taken | place? Did that quarrel, in fact, | actually precipitate the murder? You | see my point? Some one is meditating | doing away with Capt. Trevelyan and seizes this opportunity, realizing that! Be as abandoned WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JUNE 217, 1932. conditions. A man who quite possibly might have been in the house. Emily considered the matter from Have overheard the quarrel and seized this angle. “In that case,” she said slowly— Mr. Rycroft took the words out of her mouth. “In that case,” he said briskly, “the murderer would have to be a person in close association with Capt. Trevelyan. He would have to be dominciled in Exhampton. In all probability he would have to be in the house, either during or after the quarrel. And since we are not in court of law and can | bandy about names freely, the name | of the servant, Evans, leaps to our! THEN—Father used to come down fo the shore week-ends. NOW-he comes down every evening, by Long Distance! Hears all the news,and is reas- sured of his family’s health and happiness. Out-of-town tele- phoning is quick, clear, and | the opportunity. | di | Our next point is to over whether Evans benefits in any y from his master's death.” “I believe he gets a small legacy said Emily. “That may or may not constitute a sufficient motive. We shall have to discover whether or not Evans had a pressing need of money. We must also consider Mrs. Evans—there is a.Mrs. Evans of recent date, I understand. 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