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<p>Returning to Goole Street he called at the Post Office. It was ten minutes to twelve, and there being no message for him he stood waiting at the door. Five minutes had not elapsed before a street Arab appeared, looked him up and down several times, and then said:⁠—</p>
<p>“Name o’ Burnley?”</p>
<p>“That’s me,” returned the Inspector. “Got a note for me?”</p>
<p>“The other cove said as ’ow you’ld give me a tanner.”</p>
<p>“The other cove said as ’ow you’d give me a tanner.”</p>
<p>“Here you are, sonny,” said Burnley, and the sixpence and the note changed owners. The latter read:⁠—</p>
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<p>“Party just about to go home for dinner. Am waiting on road south of carrier’s yard.”</p>
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<p>Palmer’s statement, divested of its cockney slang and picturesque embellishments was as follows:⁠—</p>
<p>“I suppose you know all about the way <abbr>Mr.</abbr> Felix hired the dray,” began Palmer, “and painted it in the shed, and about my mate Jim Brown and me?” The Inspector nodded, and he continued: “Then I don’t need to tell you all that part of it, only that Jim and I from the first were suspicious that there was something crooked about the whole business. <abbr>Mr.</abbr> Felix told us he had a bet on that he could get the cask away without being caught, but we didn’t believe that, we thought he was out to steal it. Then when he told us that stevedore fellow was to be fixed so he couldn’t follow us, we were both quite sure it was a do. Then you know how Felix and I left Jim and him in the bar and went back to the shed and repainted the dray? You know all that?”</p>
<p>“I know,” said Burnley.</p>
<p>“We waited in the shed till it was getting on towards dusk, and then we got the cask out to Felix’s, and left it swinging in a set of chain blocks in an outhouse. Well, sir, I asked more than twice the pay he’d promised, and when he gave it without a word I was certain he was afraid of me. I thought, ‘There’s some secret about that cask and he’ld be willing to pay to have it kept quiet.’ And then it occurred to me that if I could get hold of it, I could charge him my own price for its return. I didn’t mean to steal it. I didn’t, sir, honest. I only meant to keep it for a day or two till he’d be willing to pay a reward.”</p>
<p>“We waited in the shed till it was getting on towards dusk, and then we got the cask out to Felix’s, and left it swinging in a set of chain blocks in an outhouse. Well, sir, I asked more than twice the pay he’d promised, and when he gave it without a word I was certain he was afraid of me. I thought, ‘There’s some secret about that cask and he’d be willing to pay to have it kept quiet.’ And then it occurred to me that if I could get hold of it, I could charge him my own price for its return. I didn’t mean to steal it. I didn’t, sir, honest. I only meant to keep it for a day or two till he’d be willing to pay a reward.”</p>
<p>The man paused.</p>
<p>“Well, you know, Palmer, blackmail is not much better than theft,” said Burnley.</p>
<p>“I’m only telling you the truth, sir; that’s the way it was. I thought I’d try and find out what part of the house Felix slept in and if there were others about, so as to see what chances there’d be of getting the dray up again without being heard, so I hid it in a field as you know, and went up the lane. I don’t think I would have done anything only for Felix going away and saying the house was empty. Then it came over me so strongly how easy everything would be with the coast clear and the cask swinging in the chain blocks. The temptation was too strong for me, and I went back and got in as you said. I suppose you must have been there all the time watching me?”</p>
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<p>“He has had a shock,” answered the Chief, explaining in a few words what had occurred.</p>
<p>“He’ll have to be removed to hospital at once. Better get a stretcher.”</p>
<p>The sergeant disappeared again and in a few seconds returned with the apparatus and another man. Felix was lifted on to it and borne off.</p>
<p>“Doctor,” said the Chief, as the former was about to follow, “as soon as you are through with him I wish you’ld make an examination of the woman’s body. It seems fairly clear what happened to her, but it would be better to have a postmortem. Poison may have been used also. Burnley, here, is going to Paris by the nine o’clock in the morning to make inquiries, and he will want a copy of your report with him.”</p>
<p>“Doctor,” said the Chief, as the former was about to follow, “as soon as you are through with him I wish you’d make an examination of the woman’s body. It seems fairly clear what happened to her, but it would be better to have a postmortem. Poison may have been used also. Burnley, here, is going to Paris by the nine o’clock in the morning to make inquiries, and he will want a copy of your report with him.”</p>
<p>“I shall have it ready,” said the doctor as, with a bow, he hurried after his patient.</p>
<p>“Now, let’s have a look at that letter.”</p>
<p>They returned to the courtyard and Burnley unpinned the envelope from the dead woman’s gown. It was unaddressed, but the Chief slit it open and drew out a sheet of folded paper. It bore a single line of typing:⁠—</p>
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