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PAGE EIGHT arEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, THIIBSDAY, MARCH 5, 1936 CTNOPS1B: Boooy sum ana Frankia Dtrtcent have tuo promis ing candidate for the murderer o Alan Carstalrs at least, they be lief the murdered man vae Alan Caretaire. One is Roger Basslng-ton-tfrench ; the other is Dr. Nlchol on, who rune a drug cure near the Basaington-f trench house. But Roger eeeme euch a nlca young man to Frankls, and note llaira Hicholeon, the Doctor's wife, is confirming their eueptcion of Nich olson by conleeeing that ehe her eel is afraid of htm. Her story ts impreeeive, partly becauss shst is very beautijul indeed. Chapter If NEW ANGLE iHA'S brow furrowed i aha tried to think. 'It'i possible," the laid at last. "He asked one or two rather pecu liar questions but no, I don't think he can really hare known anything about If "Would you call your husband a jealous man?" Bobby asked. Rather to hie surprise the an' wered. "Yes, a very Jealoui man." "Jealous, for Instance, of your "You mean even though be doesn't care? But yes, he would be Jealoui, Juat the same. I'm his property, you see. He's a queer man a very Queer man." Bhe shivered. Then she asked suddenly, "You're not connected with the police In any way, are you?" "I? Oh, no." "I wondered. I mean Bobby looked down at his chauf feur's livery. "It's rather a Ions story," he said. "You are Lady Frances Derwent's chauffeur, aren't you? Bo the land lord here said. I met her at dinner the other night." "I know." He paused. "We've got to get hold of her," he said. "And It's a bit difficult for me to do. Do you think you could ring up and ask to speak to her and then get her to come and meet you somewhere out doors?" "I suppose I could," said Molra slowly. "I know It must seem frightfully odd to you. But It won't when I've explained. We must get hold of her as soon as possible. It's essential." Molra rose. "Very well," she said. With her band on the door handle she hesitated. "Alan," she said. "Alan Carstalrs. Did you say you'd seen him?" , "I have seen him," said Bobby slowly. "But not lately." And be thought, with a shock, "Of course she doesn't know he's deed. . ." He said, "Ring up Lady Frances. Then I'll tell you everything." MOIRA returned a few minutes later. "I got her." she said. "I've asked her to come and meet me at a little summer house down near the river, Bhe must have thought It very odd, but he said she's come." "Good." said Bobby. "Now Just where Is this place exactly?" Molra described It carefully, and the way to get to It. "That's all right," said Bobby. "You go first. I'll follow on." They adhered to' this program, Bobby lingering to have a word with Mr. Askew. "Odd thing," he said casually. "That lady Mrs. Nicholson I used to work for an uncle of hers. Cana dian gentleman." Molra's visit to him might, he felt, give rise to gossip, and the last thing ha wanted waa to let gisslp of that kind get about and possibly And Its way to Dr. Nicholson's ears. "So that's it. Is It?" said Mr. Askew. "I rather wondered." "Yes," said Bobby. "She recog nised me and came along to hear what 1 was doing now. A nice, pleasant-spoken lady." Feeling that he had achieved his object, he strolled out He reached the rendeivoua suc cessfully and found ler there wait ing for him. "There's an awful lot I've got to tell you," he said, and stopped awk wardly. "Yes." "To begin with," said Bobby, plunging. "I'm not really a chauf feur although 1 do work In a garage In London. And. my name Isn't Haw kins It's Jones -Bobby Jones. I come from Marcbbolt In Wales." Molra was listening attentively, but clearly the name Marchbolt meant nothing to her. "Look bare, I'm afraid I'm going to give you rather a shock. This friend of yours. Alan Cartlalrt he's well, you've got to know he's dead." She was silent a moment or two, then she said In a low thoughtful voice, -"So that's why he never came back. I wondered." Bobby ventured to steal a look at her. She looked sad and thoughtful hut that was all. "Tell me about It," she said. "He fell over the cliff at Marcb bolt the place where I live. I and the doctor there happened to be the ones to find him." He paused snd then added: "He had your pho tograph In his pocket." "Did he?" She gave a sweet, rather sad smile. "Dear Alan, he waa very talthtuL