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ZZZ Author of “A Chain of Evidence,” “The Gold Bag,”
-—“fftc Clue,’’ “The White AUsy,” Etc.
CHAPTER FIVE—(Continued.)
“Yes,” returned Pauline, “we
telephoned a cablegram to the
city to be sent to him in Egypt,.
But 1 don't know when he will
get it, nor when we’ll get a re
sponse. ’ ’
“Where is he?”
“His permanent address is
Cairo, but he is off in the desert,
or somewhere, so much that some
times he is away from communica
tion for weeks at a time. Still
I’ve sent it, that’s all I can do.”
“What did you tell him?”
“I made it rather long and cir
cumstantial. I told him of Aunt
Lucy’s death, and that she was
killed by a blow on the head by
a burglar, which fractured her
skull. 1 asked him if he would
come home or if we should go
there. You see, we were intend
ing to sail for Egypt in Feb
ruary.”
“Who were?”
“Myself, my aunt, Miss’Fraync
and Mr. Haviland. Carrington
Loria had been begging us to
make the trip, and at last Aunt
Lucy decided to go. Our passage
is engaged, and all plans made.”
“And now-?”
“Now, I do not know. Every
thing is uncertain. But, if the
burglar can be found and pun
ished, 1 see no reason why I, at
least, shouldn’t go on and make
the trip. The others must please
themselves.”
Pauline looked at Anita and at
Haviland with a detached air, as
if now they were no longer mem
bers of the household, and their
plans did not concern her.
Not so Haviland. “Sure I’ll
go,” he cried; “I fancy Carr will
be mighty glad to keep me on in
the same capacity I served Miss
Carrington. He’ll need a repre
sentative in this country. I doubt
he’ll come over—there’s no need
if I look after all business mat
ters for him.”
What does he do in Egypt?
asked the inspector, who was half
engrossed looking over his memo
randa, and really took slight in
terest in the absent heir.
‘ ‘ He’s excavating wonderful
temples and things,” volunteered
Anita, for Pauline and Gray were
looking, amazed, at a man who
came into the room. He was the
detective who had been left in
charge of the boudoir, and he car
ried a strange looking object.
‘‘What is it?” cried Pauline.
‘‘It’s a blackjack,” replied the
detective. ‘‘I found it, inspector,
just under the edge ot the tassel
trimmin’ of the lounge. The fel
low slung it away, and it hid un
der the fringe, out of sight.”
Gravely, Inspector Brunt took
the weapon. It was rudely made,
of black cloth, a mere bag, long
and narrow, and filled with bird
shot.
‘‘That’s the weapon 1” declared
Brunt. ‘‘A man could hit a blow
with that thing that would break
the skull without cutting the
skin. Yes, there is no further
doubt that Miss Carrington was
murdered by a burglar. This is
a burglar’s weapon; this it was
that crushed the shell comb to
fragments, and fractured the
skull, leaving the body sitting up
right and unmutilated. Death
was, of course, instantaneous.”
‘‘But the jewels!” said De
tective Hardy, wonderingly;
“why-”
I don t know why! said
Brunt, a little testily; “that is
for you detectives to find out. I
have to go by wliat evidence I
find. Can I find a broken skull
and a blackjack in the same room
and not deduce a burglarious as
sault that proved fatal? The hhief
may have been scared off or de
cided he didn’t want the loot, but
that doesn’t affect the certainty
that we have the weapon and
therefore the case is a simple lone.
That burglar can be found, with
out a doubt. Then we shall learn
why he didn’t steal the jewels.’’
“But the snake?’’ said Pauline,
looking wonderingly at the in
spector; “the burglar must have
been a maniac or an eccentric to
put that snake around my aunt’s
ueck after he killed her-4-and
nothing will ever make me be
lieve that she allowed it there
while alive l”
6
“That’s what 1 say,” put in
Ilaviland; “the whole affair is
so inexplicable—excuse me, Mr.
Brunt, but I can’t think it such
a simple case as you do—that I
think we should engage expert
skill to solve the mysteries of it
all.”
“That must come later,” and
Inspector Brunt resumed his
usual gravity of manner, Avhich
had been disturbed by the discov
ery of the blackjack. “Will you
please give me some detailed in
formation as to the circum
stances! Is the house always se
curely locked at night?”
“Very much so,” answered
Ilaviland; “Miss Carrington Avas
not overly timid, but she ahvays
insisted on careful precautions
against burglary. She had a
house full of valuable furniture,
curios,, and art works, besides her
personal belongings. Yes, the
housfe Avas always supposed to be
carefully locked and bolted.”
“Whose duty is it to look after
it?”
“The butler Haskins, and his
wife, who is the cook, Tiad all such
matters in charge/’
“I will interview them later.
Now please tell me, any of you,
Avhy Miss Carrington Avas arrayed
in such peculiar fashion last eve- i
ning.”
“I can’t imagine,” said Paul-|
ine. 1 ‘My aunt was not a vain
woman. I have never knoAvn her
to sit before a mirror, except
when necessary to have her hair
dressed. It is almost unbeliev
able that she should deliberately
don those jewels and scarf and
sit down there as if to admire
the effect. Yet it had that ap
jpearance.”
