Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09

to the floor The honorable lady was chagrined
and angry-she had been angry before. There
was some quarrel which l am not comprehen-
sive Of They had been widely divergent for
several months. 1t was of course not prominent
in the presence of Others.
And the cut on his arm where the court
plaster applied" asked the scientist
" just how did he get that!"
1T was when he fell down." continued the
Japanese. He reached to embrace a carved
chair, and the carved wood cut his arm.
assisted him to his feet, and the honorable lady
sent me to her room to get court plaster. L
acquired it from her dressing table, and she
placed it on the cut.
That makes the. evidence against her
absolutely conclusive" remarked The Think
ing Machine as if finally. There was little
pause, and then: :" Do you happen to know
Just how Mrs. Dudley placed the body in the
boat?"
81 have not the honor of knowing just how
she did that" said Osaka. Indeed, | am not
comprehensive of anything that happened
after the court plaster was put on, except that
Mr.. Dudley was affected some way and went
out of the house. Mrs. Dudley too was not
in the ball room for many minutes or SO after
wards"
Hutchinson Hatch stared frankly into the
face of The Thinking Machine; there was
nothing to be read there Still deeply thought
full, Hatch heard the brakeman bawl -" Boston.
and mechanically followed the scientist and
Osaka out of the station into cab. They
were driven Immediately to police headquar-
tiers. Detective Mallory was just about to 60
home when they entered his office.
at may enlighten you, Mr.. Mallory"
announced the scientist coldly, to know that
the man in the motor boat was not French
naval officer who died of natural causes-he
was Langham Dudley, millionaire ship
owner. He was murdered. 1t Just happens that
| know the person who did it.
The detective rose in establishment. Who
is the murderer" he asked.
The Thinking Machine closed the door,
and the spring lock clicked.
on Osaka.
For one brief instant there was pause and
silence; then the detective advanced upon the
Japanese with hand outstretched The agile
Osaka leaped suddenly, as snake strikes;
there was quick, fierce struggle and Detective
Mallory sprawled on the floor. There had been
Just twist of the wrist-a trick of jiu-jitsu-
and Osaka had flung himself at the locked
door. AS he fumbled there, Hatch deliberately
and without conjunction raised chair and
brought it down on his head. Osaka sank
down without sound.
1t was an hour before they brought him
around. Meanwhile the detective had patted
and petted half dozen suddenly acquired
bruises and had then searched Osaka. He
found nothing to interest him save small
bottle. He uncorked it and started to smell it,
when The Thinking Machine snatched it
away.
You fool, that'n kill you'll he exclaimed.
Osaka sat, dashed hand and foot to chair,
in Detective Mallory's office-so placed by the
detective for safe keeping. His face was no
longer expressionless; there were fear and
treachery and cunning there. So he listened
perforce to the statement of the case by The
Thinking Machine.
1.-TWO and two make four, not sometimes
but all the time" he began at last, as if dis
putting some previous assertion. g AS the figure
two, wholly disconnected from any other,
gives small indication of result, it is
isolated fact of no great consequence. Yet
that fact added to another, and the resulting
fact added to still another, will give final
result. That result, if every fact is considered,
must be correct. Thus any problem may be
solved by logic; logic is inevitable.
"In this case, the facts, considered slngly,
might have been compatible with either
natural death, suicide, or murder-considered
together they proved murder. The climax of
this proof was the removal of the makers
name from the dead mans shoes, and fact
strongly contributory was the attempt to
destroy the identity of the boat. a subtle
mind lay back of it ALL"
Il so regarded it," said Detective Mallory.
Il was confident of murder until the medical
examiner"
I'VE prove a murder" The Thinking
Machine went on serenely. THE method?
was with DR.. Clough at the autopsy. There
was shot or knife wound, no poison in