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faithful as a dog. I would answer for him as I would for myself."
The "shet plainly told, as the Reow on Captain Theobald's face proclaimed. He muttered some thing to himself which Tarleton failed to catch.
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This is an Innovation, and we of the Dr. Tarleton, a criminologist,
"Quite so. If anyone doubts can imagine that some who is the confidant of the Home him it is the Duke," said the doctor, tenants are having not a little to Office, receives a night call from not unwilling to sow a seed of dis-say about a gross infringement of MENGIZE. Burrowes, a steward of the Duke trust between the two men which the individual's liberty; there is of Altringham, who tells the might, hinder them from conspir-nothing that some men will not Doctor of the dead body of an uning to thwart the Investigation. say rather than do half a day'at
their garden. Andį known man being in his (the
in work Drke's) house. Others in the
certainly the compulsory cultiva la story, aro!
tion of gardens doea go a good deal farther than compulsory com- pliance, with the laws of sanita- la tion in the interests of the com-xed münity. But why should we not go a good deal farther? Why atop at health and not go on to beauty? If a town makes up its mind to produce, so far as it can, the City Beautiful-of course no town really is so extreme as that
who is Captain Theobald, aflanced to
Lady Rosa, daughter of the Duke.
Lady Agatha, another daughter, who has become an Anglican nun. She tells Dr. Tarleton that he has "ontered a house of sin..
CHAPTER VI.
"It is difficult to see any pro- bable motive in your man's case," he added. "Ife has only been in the house-how long?"
"A fortnight yesterday. The same time as myself."
Did the young offcer mean to convey that he himself must be free from suspicion for the same reason? Tarleton Kave an easy
rod.
Tarleton peered at Burrowes out in the passage, thinking himself
"That seem to put it out of the unobserved, tapping at the door he
question. But for that I might had led him pust:
As the The steward was plainly bent on have had to think of him. warning Captain Theobald of the Duke suya, savages think less of By the taking life than we do. invasion of his room..
how made no way, the natives of Nigeria have Fortunately, it
investigator. a reputation for inflicting death in difference to the His first glance had already told rather mysterious ways, I believe." Theobald again looked concerned. him nearly all he wanted to know.
"Oh, that is through their super As was only natural in the 'case'
explained, hastily, of a soldier just back from an out-aition," he lying region of the Empire, the one of them meets a cock's head room was crowded with barbarous in his path he dies of fright. He curiosities. Quaint hoivis of brass thinks a wizard has laid a curse stood on the table and mantelpiece, on him. But they couldn't kill leather purses lay about on the white man that way."
walls were hung chairs, and the with rude spears and bows and a round quiver filled with arrows.'
"But they have other surely? Peison?"
ways,
The Captain hesitated. "Yes; The specialist had just time for a they put ground glass in your food brief examination when he heard occasionally, I've heard. But you footsteps outside the room, and don't suggest that Falai could have turned to face Captain Theobald. done that? What opportunities The young man strode in, look-could he have with a man coming ing furious. "May I ask the mean- into the house in the middle of the ing of this intrusion, sir?"
"It is not an intrusion:" replied | the doctor, calmly, "since I am here by permission of the owner of this house."
"What! Does that mean that you have been sinuating to the Duke that I had something to do with this wretched business? Be careful, doctor!'
"I intend to be careful," return ed the investigater in a significant voice. "I bave reason to be when myself bullied And I find threatened in order to stop me from detecting a grave criminal.
Captain Theobald gnawed his moustache.
"I didn't mean it that way," he bear his stammered.. "But I Majesty's commission, and I have A right to resent being treated as a suspected criminal without a particle of evidence."
"I am here partly on behalf of his Majesty," was the stern you resent my answer, "and if proceedings I must at once give place to those who will come arm ed with a warrant to do precisely what I am trying to do as a friend. In the meanwhile," Tarleton added more mildly, "there is not the slightest suspicion against you in my mind, nor, so far as I know, in the mind of anyone else." The Captain breathed easily.
night?"
"No, no, I'm not suggesting any thing. I am interested in poisons as a student. I have been reading something lately, about the poison in which the Nigerians dip their arrows."
