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By the Tie of a Bootlace
I suppose you hare had a great
many interesting experiences? I remark
ed to an exdeteitive, now a great
friend of mine.
Yes, replied, I may say that I have
solved a few mysterious cases in my
time. There was one in particular
that puzzled mo tremendously, and was
so clever a dodge as to seem almost in
credible. It was at a little village in
Yorkshire, I was wired for, and hast
ened to attend with all promptitude. I
wan cordially welcomed by the local in
spector, who informed me that they had
arrested a man on suspicion, and that
the evidence was very black against
him. He then related all the particu
Jars of the cast) to me, which were as
follows:
The murdered man was a very eccent
ric character, aged about fifty. With
the exception of an extremely old man,
who waited on him, he lived alone,
being a confirmed woman-hater.
"The old man,'" I burst in, "have you
arrested him?"
The inspector shrugged his shoulders.
"He is eighty years of age; it is not
possible for him to kill a man in his
prime, beei-les there are signs of a Se
vern struggle. No, we have not arrest
ed him."
"How long has be been in the mur
dered man's service?"
"About a year and a half."?
"Thank you," I jotted down. "Pray
continue." He did so.
"We know nothing more about him
except that he was reputed wonder
fully rich. On the morning his old
servant, as was his usual custom, took
his master some hot water. He knock
ed twice, but, finding there was no re
sponse, opened the door, intending to
stand the jug inside. An awful sight
met his eyes. On the floor lay his
master, stone dead, while everywhere
were signs of a severe and protracted
struggle. Chairs, tables, boxes, every
thing was topsy-turvy."
"One moment," I broke in. "Does it
not seem strange to you the old man
should have slept through it all?"
"Not at all. He as deaf as a post; be
sides their rooms were far apart. But
to continue. The old man communicat
ed with us and I wired for you. I care
fully searched the house and the
grounds. In the library there was a
rather superior-looking man of the
mechanic class. He was lying uncon
scious. On the table stood a decan
ter of wine. 'Halloa, my man,' thought
I, what does this mean?" We raised
him up and examined him. On the
back of his head was a terrific bruise,
most likely where he had fallen. He
He showed no signs of returning con
sciousness and 1 sent for the old man
I told him how matters stood, and the
old chap shouted out, "He's been at
the wine; master always kept a decan
ter of drugged wine on his table."
There was nothing to be got out of
him yet, though, so I went and exam
ined the garden. I found footprints
leading to a window which had been
forced, and closely examined them.
I went back and measured the arrested
man's boots; they corresponded exactly
with the footprints. That's my case;
what do you think of it?"
"Well," I admitted, "it seems very
strong aginst the suspected man. Still
I cannot understand him drinking wine
after committing murder."
"Well, you see," eaid the inspector,
"one glass is enough to drug a man for
hours."
"I see," I replied, "that alters the case.
By-the-bye. does he plead innocent or
guilty?"
"Innocent. He has some faked story
about having a blow oc the head, and
rem embering nothing more."
"Ah," 1 said, "you nver know in
such a case as this what's true or not
true; however we shall Bee. I should
like to have an interview with the
arrested man."
Fortunately I was allowed to go
and examine him and form
my own opinion. I found him an ord
inary type of the better class British
workman. Somehow the moment I set
eyes on him I felt sure ho was innocent.
I explained who I was to him, and that
if he waB innocent it would be my en
deavor to prove it. tie swore that he had
do knowledge of the crime or of how he
entered the room.
"Well," I said, "jou must tell me every
thing you know. I shall possibly be
able to arrive at eomc conclusions."
"I know but very little, sir. I waB
"walking along the road in. front of the
house, when without a second's warn
ing, I received a severe blow on the
head. I remember nothing more."
"Were you quite sober?' I asked.
"Yes, sir; I had only had one pint of
beer."
"What seems strange to me," I said,
is the fact of your footprints right
across the garden."
"My footprints, sir! What do you
mean?" "
I told him that he. had been traced
over the garden, and he looked rather
perplexed; then he looked down at biB
boots and blurted out:
"Sir, some one has taken my boots off
and put them on differently."
"How?" I said.
"I tied them in a bow now they are
in a hurried knot. See!" and he held
them up for ray inspection. He- was
quite right; they were tied in a knot, as
he said.
"Ara you 6ure you tied them differ
ently?" I inquired.
"Postive. I could swear it in a law
court."
I put that down in my notebook; it
was one point in his favor. Another
thing that impressed me was, where
could he have put the f-tolen property
if he had fallen suddenly after partak
ing of the drugged wine? The spolis
ought to have been in the room. It was
not, for I had examined it.
All this time the man had been
silently engaged thinking, now
he said: "Look here, sir.
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