E DAILY BRITIS H_WHIG 1922, by -M Publishers, BY A. 8S. M. Copyright in_Canids, " 'Holiday!' cries Humpo. 'Do you tell me holiday, sir? Holiday! I thank ot for that word. We will examine it im a moment.' This was at Brighton, © then. The business of the witness . whom we have feceritly seen in the box was to serve the papers on you and on the deceased. Now come back! a little. Let me ask you to carry back your mind to the summer of 1915" and with his wagging forefinger, and his sloshing tongue, and his mopping at his face, ,and his throwing back of | his mane as though it were a cloak] 'from under which he kept rushing in| to stab. home another knife, he takes! the unhappy man through all the stuff, he had got out of old Bright--Sabre's it?' 'apparently uncalled-for interest in the ah), first getting her from her fath- er's house to the neighbourhood of his "own, then under his own roof, and ali oxalic acid?' Is it at your house?' 'the rest of the unholy 'chain of it. Then he has a chat with Twyning, then mops himself dry, aud then butts, then?' in again. . "<Now, sir, this holiday. This plea- sant holiday by the sea! Did you make any preparations for it, any little pur- 'chases?' # No, Purchases? No. Look here--' . " 'Never mind gbout "Look here, ' sir. No purchases? Did you hear the; evidence of the witness--the Alton IF WINTER COMES | " "Where then?' eClelland & Stewsrt, Ltd, Toronto. HUTCHINSON your straw hat for you for Brighton' And then like a trap being sprung he snapped and threw Sabre clean off the balance he was getting. 'Then it was obtained for the purpose of your holi- day?' . "Look here--" All at sea again, d' you see? And the end was quicker than nothing. T'wyning pulls Humpo's coat and points at Sabre's. hat, soft hat, on the lelige before him. Humpo nods, delighted. 5 +«<And-did she carry out her inten- tion, sir? Did she clean your straw hat { for you?' "Nods. : "'You don't appear to be wearing "Shakes. . " 'Pray, where, then, is this straw hat to clean which you obtained the "Shakes. - "'Not at your house! Odd. Where, "i ook here--* " 'Look here--' " 'Answer the question, sir. Where is this straw hat?' ; " 'Look here--' Gulps. 'Look here--' | Gulps again. 'Look here. I lost it in | the sea at Brighton.' "Humpo draws in his breath. Stares chemist who declared on oath that:at him for two solid minutes without you made a purchase in his shop on speaking. Then say, like one speaking e very day before you started, a pur-| to a ghost. 'You lost it in the sea at ase you have admitted? Remember-| Brighton] You 18st it in the sea. at g that, do you still say you made Brighton!' Has an inspiratign. Inspirs _ mo purchases for your--holiday?' | ed in hell. Turns like a flash.to 'the| _ 4 "Nothing to do with it. Nothing--'| coroner. 'I have done with this wit- | . "'Nothing to do_with it? Well, sir, | ness, sir." Sits down. Plump. Court lets | we will accept that for a moment. Do| go its breath like the four winds round | {a chimney. Sabre staggers out of the box. Falls across into his seat. "To muth for me, old man. I bawl- ed out, people in front of me nearly jumping out of their skins with the start, I bawled out, 'Mr.. Coroner, I saw 'the witness at Brighton, and he told me he'd lost his hat in the sea.' "Buddha, like a talking idol discov- ering an infidel in his temple, 'Who are you, sir?' "'I'm a solicitor. I'm Mr. Sabre's solicitor." "Buddha to Sabre. 'Have you a soli. citor_ih the court, Sabre?' " 'No! No! Get away! Get out of it! Get away from me!' "'You have 'no standing -in this court, sir,' says Buddha. "Awful. Nothing to be done. Sorry I'd spoken. After all telling me about his hat, what did it prove? Nothing. If anything easily could 'be twisted into/ cunning preparation of his plan beforehand. Useless. Futile, | ~*Case went on. Presently Twyning in the box. Last witness--put up to screw down the lid on Sabre's coffin, to polish up the argument before it went to the jury. Stood there with the veno othing at the corners of his mouth, stood there a man straight out of 'the loins of Judas Iscariot, stood