I am what they call a special writer--sometimes write for magazines like _Scribbler's_, other times for newspapers.

I do feature-stuff." "Whatever that is." "Human-interest stories; anything unusual; strange happenings in every-day life, you know." "Murders, and--and robberies." "Occasionally, if they are out of the ordinary." She took a swift breath, and made the plunge.

"Like the Frederick Cavendish case--do you remember that ?" Miss La Rue stared at her across the darkening room, but if she changed colour the gloom concealed it, and her voice was steady enough.
"No," she said shortly, "I never read those things.

What happened ?" "Oh, nothing much.

It occurred to my mind because it was about the last thing I worked on before leaving home.