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A man-of-war had entered the roadstead, and her powerful lamp was now scouring sea and coast for the missing launch.
This is regarded by the police as a very important fact as bearing on the question of identification, seeing that the number of persons having the third finger of the left hand missing must be quite small. After a thorough examination on the spot, the bones were carefully collected and conveyed to the mortuary, where they now lie awaiting further inquiries. "The divisional surgeon, Dr.
This also he placed in his pocket, saying to himself: "I have now a fine pair of shoes for my daughter Zella, who will be much pleased to find I have brought her a present from the city." And while the charcoal-burner turned into the forest and trudged along the path toward his home, Inga and Rinkitink were still searching for the missing shoes.
And as, under his dictation, the Prefect of Police wrote the two distinctive names of the missing man, there came a look of frowning perplexity and indecision over his face. "It's an odd thing," he muttered, "but I seem to have heard that name quite lately, and in some strange connection! Now what could it have been?
She went into the hall, and presently returned with a distressed look upon her face. "Tryon, I'm afraid you're wrong," she said. "Now my rain-coat is missing. My new rain-coat! I hung it up in the hall-closet with my own hands, after it came from the store. I really think something ought to be done!" "There! I hope you see!" said Cornelia severely. "I think it's high time something was done.
But I don't think we'll want to live the way one has to live on Earth, with too many people there. I'd like ." Somebody came clattering up the stairs from below. "Johnny?" It was Bell. "Is he up here?" Cochrane released Babs. "No. He's not here. Why?" "He's missing," said Bell apprehensively. "Alicia says he took a gun. A gun's gone, anyhow. He's vanished!" Cochrane swore under his breath.
Beauly was missing exactly at he time when Christina Ormsay had left Mrs. Eustace Macallan alone in her room. "You have hit it!" cried Miserrimus Dexter. "You are a wonderful woman! What was she doing on the morning of the day when Mrs. Eustace Macallan died poisoned? And where was she during the dark hours of the night? I can tell you where she was not she was not in her own room."
"Why should you think to find Miss Dunlop here in this old ruin?" he argued; and I could see he was genuinely curious. "Come now straight talk, Moneylaws! and it'll be all the better for you." "She's missing since last night," I replied.
Now she says her place is here with me, no matter how she may suffer," and the major seemed to dwell with pride on this new evidence of his wife's devotion. It was, indeed, an unusual symptom, and Byrne had to try hard to look credulous, which Plume appreciated and hurried on: "Elise, of course, seemed bent on talking her out of it, but, with Wren and Blakely both missing, I could not hesitate.
The horsemen scattered in all directions to intercept their flight. Nisus had eluded pursuit and was out of danger, but Euryalus being missing he turned back to seek him. He again entered the wood and soon came within sound of voices. Looking through the thicket he saw the whole band surrounding Euryalus with noisy questions.
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