“C. Q.”; or, In the Wireless House
“Earl - of - Roakby - reported - dead - from - pistol - shot - wound - at - Parsley - Croft - seat - of - Marquis - of . Varricks - Tuesday - last - stop - fact - concealed - until - today - and - all - details - are - being - carefully - suppressed - stop - disappearance - of - Cosmo - Graeme - youngest - son - of - Lord - Varricks - coincident - with - homicide - leads - to - suspicion - of - foul - play - stop - latter - believed - to - have - left - England - and - to - be - either - on - Continent - or - on - ship - bound - for - America - stop - all - ports - of - arrival - being - closely - watched - stop - Scotland - Yard - requests - all - transatlantic - liners - examine - passenger - list - for - man - about - thirty - years - of - age - weight - one - hundred - and - sixty - height - six - feet - slightly - bald - blue - eyes - curly - hair - clean - shaven - report - if - on board.”
Micky turned slightly pale as the man at Poldhu stopped short and began sending it all over again, and the right hand which held his stub of pencil trembled a little as he checked off the same old story about the French ultimatum and the price of consols and cotton. Earl of Roakby murdered! There was news for you! And the murderer had escaped and was snug63