there making his testimony more damn ling a thousand times by pretending it was being dragged out of him, reluc- tant to give away his business com- panion. Told a positively damning story about meeting Sabre at'the sta- tion_on_his departure from'leave a day after the girl was sacked. Noticed how strange his manner was; noticed he didn't like being asked about circum- stances of her dismissal; noticed his wife hadn't come to see him off. Yes; thought it odd. Sabre had explained wife had a cold, but saw Mrs: Sabre in Tidborough very next day. Yes, thought thé whole thing funny be cause had frequently seen Sabre and the girl together during Sabre's leave. ' Any particular occasion? Well, did it { really matter? Must he really answer? Yes, notably in the Cloister tea rooms late one evening. Well, yes, had thought their behavior odd; secretive. Sabre's position in the office? Well, was it really necessary to go into that? you often go shopping in Alton!' "The poor beggar shook his head. No voice in his throat. FE "#"iDo you shop there once in a month, once in six months?' "Shook again. =. "Are there chemists in the Garden "House, in Tidborough, in Chovens- bE bury?" ; "Nods. : " {Are you known in all these pla- ces I have mentioned?' "Nods. : "Are you known in Alton?' . "Shakes "Are all these places nearer to you ~ than Alton?' "Naods. op 5 "Humpo's finger shoots out about two yards long; dashes back his mane with his other hand; rushes in from * under it. 'Then, sir, will you,_tell the = . jury 'why, to make this purchase of . oxalic acid on the day before you eave home, why yeu go te a place in "which you are unknown and to a place + farther away from you than three oth" 'er centres, one at you very door'? "Sabre sees like a hit'in the face this new thing that's coming to Gasps Puts up his hand to th. f his. y meae and in again & goes like a flash: 'Ah, you wanted to get, out of it? The house with its irinates was becoming insupportable to you?' ; " 'Look here--' "I am giving your own words, sir. Do you tell us that, although you were leaving--for a. holiday--on the . very next day s noon before, you you must get out of it? Is that right, sir? ' " 'Look here' = "Very well. Let us leave that, sir. We seem to be compelled to lcave a great deal, but the jury will acquit me of fault in the matter. 'us come to "the purpose of this oxalic acid pur- chase. Nothing to do with your holi- day, you say. With what then? Fon what purpose?' SB iy "Long pause. Frightful pause Hours 'Whole court holding its breath. Pause 'even of the after. Well, had to admit Sabre was no lon.| ger a member of the firm. Had been | © out. He didn't hear a scream of it,i to Sabre about it. that poor baited chap in the box. Just! "There ripped across the court as like a chunk of eternity. Silent as that.| suspended during intimacy with the Empty as that. What the devil was deceased, now dismissed consequent he thinking of? Had he forgotten?' upon this grave development. Had he Was he awake now to the frightful ever had occasion in the past, in ear. laces he kept getting into and won-| lier days, to remconnstrate with Sabre dering if this was another and where concerning attitude towards girl? Well exactly it lay? Appalling pause, Dash-' scarcely like to say so, hated to say ed woman somewhere in the court so, but certainly there had been such goes off into hysterics and dragged occasions. Yes, had spoken seriously ther Gry as a raked-out fire. he said that, old man, a woman's voice rwiteing wiul. I tell you, aw- Jsomasthe back. 'It's a lie. It's an ab- early went into hysterics myself. 