Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-23

Delahay may be you cannot get away from
the fact that she was deliberately lying
when she gave her evidence this morning.
She swore that on the night of the murder
she wasn't out of her bedroom after Il
o clock. and we know now that she was
away from the hotel for over two hours
You know 1t, too, because Dallas told you.
You will forgive my plain speaking, sir,
but l think you could throw some light on
this painful tragedy. Believe me, 1 should
not dare to say 50 much if"
You are presumpt.ous,' Ravenspur said
angrily. DO you dare to insinuate that a
man In my position
Il am not insnuating anything" Walter
urged. But / have feeling we in
some way connected with this tragedy
have a strange instinct that there is some
close connection between the death Of Mr.
Delahay and that mysterious murderOus
attack upon you in your studio. Oh,
know that common sense Is all against my
theory. but l going to tell you some
thing which will aStonish you After
saw you to bed the other night 1 searched
the studio for some way whereby an as
sailant could have entered the room-I
mean some secret door known only to your
SELF
You can disabuse your mind of that
idea Ravenspur said, with the ghost of a
smile. Il give you my word that there is
nothing Of the sort. But go on with your
story
well. 1 couldn't find any means Of en-
trance and exit except by the door, and
then 1t occurred to me that might pos
sibly light upon a clue. Finally 1 found
this lying on the floor, and I should like you
to read It. You may find it interesting
With these words Walter took from his
pocket the dingy yellow handful, and laid
it open the table that Ravenspur
might read. The latter glanced at the
printed words, and then turned to Walter
with questioning eye
What does it all mean?" he asked 1T
conveys nothing whatever to me. and, even
Il I Loci to, thn .Drl1
to patronize entertainments of that kind.
You never heard of Waldo before, them"
Walter asked
Not 1, my dear boy. Who is the fell
low?"
He is a kind of flying man. He is an
individual with extraordinarily developed
arms and muscles. He can move those
arms almost as quickly as fly does in its
flight: with the aid Of specially prepared
wings he futter about stage like
bird. l daresay there is some secret be-
hind it all, but still the performance Is
very graceful and attractive, though, as
yet. the man tells me his flight is limited
to some thirty feet"
He tells YOU" Ravenspur exclaimed.
DO you mean to say that you have actu-
ally paid visit to this theater?"
Certainly / have, sir. You see l re-
garded this bill a kind Of clue. 1 knew
that you could not possibly have brought
1t into the house, nor were any Of your
friends likely to do SO. Therefore l came
night that your assailant must have drop
ped 1t. The man who got into the studio
must have been an extraordinary climber
or something exceedingly clever in the way
OF an acrobat. In fact, just the sort Of
fellow who would be connected with music
halls and circuses and places of that kind
That Is why l went down to the Imperial
Palace Theater together with a journalist
friend OF mine who takes an interest in
such matters The only item Of the enter
tainment worth watching was this man
Waldo. and, of course, up to a certain
point did not identify him with the out
rage upon yourself
why should you do SO now7' Raven
spur asked. Il told you that have never
seen or heard OF the man, nor does he an
swer to. any acquaintance of mine. Why
then. should you go out of your way to
suggest that he had even been here?"
Il am coming to that" Walter sad
quietly, Il was 80 interested in the per-
Torrance that. I went round to Valdos
dressing room afterward and had long
chat with him. Just before l came away
woman looked into the room, and asked
the performer If he was ready. or some
thing of that kind. She did not notice me;
indeed. she did not even look in my direc-
tion 1t was only just for moment that
l caught glimpse of her face. 1t was
only by great effort that I concealed my
feelings. And when l tell you that the
hay"
'Impossible!' Ravenspur cried in great
agitation. The thing is absolutely in
credible. cannot believe it."
Nevertheless, 1 am stating nothing but
the truth" Walter said. LAS sure as / am
standing here l saw Mrs Delahay And
now you know why am sure that there
is something more behind this than has yet
come to light"
CTo be continued tomorrow)