But she wore the jewels dur
ing the evening, did she not?”
“Not all of them. She wore
her pearls because, as she told
us and as I have often heard her
say, pearls must be worn occasion
ally to keep them in condition.
But she added a large number of
valuable gems—or some one did—
after we left her last night.”
“Whom do you mean by we?”
“Miss Frayne and myself. We
were in her room to say good
night to her, and we left at the
same time.” ,
“At what time!”
“About 12:15, I should think,
wasn’t it, Anita? We went up
stairs about midnight, and were
with my aunt 10 or 15 minutes.”
“Were your good nights amic
able?” asked the inspector, and
Pauline looked up in surprise.
Then, recollecting the last words
of her aunt, she shut her lips ob
stinately and made no reply.
“Indeed, they were not!” de
clared Miss Frayne; “Miss Car
rington told both Miss Stuart and
myself that it would be our last
night beneath this roof! That to
day we must seek some other
home, for she would harbor us no
longer!”
“Ah! And why did she thus
treat you I”
“There was no especial rea
son,” and Anita’s lovely blue
eyes looked straight at the in
spector with a pathetic gaze; “she
was in a tantrum, as she fre
quently ■was.”
“She didn’t mean it,” put in
Pauline, hastily.
“She did!” asseverated Anita;
“I’ve heard her threaten to send
us away before, but never so
earnestly. She meant it last night,
I am sure. And, too, she knew
something would happen to her
last night—she said so.”
“Whatf What’s that?”
“Do hush, Anita!” said Paul
ine; “those foolish words meant
nothing 1”
“Proceed, Miss Frayne,” and
the inspector spoke sternly.
“She did,” went on Auita. “I
don’t remember the exact words,
but she’ said I little knew what
was going to happen to her, and
she said ‘tomorrow you may sing
another song!’ Surely such words
meant something!”
“If they did,” s*ud Pauline,
angrily, “they merely meant that
she was going to dismiss you to
day!”
“Not at all,” and Anita glanced
at her, “she distinctly said some
thing would happen to her—not
to me.”
i
[ “You know better than to take
things she said in a temper seri
ously! If we are to repeat idle
! conversations, suppose I say that
11 heard you say last evenfhg that
you’d like to kill her!”
I “I didn’t!” shrieked Anita.
“You did,” declared Pauline,
calmly; “and Gray said she ought
to be killed, too. I know you
didn’t mean to kill her, but I’ve
just as much right to quote your
foolish words as you have to quote
hers.”
‘' X onsense! ’ ’ said Haviland;
“let up, Polly! You two are al
ways at eaeli other! As there is
no question as to who killed poor
Miss Lucy, why rake up our fool
ish words spoken under the in
tense provocation of her exhibi
tion of temper, which was spe
cially trying last night. Inspec
tor, can we tell you anything more
of importance?”
| So far the inspector had been
almost silent, and appeared to be
learning some points from the
conversation not addressed to
him. Now he changed his man
ner, and began briskly to ask
questions.
“This glove,” he said, holding
it out, “was, as you know, found
clasped in her hand. Is it yours,
Mr. Haviland?”
“No,” said the young man, as,
after a close examination of the
glove he handed it back; “no, it
is a size smaller than I wear, and
it is of a different make from
mine. ’ ’
Have you any idea whose it
can be? It is highly improbable
the burglar left it.”
“I’ve no idea,” and Haviland
shrugged his shoulders. “But if
it was not left by the intruder,
where could it possibly have come
from? It is a man’s glove.”
“Could it be one of Cousin
Carr’s?” said Pauline. “Aunt
Lucy was awfully fond of any
thing of his. She kept one of his
caps in her drawer for months
after1 he left the last time.”
“No,” replied Haviland; “it
isn’t Loria’s. He wears larger
gloves than I do. My theory points
to a sort of gentleman burglar,
a ‘Raffles,’ you know, and I think
he talked with Miss Lucy before
he struck that blow, and disarmed
her mind of fear.”
“What an extraordinary idea!”
and Pauline looked thoughtful.
“But how else explain the
glove?”
‘ ‘ And the snake ? Did your gen
tleman burglar persuade her to
wear that paper thing? Never!
Gray, you’re absurd!”
“Another thing,” went on In
spector Brunt, returning the glove
to his roomy pocketbook, “in the
bedroom we noticed a glass of
milk and beside it an empty plate.
Was it the lady’s habit to have
a night lunch ?’ ’
“Yes,” said Anita; “but she
rarely ate it. In case of insomnia
she had ready a light repast, but
she almost never touched it.”
“The glass of milk is still un
touched,” said Brunt, “but the
plate is empty. What did it con
tain ? ’ ’
“A sandwich, I think,” said
Anita. “That is what Estelle usu
ally prepared for her. She will
know—Estelle, the maid.”
“Miss Carrington’s lady's
maid?”
“Yes; though not hers exclu
sively. She was expected to act
as maid for Miss Stuart and my
self also at such times as Miss
Carrington didn’t require her
services.”
“And she, then, brought the
breakfast tray that is upset on the
floor?”
