Show astery F LF T ly I 1 lot w tru r U bervice attl his it was I 1 dismal 00 79 tin 0 wold 10 be I 1 it 1 a to r bobel J emits oil 1109 ind hotd its to a alb 1 sit crazy I 1 him ri lo 10 bai fe wilted too itis pile of old se aside and vol and t ca a rest w be a ct ayat millie that gr cor there are b een the iva and 7 L there was muei line there j street between birrow road pmt street of ack it was for oil its all avro fedelle it it was dark ld says there are tk stone s just at grocer of I 1 met beam dot heard elilia did so for to pit shop std IN matter and its little time bell ti lawer it 14 li ur sa 1 I its jarw avd over and took I 1 violent litter as IL r hall porter I 1 he L and art back I 1 arvy much of a and observer ob up lo 10 is awil as blay announce b a I 1 was billop door before w kit in 5 lips he wy ids rapid of W kind A as on my 13 threshold p goings be 11 ims of courser I 1 fouat F ile but st wo had bet lve anda and a word N tap atly outside the tv rm jaired me 4 in flodin vero dot plen 7 quarter when aed ourselves in tall the time its 4 down in 1 more sty three relapse into ela to be fol following lowins 0 of hta life own bitts until we cwi hotel 0 lei lien then 02 lare roice voice to 11 II via w trink irig a dohnal mut tte to lonan ty t jf the be at I 1 the k la in the tons toni of a that he has made wry ry 10 remarked may bed W manner evia a himself fell ft tan a after they ILM ft as he must US them thema rema evident re 1 should say 1 lie wdell taley i nt why C brief silence on spoke ill you say he 14 orter 1 I A trick 0 o f pok places and no right to be had mt of mine fil to do 4 bit to thel p apers ill ilia edisom tills chips 0 been go 1100 1 own strict tha 41 fee what lee him kin horne with a 4 that wa lost n I 1 w on out 4 1 get his r or if on he t him IOU as bulb he anay bet I 1 art 04 the right line I 1 kall dot att ON at short I 1 and out I 1 at glans kal orne M 14 got back in j under toil so I 1 there to IOU at 1 iti tred a orne and I 1 ill mot not the maid mildr 0 o clr ir boly the tho lady and arid her daught er I 1 think mrs stones III air there thores a doctor gone W up may maythorne thome turned to the two policemen it li cemen but before he could say on 01 tb ing 11 in the uniform to rm of a professional aunte came relay I 1 I 1 li corner and sped u in ui i the step steps into ilia hotel the doctor doctors elden evidently tIr telephoned telephone d for a now gorse 1 observed majit orne kumf e cant very nel well break la fin ll laes le but Corke shook ma his head bead and ills ilia face fore ile pet inflexible allne illness or oo 00 illness mr sir may thorne he mid said tin im going up UPI I 1 thing things are a bit DO too thick too 00 ie le bloj and there theres tile you young ng lady shell know where her mother mothers been and inderb tome from and wheres blott alo other woman the maid vell nell p up Man manners nerL maythorne ind and I 1 followed them we went tip i to lb the aloot on which the m it of rooms room was situated at the door corker dale paused and turned to roe me mr holt knows the be family he said in a sug lestlie whisper go la in mr sir holt and arid juit just see how the tile land licit iles I 1 we dont want jo intrude you know nor to any both er but we must have some ex plana alon get the young lady to yourself lie broke olt off with it meaning no nod d at the uw dror and anxious enough to see hella phella and to make i ire that site he was safe I 1 tapped fit tit the tonii bair ell els and walked into tit tin I 1 room I 1 shella sheila at once ehe she ras wits stand aig it 9 at one 0 tie aide side of the tile hearth mr sir elphinstone in hia his usual kemt benil per flexed state kinod at the other bf tw teen them his hat flat in 10 his hand stood a tall tail professional looking man whom I 1 ar at once set down as the doctor we e had juit jul t heard of he lie WM wits oPell speaking king as 88 1 I entered and fab with a mere lance glance at me he went on oil after i a good nights rest alte all right I 1 hink but I 1 will cull again mr elphinstone in I 1 to couple uple of holbo and perhaps eve 1 SIM elphinstone a wee sleeping ping draught drought kep keep lie the nurse all night shell sar save ou a 0 lot of trouble I 1 think all at present lie and made for the door and ill a I 1 aall ft us still close bj by it I 1 arned it for him let him out and ehor shut it on tim t im at tb the same time slipping ilie the latch those three outside were not corn com ing in until I 1 was sure of some thins thin I 1 turned fumed shell aas as al 81 ready towards roe me 11 oure ol 01 1 l righta I 1 asked eager ly davir Sa feye she ans answered sered all right too oci buseer but Bu teer thina else 1 Is all ill wrong I 1 abere li Is her hel outside 1 I 1 eald said the othe police pollee tool toot twe ct of them corkedale Corke rJae and Matin tK were we ve 96 t tit pe e the police it t oncel iver aptel shella le t them in memo hear heir every ever tiling that I 1 say I 1 h Itie their jul 4 she the add sod cd ed to mr ur elphinstone there he any delay tithed open the loore i 1 thrust back jhb latch bed and threw the door pente pen te three roea men outside come to ia conderi won deri IY the two policemen thus admitted ad mittel appeared to 10 lose their tongues bi bv a craythorne ly rAy thome thorne after a