Isabel Ostrander

Name: The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 8
Author: Isabel Ostrander

The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 8 (1919)

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“The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 8”, published in 1919, is a work by Isabel Ostrander. It explores elements such as McCarty, Norwood and Jarvis.

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 8 (1919)

“ The sill of the museum window was within reach when the bending supports of the ladder emitted a warning crack and McCarty with a quick swing of his shoulder dropped the bag of bricks with a squelching thud and crash into the mud below. The sudden release from weight made the light ladder rebound so swiftly that the climber was almost jarred from his place, but he held on tenaciously. It had been a close call, but he had pushed his experiment to the limit of safety and for a moment he clung there gazing down with immense satisfaction at the bricks tumbling in all directions from the burst bag. ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 8 (1919)

“ Why on earth were you carrying a load of bricks up to the museum?"
"'Twas just a bit of an experiment, sir," McCarty explained. "A fine mess I've made of your yard with the bricks, too! I'd no notion the bag would burst so easy!"
"Well, never mind. Come into the house and let us have a talk." At arm's length Norwood held the umbrella over his dripping guest and drew him into the passageway. "You will be the better for a drop of something, too, man; you're soaked to the skin!" ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 8 (1919)

“ McCarty was nothing loath and in a few minutes he was seated with his host before the cracking library fire, a steaming glass at his elbow and a fragrant cigar poised at an argumentative angle between his lips.
"'What do I think of the Inspector?'" he repeated in response to a query just voiced by the other. "He's the best man on the force to-day, sir. There's not much gets by him, though to them that don't understand his way of getting results he might seem a trifle bull-headed. I worked under him on many a case and it's seldom he falls down."
"'Bull-headed'!" Norwood repeated in his turn. ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 8 (1919)

“ I don't know what use the Inspector has made of the glove you gave him last night—the one your friend found on the top of the ladder—but I don't believe it will prove of any value in the investigation."
"No, sir?" McCarty's tone was a question and as the other did not reply he went on: "'Tis an expensive one, of foreign make, and it might be easy traced to the shop that sold it."
"But think of the number of men who walk into a shop, buy a pair or two of gloves and take them away with them," Norwood objected. ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 8 (1919)

“ Norwood explained indulgently. "The Gardners are elderly; they were friends of Oliver's family. Mrs. Hilton is a young widow, and the Fowlers are the powder-works people. All quite above suspicion in this affair, McCarty, I assure you."
"What did they talk about, during the dinner?" McCarty accepted the final observation with a nod. "You remember, sir, 'twas just after you'd all gone that Mrs. Jarvis herself went to pieces, if that girl Margot is telling the truth. ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 8 (1919)

“ He opened the spring lock of the fingerprint case with a small key which he carried and stepped aside.
"Voilà, Monsieur. You will perhaps desire to look them over for yourself. I have no data concerning them so I cannot be of assistance, but if there is anything else in which I can aid your search you will find me in the library."
He bowed and departed, but McCarty spent little time over the case in which he had evinced such interest. He fingered a few of the slides and molds tentatively, then closed the case and tiptoeing to the door, examined the lock with minute care. ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 8 (1919)

“ McCarty rubbed his chin. "Have they not enough evidence on the earth to help them find a crook, without dragging in the heavens, too? Many's the time I've looked through a telescope at a nickel a throw on the Island, but devil a thing could I see, though once 'twas because I had my hat hung on the end of it. Mr. Norwood will be beating Terhune yet at his own game. ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 8 (1919)

“ AT Inspector Druet's suggestion Oliver Jarvis accompanied him and the maid back to his own house. Terhune, murmuring something about the interests of his client, prepared to follow and Norwood turned to McCarty.
"Don't you want to come, also? I am going whether the Inspector desires my presence or not. I am Oliver's closest friend and I do not propose to be barred from this investigation by any jealousy on the part of the police. I'll show them yet that my life-long study of crime is of more value than their haphazard, bull-dozing methods! How about it, Mr. McCarty?" ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 8 (1919)

“ She was always so interested, poor dear child, in whatever interested her friends. That was one of her greatest charms."
McCarty removed his cigar and Knocked the ash off carefully on the hearth.
"Mr. Norwood, who was present at that dinner?"
"Let me see. It was just a small, informal affair, you know. Beside Oliver, his wife and myself there were the Blakes, the Gardners, Mrs. Hilton and the Fowlers, all intimate members of their circle."
"Who are they; those people?" persisted McCarty. "What are they like?" ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 8 (1919)

“ There would be no possible way of tracing them unless they were regular customers, and then that glove, although originally good, was so worn and soiled that it may have been kicking around some garage for weeks and changed hands many times. ”

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