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PAGE SEVEN 4] Efe Ti i ys. He is ordered Downs. The rain pre- him leaving at once. Dr. and Ernest go out on the in the vain looking for the the tiger that Evnest Later see a prowl: | of South. owns, This frightens the Hayward, whe Rh sees it, t begins to feel that Ahmad perpetrating some deviltry. older Hayward is later dead, his neck hroken as a giant's blow, Now read Ih i TAN 1] = © od on-- "It is even an intruder's business to be watchful, at a time like this, 1 believe you'd better try to get some sl n till the doctor--but there are no ersonal 'wishes involved this time.' he even had the spirit to smile at me, : But I couldn't answer that smile, The scene in the den had struck home toa hard. "Professional interest alone," Itold her. May be it was just the effect of the dawn that her eyes seemed to lose their luster before my gaze, She hurried on up the hall, turning at the door of her own room, "Thank you for your watchful- ness," she called to me, "And I'm sorry 1 spoke so rudely when you first spoke to me--and I don't ex- ect any other--but professional in- erest--now, If there was anything that I could say--about last night-- I'd say it, too, But I know it wouldn't help any." "I can't imagine that it would." "But at least--you are not going home today," "The storm decided that matter for me, I'm afraid, But there may be a chance yet" The door shut behind her. The early morning hours drew on, and the mist that was the twilight of dawn faded like the rain, One of the negroes had built a little fire in the library, and South- ley joined me there, And in a mo- ment Ahmad Das opened the door from the dining room. He stood straight and calm and unruffled, not an expression that the eyes of man could read on his im- assive face as he called wus into reakfast, After breakfast Ernest and 'I went down to the scene of the murder, It would be several hours before the coroner came; and 'I thought that any obvious clews should be collected and preserved at once, Such things have mysterious ways of disappear- ing, We had no difficulty in locating the exact spot where the body had been. Even the rain had not washed sway all the evidence, My first work was to look about for footprints, There were none to be seen, The place was covered with a rich growth of grass, and root-filled turf as a rule does not receive a very clear imprint. Besides, the rains would have washed away any imprint that had been made, We were no more successful in finding a weapon with 'which the crime could have been committed. We searched the hillside with the greatest possible care; and even waded a short distance into the swamp. Of course it, seemed liked that any blunt instrument that could have inflicted the wound could have been easily tossed into the swamp water, from which it could not be re- covered until the waters receded again, Although it was inundated to a depth of six feet now, it was per- fectly clear that the isthmus was still above the surface of the water at the moment of the murder. It was not covered until the final wreckage of the levee, several min- utes afterward. It would have been possible for the murderer to have raced across the isthmus to the op- posite highlands before the wall of water came. In that case he was still to be found in the thick jungle beyond. Since the light had made it pos- sible, we had put a negro in an up- stairs window with a powerful pair of field glasses. If the murderer was indeed in refuge in the thick jungles, the glasses would reveal any attempt he should make to escape. His only hope would be to keep the plateau itself between him and the house, a feat that would become increasingly difficult as he neared the mainland. And it was true the water was too deep to wade. He would either have to construct a raft, or else risk his life in a long, desperate swim. The watch was kept like the guard of an army camp, It was continuous. When the negro was obliged to leave his post another took his place. We picked up a few surace clues, We found a man's hat; but it was perfectly evident that it was the hat ayward had worn, I had not par- ticularly noticed it as he went out the door; yet Ernest recognized it as the same expensive felt that he had seen the elder Hayward wear ing on many previous occasions. It contained no initials or any other sign of ownership, and it had a trademark of a hatter in the capital, But the place it lay was somewhat significant, It Aavas ten full paces farther up the slope than the place where we had found. the body. "Could we have dropped it off when we carried the body to the house?" Ernest asked. "When I lifted the head the hat was already off," I replied. "Then you see what it He looked at me darkly, "It means that either part of the struggle occured higher up the slope, or clse some violent action at that point knocked the hat from his head, It seems to me there would be signs--deeper imprints--if the first was the case; and