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Updated: May 19, 2025
"The sergeant fidgeted with his helmet. 'That's all right, sir, he said. 'As a matter of fact, though, I've come to you for information this time. You see, I'm a coroner's officer, and we've got to hold an inquest, but we ain't got no body to hold it on! "For a moment Brashton was flabbergasted, but he recovered himself almost immediately.
You know they're excavating the foundations for a big hotel in Piccadilly? Well, on Monday a couple of burly navvies, carrying a big paper parcel, came up to the Wire office and Brashton saw them. "'Me an' my mate 'ere, says the spokesman, ''ave been employed on those works in Piccadilly, and we made an interesting discovery to-day.
Seeing as the Wire is an enterprising paper an' pays for news, we thought as 'ow we'd come along. "'Always glad to pay for information if we use it, says Brashton. "'We'll leave it to you, says the spokesman, undoing the parcel. 'Look at this. "Inside the wrappings was a battered but full-sized human skeleton.
'Get rid of it. Put it in the furnace. "Well, they took it down and cremated it. To-day, a fine, old, crusty police sergeant rolled up to the office. He wanted to see some one, he said, about the find of a body in Piccadilly. "Brashton received him suavely. 'Very good of you to come, sergeant, he said. 'We're always grateful for any information about matters of interest.
Brashton was a bit staggered, but put a few more questions to the men, and they went away. He forgot all about the skeleton till M'Gregor, the news editor, happened in. Mac's hair stood on end, and he pointed at the skeleton with a long forefinger. "'What's that? he demanded. "Brashton looked up from some copy he was writing. 'That, he said calmly.
'Oh, that's not necessarily for publication; it's just a guarantee of good faith. And he explained. "Mac was horror-struck. He stared at Brashton as though he had taken leave of his senses. "'Good God, man, he cried, 'why did you let them leave it here? It might have died of the plague or something. And, stepping back into the corridor, he yelled for a boy. 'Take that thing away, he ordered.
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