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The two officers were alone M Godin had apparently decided to work by himself This did not in the least surprise ain by working with these two officers

"We've solved thethe time of day "Indeed?" replied Maitland in a tone which was decidedly auous; "you make it suicide, I suppose?" "That's just e make it," returned the other "We hadn't s, such as the motive, for exaht now"

"And what says M Godin?" asked Maitland

Mr Osborne burst into a loud guffaw

"Oho, but that's good! What says M Godin? I say, Allen, Maitland wants to knohat 'Frenchy' says," and the pair laughed boisterously "It's plain enough you don't know," he continued, addressing Maitland "He's tighter 'n any chane bottle you ever saw The corkscrew ain't invented that'll draord out of M Godin You saw hiht Well, the chances are that if this were a murder case, which it isn't, you'd see no more of M Godin till he bobbed up some day, perhaps on the other side of the earth, with a pair of twisters on the culprit He's a 'wiz,' is M Godin What does he think? He knohat he thinks, and he's the only individual on the planet that enjoys that distinction I say, Allen, do you puain the pair laughed long and heartily

"Well, then," said Maitland, "since we can't have M Godin's viee shall have to content ourselves with those of yourselves Let's hear all about the suicide theory"

"I think," said Osborne in an undertone, "you had better ask Miss Darroithdraw for a few mogestion was intended only for Maitland, but the officer, used to talking in the open air, spoke so loudly that we all overheard him "I thank you for your consideration," Gwen said to hi connected with this matter which I cannot bear to hear, or should not know Pray proceed"

Osborne, anxious to narrate his triuan, "that it was a case of suicide, but were perplexed to knohy Mr Darrow should wish to ht wish to spare his daughter the shaed for the horrible notoriety of murder, the er one--and found it" "Ah! you are getting interesting," Maitland observed