more likely that he saw or heard his enemy for the first time when he was on this point of the path" "He must have been on his way down to the driveway then." "Of course." "He certainly could not have seen well in the darkness. He might have heard, though, or felt," "Perhaps he could make out a shadow, Likely he started to run, and his hat fell off at the first leap." "The levee was already breaking then, He must have heard its faint signs, It seemed likely he must have known that retreat by way of the roadway to the city was already cut off, Then why--" and the eyes bored mine--"did he run in the op- posite direction from the house, ra- ther than toward it? We found the body ten yards further down the slope," "Men in such terror as he must have been are not particularly care- ful which way they run. They only want to get away in any direction." means?" SPIRIN The whole world knows Aspirin as an effective antidote for pain, But it's just as important to know that there is only one genuine Aspirin, The name Bayer is on every tablet, and on the box, If the name Bayer appears, it's genuine; and if it doesn't, it is not! Headaches are dispelied by irin, So are colds, and the pain that goes with them ; even neuralgia, neuritis, and rheuma- tism promptly relieved. Get Aspirin--at any drugstore--with proven directions, LPR.4 Physicians it does NOT is well . prescribe Aspirin; . ' Aspirin 1s the trade mark (registered in Canada) indicating RB ayer Manufacture. Louown that Aspirin maans Barer manufacture, to assure the public against mita- tions, the Tablets will be stamped with thelr * Cross" trademark. the heart . While dt State | 'THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, QCTOBER 13, 1928 mm TL ak, Ahmad Ernest Southley....... Mr, Hayward. ........ Vilas Hayward. .......... CAST OF PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY OF MYSTERY AND ROMANCE Dr, Long. ..s sires nnsnaveseasaess. The Narrator Alexander Pierce.......vss00v0000...The Detective Josephine Southley. cee eeqtssseseasense. The Girl Peter H. Southley..........Host at Southley Dayna ul ..Guest at Southley Downs --and THE TIGER! His ssa ve vas THiS Son "But the most frightened man won't run in the face of the danger, It is perfectly evident then that his fo¢ came from behind--between his own position and the house » "That seems to be indisputable." "The murderer must have chased him." "Of course." "And he must have been unbe- lievably fleet. It was true that Hay- ward was a large man physically, and would not ordinarily have been able to run very fast. But in such terror as he was, he would have run faster than any expert track man, You know, Long, that no man ever really runs until he is in terror, Some reserve power and strength comes to his aid. You remember that from your own boyhood--the way you could get away from a watermelon patch when the ownce got out his shotgun. He ran some- ...Slowly it became apparent that the boat was drawing nearer, , ..The large craft con- tained five men, .., what downhill, so every condition was with him for a fast flight. And yet his enemy caught up with him within ten yards!" "It is an important fact, Ernest," "It certainly 1s, Police records show that in very few cases have crimes been committed by a criminal actu- ally overtaking a fleeing victim when they were both on foot. The victim's fear makes him the fleetest; and the criminal has only the strength of his purpose to make him fleet. Yet Hay- ward was overtaken in ten yards." "He probably ran screaming--a sound that could not be heard above the roar of the storm." I agreed to this, too. "It's no ordinary crime, Long. The murderer had no ordinary motives, His passion, his blood madness, if I may use the word, must have been just as terrific an emotion as Hay- ward's fear--an emotion that inspired him to run fast enough down that slope to overtake his prey within ten yards." "I don't believe I like the word prey in this capacity, Ernest," I told him. "There's an inference in it that isn't soothing to the spirit, But there isn't any doubt about the fury and intensity of the slayer. There's another element that nroves it even more clearly than the fact that he overtook Hayward within. ten yards," "What is that?" "The terrible, rending violence of the blow. A cold-blooded murderer wouldn't have struck like this. The slayer would have waited in the dark- ness--struck from ambush with a billy or knife or pistol. Now look at this," I showed Ernest the imprint in the turf where the body had lain. It was singularly deep and distinct, "Does it mean anything to you?" I asked. "Do you mean that the blow was so violent that Hayward was simply knocked into the earth when he fell?" "Nothing else. It is likely that he never moved or cried out after that blow struck him down. He was hurl- ed to the ground with such force that he left this imprint--as if a me- teor had smote him. The neck was broken--a clean, violent break. I knew it when I examined the body." We