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Mlsh Cardlner wm dismissed,
and the Karl of Clarendon was
next called. Mr. Hillings asked
the witness to tell what he could
of the tragedy.
"1 can tell very little," the earl
responded, "that has not alread)
been told. But just before the
dance l(iriug which Mr. Crane
brought the news of the accident
I went onto the veranda to smoke
a cigaret, and strolled toward the
.back of the house."
"On the same side of the house
as the library, lymtaira?"
"Yes, the sar#e side. And while
there," Clarendon continued, "a
motor car came swiftly up the
drive and went on round the
liouse."
"Did you notice the car espe
cially?"
"I gave It little thought, as it
might have been bringing or tak
ing guests, or might have had to
do with the caterers or servants."
"Can you describe the car?"
•Though I didn't see it clearly,
it gave me the impression of
being long and low, and of a gra> '
color. Also it was going rapidly."
"That would scarcely seem to
indicate the motor vehicle of a
caterer."
"Nor do I say that It did."
"You didn't notice its occu
pants?"
"No: nor could I see them dis
tinctly. I fancy, however, there
were three or four men in it."
After a few more inquiries the
earl was dismissed, and other wit-'
MMI followed. None was import
ant. The Whitings and other,
'guests who hiul been in the draw-'
I ing room simply repeated whit!
was already known.
There were now no more wit
nesses to be heiird from save the
most Important of all, Mildred!
Leslie. She was very weak, and j
both doctor and nurse were irtj
constant attendance. More than
j once she seemed on the" pojuf of
I fainting, and her testimony -'Van
so interrupted that I shall- not
attempt to give it wholly in her
own words.
She said that she and Philip
were in the library together talk
ing, and upon close questioning
almitted that she had again re
fused to marry him. lie h id-/u t
told her, she said, that dmlug>tlie
past week he had learned no in il
-thlng which would niftknr her
change that decision, whfen a.iitun
gnrhed In motoring appujPlr step
ped in :it the French winduV anj
pointed a revolver at Philip;
She and Philip, she explained,
were both standing by the desk
on the hall side —that is, the dewk
was between them and tb* win
dow. Philip was facing the win
dow and wtign he saw the Intruder
lie jerked ttt^n the top drawer of
the desk and catching up JUs own
pistol, pointed It at the Intruder,
saying in a low moaning voice,
"Oh, to think he would shoot
me!"
Here the coroner asked her If
I she recognized the intruder. She
:said that she could not because of
1 his high j-ollar turned up about
Jhls (Ma, his |OMIM and cap pull
led jar over his eyes, but that from
Philip's words she believed that
I he did.
Mildred then went on to tell of
her own (right, and explained in
I detail how she had picked up first,
II heavy cut glass ink stand from
"|the desk and hurled it at the man.
i This, she said, fell short, and she
I then caught up a bronze horse
used as a paper weight and threw
It, hoping to strike down the arm
pointing the revolver at Philip,
lint it too fell harmlessly to the
i up, and just then the man fired.
"Philip fell backward," whis
pered the girl in conclusion, "and
as he fell his pistol dropped from
| his hand onto the desk I snatch-
I ed it up and aimed at the man my
self. With that he turned his re
volver on me. I heard the report
-and that is all."
"That is all, Miss Leslie," re
peated Mr. Billings, and Mildred
jwau allowed to be taken back to
I her room.
I felt as if I nnirtt get away to
think things over by myself. I
rushed out on the veranda where
I found a secluded corner.
What sort of a story had Mil
dred told, and why?
For the doctor had sworn she
was perfectly rational, and quite
capable of describing the affair.
Why, then, did she s.i> she
threw an inkstand full of ink and
a bronze horse at the Intruder,
I when I. who had ao carefully
I searched the room for clues, found
no traces of Ink? And, moreover,
1 especially remembered .seeing
that bronze horse on tfae desk
when I first entered the JlbKiry
after Gilbert Crane had glyen the
alarm:
CHAPTKK VI.
Tlie iilik I, HpanKlm
The Jury returned a verdict of
wilful murder against a 'person|
unknown: and I concluded from
this that they had accepted Mil
dred 'k story as true.
