SHORT STORY.
THE STRANGE CRIME OF JOHN BOULNOIS.
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STIRRING DETECTIVE
TALE.
Though he saw it there only for a moment, though it was on landish pad incrediblein costna. being elad from neck to heal, in tight crimson, with glinta of gold, at he knew in one flint "of mronlight who it was. That while, face flung up to hotron, "elėan whaven and so unnaturally you like Byron with a Roman on those black curls already grizzled he had seen the thousand public portraits of Sir Paul Champignon. The wild red figure ruled an instant agniust the sun dial; the next, it had rolled down the back and lay at the American's far, faintly moving. one "arto. A gaudy unnatural gold ornament on the arm suddenly reminded Kidd of "Romeo and Juliet"; OF course the tight crimson snit was part of the play. But there was long red stain down the bank from which the man had rolled; that was no part of the play He has been run through the body. Mr Calhoun Kidd shouted and shouted again. Once more be seemed to hear plantasmal fonte stepë, and start to find another figure already near-him dissipated youth. who called bun Balf Dutroy had a horribly quist way with him; if Boulnois failed "to keep appointments that had been made, Dalroy bad a.sinister air of keeping appointments that hadn't, The moonlight dis- coloured everything; against! Dalroy's red hair bis was face looked not so much whito as pale
green.
humour that is the strange salt of the seriousness of his race.
See here," he said sharply and with command, you must fetch a dector. This man's dead."
"And a priest 100, I suppose," said. Dalpoy, in an undecipherable manner. "All these Champions are churcl.men!" And he turned his back and strode swiftly to the home
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23. 1913.
"I have not told her," said the dector gruilly."But here come the police."
The littlo priest hud alopped out into the main avenue," and now returned with the fullen sword, which looked ridiculously large and theatrical when attached to his dumpy figure, at once clari cal and common-place.
"Just before the police conie." he said apologetically--" has any one get a light?”.
The Yankee journalist took on electrio torch frrni bis pocket; Land the priest held it close to the middle part of the blade, which he examined with blinking care. Then, without glaucing at the point or pommel, he handed the long weapon in the lostor.
"I fear I'm no use here,”, “he said, with a brief sigh. I'll say good night to you, gentlemen." Aed he walked away up the dark avenue toward the house, his
hands clasped behind him and his hig hend beat in cogitation: BO LA Ro, that he lookert from behind
The American knelt by the body, felt the art, propped up the head ani usod
efforts at restoration; but before the other jurnalist reappoved, followed by a doctor and a priest, he was alrewly prepared to assert that they were too late.
Werson, ton Inte also P asked the doctor, a solid, pros perous-looking man, with conven- tional mou-tache and whiskers, but a lively eye which darted over Kuld dubiously.
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The rest of the group innde increased haste toward the ludge gates, where on inspector and two constables could already be seen in consultation with a lodge. keeper, But the little priest only walked glower and slower in the dim cloister of pine, and at last stopped dead, still looking at the "In one sense," drawled the ground. It was his silent way representative of the Westeru i of acknowledging an equally Sun" as too late to save silent si pro-ch: for there come t'he man. I gues I was in toward him down the avenue a uma to hear thing of improrence that might have sai fied The portanc“.
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shiping ropes, and a face o | starlingly pale between them, that she might have been chry The doctor stared at him sleptisatine-made, that is, like gloomily with a reddening brow; some old Greek statues, out of but he did not contradict. Then ivory and gold. But her eyes the priest, a shorter figure in the were very bright, and her voice, background, Faid mildly though low, was confident. understand that Mr Boulnois was not coming to Pendragon Park this evening."
All this morbid impressionism must be Kidd's excuse for having cried out brutally, and beyond all reason to!.
"Bauluos," weid Calhoun Kidd and whistled softly,
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"Father Brown," she said..
Mrs. Boulnois?" he replied gravely. Then he looked at her, and immediately said: "I bee you know about Sir Claude.”
"How do you know I know?"
"Thero again mid the Yankee, "Did you do this, you devil?" grimly. "I may be in a position James Dalroy smiled his un to give the old country fact or pleasing smile but, before he wo Yes, sir John Boulnois, she asked steadily... conld speak, the fallen figure
! He did not answer the question, was going to stay in nil this even- male another movement of the ing he fixed up a real good hut asked. another: arın, waving vaguoly towards the appointment there with me. But! Have you seen your hus place whare the sword fell: John Boulnois changed his mind; band?"" Then came a moan and then it' John Boulnois left his home ab managed to speak.
ruptly and all alone, and came over to this derned Park an hour or so ago. His butler told me so. think we hold what the all-wise polico call a clue-havo yon sent for them?"
"Boulnois.
Boulnois, I any.........
Boulhois difát, Jealous of wo..... he was jealous he was, he was..doi.
Kidd bont his bead down to etch more, and just thanaged to eatch the words.
"Boulnois.........with my own sword......... He threw it...!
Again the falling hand waved towards the sword and then fell with a rigid thud. In Kidd. rose from his deptlis all that norid
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"My busband is at home," "sbo said. He has nothing to do with this."
Again be did not answer; and the woman drew nearer to bim, with a curiously intense expres sion on her face,
"Yes," said the doctor, "Shall I tell you something ve haven't alarmed any one else more?" she said, with a rather fearful smile. "I don't think be yet."
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'Does Mrs Boulnoie know ? naked Junes Dalroy; and again Kidd was conscious of an irration- al desire to hit him on his curling mouth.
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