Chapter 22 HIS LAST CASE

Slowly the bruised and cut lips moved. Faintly came from the maimed throat a hoarse whisper.

"I-did-it! I know this is the end. I'll confess everything!"

Before his death, which followed soon after he had been taken from the swirling waters, Langford Larch made a complete confession, telling how he had killed Mrs. Darcy.

Swiftly went the n