for whose name he had been waiting so long was Leo Kniepp.

The knowledge came as a terrible surprise to him. He was dazed
almost. "And I, - I've got to arrest him in my own house?" he
exclaimed as if horrified. And Muller answered calmly: "I doubt
if you will have the opportunity, sir."

"Muller! Did you, again - "

"Yes, I did! I have again warned an unfortunate. It's my nature,
I can't seem to help it. But you will find the Councillor in his
house. He promised me that."

"And you believe it?"

"That man will keep his promise," said Muller quietly.

Councillor Kniepp did keep his promise. When the police arrived at
the hunting castle shortly after midnight, they found the terrified
servants standing by the body of their master.

"Well, Muller, you had better luck than you deserved this time,"
Bauer said a few days later. "This last trick has made you quite
impossible for the service. But you needn't worry about that,
because the legacy Kniepp left you will put you out of reach of
want."

The detective was as much surprised as anybody. He was as if dazed
by his unexpected good fortune. The day before he was a poor man
bowed under the weight of sordid cares, and now he was the possessor