'Ominable lie. And you know it's a -slopping his tongue round his lie? - watching Him like a dog watch-|, "By Jove, I tell you! I nearly swal- & dinner being cut up. After lowed my back teeth with the effect "about two years, slaps in his tongue of the thing. Give you my word 1 : 5, 'Come sir, for what pur-| thought for a minute it was the girl oxalic acid?' | come to life and walked in out of her stood "Face fal. : bell ac- himself ross a harvest field. It's a lie. It's an 'He aid, abominable lie; and you know it's a "Eh? Terrific? I tell you terrific = to} isn't the word. It was the Fairfax busi- ¢--| ness at the trial of King Charles over aggin. It absolutely was. Buddha near "That Humpd! very|ly had a fit: 'Silence! How dare you, uwietly, like & réscuer pushing ouf a madam! Turn out that woman! Who Jadder to the man on the ice, 'The is that? * : deceased asked you to get it to clean "Commotion A woman for--Brightan." from the mob behind and walked up the court like a goddess, like Portia, by Jove, like Euphrosyné. 'Let no one dare to touch me! she said. 'I am Lady Tybar. Every one knows me here. I've just come in. Just heard This shameful business. All of you killing him between you, She pointed a hand at Twyning. 'And you. I tell you before all this court, and you may take what steps you like, I tell' you & "OGDEN LIVERPOOL -- gone ten minutes. Shuffled in: again. ave their verdict. 1 was watching Sa. bre. He took down hands from his | face and stared with all the world's sgony in his face, straining himseli forward to hear. Verdict. They found suitide while temporarily insane and added their most severe censure of the conduct of the witness Sabre. He jump ed up and flung out his hands. 'Look here-- Look here-- Censure! Censure! Ceng=-I' "Dropped batk on his seat like he was shot Twisted himself up. Sat rock " cleared in Te than no time. Me left in my corner. Lady Ty- "This Lady Tybar gets in front of then. hn me alongside of her by fie » -- "Marko, Marko, dear" Would. have made your heart squirm. I tried at} him: 'Now. then, old man. Swung round on us. 'Let me alone. Get"away. Get right away from mel = "Followed him, the pair of us, up to the main road. She tried again. I tried. He swung round and faced us. 'Let me alone. Won't any one let me uld go. : *She said to me, 'Oh, Oh~' and began to cry. I said I thought the best thing" was to leave him for a bit and g - : i | Kr 2 E : fi i ; hi 3 3 i Bik HT i i 4 H - STRETTON For those who roll their own . 0GD i "IT IS THE v felt that she was bejutiful. "WHat did she tel She talked about herself and Sabre. What did she say? No, you'll have to let that go, old man. It was more what I read in- to what she said. I'll keep it--for a bit, anyway. : "There's else to tell than that. That cabman I'd got hold of sent in.awhile after to see me. Said he'd picked up Sabre a mile along -and taken him 'home. Stopped a bit to patch up some harness or something and 'All of a heap' (as he expressed it) Sabre had come flying out of the house again into the cab and told him to drive like hell and al! to the office--to Fortune, East and Sabre's. Said Sabre behaved all the way like as if he was mad-- shouting to him to hurry and carrying on inside the cab so the old man was terrified. ; "I said, 'To the office! What the de. Yi rowp 1 ran into Lady Tybar and] hurried round. We were scared for him, I tell you. And we'd reason to be--when we got there and found him." "When that cab which Hapgood bad despatched after Sabre from the cor- oner's court overtook its guest, the ASK FOR FINE CUT iV the green packet) BEST. driver put himself abreast of the dis. tracted figure furiously hobbling along: the road, and, his second pound note in view, began,'in a/fat and comfe voice, a beguiling monologue of 'Keb, sir? Keb? Keb? Keb?, sir?" Sabre at first gave no attention. Far. ther along he once angrily waved his - stick in signal of dismissal. About a mile along his disabled knee, and all his much overwrought body. refused longer to be the flogged slave of his tumultuous mind. He stopped in phy- sical exhaustion and rested upon his § stick. The cabman also stopped and _ tured afresh his enticing and restful rhythm: "Keb, sir? Keb, Keb? Keb, oir?" = _He got in, % He did not think to give a direction, but the driver had his directions; nos, himself to the adjustment of a buckle, repair of which he had deferred Toiagh the day until (being a-mas economigal of effort) some o£ cumstance should necessitate his com. ing to earth, : : : (To be Continved.) = inflamed tissues then °