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12 straight down the wall to the ground. Having looked at it a CA 1€ lowered the window and saw _ th at the fastening worked of itself; -is, when | It the window was shut it was ioeeed. could not have been opened from the out- e, side, but it was possible to close the win- dow and lock it from the outside. Trim, “Show the would-be murderer es- caped, and it looks as if I already knew Richard De Leon. points toward sister, and I can’t see therefore why he should have called here for any ss purpose. = ‘Tt isn’t at all certain that he left the ‘. : AS : Tr v4 It would an have been a simple enoug hallway. + **Phe stupid darkie in the kitchen) - wouldn’t look out to see whether he es gone, and after a moment Ri room without attracting any attention. art “Richard De i think te wouid have sire nerve ay. he had 2 ihe will, to murder his sister. se Ah? what’s this?’ ae = sa fetal and picked up a latch key from) Ee 2:3 moet between the bureau and the/}4ived ; ) cow stam upon | _ There ba a piped ss Sos eet oe this. key to the butler and asked La it eee the one that fitted the | a fire escape from which a ladder went ‘Janitor of the building and the elevator ‘boy to learn what they knew about callers of Richard De Leon. ‘“That shows pretty clearly,’ thought how the man got in here, although I confess to being sorry that the evidence | ‘evening ood many, some of them strangers, ‘‘He was not on good terms with his| good ¥s gers who had | od ‘description of anybody. As a matter of poise at the time the butler thinks he| scribe others so tl ‘recognize them. - thing for Richard to open and close the door with a slam and yet remain in the saone lays eee nt up darts ae have tiptoed his way into his — sister’ S eon is a scoundrel, as | up such a person, then he was not sure a : stooped as he came to this .| the night. | After this, the detective examined the during the evening. He could not get much satisfaction | from them, although the elevator boy re-— em bered well enough taking up a man) whose description corresponded with that |. He could not be certain as to whether he had taken this man down again or not. When he» was asked about other people up and down during the } Fe answititiad that there were a } Trim asked strangers. The boy was unable to give a clear him to describe the fact there are few people who can de- nat an inquirer may | At length Trim He wanted to pow if a was ‘early evening a man who was tall, dark, foreign-lookin 3 with ~ a 5 ae mus and so on, giving details of Campo’ ‘pearance. | At first the boy thought he had carried | in™ it, and at last became se ; | Trim saw that his testimony in cach, a matter was of no use whatever. | 8 At length Trim, having carried his i inal Fabs as far as he could, left Ane ee is was the famous St. Charles f ‘otel and it was there that Richard De eons ‘d. -Trim went age = to the yon roa man’s roo. ail “The fellow seems to be drionk most of the time,’ the detect ive thought, * ‘but © if he was sober at half past eleven, it’s¥ Sree bs vent he is in a reasonak ble €- Abiere isn’t much ogi ybability © that I shall inci a 1 in at th s hour of.