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xperience Belange: ular clas: the title it proved er and a! rcw on of actiol -owd thal m. Three (citemen ly in the shinan, d in the nds. Jar f the firs 1 counted led. The a "nine the third a clean A Belange h but wal avy pun red, Hd hovreven B-lange e to gi 1y doubt] boy per: o pound, He lock s box'n deserve that th ir he ha gz J nds. {ADE ld .--Can ing thal [i= sere: it Manor Mystery 3 'By. R/WILMOT Chie of "Where There's» WII" tee | Rn rr CHAPTER 15 Morton Sinclair scarcely knew whether he tied RL iny to ! not, one res| chat of H Helen 5 strangely, g the events that had followed reas tha 'For 'one thing Sinclair, leing a student of beauty . in all its manifold forms, had a con- scientious tious horror of all things ugly because, in his mind, such things were almost always associated with something overwhelmingly evil. He had discussed that point of view with Superintendent Nelson shortly after Clifford Merrivale had intimated his intention of going down into Brindley, and had found an at- tentive listener. Nelson was a man who had per- mitted himself an education wonder- fully comprehensive, in spite of the fact that his name had never adorned an academic scroll in the archives of our. universities. "1 should say," said Nelson, with a smile, "that if you were to consult our portrait gallery down at the Yard, you might alter your opinion 'Some of the most eminent of mur derers have been remarkably hand- some. I wouldn't go so far as to say that they portrayed the Greek type of beauty with finely chiselled features like cut marble, but, on the other hand, they could never be called ugly, or even commonplace." "My theories do not particularize as regards individuals," Sinclair ex- plained. "No matter how ugly a thing may be you will always find the beauty of perfect craftsmanship Your criminal may be handsome bu. the type of mind he represents is ugly, manifestly ugly. To my way of looking at life, crime is not always an individual matter at all, If you look a little deeper--as 1 presume you are accustomed to do--the crim 'inal is the product of a collective mental state contributed to by others who'not only form the motive for the act, but who, consciously or uncon- sciously--it makes no matter -- form the bacltrrcund and the atmospher for the deed." "Your reasoning is certainly novel," the Superintendent admitted, "but how do you apply vour theories to the present case, For instance, it is obvious that the murder was com- mitted by an individual, there being no evidence to support the theory that he--or she, for I have not yet ruled out the possibili ty of their he- ing a woman in the case--was al ded in the act by a second party. Do you seriously suggest that the mur- dersgtis part of an organization of wi at present, we know nothing, and that he is but a tool in the initial scheme?" "My theories are purely hypothe- tical, of course," answered the young aan, "but I sheuld say that, if onl we could isolate it, we would discover that more than one person-is as sociated with the murder of Sila: Overington, My reasons for sayin this are that, so far, we have been unable to discover any tangible mo tive, and that, in its absence, we have to Dresubpose its existence. Un- less we do that, we get nowhere at all" Nelson pulled slowly at his well. filled pipe, and, rising from his chair, crossed over to the fireplace and selected a paper spill from the man- telpiece, "I'm afraid I have you at a rather had disadvantage, Mr. haps I should have told you before I drew you into this discussion that I've already made up my mind about this affair." Slowly, he stooped down and lighted the spill at the fire, straightened himself and applied it to the large, black bowl of his pipe. Then, amid a fog of smoke, he methodically nipped the burning end of the paper and replaced the half- consumed spill in the jade green re- ceplacle above, ; He noted the look of astonishment on Sinclair's face, but he was not the type of man to smile over a col- league's bewildrement -- and he had come to regard Morton Sinclair as a Sinclair, Per-. refreshing tonic. "You see," that his pipe was burning to his dis <riminating satisfaction, "I received this morning a mass of interesting evidence from headquarters ' in re- sponse to certain lines of investiga- don 1 telegraphed the day after I 'arrived. From that evidence 1 an inclined not to push my investi tions at this end any further, e man I want in connection with this crime is Mr. Montague Morrell, I have sufficient material in my patch-case to obtain a prima facie case against him, It may interest you to know that Morrell, taking ad- vantage of his intimate position with Overington, had been successful in defrauding his employer of a con- siderable amount of money by means