Death at the Excelsior

ons seemed to be failing him. The change had taken place almost overnight. The fact that the case had the appearance of presen

spent in the Excelsior Boarding-House made it clearer to him that that infernal old woman with the pale eyes thought him an incompetent fool. It was that, more than anything, which made him acutely conscious of his lack of succe

w with Mrs. Pickett, was to examine the room where the tragedy had t

a careful examination of the floor, the walls, the furniture, and the windowsill. He would have hotly denied the a

erved only to deepen the mystery of the case. As Mr. Snyder had said, th

he possibility of burglars, had caused the proprietress to make it doubly se

e and dispatched to headquarters th