Yesterday's 'TIMES' lay open on the sideboard. I knew it had not been           read for the characteristic folds and creases of a well-used newspaper were     not evident.                                                                                                                                                    I noted several of the articles by their banners. There were letters from       foreign journalists on the current political fashions in far-flung countries,   some incidental pieces on local affairs, and the shipping news for the day.     The earth that surrounded the cobbles and forming the near path of the          alley was slightly moist to the feel. Small bits of debris, presumably from     the construction, lay here and there.                                           The trellis was built of stout wood lathe and whitewashed most recently. It     appears to be about three feet wide, devoid of any floral growth whatever,      and about 20 feet in height. The whole of the structure is placed up            against the wall of the house and secured in place by thick nails which are     driven into every other slat.                                                                                                                                   I fear that the workmen who evidently reconstructed the trellis were a bit      slovenly in performing their task. A slat, about midway up, appears to have     been broken but never repaired. The whitewash, too, seems unevenly applied.     Even here one can see the grey dirt undercoat of the old wood where the         whitewash brush fell too lightly.                                               The table is small with nothing on it except an ashtray and small bits of       black metal.                                                                    The door lock is a traditional single key lock which can be opened from the     inside or outside.                                                              The window bolt is cast iron. The sliding bolt is attached to the right         window. A mushroom shaped 'handle' is welded onto the rightmost side of         the slide.                                                                                                                                                      The bolt slides into a yoke on the left window. It, too, is made of iron.                                                                                       When the bolt is engaged in the yoke, any attempt to pull the windows           inward proves impossible. There is some slight 'give', but the                  windows hold closed.                                                            The dresser drawers contained a minimum of clothing and a single card           that read:                                                                                                                                                                                 WINSTON CAREY                                                                    TOBACCONIST                                                                                                                                               14 Ely Lane    The City                                                                                                                   The armoire contains only a few clothes and a pair of shoes.                    There are ledger sheets of various kinds lying on the table. They are           kept in an orderly fashion and appear to have been used recently.               The gas lamp is still burning.                                                  There are several boxes and cartons piled onto the wooden shelves that          line the cupboard. All of these cartons appear to be sealed. One box,           marked 'Boyle - 1', seems to have been shifted from its proper spot.            Warnek's workplace was a small and cluttered desk. It stood well away from      the front of the office, deep in a dark corner. We could make out the           fact that the desk was cluttered with sheaves of paper in total disarray.                                                                                       An old address book, rather small and worn, was lying amongst the papers.       The pawnticket was rather recent, as far as I could tell from this distance.    It had not yet assumed the creases and tears of a well-worn, hard carried       ticket as one is used to seeing.                                                The only bit of colour in the room was the strange yellow cloth that hung       from the bedpost. The bed itself was rumpled, as if a restless sleeper          had just arisen from a restless night.                                          Bender laid the small wooden box down on the counter. It was a plain            thing without any example of carving or detail. The top was rough and           pitted as if it had seen many years.                                                                                                                            Bender lifted the top back on its small brass hinges and exposed the            interior. It, too, was rough hewn and marked in its manufacture by              dull metal blades.                                                                                                                                              There were two objects inside the box - a diamond pendant and a torn            section from a newspaper. It appeared to be the shipping notice from            one of the dailies.                                                             The armoire contained nothing of interest other than the large and              varied collection of clothes that could be owned by one man!                    The plush, blood-red carpet lay flat everywhere except near the base of         the rightmost bookcase. It almost looked as if someone had disturbed the        edge of the carpet by dragging some large object between the bookcase and       the rug.                                                                        The two bronze lions' heads were attached to the brick facings along-           side the open hearth. Each head measured 10 inches in height and almost         that across. They were marvelously wrought and highly detailed.                                                                                                 There is no obvious means of their being attached to the facings.                                                                                               The head to the left showed the patina of age whereas the one on the right,     for some reason, seemed to have escaped such a fate.                            The hearth was swept clean. No fire had been built there in quite a long        time.                                                                                                                                                           There was a small tin coal-box to the left of the hearth. It was empty.         The desk was large and well carved. Ingeniously crafted sculptures in the       wood forced the massive furnishing to appear almost genteel and graceful.       There was little on the desk save a tobacco humidor, some blank foolscap        writing paper, and a brass inkpot.                                                                                                                              The drawers to the desk were locked.                                            The oven was open and exposed a fat, firm goose; a rather large one, or         so it appeared.                                                                 The kitchen table was full of foods in various stages of preparation.           Washed potatos were stacked in porcelain bowls; a round of honey cake           was set to one side to cool. Other confections were spread out over the         entire table, giving full meaning to the term 'groaning board'.                 3220  RETURN                                                                    3230  OPEN "R"                                                                  #1                                                                              SUFFILE                                                                         40                                                                              3240  FIELD #1                                                                  3 AS S1$                                                                        3 AS S2$                                                                        3 AS S3$                                                                        3 AS S4$                                                                        3 AS S5$                                                                        3 AS S6$                                                                        3 AS S7$                                                                        3 AS S8$                                                                        3 AS S9$                                                                        3 AS S0$                                                                        3 AS SA$                                                                        3250  GET #1                                                                    1                                                                               3260  NR=VAL(S1$):LD=VAL(S2$):ED=VAL(S3$):OD=VAL(S4$):PD=VAL(S5$)               3270  RD=VAL(S6$):RC=VAL(S7$):ND=VAL(S8$):TD=VAL(S9$):SD=VAL(S0$):MD=VAL(SA$)   3280  FIELD#1                                                                   40 AS IP$                                                                       3290  GET #1                                                                    2                                                                               3300  GN$=IP$                                                                   3310  GET #1                                                                    3                                                                               3320  OT$=IP$                                                                   3330  GET #1                                                                    5                                                                               3340  AC$=IP$                                                                   3350  FIELD #1                                                                  10 AS S1$                                                                       4 AS S2$                                                                        3360  GET #1                                                                    6                                                                               3370  MT$=S1$:YR$=S2$:CLOSE:GOTO 3210                                           3380  CR = NR: GOSUB 60: GOSUB 120                                              3390  FOR X = 38 TO 1 STEP  - 1:LOCATE 24                                       X: PRINT  CHR$ (93) +  CHR$ (32);:                                              