of forged cheques. I have here with me one of those cheques, The for- gery is; undoubtedly, the work of a master hand. Whether it is Morrell's own workmanship I have yet to dis- cover, If it is not, then I will con- cede you a point on your arguments and believe that Morrell is just one of an organization. But, as so often happens, even in the most well planned enterprise, something seems to have gone awry, for from informa- tion recéived from Messrs. Kendall and Waterson, of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Overington's solicitors, a cheque for one thousand pounds 'rawn on the Mercedes Bank in Threadneedle Street was not paid, imply because a bright member of che staff became suddenly suspicious 1s regards the identity of the payee and referred the matter to the man- ager who, in turn, got into communi- :ation with Overington's solicitors for 'onfirmation, "It was certainly a risky thing to lo, for if that particular cheque had yeen genuine, there would, no doubt, have been considerable wunpleasant- ness between Overington and the Jankers. The clerk in question who .andled the cheque--it was a 'bearer' ane, mark you -- remembered that only a week before he had seen that nan coming out of a Greenwich pub- ic house with Morrell, who was weil mown to the officers of the bank, In that occasion, Morrell was not vearing his usually immaculate cloth- 's and, from what the clerk says, there was no doubt that Morrell and his man -- name of Weyman--were sbviously the best .of friends. Seeing hat a previous cheque for the same mount had been cashed by this man less than a fortnight beford, it was serhaps, only natural that a certain amount of suspicion should be creat ed, "The mau was, of course. requested to wait a few moments while the manager was acquainted with the clerk's suspicions, but when the rentleman was requested to step in- 'de the manager's room, he had dis appeared, This naturally clinched matters, --and; after. a consultation with Overington's solicitors, instruc- tons were wired to every branch of he Mercedes Bank in the country to stop payment of any of Overing- tons cheques unless countersigned by the signature' of his solicitors, unt' further instructions were issued, "It so happencd that on that par- ticular afternoon--~December 23rd-- Morrell had been sent down to Lon- don, from Brindley, by Overington, sectric Floor and Table famps in Polished Brass, also Brass and Aluminum Jobbing work done, W. BIRCYAM Phone 1420W 311 French St. For Better Values DIAMONDS Burns' Jewelry Store 23 SIMCOE 8. PHONE 880 Cash or Terms he continued, satisfied Li FLAKE LYE Fall Direchaas With Every Can to sign some documents regarding the transference of shares in one of the companies Overington controlled, That he did not put in an appearance at the office of the solicitors, seemed to indicate that all was not well, and a letter was sent to Moorcroft Manor intimating 'to Overington what had transpired regarding the cheques. That letter Overington received a few hie before he was found murder- ed." Nelson paused, watching the effects of hi#' narrative on the young man, What he had said had affected Sin- clair deeply. He was disappointed, In his' own mind he was confident that Morrell had never committed the crime, but had he been asked for his reasons he would have been quite unable to give them, It was just a nebulous "something," which he could not define in words, that told him he was right, "I will admit that your evidence is certainly formidable," Sinclair agreed readily, "but I would not go so far as to say that a man will resort to mur- der just because he has laid himself open to a charge of embezzlement, You have no evidence -- other than purely circumstantial--on which you could arraign him before a judge and jury on the capital charge." "I'm quite. willing to take my chance on that," the Superintendent intimated, carelessly, "You see the motive is perfectly plain, Morrell vanted to murder his employer be- ore the thefts were discovered," "I'm afraid I'm not yet convinced," sinclair asserted, "Perhaps it is that I'm unusually obstinate, but there are several phases of the present mystery that perplex me, and the more I pon- der over them, the more bewildered become. For instance, there's the host episode, Do you suggest that Morrell was the phantom cavalier?" "The ghost story is the result of a disordered liver," smiled Nelson, There have been :casion when I've seen them myseli, They're conyine- Ag spectres, too, The more con= vinging, the more malignant the malady, You know as well as I do Mr, Sinclair, that psyhic phenomena are not given to that sort of thing, and the sooner we get down to facts the better, There has been far too much ghost talk in this case already, Sinclair was about to mention to the detective that he