"A gentleman!" she exclaimed.

"How dreadful!" "The poor man was a stranger in our part of the country," Cecilia resumed; "and the police were puzzled about the motive for a murder.

His pocketbook was missing; but his watch and his rings were found on the body.

I remember the initials on his linen because they were the same as my mother's initial before she was married--'J.

B.' Really, Francine, that's all I know about it." "Surely you know whether the murderer was discovered ?" "Oh, yes--of course I know that! The government offered a reward; and clever people were sent from London to help the county police.