Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1932, Page 20

INSTALLMENT XXV. MILY and Charles Enderby were nearly at Exhampten when she broke the silence by a totally unexpected remark. Charles,” she said @ bridge_player? “Yes, 1 am. Why?" “I wes thinking. You know they tell you to do when you'Te ing the value of your hand? If defending—count “the winners. you're attacking, count the lose We're attacking in this business of ours —but perhaps we have been doing it the wrong way.” “How do you mean?” Well, we've been counting the win- ners, haven't we? I mean going over the people who could have killed Capt Trevelyan, however _improbable it seems. And that's perhaps why we've g0 so terribly muddicd.” ‘I haven't got muddled” Charles Well. I have can't think at all other way round —the people_who dllad Capt. Tre “are you what o muddled I k at it the losers have Let's can’t po Enderby reflected. Willetts and * said Emily What about you,” “Me?" “Where were you when the crime was con ' How extraordin said Charles said Charles. “Mo- our young man d everything. What more do T3 into £20,000. fes,” said Emily I'm a most suspi- I never thought of it y was seated ‘office. She from Sittaford that olt looked at her red Emily's pluck determination not to resolute cheerfulness. nd Inspector Narra- ters. It was his pri- She was a fi cott admired vate opinion that she was a great deal | too good for Jim Pearson, even if that s innocent of the murder. understood in books,” that the police are intent on m and don’t in the least ictim is innocent or not y have enough evidence uth, man :to convict him. That's not the tr Miss Trefusis, it's only the gul | we want." “Do you honestly b guilty, Inspector Narracot I can't give you an offi to that, Miss Tref But t e ve Jim to be ial answer T'll tell you is unsatisfacto; n. Refused to give any 1 but I slow “A very Brian Pe tions or himself. Narracott's widened, Then Darl “You've seen him ousiy Inspector Narracott face, and felt tempted to 1 caution ounted he sald. “And Certain D 3 ment n o aft And his slow out again. “But [ messag o pieces of tin Dering’ day afl Narracott. Exeter The return mess: tion and a reckless disreg pense “Had noidea t did not see Ma Agreed support his friend to another; b having him watched for | ceedings.” “Oh,” said Emily clever, inspector.” The inspector_evident he hpd been ra [ was gentle and conte “How men do looking yivia. 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P Now, all this is very confidential, the inspector warned her. ¢ gone further than I should 1 letting you know about this.” 1 think it's adorable of you,” said never, never forget it." the inspector warned her word to anybody.” You mean that I am not to tell Charles—Mr. Enderby Journalists will be journalists,” Inspector Narracott “However well you have got him tamed, Miss Trefusis well, news is news, isn't it?” I won't tell him' then,” said Emily I think I've got him muzzled all right but, as you say, newspaper men will be | newspaper m Never part with information unnec- rily. That's my rule,” said Inspec- or Narracott A faint twinkle appeared in Emily's her unspoken thought being that Inspector Narracott had infringed this rule rather badly during the last half hour A sudden recollection came into her | mind, not, of course, that it probably | mattered now. Everything seemed to be pointing in a totally different direc- tion. But stiil it would be nice to know. 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He had his eyes fixed very steadily on the blotting paper “The man who life!” said Emily. “That seems to de- scribe Mr. Duke awfully accurately, but perhaps he hasn't always led a blame- less life? Perhaps the police know that?” he saw a f racott’s face mile You like guessing, don't Trefusis?” he s When peop you have to gue “If & man, as § blameless life.” sald, “and if it wou his past life raked up, well, the p: are capable of keeping their own co sel. We have no wish to give a man away.” blameless| I see” said Emily, “but all same—you went to see him, didn't That looks as though you' thought begin with at any rate, that he might have had a hand in it. I wish—I wish I knew who Mr. Duke really was? And what particular branch of criminology he indulged in in the past? She looked appealingly at Inspector arracott, but the latter preserved a wooden face, and realizing that on this point she could not hope to move Htm. Emily sighed and took ner departure. is leading a| When she was gone the inspector sat tor Narracott | staring at the blotting pad, a trace of 4 be an annoyance | a smile still lingering on his lips. Then - leads a quiver on Inspector he tried to conceal you he rang the bell and one of his under- | William Martin Dering and Martha Elizabeth Ryeroft Ah!" said the inspestor, 35 BOYS TO GO TO CAMP Group to Leave Monday for West lings entered “Well?” demanded Inspector “anything Yes, sir. Mr. Brian Pearson safled from Australia on a biue funnel boat, the Phidias. She touched at Cape Town, but no passengers of the name { Willett were aboard. No mother and daughter at all from South Africa. There was a Mrs. ana Miss Evans and a Mrs. and Miss Johnson from Mel- bourne—the latter answer the descrip- tion of the Willetts." H'm.” said the inspector—“Johnson. Probably neither Johnson nor Willett is the right name. I 'think T've got them taped out all right. Anything more? 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