When did all this happen?" "About a month ago. October 3rd, to be exact." "That must have been Just after he came down here." "Yes. Oh. hullo! Here's Frankle." Frankle came hurrying along the path. Her face, at the sight of Bobby and Mrs. Nicholson sitting chat ting together, waa a study In con flicting expressions. "Hullo, Frankle," said Bobby. "I'm glad you'vs come. We've got to have a great powwow. To begin with, It's Mrs. Nicholson who is the original of the photograph." Oh!" said Frankle blankly. She looked at Molra and suddenly laughed. My dear," she said to Bobby, "now I see why the sight of Mrs. Cayman at the inquest was such a shock to youl" Molra was looking bewildered. "There's such an awful lot to tell," aald Bobby. "And I don't quite know bow to put It all." He described the Caymans and their identification of the body. "And then," continued Frankle, "Bobble waa poisoned." Eight grains of morphia," said Bobby reminiscently. Dont start on that," said Frankle. "You're capable of going on for hours on the subject, and it's really very boring to other people. Let me explain." She took a long breath. vrOU see," she said, "these Cay man people came to see Bobby after the Inquest, to ask him If the brother (supposed) had said any thing before he died, and Bobby said 'No.' But afterwards be rem em bered that the man had said some thing shout somebody called Evans so Bobby wrote and told them to. And a tew days afterwards he got a letter offering him a Job In Peru or somewhere, and when he wouldn't take It, the next thing was that someone put a lot of morphia " Eight grains," said Bobby, in his beer. Only, as Bobby has a most extraordinary Inside or something, it didn't kill him. And so then we saw at once that Prlt- chard or Carstalrs, you know- must have been pushed over the cliff." "But why?" aaked Molra. "Don't you tee? I expect I haven't told It very welL Anyway. we decided that he had been, and and that Soger Basslngton-ffrench had probably done It." "I see," said Molra thoughtfully. "And then." continued Frankle, "1 happened to have an accident Just here. An amazing coincidence, wasn't It?" She looked hard at Bob by wltb an admonishing eye. "So 1 telephoned to Bobby and suggested that he ahould come down here pre tending to be my chauffeur and we'd look Into the matter." "Are you telling me the truth?" Molra asked. "Is It really true that you came down here by accident? Or did you come because be cause" her voice quavered in spite of hertelt "you suspected my hus band?" Bobby and Frankle looked at each other. Then Bobby said: "I give you my word of honor that we'd never even heard of your bus bsnd till we came down here." "Oh." I see." She turned to Frankle. "I'm sorry. Lady Frances. but you see I remembered that, on the evening when we came to din ner, Jasper my husband went on and on at you. aaklng you things about your accident I couldn't think why. But I think now that porhans he suspected It wasn't genuine." Well. If you really want to know. It wasn't" aald Frankle. "Whoof now 1 feel bitter! It was all camou flaged very carefully. But It had nothing to do with your husband. The whole thing was staged because we wanted to to what does one call It? get a line on Roger Bas-slngton-Prench." Roger?" Molra frowned and smiled perplexedly. "U seems absurd." "But he must have taken that photograph," said Bobby stubbornly. "Listen. Mrs. Nicholson, while 1 go over the facts." "1 see what you mean. It teems very queer." Molra paused a minute and then asked unexpectedly, "Why don't you ask him?" (CrtrriiSl 1'IS-iS le. t,H, Ct'iine) Frinkla takes steps to end out sbout the photograph, Mondev, PEAR RECIPE BOOKS SOUGHT FROM AFAR Exactly 99 ittr inking for pear rtc!pe bonki -r rwMvl In the morning ' mail by the Jarluon Coun ty Chamber of Commerce. Fiv of th lmr came from Eng land. four from Canada and 20 from Wlvonaln. N-w York, IUlnoia, MaaM chuaett. Nw JtvfVT. Rhode Inland and Nehraaka. The chamber receives request for the recipe booka a 1 moot dally but thla waa the Urgent number to be re ceived In any one mail. The letter a are forwarded to the Oregon-Waah-Ington Pear bureau from where the booka are distributed. BUCKINGHAM t ice Cream Caa and Party Special. Toe Creat, iH Bo, Central. DOUBLE IN 1935 WASHINOTOK, March 5. 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