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brought Trim back to him again. It was “Directly, ’” answered Trim, and then the professor’ Ss suggestion that if the|in aloud voice: ‘You needn’t bother te banker wished his son to receive His|come, Mr. Avery, if you’re busv. This > money without delay it should be given examination of the professor’s room is, to him eR the banker’s lifetime. 'I said, a mere matter of form.”’ “That’s a bold sugegstion,’’ thought) ‘ All right, then,’’ responded Avery Trim at the time it was made. ‘‘It may | taking his cue at once, ‘‘I’ll look aftet be innocent, but 1t may mean something/some other matters.’’ important and crooked.’’ | “Trim, therefore, went on, and when h From that time on he had studied the | came up to the professor at the door ol professor very carefully, and although his room, he said: : Spinner said nothing that might ne Rett | ‘Thad to stop because Averv asked mé€ been said by an innocent person, Trim a question or two, and I told him grew more and more certain that tae old| wasn’t at all necessary for him to was man was mixed up in some way with the| his time in this matter.’’ | **Quite right,’’ returned the professor conspiracy against Mead. E ‘‘T understand,’? said the professor, | ‘‘although I should be glac hi after a short pause, ‘‘that detectives| satisfied with the looks of things.”? ae, usually begin by making a thorough ex-| ‘‘He’ll be satisfied with what I tel: amination of the place where the crime|him,’’ Trim responded. es ak was committed. ’’ It was perfectly true that the + examina tn “That is usual,’’?’ Trim responded, | tion of the professor’s room was a me a dryly. ‘matter of form. “And you haven’t had time as yet to| Trim knew perfectly well that he woul os do much looking around ?’’ |find nothing there to throw any light” ‘ol ‘“Not very much.’’ the matter, but every minute with th Ss te ‘“T shall be able to show you into my) professor gave him more time to studj 27 Peele own room if you think it worth while to} the man, and while he looked the room ae look in there ?’’ over he kept up a conversation. in th eh ‘*{ suppose I’d better as a matter of| course of which he hoped to hear mom 25 form,” Trim soiwared: ‘remarks that would indicate what th OS - Y would like to make certain that-you | professor was up to. had your window locked on the inside,| It will not be necessary to repeat th So for if it was I shouldn’t need to think of | conversation because after it was all ove _ _- your room as one that might have been! Trim could not see that the professor ha ree used by the criminal in making his es-|said anything that was of the least i a= ~ 5 Peane.”’ | portance to him. te: ‘Come right in and look at it now! ?! The detective pretended to make : va _ exclaimed the professor, starting to the) thorough search of the room “and at Pe door. | = 'returned to the banker’s room. Beis — Trim rose as if he wou w and! Avery had come ina monient before. Ss Avery ‘starte | to go ees too. | “TY don’t like this being left alor ws Trim 2 xlance that! Mr. Carter!’? exclaimed Mead. s ee him to ‘halt. ‘Why! Mr. Avery is here,’’ said Trin i “The p rofessor had gone into the corri-| ‘‘He wasn’t here until just now; fa. “ - dor, ae the ication whispered hastily:| several minutes you’ve left me here “*T mnst have the use of the room on|alone.”’ = the other cg of the wey Trim glanced inquiringly at Avall B 2d Avery. | who winked and nodded. “No cases turn the 1 man 1 out!” | The detective understood this to nest “ey A hew !”” that the occupant of the room acri | ’s got to be done!’ insisted Trim. hall had been turned out. Siete: 3% ou li ut ¢ ‘We soa"t leave you alone again \ woe! lead, ’? said Trim then. ‘