Leaving the dresser she recommenced that rapid walking to and fro
which was working such havoc in the nerves of the man in the room
below her. When she paused, it was to ransack a trunk and bring
out a flat wallet filled with newspaper clippings, many of them
discoloured by time, and all of them showing marks of frequent
handling.

A handling now to be repeated. For after a few moments spent in
arranging them, she deliberately set about their complete
reperusal, a task in which it has now become necessary for us to
join her.

The first was black with old head-lines:

CRIME IN DARK HOLLOW

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Algernon Etheridge, One of Our Most Esteemed
Citizens, Waylaid and Murdered at Long Bridge.

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A DIRECT CLUE TO THE MURDERER

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The Stick With Which the Crime was Committed Easily Traced to Its
Owner. The Landlord of Claymore Tavern in the Toils. He Denies His