HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1928.
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WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
Dr. Long is visiting Southley Downs,
to which he is conducted by Ahmad
Das, an Oriental. There he meets Mr.
Southley, whom a detective friend, Al
exander Pierce, had tuld him to watch,
and his son Ernest Southley, Mr. Hay
ward and his son Vilas, and then Jose
phine Southley, whom he had seen faint
on the train. Josephine tells him the
story of Southley Downs and its ghost,
which Is not the ghost of a human being
but of a tiger.
Dr. Long has a quarrrel with Vilas
Hayward over Josephine, and finds that
the Haywards have a strange authority
over the Southleys. He is ordered to
leave Southley Dewns. The rain 'pre
vents him leaving at once. Dr. Long
and Ernest go out on the road In the
rain looking for the tracks of a tiger
that Ernest says are there.
They find the tracks. Later Ernest
and Dr. Long see a prowling creature
In the hall of Southley Downs. This
frightens the elder Hayward, who also
sees It. Ernest begins to feel that Ah
mad Das is perpetrating some deviltry.
The elder Hayward is later found
dead, his neck broken as if by a giant's
bl,,w.
The coroner and police arrive in or
der to Investigate.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
Sam'a other errands he had done
with dispatch.
"And where did you pick up the
rowboat?" I asked. "You went over
In Mr. Southley's duck canoe."
The question drew a long and de
tailed explanation. The motor craft,
It seemed, had been procured by the
coroner, and was to be used to con
vey the body. The duck canoe was
not large enough to bring any sup
plies, so Mr. Southley had ordered
Sam to procure a large, well-made
rowboat to go back and forth in.
At first he had despaired of finding
any, until the old man who had
steered on the way back to the
house encountered him and offered
his own boat and services for hire.
He was a quaint old character that
lived by the river at the edge of the
city, and he had heard of Sam's
inquiries. But he Insisted that he
be carried along to handle his own
boat The reason was rather ob
vious. The old man was evidently
in need of the few extra dollars that
his own services would bring.
"And what's the old fellow's
name?"
"Robin and he talked like a
cockney."
Southley and I were with the in
spector his named turned out to be
Freeman when he examined the
body. He made no comment. Since
I had given up all hope of a greater
detective coming to our aid, I turn
ed over all the cluos I had gather
ed to him. He was entirely scorn
ful. "Like as not you and young
Southley spoiled a whole lot more
clews than you found, by tramping
around the body."
"We were careful about that, in
spector," I assured him.
"I don't mean to Infer your mo
tives weren't the best," he went on
with a world of tact, "but amateur
aid doesn't help any, as a rule. The
hat Is evidently the property of the
murdered man. The cuff-link"
He examined the cuffs of the
silken shirt that Hayward wore.
"It's his cuff, too," he said shortly.
"Broken off when he foil."
There was nbthing more to be
said on this point. The link in the
loft sleeve was the mate of the
broken link we had found.
He heard our story, and we
walked down with him to show him
where the body had lain. He lis
tened very attentively to our theory
that Hayward had attempted to
flee from his enemy.
"It's a queer case," he told us
then. "I don't know of any like it
As you say, he must have used
something as heavy as a sledge
hammer, and yet not hard like a
eledgehammer. Anything very hard
would have broken the skull into
pieces, at the speed that it must
have come. Those queer scratches
are funny, too. But at least we've
got the murderer pretty well sewed
tip. If he's in this house he can't
get away because already guards
are watching the shores of the
swamp. If he's on the highlands
yonder, he can't get off them cither,
except Into the water where my
men will see him.
Soon after this the body was car
ried down to the boat. The negroes
seemed all to have disappeared
when the moment came, but Ah
mad, Inscrutable as ever, and the
bewhlskered old man that we call'
ed Robin, came to our aid. The in
quest was to be held three days
later, after the detectives had time
to make their Investigations.
"There's room for me, I hope?"
I asked.
"Yes"
''Jt will be necessary for me to
leave this place and go buck to my
practice in Tampa."
