SSSpP^"- “V ffc/atha Ohhstia -Copyighl, 1946, by *9»*o Chrfrf.. Mattowtr* Ditlribultd by King Fratyr,, Srndicot» i^Xpter thirty-four inspector took another tug ”Jec mustache, then he looked i‘ p':.oi "You’ve hinted yourself I' mother possibility, M. Poirot, h ; ' Miss Savernake. And ^ef.e where your eye witness ^•or rather I should say, ear fS-V stuff, comes in again. Dr. FT. w said ’Henrietta’ when he Frying. You heard him—they hearci him, though Mr. Angka r, jnpsr.'t seem to have caught Me said-” f*SL,-trri Angkatell did not I t, That is interesting.” (’ut the others did. Miss Saver herself says he tried to speak ^Hei-. Lady Angkatell says ne P j' his eyes, saw Miss Saver K and said ‘Henrietta.’ She r r think, attach any im Boesn t, 1 „ Lrtance to it. Poirot smiled. ‘‘No—she would , a*tach importance to it.” ' "Now. M. Poirot, what about , you were there—you saw— '!j, heard. Was Dr. Christow try % tell you all that it was Hen !*tta who had shot him? In short, that word an accusation?” ’p0irot said slowly: dj;j not think so at the time.” „But now, M. Poirot? What do ou think now?” Poirot sig.ied. Then he said owly: ..[t may have been so. I cannot ... more than that. It is an im v'ession only for which you are skhg 'me, and when the moment , past there is a temptation to into things a meaning which :1S not there at the time.” Grange said hastily: "Of course, this is all off the ■cord. What M. Poirot thought n't evidence—I know that. It’s nly a pointer I’m trying to get.” "Oh, I understand you very well .and an impression from an eye Itness can be a very , useful CHEFjS SPECIAL / A (AUfiT for any party is a goodly supply in bottles or cans of this uniformly perfect-tasting Wend of never less than 33 ' fine brews which we so proudly distribute. Folks always ap preciate blende J-splendid Pebst Blue Ribbon. Your choice—either bottles or cans. STATE Distributing Co. DIAL 7810 thing. But I am humiliated to have to say that my impressions are valueless. I was under the misconception, induced by the vis ual evidence, .hat Mrs. Christow had just shot her husband, so that when Dr. Christow opened his eyes and said ‘Henrietta,’ I never thought of it as being an accusa tion. It is tempting now', looking back, to read into that scene something that was not there.” “I knew what you mean.” said Grange. “But it seems to me that since ‘Henrietta’ was the last word Christow spoke, it must have meant one or two things. It was either an accusation of murder or else it was—well, purely emo tional. She’s the woman he was in love with and he was dying. Now, bearing everything in mind, which of the two did it sound like to you?” Poirot sighed, stirred, closed his eyes, opened them again, stretch ed out his hands in acute vexa tion. He said: “His voice was urgent—that is all I can say—urgent. It seemed to me neither accusing nor emo tional— but urgent, yes! And of one thing I am sure. He was in full possession of his faculties. He spoke—yes, he spoke like a doctor —a doctor who has, say, a sudden surgical emergency on bis hands — a patient who is bleeding to death, perhaps. . . Poirot shrug ged his shoulders. “That is the best. I can do for you.” “Medical, eh?” said the inspec to,'. “Well, yes, that is a third way of looking at it. He was shot, he suspected lj,e was dying, he wanted something done for him quickly. And if, as Lady Angka tell says, Miss Savemake was the first person he saw when his eyes opened, then he would appeal to her. . . .It’s not very satisfactory, though.” “Nothing about this case is sat isfactory,” said Poirot with some bitterness. A murder scene, set and staged to deceive Hercuie Poirot—and which had deceived him! No, it was not satisfactory. Inspector Grange was looking out of the window.' “Hullo,” he said, “here’s Coombes, my sergeant. Looks as though he’s got something. He’s been working on the servants—the friendly touch. He’s a nice looking chap, got a way with women.” Sergeant Coombes came in a lit tle breathlessly. He was clearly pleased with himself, though sub duing the fact under a respectful official manner. “Thought I’d better come and report, sir, since I knew where you’d gone.” He hesitated, shooting a doubt ful glance at Poirot whose exotic foreign appearance did not com mend itself to his sense of official reticence. “Out with it, my lad,” said Grange. “Never mind M. Poirot here. He’s forgotten more about this game than you’ll know for many years to come.” “Yes, sir. It’s this way. sir. I got something out of the kitchen maid—” Grange interrupted. He turned to Poirot triumphantly. “What did I tell you? There’s always hope where there's a kitch en maid. Heaven help us when domestic staffs are so reduced that nobody keeps a kitchen maid any more. Kitchen maids talk, kitchen maids babble. They’re so kept down and in their place by the cook and the upper servants that it’s only human nature to talk about what they know to someone who wants to hear it. Go on, Coombes.” “This is what the girl says, sir. That on Sunday afternoon she saw Gudgeon, the butler, walking across the hall with a revolver in his hand.” “Gudgeon?” “Yes, sir.” Coombes referred to a notebook. “These are her own words. ‘I don’t know what to do, but I think I ought to say what I saw that day. I saw Mr. Gudgeon: he was standing in the hall with EXTRA VALUES TO HELP YOU Enjoy Life At Home \a IH PIECE living ROOM ENSEMBLE i includes ^ Pc. Suite 2 Eat? Tables 2 Lamps 1 Co?