Involuntarily Theobald's eyes turned in the direction of the quiver hanging on the wall. The doctor turned with him, and ap peared to notice it for the first time,
"1 see you have brought home some arrows," he observed, evenly. "I hope you took the precaution to put the points in a fre to. burni off the poison. It is not safe to have them about otherwise."
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It was standing. before the Mr. Bernard Shaw has sent to the mantelpiece, in the act of fumbling Austrian Socialist Herr Friedrich for his mechanical aid to thought, Adler, in reply to certain criticisma when he suddenly drew himself up the latter made some time ago on In the manner of a pointer in front a letter which Mr. Shaw of a bird, his eyes fixed on an ob-written on Fascism. The letter is fuscism ject which had escaped his atten- brilliant defence of tion in his previous search, a photo-based principally on the arguments graph signed "Edwin Montacute," used by Mrs. Warren in Mrs. in a silver frame, thrust carelessly Warren's Profession, when, in order to defend herself, she endeavours behind a Japanese fan."
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The soldier was terrified at last. ++ "I meant to do it," he stammer- tightly ed. "But they were Ho fixed in, the quiver that. I couldn't get them out."
"Indeed!" The doctor's voice expressed surprise us he took a step nearer to the wall. "They don't seem so closely packed as all that. Look!"
He put out his hand, drew forth an effort, and an arrow without held it out for the young officer's inspection.
"""Good heayona!"
The soldier's pallid face had turned grey. His stalwart form more collapsed, and be dropped helplessly,
on the nearest thair. Tarleton
In that case may I ask why you regarded him pityingly.
are here, sir?"
"Doctor," he cried, rousing him-
Dr. Tarleton had not been imself, I swear to you that I have pressed unfavourably
by the
officer's wrath, which appeared
never touched that quiver since I' natural. on the part of an honour-hung it on the wall,"
able man, He answered in
D
There, is a French proverb which
friendly tone: "I have no objec- says, that he who exeuses himself
tion to telling you. I have under
• taken to search the house for the weapon with which I believe this crime, was committed."
accuses himself. But the doctor did not seem to have it in mind.
"My dear Captain, you shock me." I am sorry. I drew your at- tention to the thing." He thrust Theobald followed the speaker the arrow back in its place. A
persons besides you with his eyes as they ranged round the trophies on the wall, and for the first time a shadow of fear have access to this room. If there
·
came into his eyes,
exclaimed. "Weapon!" he "Neither Burrowes nor I could find any wound, nor could Sir Philip."
"1. don't know what Sir Philip found, because he wouldn't const with me," said Tarleton, drily. "I am going on my own examination of the body."
While he was speaking Theobald was counting the objects on the wall with his eyes.
dozen
are
may
any arrows missing I shall very likely find them in the course of my search."
If this assurance were intended to comfort the owner of the arrows But it did not have much success. before he could speak the conver sation was interrupted by the soul of a gong from below.
"That is for "breakfast," the Captain observed, moving towards the door. "You will take sorne with us, I hope?"
Thank goodness none of my "Thank you, I're afraid I cannot things have been touched," he re-leave my work at present."
It was evident that the soldier resented the necessity of leaving
marked with gratification. "Any- how, doctor, you can't acriously suppose an English assassin would Tarleton alone in his room, yet he think of using weapons like these?" could scarcely object in the face
The expert followed him softly
"We don't know that the assassin of the discovery just made; and was English," returned the other. he grudingly departed,
The officer started in some dis-
as far as the door, and was in time may
trust you won't rush to the to see him joined in the corridor conclusion that I have formed any by the Duke's daughters. The suspicion against your native ser- Lady Rosa ran out and caught her vant," the doctor pursued smoothy lover playfully by the arm; her "but I am bound to take notice of sister came behind wearing a his presence in the house. I saw melancholy smile.
him by accident when I arrived. The observer walted till the cor He struck me as a fine specimen of -idor was deserted, then he darted raw humanity.".
along it and into the vacant sitting The, Captain still seemed to be room. Once inside he appeared to put out. He glanced at the in-nounce on its contents like a ferret, quisitor doubtingly.
"ummaging to the remotest.corner. *Falai is a splendid fellow," he and yet no skilful was his touch affirmed, "as brave as a lion and that nothing seemed to be displaced
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