Because I hadn't forgotten my
promise of departure. Besides, there
was no further reason for me to
stay. Alexander Pierce had failed
to come. I had just been a guest
a spectator, front the first, and
Josephine had seen to it that I had
been no more. The renouncement
in the den the evening before had
told that all too plainly. I couldn't
deny to myself how much I would
have liked to stay, to see the affair
to Its end, perhaps to behold the
curse lifted from the old manor's
house, and to watch the shadows
depart from those sad eyes. Never
before had the thought of being of
service been so dear to mo. But
the stand the girl had taken In the
den was impossible to disregard
"I don't see why you can't go,
Long, It you want," the inspector
said, "You were just a guest here
though I will say that you came
at a propitious time and, besides,
both of the Southleys vouch for you
Vilas says you're Innocent, and they
when the crime was committed.
Of course, you must tell us where
we can get you on a moment's
notice."
I told them and asked them to
wait until I got my bag. It was all
packed and ready. And aa I came
down from my room I met Jose
phine in the hall.
She started back at the sight of
me. I couldn't read the look that
leaped to her face, except that it
was a hurt look, almost a look of
pleading. It was a surprise to me.
Evidently she felt that she would
miss whatever support I had been
in these last nights of trial.
"You're going after all," she said.
She didn't put it as a question.
She spoke as if it were some unbe
lievable circumstance.
"Of course I'm going. I'm afraid
I do not surpass as a detective.
Besides I've got to get back to my
practice. Probably a hundred little
fevered hands stretching to me
But her eyes arrested me and
stopped the flow of my silly words.
"Perhaps you have forgotten
but we promised frankness. The
first night at Southley Downs!"
"I had forgotten. Forgive me.
And how long ago it was."
"And how much has happened
since." '
"How much and this is the end."
I stretched out my hand and she
gave me hers. I had always won
dered at that hand. It was so
yielding, seemingly so tender. But
I dropped it quickly, wondering at
the tremor on her lips.
"Good-by, Miss Southley.
"May I walk with you down to
the boat?"
'If you wish. But you remem
ber what is in the boat"
I'm past all horror of that." She
led the way out of the great door
and down the path. What a slight,
slim creature she was! "And I sup
pose there is nothing that I can
tell you that would make you
stay?"
"Youve already been very kind
and sweet," I said. "I'm glad that
you cared at all. But I don't see
any use of keeping up the sorry
game any longer. It can't help but
come to unhappiness in the end.
I want you to have all happiness
I could scarcely hear her answer.
The tone was so low hardly more
than a whisper. Perhaps it was just
a little tremulous.
"I don't think you are very kind,
doctor," the words came back. "You
don't understand."
"Unkind because I wish you hap
piness? At least I can do that
with propriety. There has been
enough between us that I can do
that. The walks we had they will
be very beautiful to think about."
"I wish you'd not say any more.
But I went on remorselessly :
"And don't think I'm going to be
bitter. Women have always sacri
ficed for the men they loved every
thing they had to sacrifice. No man
can blame them if he is one of the
sacrifices, as I was in the den
last night."
She stopped as if I had struck
her.
"You mean that you think I re
nounced you last night, that I let
you fall when I could have saved
you because I loved Vilas Hay
ward
I would sooner attribute it to
that than to some less worthy rea
son. At least it showed me that
your love for him was everything
that nothing in the world could
stand In its way."
"Then there is no use in pleading
with you any more, Dr. Long. Some
time you may understand and
maybe be a little sorry. If you'd
only stay, that time might be soon
before it is too late.
We could say no more. We had
reached the boat I shook hands
with the Southleys; and, even as I
said good-by, two strange Impres
sions were knocking at the doors of
my consciousness, They were not
distinct. One of them was that old
Robin was gazing at me with what
was almost a look of abject bewil
derment on his face; the other was
that Josephine was whispering to
Inspector Freeman a hurried, ur
gent message.
When I looked at them they had
moved to opposite sides of the
group. HlB lean face was thought
ful. I gave my bag to the negro,
and started to step on the boat
"Wait just a minute, Dr. Long,"
the Inspector commanded.
I turned to him, "What is It?"
"I've Just been thinking that I
really haven't a right to lot you go.
I've learned that you had a scene
with the elder Hayward words and
all that on the night he was kill
ed. It puts a different face on the
situation; so I guess I'll have to
command you to stay here until I
know it is safe for me to let you
go, doctor."
All the while occupants of South
ley Downs and that of course in
cluded the brown-skinned Ahmad,
whose race is the root and source
of the whole Aryan breed met In
the library Immediately after the
motor boat's departure. All of us
took chairs, and Inspector Freeman
stood in the center,
"This Isn't, a third degree, or any
thing like it," he explained. "I'm
simply In search of explanations. I
want to know who's who, and who
knows what."