*ee Table 1 Throw Rug ^ Pictures * Smoking Stand s19363 BUY ON OUR EASY TIME-PLAN fe"’- ‘ho chance of a lifetime! A complete new livingroom at tra-oast0riishingly low price. These suits come with heavy velo#r othiIS' ‘r "ine or blue and all are 100 per cent spring-filled. 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So far, the honors lay with Gud geon. “I am very sorry, sir,” he re peated. “I suppose I ought to have mentioned the occurrence, but it had slipped my memory.” He looked apologetically from the inspector to Sir Henry. “It was about 5:30 if I lemem ber rightly, sir. I was crossing the hall to see if there were any let ters for the post when I noticed a revolver lying on the hall table I presumed it was from the mas ter’s collection, so I picked it up and brought it in here. There was a gap on the shelf by the mantel piece where it had come from, so I replaced it where it belonged.” “Point it out to me,” said Grange. Gudgeon rose and went to the shelf in question, the inspector close beside him. “It was this one, sir.” Gudgeon indicated a small Mauser pistol at the end of the row. It was a .25—quite a small wea pon. It was certainly not the gim that had killed John Christow. Grange, with his eyes on Gud geon’s face, said: “That’s an automatic pistol, not a revolver.” Gudgeon coughed. “Indeed, sir? I’m afraid that I am not at all well up in firearms. I may have used the term revol ver rather loosely, sir.” “But you are quite sure that is the gun you found in the hall and brought in here?” “Oh, yes, sir, there can be nc possible doubt about that.” Grange stopped him as he was about to stretch out a hand. “Don’t touch it, please. I must examine it for fingerprints and see if it is loaded.” “I don’t think it is loaded, sir. None of Sir Henry’s collection is kept loaded. And as for finger prints. I polished it over with my handkefchief before replacing it, sir, so there will only be my fin gerprints on it.” “Why did you do that?” asked Grange sharply. But Gudgeon’s apologetic smile did not waver. “I fancied it might be dusty, sir.” The door opened and Lady Ang katell came in. She smiled at the inspector. “How nice to see you, Inspector Grange. What is all this about a revolver and Gudgeon? That child in the kitchen is in floods of tears. Mrs. Medway has been bullying her—but, of course, the girl was quite right to say what siae saw if she thought she ought to do so. I always find right and wrong so bewildering myself—easy, you know, if right is unpleasant and wrong is agreeable, because then one knows where one is—dui ron fusing when it is the other way about—and I think, don’t you, In spector, that everyone must do what they think right themselves. COUNCIL HOLDS CLOSED SESSION Budget To Be Presented For Final Action At Next Week's Meeting City council members spent all yesterday afternoon going over the proposed 1947-48 budget in execu tive session in the office of City Manager J. R. Benson. When the meeting was finished, members said, they believed they had ironed out most of the details and that the budget would be pre sented for final action at an open council meeting next week, prob ably the regular session Wednes day. What tax rate or the total amount of the budget would be, members declined to say although they ad mitted it will be higher than a year ago. They also had no comment upon what further action, if any, was taken in regard to increasing ap propriations to the James Walker Memorial and Community hospi tals. A delegation from the board I of managers of the Community hos- J pital is expected to call upon the! council and county commissioners in behalf of higher appropriations than has been tentatively set. Kansas Farmer Laughes At Horse - And - Buggy Days STERLING, Kan., — (JP) — No horse-and-buggy farm operator is Don Shafer of Starling. As he sat waiting for his wife to announce that lunch was ready, ne saw a newspaper advertise ment offering to sell Western Kan sas farmland. After eating he took to his airplane and flew 200 airline miles to Tribune to talk with Clement L. Wilson, who had inserted the ad. En ronte he had inspected four quarters of Greeley Ctounty land from the air, so when he landed it didn’t take him long to close the deal. He flew home in time for supper. What have you been telling them about that pistol Gudgeon? Gudgeon said with respectful emphasis: “The pistol was in the hall, m’lady, on the center table. 1 have rio idea where it came from. I brought it in here and put it away in its proper place. That is what I have just told the inspector and he quite understands.’’ Lady Angkatell shook her head. She said gently: “You really shouldn’t have said that, Gudgeon. I’ll talk to the in spector myself.” Gudgeon made a slight move ment and Lady Angkatell said very charmingly: “I do appreciate your motives, Gudgeon. I know how you always try to save us trouble and annoy ance.” She added in gentle dis missal, “That will be all now.” Gudgeon hesitated, threw a fleeting glance toward Sir Henry, and then at the inspector, then bowed and moved toward the door. 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