Yes.; Miss Lucy always had
an early cup of tea before she
dressed for breakfast with the
family. ’ ’
“And the maid took it to her
this morning? Did she not then
discover the—the tragedy?”
“She says not!” cried Pauline;
“but I’m sure she did! She says
she saw Miss Lucy at the mirror
and, thinking her engrossed,
merely left the tray on the tab
ouret and went away.”
“Ridiculous!” exclaimed Ilavi
land. “What does Estelle mean
by such lies? Of course she saw
Miss Carrington’s strange ap
pearance, of course she was
frightened out of her wits, and of
course she dropped the tray and
ran. But why not say so? And
why not give an immediate alarm?
She took that tray, probably,
about 8. Pauline went up at 9.
What was Estelle doing all that
• time? Why didn’t she go in to
1 dress Miss Carrington? I tell you,
j Mr. Inspector, there’s a lot of
' queer work to be explained and,
• with all due respect to the force,
I’m pretty sure you’ll need ex
| pert service if you’re going to get
anywhere. And I’m sure, too,
that if we can get word to Car
rington Loria and back, he’ll say
1 spare no trouble or expense to
avenge his aunt’s murder. He is
1 equally heir with you, Pauline,
and he ought to be consulted.”
| “The will hasn’t boon read
yet,” said Miss Stuart; “we can’t
assume anything until that is
done.”
“Pshaw! you know perfectly
well half of the bulk of the estate
is yours and half Carr’s. I have
a small slice and Miss Frayne a
bit. The older servants have small
legacies, and there are a few char
ities. That, Mr. Brunt, is the gist
of the will. Do you not agree
with me that, as I was the man
of business for the late Miss Car
rington, I am justified, in the ab
sence of Mr. Loria, in continuing
my services at least until we can
get definite directions from him?”
“Those matters are outside my
province, Mr. Ilaviland. Miss Car
rington’s legal advisers will
doubtless come here soon, and
such things will be decided by
them. Now, here’s another point:
I noted in the course of our in
vestigation in the boudoir a quan
tity of powder fallen on the floor
near the dressing table, in such
relation to it that it would seem
Miss Carrington was using the
face powder as she sat there. Was
this her habit?”
“Her habit? Yes,” said Anita;
‘-‘Miss Carrington was in the habit
of using face powder—even cos
metics. It is not strange then that
such a proceeding was part of her
night toilet.”
“No, not at all,” agreed Mr.
Brunt. “But where the powder
wras thickest, on the hard floor
near the rug, was a muddled spot,
as if some one had wiped out or
swept up a mark or print. Can
any of you explain this?”
No one spoke, and the stern
voice went on: “I remember, Miss
Stuart, that you began to say
something bearing on this while
we were in that room, and you
suddenly stopped, appearing con
fused. I ask you why?”
Pauline hesitated, bit her lip,
looked at Gray and then at Anita,
and finally said: “ I may as well
tell. It is nothing. When I went
to my aunt’s room and found what
I did find I was so excited and
nervous I scarce knew what I did.
But I remember seeing a foot
print in that powder, and in obe
dience to an impulsive instinct I
—I obliterated it.”
“With what?”
witn my nanaKcremer. x
merely slapped at it, and the light
powder flew about it.”
“Why did you do this?”
“I don’t know. I had no real
reason. I was not thinking of
what I was doing.”
“Then you did not have a de
sire to shield some one fi’om pos
sible suspicion ? ’ ’ The words were
shot at her so swiftly that Pauline
gasped.
“Suspicion! What do you
mean?? Was it not the work of a
burglar?”
“Was the impression of a foot
that you saw the foot of a man
or a woman?”
“How can I tell? It was large,
but as it wras a bare or stockinged
foot I could not judge. Might not
the burglar have removed his
boots before entering the room?”
“He might, indeed, and that is
just what he did do. For more
prints of that stockinged foot have
been discovered on the stairs, and
there is no doubt that the tracks
are those of the assailant of Miss
Carrington. With your permis
sion, Miss Stuart, I will now go
to interview the servants. May
I ask you to await me here, all of
you? I shall not be very long.”
As the inspector and the detec
tives left the room Haskins ap
peared to announce Mrs. Froth
ingham and Count Henri Charlier.
VI.
A NEIGHBOR’S CALL.
“Oh, is it not terrible? What
can I say to comfort you!”
Mrs. Frothingham’s distressed
tones and her air of eager, in
tense sympathy met with little re
sponse frorcn Pauline.
Haviland had been called from
the room on an errand and Anita’s
willingness to receive the neigh
bor’s condolences did not seem
acceptable. The overdress d, for
ward mannered widow continued
to direct her attention entirely to
Pauline, and that young woman
merely surveyed her visitor coolly
and replied in monosyllables.
“Thanks,” she said, and her icy
air would have deterred a less de
termined intruder.
“I simply couldn’t help run
ning over as soon as I heard the
dreadful news. For we are neigh
bors after all, though not so well
i acquainted; and neighbors have a
camaraderie of their own, I
'think.”
“Yes?” said Pauline, and her
eyelids fell slightly with an ex
pression of boredness._
(Continued Next Week.)
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