stain Jakim late of the Indian Medical
ice. He had been studying to get his
lowship in the Royal College of
-geons, but alas, a man could not devote
“entire time to two different pursuits,
} ‘Bella had taken quite a lot of his time.
is had been in 1927. In 1928, they had
ye to London, then moved to Lancaster
1930, where he had taken up his present
wctice. Funny how these English people
ildn’t pronounce foreign names. It had
sn a good idea to change his name by
eed Poll” to the simple “Buck Ruxton”
tead of the more sonorous Parsee name.
- Jeast the patients could pronounce this
e.
The day was cool and rainy. As he

ove along, mind in turmoil, he noticed
at the cars ahead were pulling off the
xin road, evidently stopping for gas or
freshment. If he stopped also he might

seen, so there was only one thing to do,
ive straight through this little town of
nrith, and wait for the party at Liberton,
suburb of Edinburgh. In this way he
suld avoid being seen on the lonely

“etches of the road. From Liberton on it
1s only a short distance and the city traffic
suld cover him. Wonder how the
ildren were? Mary Rogerson was a good
irse and no doubt she would take good
re of them till he got back. Three little
erubs, just two years apart. Elisabeth was
< now, so Diane would be four and little
lly two. He smiled as he thought of the
ungsters. Jealousy dwelt in his heart for
e woman he called his wife, but for the
ildren there was only adoration.

At Liberton he drew up to the left side
the road and waited. He had not driven
st.. The party would be along soon.
round a curve he saw the familiar outline
his Hillman Minx and the Edmondson’s
rt. He followed closely. Well they were
tt driving towards Mrs. Nelson’s place,
», they were stopping at the Adelphi
otel. He watched them all get out and
is wife led the way into the lobby where
e signed the register. . Sick at heart
> drove off and put up at another hotel
earby.

The following day, after his wife’s party
ad left the hotel, he called in and checked
1e register. There had been four rooms,
ut the party had been billed under the
ame of Ruxton. What did this mean?
ullenly he went out of the hotel and drove
ack to Lancaster, burning up the highway
) reach home before his wife.

A Wuite LIE

That evening “Bella returned. Dr.
uxton greeted her as she walked into the
itting room with “Did you have a nice
rip?” “Yes” “Bella smilingly replied “we
njoyed it immensely”. “Did you stay at
our sister's place?” queried the doctor.
fearing to arouse her husband’s unreason-
ng jealousy Mrs. Ruxton replied, SY escoilt
tayed at Jeanie’s place and we had a great
alk”. Leaping to his feet Ruxton’s rage
new no bounds, and the words coming
ike a torrent he told her that he had
ollowed the party and that she had

‘OURTEENTH EDITION

registered at the Adelphi Hotel with the
Edmondsons. Accusation followed accusa-
tion. It was of no avail explaining that
she had occupied a separate room and that
Barbara Edmondson had another room close
by. Eventually the doctor quietened down.
This had happened so many times before.
Always so jealous that sometime a little
white lie had to be told, to keep him from
suspecting the worst of her. Yes, he was
a very difficult man to live with, but there
were the children and each time she had
left him she always returned, partly for his
sake but more often because she loved her
children.

It was Sundey night when she had re-
turned from her trip, and after the scene
between her husband and herself, she had
gone to bed, too tired to look in at the
children. The following week went by
quietly enough. As usual after one of his
outbreaks of jealousy, the doctor was
solicitous and companionable. There was
not a great deal of work to be done around
the house as Mary Rogerson looked after
the three children quite capably. She was
only twenty, but a nice quiet girl who
managed excellently. She did not require
time off for any of the usual amusements
and whenever she had a little free time she
invariably went home to see her father and
stepmother. The rest of the help were
three charwomen who came in to do the
cleaning up and part of the cooking. There
was Mrs. Oxley who came every day at
about ten minutes after seven and stayed
till her work was done, and Mrs. Curwen
who arrived at about eight thirty and
stayed till evening. And of course there
was Mrs. Smith. She only came four days
a week, but there was not much work to be
done on Friday, Saturday and Sunday

when she stayed home. However as a
doctor’s wife, Isabella Ruxton had to keep
her end up, and this took quite a little of
her time even if they were, living in a small
town.

A PREMEDITATED CRIME

On Friday, September 13th, 1935, Doctor
Ruxton called out to Mrs. Curwen as she
was going about her duties “Mrs. Curwen,
there is really nothing for you to do to-day,
and I don’t think it will be necessary for
you to come back till Monday morning.

Will you look in then?” Mrs. Curwen
replied that she would and left. During

the day the doctor attended to his patients
and performed his usual professional duties.
His wife mentioned that she would like to
take the car the following day, Saturday, to
go to Blackpool as both her sisters, Mrs.
Madden and Mrs. Nelson were down for a
day or so, and she wanted to take them
out to see the “illuminations” in the even-
ing. Dr. Ruxton asked if the Edmond-
sons were going too, and when she replied
in the negative, he consented to her taking
the car on the following day.

Saturday came, and Mrs. Ruxton left for
Blackpool. Everything had been attended
to, and Mary would get the children ready
for the party so there was no need to get
home particularly early. Mary Rogerson
had attired the children in their best and
when the Jackson children arrived, the
house fairly rang with childish laughter.
The party was a huge success. When Mrs.
Jackson called for her youngsters about ten
minutes past seven that evening, they were
all tired but happy, and after thanking
Mary for taking such good care of the
children, Mrs. Jackson went home.

At Blackpool Mrs. Ruxton also had an

Gardenholm Linn, where the remains were first seen by Miss Johnson, including the main highway

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