and Merrivale had seen Morrell returning to the Manor in the early hours of Christ- mas morning in the guise of g cava- lier, but remembered that such a statement would merely add to the weight of conviction to: Nelson's theories, he refrained, though he was half inclined to ask him how, if Mor- rell's alibi had been proved, the dead man's secretary could have been seen by him coming along that dimly- lighted corridor shortly after the murder had been committed. It was plain to Sinclair that Nel- son was quictly confident that he had got the right pig by the ear--or, at least, he would have as soon as Mor- rell was captured, which event, if Nelson's faith in the resourcefulness )f Scotland Yard was to be believed, vould be accomplished speedily, In pite of this he wanted to shake that aith to its foundations, and how he I ---- a Buy "HIS" Gift at buy his gift at men. 27 King. St. E. {SIBERRY'S and He'll say: "It's O.K." Every fellow appreciates a "thoughtful" giver. No >" matter how small "his" gift may be, the very fact that it's .what he'd just buy for himself, appeals to him greater than anything else. That's "Hie "Siberry's.' {G. & W. SIBERRY GENT'S FURNISHINGS Phone 1110 nT we suggest you should : 'll know it's new, he'll know it's good and, best of all, he'll know you got reliable merchandise at a reasonable price. Just dr store tonight, tomorrow, or anytime, and we'll be delight- ed to show you the smartest "things" for men and young into our ; i 4 THE. OSHAWA DAILY TIMES. TUESD-. _<CEMBER 20, 1927 - lei iti he scafcely knew. The bk vad, bul built up a formidable that no blare of Evol ten trumpets could ever hope to. demolish, and when next the detective spoke, the prospect of such an achievement 'was 'mere remote than ever. . -- gh 1 haven't succeeded in " smiled Nelson, as iy nocked Fy grey ashes from the bowl of his pipe. "But I may as well tell you I have not arrived at my pre- sent conclusions entirely on the evi- dence of the forgery incident. I have another card up my sleeve--an ace if Jot like--which, when I play it, wil, IT am certain, seal Montague Morrell's doom." The young man's eyes mirrored with interest in this mysterious pro- nouncement. "What would you say," Nelson con- tinued, quietly, in his usual matter- of-fact tone, "if I were to tell you that only an hour before Morrell caught the north-bound train to Leeds on Christmas Eve, he walked into the miscellaneous establishment of Mr, Lazarus Mendel in the Wal- worth Road and purchased a short- handled dagger of unique pattern design, mentioning, as his excuse, that he was interested in fifteenth century antiques?" Sinclair gasped involuntarily. Never before could he remember hearing such a fusilade of damning evidence directed at the suspected person, He felt that his first impression of the detective required immediate revision, He had suspected him of being slow and easy-going, but now ...a new personality had been revealed to him +++ a man vitally efficient and thor- ough to the last degree, "I can only say," Sinclair admitted, with unusual listlessness, "that it looks very much as if your theories were correct, after all." (To be continued.) OVERPASS ROADS AT INTERSECTION PROVED BETTER Traffic Capacity Increased Four-Fo!d at One Chi- cago Point NECESSITY URGES Separated "Street Crossing for Pedestrians and Traf- fic Wins Favor Chicago, Dec, 19, -- Elevated street intersections are one of the chief weapons to be wielded in the war on traffic congestion and auto- mobile accidents. Cities both large and small are now not only considering the con- struction of separated street cross- ings, but are, in many instances, buildings tme. Chicago has sev- eral in service with appropriations for more, and Pittsburgh has eight, Mony othres dre planned. The human factor is accountable for most traffic accidents, and since most automobile drivers are not trained engineers it becomes doubly necessary to construct highway conviences to cut down the likelihood of their "going wrong," Every community, whether of a few thousand souls or of millions, is obliged to cope with aver-in- creasing congestion, A full meas- ure of rellef can only be obtained by separating the intersections of important thoroughfares. With traffic from one artery passing over: that of another, the costly tie-ups now so common are elimin- ated. David H. Jackson, president miles or more an hour. Some highs way an maintain that speeds of even 30 miles am hour through down-town sections are|. easily possible with a proper sys- tem of street overpasses. A large corporation operating commercial cars both im Chicago and in downstate Illinois reports that the cost of operating cars on city streets is 25 per cent more than on rural highways where stops are infrequent. 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