found one other clue that for a little while made us hopeful. It was one-half of a cuff-link, broken sharply off. It was a rich thing, of gold and a single ruby. Then we walked back toward the house. "I suppose you'll know where sus- picion will point," Ernest said, just before we reached the steps. We stopped, face to face. "Good Heavens, man! Don't you think [ have eyes? No one can help but see the way things point--and there's mothing in this world to do but cover our cyes nd yell coin- cidence! But the detectives that come in the boat today--they'll be fresh and have clear cyes. And they'll sus- pect Ahmad Das. He was the one man that was out on the hillside with Hayward at the moment of the mur er "Of course. Although it is true he started in another direction." "You remember that he took a long time to get down to the ga- rage. He might have waited for Hay- ward on the trail--then circled back to the garage and only pretended to look for him. I don't say it's true, but that's what the coroner and the detectives will suggest." "But why didn't he strike him as he went past, instead of chasing the screaming man down the hill?" "Who knows! There might be such a thing as missing his first blow, and knowing that only by silencing the man's lips could he be saved from an attempted murder charg At least, Ahmad Das will be pt 4 pected. And the crowning point 13 that he hated Hayward." "And Hayward hated agreed. "Next after Ahmad, the negroes will be suspected, charged with be- ing in the pay of either my father or me, or possibly you." "Yes, all of them will be investi- gated." "Vilas won't be accused--very na- turally--and of course my sister won't. It would take more than a woman's strength, or even the strength of any other than a large, poweriul man, to administer such a blow as killed Hayward." We had now halted below the ve- randah. "There's one other thing to re- member," I told him, "What is that?" him," 1 "Another thing to wonder at, As you say, only a powerful man, or something very powerful, could have dealt this blow. A man could not have done it, except with some great, heavy weapon that by its own weight would gather tremendous momen- tum. It was dark, and the two of them were in mad flight down the hill. Then think what wonderful ac- curacy, what perfect muscle con- trol, was necessary for the pursucr to swing his weapon and strike the fleeing figure in front of him in the darkncss--a blow as accurate as that with which a butcher fcllsa steer. It doesn't seem hardly human," He started up the steps, and turn- ed with a little laugh that was some- how very grim. "You might as well quit looking for things to be human ~around this house," he told me, "Abandon such hope--yc who enter here." Just then we heard the voice of the watchman, bellowing down the stairs. His glass had revealed the shadow of a boat upon the far reach- es of the marsh, At first the boat was just a black speck. so far distant that we could not tell whether it was some one escaping from the plateau or a boat from the mainland, "If it is the murderer, and he's getting away, there's no chance to stop him," Southley said, "We can't get word to the other side in time." The speck was hard to follow, There were so many tree clumps and thickets that hid it. But slowly it became apparent that the boat was drawing nearer, and that it bad a smaller craft, evidently a large rowboat, in tow. And within a half. hour more we could distinguish its occupants. The large craft--a long, low motor boat--contained five men. Of course, one of them was a negro I had sent, one was evidently the skipper or own- er of the craft, and two of the others were the coroner and his assistant, My hope lay in the fifth. If my tele- gram had gone true to its destina- tion, tonight there would be new for- ces to cope with this problem of Southley Downs. Most of the male occupants of the house were down at the edge of the water to greet the crafts. Their pro- gress was slow. They constantly faced the danger of snags and submerged shrubbery that might wreck the mo- tor boat. Ernest called to them, and showed how they might make a landing in the decp water beside the isthmus, At first we couldn't see their faces, The glitter of the water prevented it. But when at last they drew close it was with the sense of deepest dis- appointment to me. I looked in vain for the face I had hoped to see. No one could mistake the coroner. He looked the part--sombre clothes and all; he had the voice, too--those unmistakable tones of a confirmed mourner who knows all flesh. is dust. His assistant was a rather sprightly young man, with the gloom of his profession yet to come upon him. The man who steered the boat was a character not unfamiliar to those who know the waterways. He seemed to be a quaint, good-natured old chap | Cal with sparkling eyes and bushy beard --a man evidently sixty years of age and still sprightly as a chickadee. The mission had evidently not af- fected him at all. He