Murder at the Ostrich Farm by London Lovett

Author:London Lovett [Lovett, London]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Fox Press

Chapter Eighteen

Jasper was moving much more like Jasper and less like a grandpa as he headed toward me down the sidewalk. A westbound trolley bustled past us, signaling that we needed to hurry to catch it.

"I've got something to tell you," Jasper said as he reached me.

"That's our trolley so talk and walk," I said.

He spun on his heels and walked along next to me. "You know how I was going to stop in at the market to buy a snack?" He reached into his pocket. "That reminds me, I bought you a packet of Hydrox cookies." He held up the rumpled package that I was sure held nothing but cookie dust after its storage time in Jasper's pocket.

I pressed an arm against my full tummy. "No, thanks, the woman's club just piled me a plate high with tea sandwiches and cakes. Couldn't eat another bite."

"Ah, that's typical. Here I am filling up on Hydrox and warm cherry punch or whatever that concoction was at the market soda fountain counter and you're over in the clubhouse snacking on tea sandwiches and frosted cakes." He made sure to switch on his British accent to make it sound even grander than it actually was.

"Back to what you were about to tell me. Did you find out something about the case? Something about Mildred?"

He opened the packet of cookies and pinched out a broken piece. "Not about Mildred, but I just happened to sit at the counter next to a guy named Morris, or maybe it was Norris. Anyhow, the guy just happened to ask if I'd heard about the murder at the ostrich farm." He ate his bite of cookie and continued. "And since I had, I said yeah, I heard about it."

I peered over at him. "Brilliant response. Was he there as well?"

"No, he wasn't, but coincidentally enough, the guy worked at the farm until just recently when his uncle needed a truck driver for his business. I forgot what kind of business he said."

"Does it matter at all to the case?" I asked.

"No, not really. So anyhow, Morris or Norris just happened to be at the farm on the day that guy Eugene got fired. He saw the whole thing, including Eugene threatening to kill Paul."

We reached the stop and sat on the bench to wait for the trolley to reach us.

"That's great. Did you ask him how Paul reacted to the threat?"

Jasper shook his head. "What kind of a dummy do you think I am? Of course I asked. And Morris or Norris-"

I stopped him. "Let's just call him Morris for brevity's sake," I suggested.

"Right, so this guy Morris said that Paul took it real well. Morris said Wilkins wasn't the type to lose his temper, but apparently, he was pretty upset about the whole thing. He was scared too. He thought Eugene might just carry out his threat. Morris said Paul complained to Arthur Jones because it was Jones who let Eugene know Paul had turned him in."

"Not very nice of Jones," I said.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.