Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-02

huge yellow cat with gesture and brilliant smile
The beast perched high on desk ms With
eyes glazing as he frtively endeavored 10 WI"
his paw a cut the side of his neao -. -,
"That's too thin, mister, there's been nght mere,
1navbe murder" replied the omcer, pointing 70 'no
shattered wlndow=pane .,
AT the words old Peter shuddered and nearly
dropped his cande-stick -, .,
The giant laughed heartily lhae Is apsulu Sn'uen
to be very funny, said ne .u,tu.-
at Is Ell? Where is the man who was screaming
at that window three minutes ago? demanded the
why. my dear man, 1t was not I. I am alone
here. Old Sniffkin was caterwauling tnere ana /
heaved stone jug at him. IL Went 1nrousn INC WIZ
dow-worse luck" So.
where is the other you was just rowing with
this moment ago? DON'T lie 10 me- neoiu '0~
Again, my dear sir; puzzled. snifkin and
7 have been scoding each other. AS you can see.
there is but one Of entrance or exit to this
place No one has been in or out You may search
these rooms If you choose"
"And that WILL said the officer. DR. Slddons,
guard this door while I go through this place"
Really ] must say he made thorough search IN
all the closets the little kitchen and pantry in the
behind the tapestry hangings under the bed and
behind the grand piano and the musiccases IN the
front tapping walls ceiling and moor win ms
club for concealed doors. Fully fifteen minutes ne
spent Keensen imperturbed and J. deeply en-
barrrassed chatting a score OIL extraneous SUD
jects while old Hahn and my housekeeper were ez-
Changing terrified whispers in the hall behind u.s.
| have said positively that saw that face at the
window that we heard the two distinct voices ID
quarrel and yet with exits possible save the one
that had been constantly under our eyes there was
no living thing in those rooms except Kelenserand
his cat .
Bafied muttering. angry and threatening, the Off
GER desisted and withdrew. Kelensen bade me most
neighborly goodnight saying the absurd incident mac
served one good purpose it had made us acquainted.
and he hoped to see within his doors quite soon
again. believe l asked him, with some Ill grace
to visit me- The extraordinarily contradictory events
of the hour, with all their terror and mystery wnen
contrasted with Keensens perfect composure and
good nature, had quite taken me aback' IL.
1t was with difficulty that ] got rid OF the police
man He would have followed me home 10 talk OF
the bewdering affair and even as 1t was Mrs KEEP
pier tarred at my door to say:
doctor this is dreadful The lies, the lies that
big man told You should have heard Peter
"And what says Peter? Draw those shades and
Therefore she began a review of the statements
that the pancstrcken old furniture dealer had made
It appeared that his strange lodgers name was Hen
dirk Kelensen, of Ryndam, singer. some said
great bass artistic. He had leased the rooms for q
long three months before and was paying double
the ordinary rent for the privilege OF doing anso
lutey as he pleased at any and all times and OF being
let entirely alone. He had specified that he was to
be made the victim Of curiosity on the part Of his
landlord.
The two voices thing to Peter They
every day. all day matter. He had heard
that dreadful cry but before and that was In the
first month at daybreak Never had he seen any one
or anything in the save Sniffkin the cat, and
Kelensen the basso but evidences OF the existence
and life of another being were abundant -
He marketed for Keensen and always bought
enough for two often getting different sorts OF food
for each such fowl for and steak for the other
He could hear the preparations for the meals and the
two voices in talk and laughter, both perfectly as
tnct and always in this tongue he could not under
stand Then after the meal Kelensen would go out.
looking magnificent In the great coat and tophat he
always wore.
AS soon as the door closed on his heels Peter would
go surreptitiousy into the rooms from which KEEL
ensen had just departed alone and would find two
chairs at the table two soed plates and two sets or
silver and two bottles one OF unknown wine the other
of stout but no one there but Snfkin. There
were abundant clothes in the room, but they were
Of Keensen's size only and were obviously for the
sole use of one man. Never there signs of two
men having dressed and thrown down discarded
clothes.
There was one other puzzling thing. Peter had
often noticed in the sweet sickly unfamiliar
odor for which he could not account At the mention
of this it came sharply to me that l. too had OBJ
served an unusual smell Now that thought Of it.