Ho called on Vllaa Hayward first
"Where were you on the night
of the crime? he asked.
"I wont to bed at midnight."
"You were present In the den, In
which you were insulted by Dr.
Long?"
"Yes, sir. But I'm willing to for
get that."
he were willing; they glowed
darkly.
"But we're not willing to forget
it," the detective replied. "The nat
ter of motive for this murder is
probably the most important fea
ture In identifying the criminal. If
we have a motive, we have some
thing to work on. I believe that
your father took your part In that
discussion."
"That is true."
"And Southley did also."
Vilas hesitated just an instant.
"Yes, he supported me."
"I believe his daughter sided in
with you, too."
"I would hardly say that."
"At least she offered no explana
tion why Dr. Long attacked you.
Isn't that true?"
"It is."
"How did Dr. Long take this com
bined stand against him?"
"I don't know what you mean."
"It seems to me I am perfectly
clear. Did he become angry?"
"I won't venture to say. It was
plainly the greatest shock to him
when Miss Southley took the attlr
tude sho did. I suppose my father
gave him the greatest cause for
anger."
"Why?"
"My father took the most deter
mined stand against him, insisting
on an apology or else a departure
from the house."
"And what right did he have to
insist that any of Southley's guests
be told to go? What was his ex
planation for this breach of hos
pitality? The doctor was South
ley's guest, not your father's. Why
did your father feel he had a right
to insist, in the terms he did, that
Southley expel the doctor from his
house?"
"I don't believe I know."
"Think a minute."
Vilas' face darkened ever so
slightly.
"I don't believe I care to have
you question the manners of my
dead father."
"It is a fair question."
"In spite of the difference in their
ages, Southley and my father were
old friends. They were very free
with each other in. all things."
"And. did your father say any
thing of an insulting nature that
the doctor might want to avenge?"
"He called him a 'pup,' I think,
as well as other things."
"You say you went to bed at mid
night. When did you learn of your
father's murder?"
"After the levee broke when the
others came back to the house and
told me."
"The sound of the breaking levee
wakened you?"
"Yes,"
Freeman called on me next I
told my story, as far as it concerned
the finding of the body. I cor
roborated most of Vilas's testimony.
"How much time were you alone
after the scene in the den and the
time of the murder?" he asked.
"A few minutes after a midnight
walk with Ernest between a few
minutes before one o'clock and im
mediately after."
"How did you spend your time?"
"I was undressing for bed."
"And then what did you do?"
I told him of our stalk through
the hall3. He seemed particularly
interested, but also somewhat
scornful.
"It Isn't the purpose of the State
to chase down ghosts," ho said. "I
think the less thought and said
about that matter the better. You
all were under a nervous strain,
and I've heard the testimony of
people in that condition before. It
usually isn t worth the paper it s
written on. I want to know If you
had any time to yourself between
the scene In the den and the murder."
Of course his reason for wanting
to know was perfectly obvious. He
wanted to see whether I could have
possibly had time to hire one of the
negroes to murder the elder Hay
ward. He knew that I had not done
the deed with my own hands, from
the fact that I had already estab
lished an alibi.
"We've got a motive for you,
Long," he told me at the end, "but
not much else. There are others
that we have some of the other
things, but no motive."
He called on Ahmad Das. The
latter told him how he had gone
out to the garage after the car; how
he had looked in vain for Hayward
on the driveway, and how, later, he
had found the body.
The detective flushed slightly and
leaned forward.
"You didn't like the elder Hay
ward, Ahmad?" Freeman asked
abruptly.
"No, sahib."
"Why didn't you? What had he
ever done to you?"
"He was not pleasant to serve,
sahib. Many times he swore "
"And I believe he struck you
once, Ahmad."
Ahmad's voice lowered. "Yes."
"And why did he?"
"I was slow in a service that he
asked."
"He didn't like you either, Ah
mad." "It is true."
"Considering his influence with
your master, did It ever occur to
you that he might get you thrown
out of employment?"
"Employ "
"Get you kicked out of your
job?"
"No, sahib; I never thought of
that."
(Continued next week.)
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Yet his eyes did not look as if