called us a cheery greeting as the boats drew up. When he rose to make the motor boat fast, all of us saw that his garb fitted the rest of him. He wore an old, mud-Lespattered spit, and queer little rubber boots that were tied with strings and came just to his ankles, making a ludicrous bag of each of his trouser legs. Sam, the ed man, was in the back of the boat, and next to him sat a lean, thin-iaced man 1 had never seen before, But he had an official air, and I guessed him right as an inspector from a mear-by city --a man on the plain clothes force. He was an alert, determined man with a distinct air of authority. My first words were with Sam. He swore that he had sent my tele- gram to the address I had indicated. "I waited an hour for an answer, sir, and none came," Sam told me. "] could mot wait no more. The detective gen'man said we had to go without him--and like as not he wouldn't be no good, mohow. (To be continued) AUSTRALIA GETS AN OVER.DOSE OF ; HORSE RACING -- Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 13.-- Australia has been' getting an over- dose of horse-racing according to track authorities who complain of decreasing returns and business- men who contend that the length of recent meets has had a serious ef- fect on the country by diverting money from useful channels. An agitation against race meets was launched following the govern- ment's propoaal to authorize by en- actment some special meets for charity. "With the industrial situation as it is, it behooves everyone to en- courage production rather than create the temptation for idleness." said one of the largest manufactur- ers in Melbourne, commenting on the proposal. "One has only to watch the crowds going to and from the races to realize that they are not of the lelsured class but workers -- or rather people who should be at work, .and whose whole livelihood depends on work." L. J. 8S. Mackinnon, chairman of the Victoria Racing Club, says that the racing boom is definitely over and that Australia is now euffer- ing its backwash, "We take a ser- fous view of this over-racing," he stated in a recent report. 'It is most harmful to racing and distinetly bad for he community." BOY ORATORS ARE IN WASHINGTON ORATORY CONTEST Washington, Oct. 13.--Contestants from eight countries gathered in Washington today for the annual in- ternational oratorical contest. Can- ada is represented by William Fox, Jr., of London, Ontario, who won the national championship in Canada. The boys have just returned from a tour of Europe and the United States. They will contest the finals on Saturday night in the big audi- torium here and some six thousand people will hear school boys from Canada, Great Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Cuba, Mex- ico and Argentina Last year's ccutest was won y Jose Fermenti, of Mexico. The win- ner will receive as a gift from Can- ada a silver loving cup, donated by several newspapers and the Manitoba Department of Education. Today the contestants were guests of the Canadian Society of Washing- ton at luncheon, They are being en- tertained also by the English-speak- ing Union, the Spanish Society and the Echo de France, a French society, Tomorrow they will be given a brief audience with President Coolidge. It is announced at contest headquarters here, that next year's winenrs in the various countries participating will be given a tour through Latin-America, including the West Indies, Central and South America, as well as North America, TOKIO POLICEMEN ARE GIVEN GUNS Tokio, Oct. 13.--Time was when Tokio policemen thought they were well armed when they swaggered about the streets of the city rely- ing solely on their small swords. But that time has ended. "Swords are all very well when the criminals are armed only with knives or sticks, but what can we do when they have guns?" asked members of the metropolitan force, and in reply they were told, in ef- fect, "For years and years the pol- ice of Tokio have got along very nicely with swords. What was good for your forefathers is good enough for you." LIVESTOCK MARKETS Toronto, Oct. 13--Receipts of live- stock for the week were 10,493 cattle, 2131 calyes, 4,097 hogs and 9,038 sheep and lambs. In addition there were 3,165 cattle, 50 calves, 303 hogs and 502 sheep and lambs on through billing. Quotations :-- Heavy beef steers, CRORE 21175513985 rs ct $11.00 00, 127 »2rs2s022r 770 DF 9.75 Butcher steers, choice ... Butcher heifers, choice Do., common ........ Butcher cows, good to choice ......... saris Do., fair to good ,.... or Canners and cutters ... Butcher bulls, good to RONRE 4:55 5xs rine? 4d ser 1 EARS »rrersrrssrsres. BED Baby beef ......000000. 1200 Feeders, choice ....ss.. 9. Do. fair x.» i Stockers, choice s.ssssss Do. mair ... Springers, choice .. Milch cows, choice .... ves, choice ........, 1500 Do., medium .......... 9.50 Do., grassers . 650 Lambs ... Bucks Sheep, choice ... Do., heavies . Do., medium ,. 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