X I had only known isooner
I that there *-.*•. an Intruder to he
looked for, how much better a
chance we shonld hare had of
finding him.
Hut there was no use crying
over spilled milk, so I started at
onro to look carefully at the ve
randa pillars. There I found my
self forestalled.
Mr. Hunt and Gilbert Crane
were already examining them.
"What do you make of thono
marks on the balcony floor that
look as if made by naming feet?'
Ther may be the marks of a I
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souffle," said Mr. Hunt, " or It
may be that some one stood for
some time loking in at the library
window. A nervous person stand
ing there might move about in a
manner to leave just inch trace*."
For some unaccountable rea
son these remarks of Mr. Hunt's
seemed to disturb Gilbert Crane.
He turned pale and was about to
speak, then set his lips firmly,
and turned silently awiay.
"There is one circumstance that
ought to be explained," 1 said.
I watchel tlllbert Crane closely
as I went on, tho addressing my
remarks to Mr. Hunt
"I found these bits of evidence
this morning." I said, taking my
notebook from my pocket.
Kven before I opened my note
book, Crane showed signs of agi
tation, which he tried vainly to
suppress. Still watching him cov
irtly, i produced the three black
spangles.
"Ho you recognize them?" I
MM, turning suddenly to Crane.
"No!" he declared, with such
emphasis that 1 doubted htm.
"Hut they can't possibly be of any
importance."
"Perhaps not," I returned, "but
I picked them up In the library,
and on the balcony, and one piece
I disengaged from the catch of the
library window shutter. '
"Well," said Gilbert Crane, try
ing to speak naturally, "and what
does that prove to you?"
"It doesn't prove anything," I
said slowly, '"but It Is a peculiar
\ coincidence that they should be
l found just where the intruder of
iliist night must have stood." X
"Meaning that it might have
I been a woman?" said Hunt,
! quickly.
"Possibly," I returned. "But
I none of the ladles were on th« up-
I per balcony last evening at
■10 o'clock except Miss (Jardiner,
land she declares that she was not
jin the library or on the west bal
icony at all."
Hunt went away, and Crane
with him. I went round the house
and seeing the etui in the billiard
room, I went through the open
French window.
His lordship seemed disinclined
to talk, but by a little diplomacy
I succeeded in drawing him out on
the subject that absorbed us all.
We were still talking when
Irene (iardlner walked into the
room.
She was looking superb in a
dinner gown of. a thin black ma
teriHl.
I determined to ask her the
question that was binning In my
mind.
"You rarely wear black, Miss
C.nrdiner," I said, taking the risk
of being too personal, "and it suits
you so well. Didn't you wear a
black spangled gown the night of
the dance?"
"No," she said, but her voice
trembled. "I wore a rose-colored
gown, with no black trimming of
any sort."
She turned to the earl. "It Is
chilly, isn't It?" she said. 'The
autumn will be an early one."
"Shall I close the window? May
I get you a wrap?" asked the
earl, solicitously; while I stood
by, Ignored.
"Here is a wrap for Mists Gard
iner," said a low voice, and Nurse
Lathrop stepped in. She brought
a light scarf. "I brought this
down," she said by way of ex
planation, "because I thought you
might need It."
This sounded plausible, but I
had a dim suspicion that Miss
Lathrop might have been eaves
dropping and made the scarf a
pretext. I fancy Mies Gardiner
thought so, too, for she accepted
the wrap with a cold "Thank you"
and immediately left the room.
"How Is your patient. Miss
Lathrop?" I asked.
"I cannot say she Is any better,
Mr. King. It was cruel to make
her go through that ordeal this
afternoon. The reaction Is very
great."
"Is she delirious?" asked the
earl.
"She 1« not delirious; btit her
mind wander*. She tells many
things which, of course. It would
not be right for me to repeat. 9ttU
if I thought- "
"Certainly not," said the earl,
sternly. "I advise you, nurse, not
to tangle things more deeply by
repeating Miss Leslie's Irrespon
sible remarks."
