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The boy's monotonous chant began again: his eyes were fixed and blank as before. 'I fell off a tree, and my leg hit a branch on the way down. 'Curious accident, said Merton; 'and None-so-pretty saw the mark? 'Yes. 'And asked you how you got it? 'Yes, and she saw blue marks on Batsy, all over her arms. 'And you told None-so-pretty that you fell off a tree? 'Yes.
"Time will show who robbed us of the greatest-hearted and most capable woman in these parts." "And will time show who killed Batsy?" It was a morsel of a girl who spoke; the least one of the family, but the brightest. "I'm sorry for Batsy; she always gave me cookies when I went to see Mrs. Webb." "Batsy was a good girl for a Swede," allowed the deacon's wife, who had not spoken till now.
If that is not enough do the same with Batsy. And after that I think you had better not let the children out of your sight for a short time. 'These are very strange requests. 'And it was by a strange piece of luck that I met you driving home to see if the lost children were found, and secured your attention before it could be pre-engaged. 'But where did you find them and why?
'You must give the poor elephant a rest, he is tired, she cried, and the tender-hearted Batsy needed no more to make her descend from the great earth-shaking beast. The children attacked her with kisses, and then walked off, looking back, each holding one of the paternal hands, and treading, after the manner of childhood, on the paternal toes.
"Just as I feared," said he. "She has been robbed of her ready money. It was doubtless in the other drawer." "How came she by the key, then?" "That is one of the mysteries of the affair; this murder is by no means a simple one. I begin to think we shall find it full of mysteries." "Batsy's death, for instance?" "O yes, Batsy! I forgot that she was found dead too." "Without a wound, doctor."
'Come into the gardens, she said, and led the way. 'You would like a ride on the elephant, Tommy? she asked Master Apsley. 'And you, Batsy? The children shouted assent. 'How in the world does she know them? thought the bewildered officer. The children mounted the elephant. 'Now, Major Apsley, said Miss Blossom, 'I have found your children.
"It means Philemon; that is what it means Philemon." Mr. Sutherland shuddered, but said nothing. He was dumbfounded by these evidences of a crazy man's work. Philemon Webb always seemed so harmless, though he had been failing in mind for the last ten years. "But" cried Mr. Sutherland, suddenly rousing, "there is another victim. I saw old woman Batsy hanging from a window ledge, dead."
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