The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 11, 1936, Page 4

PAGE FOUR MURDER BY LAURENCE Chapter 34 BITTER TRUTH : (EN Hylton went into the room . he saw Dale Shipley sunk com- fortably in the best armchair smok- ing one of Nancy's cigarets; the ung man seemed surprised. ~ “Hallo,” he asked cheerfully, “what are you doing here?” ’ “Never mind about that,” Hylton snapped irritably. “The point is what are you doing here?” “Me? Why shouldn't | be here?” “Where were you last night?” “What's that got to do with you?” Kingsley Hylton swallowed hard. “Young man,” he said grimly, “this whole village seems to be run- ning mad, but it strikes me you must be about the maddest of them all. You don’t seem to realize that I Propose to arrest you on suspicion of having murdered Arthur Burdett on Monday the eighteenth.” “I never even saw old Burdett on Monday the eighteenth.” “You were nowhere near Enderton Court that night, were you?” “I didn’t go to the Court on Mon- day or for a week before.” “Let’s see, you went to Captain Reeves for dinner, didn’t you, that evening?” . “Yes, half a dozen people will prove that.” “Oh I daresay; the same halt dozen will also prove that you didn't arrive at Ferney House until con- siderably after half past seven, hav- ing left your own house ata ‘quar- ter to.” For the first time in the interview Shipley seemed a trifle dis¢omfited. “I never said so,” he objected. “No; of course you didn’t; but it happens to be the truth, doesn’t it?” “Supposing it is?” “You took over three quarters of an hour to walk a mile.” “I might have been a long way round.” “You might also have been at the bottom of the side lane leading up to Enderton Court where you lost this.” The Inspector brought out Shipley’s cigaret case with dramatic effect. “When were you last at En- derton Court?” “Some time ago.” “You can't remember the exact date?” “Why on earth should I? I don't even know what date it is today.” “You were at Enderton Court on January the twelfth, Shipley, and on that day you quarrelled with your uncle over something, to such an ex- tent that he cut you out of his will.” Dale shot an angry suspicious glance from the Inspector to Nancy and back again. “What have you two been playing at?” he demanded. “Only one person knew about that quarrel besides myself.” “Dale—” “Wrong as usual,” Hylton inter- jected. “Burdett’s lawyer knew, you've forgotten him; and what's more the whole world will know as soon as the will is proved be cause it’s all in there.” “The old swine.” “C)\VITE SO; but let's stick to the matter in hand. You quarrelled with your Uncle and were disin- herited by him on January 12th; a week later he is murdered, and on the night on which he is murdered you taka three-quarters of an hour to walk a mile and can be proved to have been near the house at about the time of the crime. On top of that you bolt up to London a few days after investigations start, and a friend of yours deliberately hin ders the police from doing their duty by following you.” “What on earth are sou talking about now?” “Never mind that for the moment, I admit | don't know why you should have come back. If you can give me here and now a satisfactory account of all you did on Monday evening I'lt be willing to listen to it. If {t sounds plausible and can be proved true I'l do no more than keep you under strict police supervision.” Dale's glance flickered uneasily towards Nancy. “There's nothing to tell really—”" “Right-o” Hylton chimed in brisk- ly. “In that case you better come to Morechester straight away, and we'll talk business there—at the station.” “I mean it’s nothing to do with the murder,” Dale amended. “I'll be judge of that,” the Inspec- tor assured him, “what's the yarn?” Dale shot another quick glance at Nancy and then a little shamefaced- ly began to tell his story. “You may know that there’s a man at the Lodge called Lawson.” “Um—what of it?” TONIGHT Wise wie yoNsE LL “He’s got a daughter, Frances. (Dale kept his glance well away from Nancy now and the Inspector noticed that he didn’t look at her again for the rest of his story. The other day Frances —uh—tried to— blackmail me.” “Is she married?” “No.” “How old “Nineteen,” “Um.” “She was at me on Monday morn- ing about it, so 1 said I'd meet her that evening and talk it over. She always goes into Morchester on Monday afternoons, and | told her if she caught the bus out in the evening I'd meet her at the end of he?” the back drive at ten to seven. I | thought I could have a quarter of an hour with her and still be in time at the Reeves. I got there about five to seven and waited till twenty past, she hadn’t turned up by then (as matter of fact she missed the ‘bus and had to wait for the next) and I couldn’t wait any longer so I walked down the side lane and onto the main road again. That’s all.” YLTON smiled grimly. “Did you -* see anybody at all whilst you were there?” he asked. “I ran into a tramp-sort of fellow at the bottom of the lane, he came out of one of the Enderton fields actually.” “And what did you say to him?” “I only told him it would be a ; damn sight healthier for him not to start any poaching games. I didn’t hear anything from the girl the next | day and then, on Wednesday, when Lawson called to see me at my house I thought the fat was in the fire all right; but as a matter of fact he didn’t know anything about it, and had only come about a horse which I didn’t want.” “You didn’t go to see the girl?” “No fear. I was hoping it had all blown over; then, on Friday night, I got a letter from her from Lon- don. She had gone up by the after- | aoon train without saying a word to her people to see her married sister in Battersea, or some such God-for- saken spot; said she couldn't face her parents. Well, what was I to do? I had to go and see her and find out the worst, so I threw a few things in a suitcase and caught the evening train to Town, It’s nonsense to say I was running away from anything; why, I wrote a note that evening to Miss Featherstone here telling her about it.” “Is that true Miss Featherstone?” Nancy gave a despairing sort of sigh. “Yes, it’s true enough,” she said. “All this stupid mess up is en- tirely my fault, I can sce that now.” “What happened in London?” Hylton cut in. “lL went down to the address she wrote from, in this ghastly Battersea place and there she was with her sister. 1 will say her sister acted like a brick; between us we settled the matter without trouble.” A lengthy silence followed this illuminating»narrative; before the silence was broken Nancy turned | and quietly left the room, and Hyl- ton, though aware of what she was doing, did nothing to hinder her. “So your skin’s safe,” he said eventually to Shipley. Dale laughed awkwardly. “All that’s over anyway. and it’s got nothing to do with Arthur Burdett. I didn’t go near the old fool on Mon- day, and what's more there isn’t any- one in the world who can possibly prove that I did.” “And what about that murderous stick of yours?” “My -stick? | always take that with me when I'm walking, espe- cially at night. I've trimmed up half a dozen poachers with that before. now.” “Um.” Kingsley Hylton gazed at the -unwontedly communicative young gentleman and unconsicious- ly shook his head sadly; he was loath to relinquish what had just be- gun to promise to turn into a cast- iron case. “I haven't the slightest idea whether you're lying or not,” he said at length. “I can check up on your story, of course, to a certain ex- tent—what’s the address in Batter-, sea you went to?” “93 Park House Drive.” “Um. We'll see about all that—but whether you're lying or not you are | still under suspicion of murdering Arthur Burdett. 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