ortt first keen glance at sheila smiled 1 I think youre 11 ilce one the worse for your adv feature misa miss me ach eon son he be mid idl 1 both a mrs alm elphia elphin htone Is cot got the wow worp altherr my moth mother arx bad had a S eart rt of co col liepe 1 after she the came in replied shelia the doctor sas she will bo be au 0 tight after a night nights rest resl sit down al ell of you if you please I 1 want iw iq I 1 talk to you she continued aarup 9 youve all been won dering vw rale r AL e my mother and al ison murdoch and nent 80 where weve melve been sire baat 1 l our A pod deal of has hit been made for you dixs observed cor berdale le Ler ditle anding his tongue fio go ing on 01 now it Is tool hap hip if it I 1 noay WAY 1 shelia looked at maythorne Slay thorne and from him to 10 me the she answered uy my awer 1 and I 1 vere mr eipl I 1 ts astone tone groelle grinned of but there w wai us a dot note a of triumph in 10 his olce olm by whom welt wei 10 you a iston aped miss ool amhed quietly shella shel in gly cowered her i voice as the ilia bent farward to an all ewer Al alleton loton bhe she rep replied ailed ar ard where ie Is allson alison blur docar dorb r continued maythorne bat 1 suppose lou jou dont know knoer N I 1 answered ered shella 1 I dont know knowl I 1 Corker dai clo scared areol his throat the sound aug geed ed that he thought it was high time be came in what rd 1 wish mr jr May thonie he mid that ie is sergeant manners 31 ADDers and If would be if the young rady A dy othild jast jell ell u us what happened hapa after el 81 a e and arid her mother and this womb donaa 3 aft the hotel three to me we ant 1011 stems nights flights aco 0 o narrative ve as it wr tem 1 a conw uti then 1 to tell you inter later erupted shela shelia but I 1 ah sinal bile before that I 1 must begin to begin where ur mr maythorne Bisy thorne and mr fr hoi boll carne is migs ApPeT apperley leYs flat ill tant t the hl evening that my root lot tr arched hero here AM er yiu two had gone the be continued continued turning houll it t to maythorne horve sud tile ftp about got I 1 lot ot ota whole business I 1 fit wae A very ST about eteh 76 tell the truth I 1 felt that if things were to th ty were I 1 should come perilously reap to suspicion of my own mother so 4 mr dinote fit knees fth fill open daims and t bilut sheila rate him a glance ond went on so e I 1 laid to illse ap I 1 tri ty I 1 its t I 1 wa I 1 gottal to short s to little it out with my mother it I 1 could I 1 cahnt hem 1 saw my mother S in that alone asked Ilay thorne alenel 10 bid a sort of row it first the was naturally furious fill tue first 11 fa taking 1111 tile will out cu of tier post eslon second for running sa to london with it ind gang it to mr holt bilut in the end she calmed down 1 and eventually 7 hen we had restored ta imitable ImI S cable hf relations between or our idles u she 10 told me I 1 wd need not t beet bisti for it wee was her full hii 1 I intention in cotlon ill t and nd the tather to mr sho u had prepared it or to sir crole the very ry next day dal adalth alth th no on account of session how 1 it had te come into hr pos low had the jil come into ira elphinstone 8 asked maythorne ilay thorne in this way replied sheila Sl iella 1 I told you and mr holt that my mother nas was out late in the eve 8 for two evenings in succession and knot that on the second evening mulct I 1 ana d 10 o straight there and then assented stole downstairs down stair on hearing her come in and by her sav gaw her examining a document aich L ered to 10 be bg the will her tier Is that oo 00 coralu in eliat night the she fernl one of the be french IQ in the lie library open s aj i on the to carpet apet lust uI au ou envelope containing the 11 nil 1111 she site had just picked this tilts up and was examining it when I 1 saw her to be sure to be surer surel nut mut mr elphinstone perfectly clear imperfectly 1 proceed if you please said sia theme quealy qu etly cil shella 1 I 1 then began to talk to uy wr mother about various arlous possibilities as to how the wit I 1 h had ad come there I 1 pointed OP 01 that the pol possession poes session slon of it and her refus to recount for and to repy crepy to 1 qu queean eian all oi ot which 14 1 due to br lis natural tural pride and absal alary and arid dislike of being coerced 11 hy y anone anione would male people like you for or instance sus suspicious about her she cared ery iery little about it but we began to the question of the identity of the murderer for it seemed to 10 me 11 list whoever hod had stolen the will had lied murdered its maker 1 and and I 1 think acci arci dentally I 1 told he tier about that cairn calm gorm brooch you showed mt a llie the other ah I 1 exclaimed maythorne hornc with sudden betrayal of hia his keen li in a 8 terest lou IOU did good good I 1 and she immediately became excited she jumped I 1 to 0 the that you had picked it up at ill fill he e act c ne of the 1 did remarked Mast lionie oso so elie suspected ind said that that of course wa wo 1 I y you viere a taking care of it then she the told me that frum from iny description the brooch wai was one of NO naich mr had bought years ago in scotland and ghen chenio lo 10 I 1 cr er she had neer worn elfiea as they she still hlll were c cumbrous and heavy teavy iad