The nurse went away, and her
complacent air gave no sign of an
noyance; but I was sure, all the
same, that the earl's straightfor
ward talk had at least stirred her
calm self-assurance.
CHAPTBR VII.
The Mynteiion* Mi^.ilc.
I went In search of the servants
and learned from them two Im
portant facts: First, that the li
brary had not been swept since
Monday night, although it had
been dusted; second, that the
maid who dusted it distinctly re
membered seeing the bronze pa
per-weight In Us usual place, and
•In nnserted that the large ink
stand was undisturbed, and that it
did not need re-filling.
I went to the library, determin
ed to discover something, If I
had to remain there all day.
First, I looked at the bronze
horse as It stood on the library
table. This table, which was real
ly a flat-topped desk, was cover
ed with books, whiting imple
ments and bric-a-brac.
The bronze home was a paper
weight, and wag a hcautlfnl speci
men of Its kind. I plrked It up
and gazed at ft Intently, wishing
It could speak and solve the iiiya-
tery. Aa I stared at it I suddenly
noticed that one ear was broken
off.
It wan a very small bit that was
missing; but if that missing ear
rimiii be found on the library floor
It would be a pretty fair proof
that Mildred had thrown the
horse.
Getting down on my hands and
kneese in the space between Him
desk and the window, I searched,
inch by inch, the thick ivim.ih
rug and wax finally rewarded by
discovering the tiny piece of
bnm/.i- l was hunting for.
CompurinK it with the other ear
—indeed, fitting it to the very
place from which it was broken —
I saw there was no doubt that I
had succeeded; and though I
could not imagine how the horse
had been replaced on the table, I
could no loiiKer doubt the truth
of Mildren's assertion regarding
It. •
Carefully wrapping the broken
ear in a bit of tisane puper, I put
it away and devoted my attention
to ili" inkstand.
The large and elaborate affair
stood In the center of the table.
The inkwell Itself was of heavy
cut glass, and was mounted on an
ornate silver standard which was
also a penrack.
The longer I looked at it the
more 1 felt convinced that nobody
could disturb the ponderous or
nament and restore it again to its
place in the way Mildred told of.
For it held as much as a small
cupful of Jet black ink, and even
though the Persian rug was of an
intricate design in small figures,
yet it was light enough in its gen
eral coloring to make ink spots
perceptible.
Helpless in the face of this ae
surance, my eye wandered aim
lessly over the articles on the
desk, when toward the rightluind
end and not fur from the bton/.e
horse, I spied a second inkstand.
It wan heavy, but not mo large
as the other, and had no silver
standard. I opened it and found
It to be Marly half full of red ink.
1 looked again at^the rag, The
predominating color was red fn
van ing shades. Instantly the
thought struck me that If Mildred
had thrown that inkstand and If
there had not been much ink in if,
the drops on the carpet would be
uuobservable because of the sim
ilarity of color.
Without stopping to inquire
how It could be restored Intact to
Its place, I dropped again to my
knoea, and again searched for
traces. The pattern of the rug
being so complicated and mosalc
like, it «iis almost impossible to
discover red spots other than
those which belonged there; but
at last, [ thought I did find on v
Ismail white figure red blotches
that were not of the Persian dye.
Almost trembling with excite
ment, I procured from a drawer
in the desk a fresh white blot
ter. Moistening this, I placed it
on the doubtful red spots and
gently pressed It. Then lifting it,
I found that it showed dull red
blurs which had every appearance
of being red ink.
Reserving further experiments
of this nature to be done in the
presence of witnesses, I went In
search of Mr. Hunt. He had not
yet arrived, so I telephoned him
to come as soon as he could.
Hunt soon arrived, and was
more than pleased at what I had
done.
"Hut what good does It do?"
said I. "Granting that she did
throw them, how did they get
back to the table?"
"That is another part of the
problem," said Hunt, "and one
which we need not consider at this
moment. First, 1 think, if you have
any more of those clean white
blotters, we'll find out the route
traveled by that Inkstand."
I found plenty of blotters In
the drawer, and we proved to Mr.
Hunt's satisfaction, and to mine,
that the Inkstand had reached the
floor about midway between the
desk and the window, that it had
then rolled toward the couch, and
had stopped just under the long
upholstery fringe.
