up to the house. A few paces from the
library I noticed by the light of the lantern, which Mr. Godfrey was
carrying, a small object lying on the lawn. I pointed it out to him
and he picked it up, and then we all recognized it as a scarab that the
testator was accustomed to wear on his watch-chain. It was fitted with
a gold wire passed through the suspension hole and a gold ring. Both
the wire and the ring were in position, but the ring was broken. We
went to the house and questioned the servants as to visitors; but none
of them had seen the testator, and they all agreed that no visitor
whatsoever had come to the house during the afternoon or evening. Mr.
Godfrey and Miss Bellingham both declared that they had neither seen
nor heard anything of the testator, and were both unaware that he had
returned to England. As the circumstances were somewhat disquieting, I
communicated, on the following morning, with the police and requested
them to make inquiries; which they did, with the result that a
suit-case bearing the initials 'J. B.', was found to be lying unclaimed
in the cloakroom at Charing Cross Station. I was able to identify the
suit-case as that which I had seen the testator carry away from Queen
Square. I was also able to identify some of the contents. I
interviewed the cloakroom attendant, who informed me that the suit-case
had been deposited on the twenty-third about 4:15 p.m. He had no
recollection of the person who deposited it. It remained unclaimed in
the possession of the railway company for three months, and was then
surrendered to me."

"Were there any marks or labels on it showing the route by which it had
traveled?"

"There were no labels on it and no marks other than the initials 'J.
B.'"

"Do you happen to know the testator's age?"

"Yes. He was fifty-nine on the eleventh of October, nineteen hundred
and two."

"Can you tell us what his height was?"

"Yes. He was exactly five feet eight inches."

"What sort of health had he?"

"So far as I know his health was good. I am not aware that he suffered
from any disease. I am only judging by his appearance, which was that
of a healthy man."

"Should you describe him as well preserved or otherwise?"

"I should describe him as a well preserved man for his age."

"How should you describe his figure?"

"I should describe him as rather broad and stout in build, and fairly
muscular, though not exceptionally so."

Mr. Loram made a ra