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CHAPTER IX. SHADOWS.
The revelation held me utterly dumbfounded. Alruly I had, by placing my hand in contact with the abawi, ascertained its exact texture, and saw that beth its tint and its febris were (27
unquestionably the same be the tiny fragment I held in my hand Chenille shawis, as every women knows, monet bo handled carefully or the lightly-made frings will come asunder: for the cord of floss silk is generally made upon kind of
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accidentally become entangled or perhaps been By some means the shawl in question had
strained by the sudden uplifting of the arm of the wearer. In ay care the little innocent looking fragment hail become strained, and been dropped at The bedside of the murdered man,
The grave suspicious of Ethelwynu which I had helt on the previous night when abe THE Undersigned, having been appointed endeavoured to justify her sister's neglect T GENERAL AGENTS for the abere jo me, and Bir Bernard's Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS hint at the secret of her past thrust the iron at current rates.
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You have your friend. Mr. Jevons, with you, hear Nurse bas just returned and told me só, ***Yes, I responded. He is making an in- dependent inquiry
And what has he found?" the inquired breathlessly.
Nothing
Then, as I watched her closely, I saw that she bathed sgula more freely. By the manner fu which she uttered Amber's name I detected that he was not at all w.ll-disposed towards bin. Insteed, ale apeko as though she feared that he might discover the truth.
After half-on-hour. I left, and more puzzled than ever, ratarned to the house in Richmond Road. Sometimes I felt entirely convinced that my love was authoress of the foal deed; but at others there seemed something wenting in the confirmation of my suspicions. Regarding the latter I could not overlook the fact that Short had told a story which was false on the face of it, while the utter abeence of any motive on my love's part in murdering the old gentle man seemed to polat in an entirely opposite direction.
Dr. Diplock, the coroner, had fixed the inquest for eleven o'clock an the marrow; police surgeon, to make the post-norterter therefore I swisted Dr. Farmer, of Kow, the
We
the examination in afternoon, before the light failed, and if the circumstances of the crime were. mysterious, the manns by which the unfortunate man was sanrdered poro, we found, doubly so.
small portion of the anterior wall of the heart behind the sternum.
Suck a wound was absolutely beyond explana- tion.
Outwardly the woand was an ordinary one, one inch in breadth, inflicted by a blow delivered from left to right. The weapon had entered between the fourth and fifth ribs, and the heart had been completely transfixed by some sharp- My eyes were fired upon the little object in entting instrument. The injuries we discovered my palm--the silent but damning evidence within, however, increased the mystery ten- and my mind besamo Alled by hitterent regrets, fold, for we found two extraordinary lateral I saw how cleverly I had been duped, and incisions which almost completely divided the recognised that this. woman, whom I had heart from side to side, the only remainingattach thought an angel, was only a cunning nearsin,ment of the upper portion to the lower being
No, reader: I was not prejudging her! The thought had already occurred to me that she might have entexal the room wearing that show! perhaps to wish the invalid good-night. She had, however, in answer to my question, declared that she had retired to bed without moving lim-fox Norse Kate had told her that he was sleeping. She had therefore not disturbed him. Then yet another thought hand couurred to me. She might have worn the shawl when she eutered after the raising of the alarm. In order to clear up that point I had questioned the servants, one by one, and all had told me the mame story, namely that Miss Ethelwyno had not entered the room at all, She had only come to the door and glanced in, the turned away in horror and shut tosself 'in her own room. As far as anyone know, she had not summoned sufficient courage to go in and look upon the dead man's fece. Bhe declared herself horrified, and dared not to enter the death chamber.
The instrument with which the crime had been committed by striking between the ribs. had penetrated to the heart with an unerring prevision, making a terrible wound eight times the size within, as compared with the oxterior puucture. And yet the weapon had been withdrawn, and was missing.
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What did you find at the pest-morton p In a few words. I explained the nuscount- able nature of the wond, drawing for him a rough diagram on the back of an old envelope, which I tossed over to where hora!,
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Hum! Just as I thought. The police theory regarding that fellow Short and the knife is al a confounded myth. Depend upon-it, Boyd, old chap. that men is no fool. He's tricked Thorpe finely-and with n motive, ton."
What motira do you suspect I inquired, segerly, for this was an entirely fresh theory.
One that you'd call stuurd if 1 were to tell- it to you now. I'll explain Inter on, when my suspicions are confirmed as I fool, sure they will before long."
You're mysterious, Ambler." I enid sur- prised. Why P
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For fully an hour we mensared and disonssed the strange discovery, hoping all the time that Sir Bernerd would arrive. The kuif, which the man Short confessed he had taken down in self-defince we compared with the exterior wound and found, as we anticipated, that just such n wötind could be caused by it. But the fact that the exterior ont was cleanly done, while the internal fojuries were jagged, and the -tissues torn in a most terrible manner, caused
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Sir Bernard entered.
He looked upon the body of his old friend, not a pleasing spectacle indeed, and then grap ed my hand withiant a word. .......