"That gives a ray of light!" ex
claimed Hunt, •triumphantly.
"What do you mean by that?"
"I can't tell you now," said
Hunt, "for some one is coming. I
think, Mr. Kin*, it will he wiser
to keep these discoveries quiet for
the present."
And so, though I wanted to tell
Mrs. WhltinK that I had proved
her sister's statements true, I re
strained myself beciuse of Hunt's
advice.
It was Thursday morning when
one of the servants told me that
Mr. Hunt wanted to see me In the
library. 1 went there at once, and
found the detective in conversa
tion with a flustered Swedish par
lor-maid.
"This is Emily," said Hunt.
"She has been telling me of some
thing in which you will be Inter
ested. Emily, repeat your story
to Mr. King."
The girl spoke with hesitation.
"It was this way, yes. I have,
the day after the—the dying of
Mr. Philip—l have to dust in this
room. I sweep not, but I do the
dusting. And under a chair, yes,
under that great soft chair with
the fringes I---I find the jewel—
yes. And T—oh. It Is that I can
not confess!" The girl buried her
face In her apron.
"There, there, Emily," H ald
Hunt, gently, "you kept the jewel
and »sld nothing about It until
now. Hut let that go; we will fur
give your stealing the jewel—now
that you have confessed -—If you
will tell truly everything you
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know about It. This is the Jewel,
King."
He placed in my hand a large
toi>az set us a seal.
"it's part of a fob," said Hunt,
"and I want you to look at the
design."
The design, deeply cut Into the
Btone, was a crest, coat-of-arms
and motto, that I realized at once
belonged to the House of Claren
don.
HeaHsnred by the forgiveness of
her theft, the maid showed us
where she had found the seal, be
neath a chair uear the library
window.
It seemed she had found it early
Tuesday morning, before. I my
| self had looked for clues and had
I found the black spangles. Since
she had dustoiWiut not swept, she
hud not noticed the spangles; but
the seal lmd naturally attracted
her atention ,is being valuable,
and she had dishonestly kept it.
"Hunt," I uald, "there is one
tiling I can swear to, and that is
" "Wait a moment," said
Hunt, Siring me a tuitll glance.
"Kmily, you may go now, and un
derstand, you are forgiven for this
theft, Ml) on condition that yon
tell nobody about the matter."
She left the room and Hunt closed
the door.
"Lord Clarence may hiive drop
ped that thing In the llhrary at
any time Monday," lie slid. "It
doesn't implicate him in tiny wav,
but I wanted you to hear the girl's
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story."
"You're wrong. Hunt, It <l<>er
Implicate him. As I began to say,
I ran swear that Lord Clarenw
was wearing that fob himself, •*
about 9 o'clock Monday evening."
"Great goodness!" exclaimed -
Hunt. "How do you know?"
"We were In Mr. Maxwell's
study— the people were just be
ginning to arrive for the dance.
We happened to be speaking of
Heals, and Lord Clarence showed
us this one. 80, my lard was in
this room that evening!"
"But it might have been before
the murder, King."
"But he said at the inquest he
wasn't in this room all the even- *
Ing. And, you know, be didn't
come up here when we rushed up.
He stayed below, and looked after
the guests. I thought that wat s
particularly clever thing for him
to do. But now
"And also his lordship has
about half an hour on the west
veranda unaccounted for, just at
the time of the murder. Don't you »
remember, he said he was smok
ing a clgaret, and a long ktrv
i motor whizzed past him -and all
tliat? It looks a little queer, King.
What's the explanation?"
"I don't know, I'm sure; but
let's put it light up to him. I
know if anybody found e\idence
against me, I'd rather they'd
come, straight to me with it,
than to go nosing around."
"I'm not sure that's the best
plan," s.iiil Hunt. doubtfully;
"but you know him lien it than
I do, so I'll agree."
Hunt put the seal in his pock
et and we wont dow ustairn in
search of Clarendon.
It was now uearh n.OOll, and
I'liilip's funeral m to be held
that afternoon at -.
(Continued in our nevt l^-ue.)