had one but elie she had haj given the oilier away so some rue time before aye and to w whom homr asked may abo adorne rue eary eagerly to aitson alison murdoch replied shella shell ia tiling us all a 11 sw swift ift en eloping glance and of course that I 1 saw as soon n a as I 1 heard through trough the whole sordid business allson alison murdoch was the tile guilty per son oil I 1 she bad murdered and robbed macaroff Mai aroff bhe bile hl had id dropped that brooch at Rel ll elvere vers den she had thrown the IT will ill into the library at it the lower the 00 one e fatal alste s 11 she made for her own chance chances and I 1 taij to ray mother my conclusion anti th M I 1 felt fettled led allwn murdoch td ind and accas accused ed her blank I 1 teemed azeem there was As a to denote a mixture of Inte tea reel and of froni the two poll twid cemen and his thumb thumbs dl adling ing ella intently smiled pulled broadly 31 shalla xou you plumped pleni ped her alth it MISSI straight out butr r he be elc 11 almert yea straight oot out 1 there ad sd it U ew n shella sheila but put fj roe tell you why la 13 addition anat FT already told 1011 during dung t tb as a few ot of talk with MY mota moth ray my minutes nil nute ani and thinking harder harde r er id bea been quicker er than I 1 id d ever eyer thought to alel I 1 fe now I 1 remembered some thill y abolt allson alison b ada bd her family although my mentioned men nth matters to me n I 1 knew more a about dale da and nd my father connection with iab it than thin she he bad had any idea oti bid had picked op up a lot of knowledge and gossip from the ilia old people found round about ui iii and I 1 knew that ay ar father andrew merchison Mer chlon woe wits wet well known in to thou those parte parts before hk his lage and hat that his people had id been folk of some consequence i in or too lot that allson alison murdoch family bad been beta there it a longtime too and that Lots ettl it and my fathera fathers people there was a deadly arI arising cut out of landl interrupted mr elphon tone stone land jandl the merchison Merc hlson lot did the th murdocks Mur Murd docha ochs nut out of a bit of land iome some bears eara ago of opp resdon and chicanery but it was as done unforgivable of course in the minds of these bordt peo pie feud I 1 land iland feado such things ill no are remembered for ever tty ty rankle 1 shella sheila there was a blood thed shelf iver it at the thoe a merchison Merc hlson hit a it murdoch though not fagaly fa taly all that well known mr siphon ston kirns knous all about it countryside gossip to this thi day agreed Elphinstone mr there men moco and women then there in marra dale who rip remember member it lt w bell ell continued aued Shel shella lits it struck me that alison murdoch who li Is a silent grim trial reserved de aaman probably not only remember vol 14 it but was wa the very tort sort of person who it ehe the got pt the chance of revenge enge would take it without hesitation I 1 ago dpi ed d it all fill out this nay lay alleon alison murdoch who o mazaroff Mar aroff who of course was really andrew merchison came to the woodcock was helping Ii elpin there bettini bet belp pini lar with the cooking and so to on she saw aw him ond and recognized him she no doubt pot got acquainted with hie his habits and knew that be strolled out on the moors after dark now she the live nt at the woodcock sh lived at a cottage of ber her own on the way to birn side I 1 came to tc the conclusion that having haling made op up ber her mind to beien demge e the old feud on merchison Merc Iler hlson chIson she watched for ber her opportunity on he lie night of t the he murder she he saw him go out and take the path rellers den she abstracted Mur gravee graves gun gull from tile lie parlor and followed bim him tad sad shot him and P A mo moment interrupted maj 1121 thome ue he glanced at the two policemen li cemen Corke and man nen ners sill 1 understand the meaning of a que question tinn I 1 want to put to your you he ite its this doi does this wit rinn allson alison murdoch at all resemble your sour in SIM M lery clo clyl answered shem of the tame height and build e 8 n way cry lery similar in C ure and not a at all unlike in general appearance appear asce a could easily be mistaken for the other in the dark ehl asked matthow May 1 I should say ve very ry basily asserted shella sheila in fact I 1 bole SO 10 mistaken them myself 7 maythorne Moy Ilay thorne turned to the poll policemen that accounts for what eccie eccle shire share and Par slave believed they saw taw he rem remarked arced IQ in ao an undertone eh ehl seems SO soto to me answer ell 31 manners yei el e 1 should say it did Corke bo eter said nothing he waa was still watching shell spella you were saying miss he sug well wella welli I was going to say that that seemed to me a good ground for suspecting her taking other things into consideration conten ced shella heill B dut I 1 had bad another ground it was welt well known know nIt it had already got talked abo about 4 ue he was careless about hie his I 1 myself heard as its people do bear things in 10 Ul lages that hat he left large sums of money and ven even olla diamonds moods lying about on his dining table now I 1 kew that allson alison Is a co edous tr rasping woman |