CONSIDERATE

                              PART 10

The man looked disgusted.  "I should kick you out of doors," he

remarked bitterly.  "I'm trying to give you a decent explanation, and

you make fun of me."  Don't bother with him, John," the wife exclaimed.

It's getting late."

     "Mr. Williams," the self-styled ghost continued, ignoring the

woman's interruption, "perhaps you noticed a truck stalled on the road 

as you came into our yard.  Well, that truck belongs to lieutenant Wynn

of Abbyville, who prosecuted me for that murder and won a conviction.

Although, he knew that I was innocent.  Of course he wasn't lieutenant

then; he was only county prosecutor."

     "That was a political murder, and Wynn knew it.  But at that time

he still had his way to make in the world-and circumstances pointed 

toward me.  For example, the  body of the slain man was found in the

ditch just beyond my house.  The man had been robbed.  The murderer

had thrown the victim's pocketbook and watch under our front steps.

Wynn said that I had hidden them there-though obviously I'd never

have done a suicidal thing like that, had I really been the murderer.

Wynn knew that too-but he had to burn somebody.

1) WHAT IS IT THAT JOHN, THE GHOST, KNOW ABOUT THE STALLED TRUCK.
WHERE IS LIEUTENANT WYNN?

READ PART 11 ON THE MUD PILE TOMORROW!