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"I read the evening paper on my way up," he said at last in a voice trembling with erotin. The affair seems very mysterione, Puor Courtenay Poor fellow!"
· I carefully went through the whole of the circumstances, weighing point after point, and decided at last to still retain the knowledge I 25ad gained. The point which cutbalanced my
intention was the curious admission of Short is sad-very sad," I remarked, "We regarding the persession of the knife 20 I have just concluded the post-mostem" aud resolved to say nothing to my friend patil after then I introduced the police-surgeon to the man the inquest.
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As may be imagined, the London papers that afternoon, were full of the mystery. Nothing Uke a first-class sonsation, sub-editors will tell yon. There is an art in alliterative headlines and startling crossheads." The inevitable interview with a member of the family," who la generally anonymous, be it said, is sup to be may seer ut sensational journalism, but after eagerly devoured by the public. The world- all it loves to bare its curiosity excited over the trigio dénouement of some domestic secret. As soon as the first information reached the Contral, News and Press Association, therefore, 8. Representatives,
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not only of the those of the local newspapers, the Richmond and Twickenham Times, the Independent over ut Brentford, the Middlenem Chronicle at. "Hounslow, and "sten the Middlesex Mercury, of Isleworth, all vied with each other in obtain ing the most accurate information.
Say nothing." Jevons arged. E civil, but keep your mouth closed tight. There are one or two friends of wins among the crowds I'll see them and give them something that will carry the story further. Remember, you mustn't make any statement whatsoever.
I obeyed him, and although the reporters followed me about all the morning, and outside the house the price had difficulty in preventing a crowd assembling, I refused to expreя any opinion or describe anything I bad witpeared.
At eleven o'clock I received a wire from Sir Bernard at Hore as follows
"Much shocked at meng Unfortunately very unwell, but shall endeavour to be with you later in the day."
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At mid-day I called at the neighbour's house close to Kew Gardens Station, where the widow and her sister had taken refuge. Mrs. Courteras was utterly broken down, for Ethelwyn had told her the tertible truth that her husband bad been murdered aid. both women pounced upon me eagerly to ascertain what theory the police now held
;
I showed my chief the wonnd, explained its extraordinary features, and asked his opinion. He removed his coat, turned up bis shirt-col adjusted his big spectacles, and bonding beside the board upon which the body lay, made s long and careful inspection of the injury.
"Tie
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never known of such a wound before.
Extraordinary! be ejaculated.
would almost suspect an explosive hullet if it were not for the clean incised wound on the exterior. The ribs seem grazed, ret the manner in which mich a hurt has been indicted ie utterly unaccountable.”.
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We have been unable to solve the snigus,” Dr. Farmer observed. I was sa army surgeon before I entered private practice, but I bare never been a similar case
Nor have I responded Sir Bernard. "It is most puzzling."
Do you think that this knife could have been used?" I asked, banding my chief the wespen.
b
He looked at it, raised it in his band an though to strike, fell its edge, anil then shook i his head, saying:
"No, I think ut. The instrument used was only sharp one edge. This has both edges sharpened."`
It was a point we had not everlooked, but in a moment we agreed with him, and at once abandoned our half-formed theory that the Indian doguer had caused the wound.
With Bir Barnard we made an examination of the tongue and other orgues, in order to secertain the progress of the disease from which the decessed had been suffering, but a detailed account of our discoveries can have no interest for the lay reader.
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could asily have lived another year or more. The disease was not so advanced as we had believed, Sir Bernard had a patient ta ees in Grosvenor Square; therefore, he left
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I looked at the women who had held me so long leneath her spell. Was it possible that ove se open-faced and pure could be the author Give her ail my sympathies, poor young of so dastardly and cowardly a crime? Her face lady," he said to me. And tell her that I will was white
and ontious, but the countenance had call upon her to-morrow." Then, after promis- Bow reassumed its normal innocence of expressing to attend the inquest and give evidence 1658 sins, and in her eyes I saw the genuine love regarding the post mortem, he shook hands with
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Hotel Corridor a large variety of nice Pictorial I am to blame-it is my own fault" exclaim Fost Card Albums Pictorial Fort Cardsed the young widew, hearsely. "But I bad nogom it? Who have you killed today” or Tanorames of Hongkong, Maces, Canion, idea that his end was so near, I tried to be a Chinese Costumes, Views, do, &c., in Phototype dutiful wife, but obaly Ethelwynn krowa and Coloured Colotype, Assortment of Postage how hard it was, and how I saffered. His Stamp Albums, Lenses, Hinges, Tweezer and malady made him unbearable, and instead of ether Philatelic goods. Prices to spit all quarrelling I thought the better plan was to go Customers. Correspondents wanted. Foreign out and leave him with the nurse. What people orders promptly attended to. Cash wille order have always said was, alas, ted true. Owing to
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"No," he responded, shaking bis head. “I don't drink when I'm bothered. This case is an absolute mystery." And striking a match he lit his rather foal pipo and puffed away while vigorously, staring straight into the tire the
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