The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-24

make these th.nes strCng when talk.
ing To one of the chiefs calibcr. bat
here is the case as gee It, It may
need several revlsings before we come
to the end. | admit, when confronted
with the evidence OF the knife through
the table, the b'ood stained slip or and
the mys erious telephone call. TO say
nothing of the drugged wine and the
servants carefully rendered hors de
combat, | couldn't see ray of light
from them. 1t was evident Hopping.
ton had been enierla aiming a man and
a woman; that either he disposed of
the servants himself I'm order to carry
out some criminal design Of his own or
else that he was irlckei in'o doing II
as a Tart of tie rlot that was his un.
doing
The knife thrust through the table
seems to suggest either pure bravaho
or an excess OF murderous passion
that Is not borne out by any other evil
dcncc of struggle In the room. The
satin slipper and the telephone call are
the Toints of evidence added by the
woman. She may have stepped into
he blood and shaken of the slipper.
net to avoid being tracked. for she
thereby left n dangerous clew. but be.
cause II would be easier to explain a
lot slipper than one soaked with
b'ood. But here | was faced by a
stone wall and could so no further" :"
Absolutely nothing said blankly
"Of course not; but read this and
geo II II throws any light on It,
clipped It from this mornings rarer."
II was an item from tho personal in.
tc.iiGence column and II said: Cart.
Ftzhueh Graham, tie famous English
orchid hunter, arrived In the city yes.
t-rday after n six morths' stay In tho
Philippines and is registered at the
Auditorium Annex"
Capt Fitzhugh Graham" said
Clarke to the clerk at the desk. ten.
de.ing our cards.
TIE captain hastily cleared two
chairs for us. MIR. Clarke under.
| stand then Is n faIcler Of orchids" he
said as his eyes wand dsred lnquirlngly
from enc to the other Of US.
The captain hung over the back of
his chair with boredom written on his
! face. There was no flaw In his acting.
If acting 1t was. as he carclessly re.
! piled:
You have been well Informed. Mr.
Clarke, but regret to say that the
| OdCntoGlCssum s oCd the trip badly
a. you know they nearly always do
u was not slch sIecimen as | would
care 20 offer, In fact had deter
mined not TO spoil Hopplngtoa's col
! lc,tiCn with Il. even II he had not been
murdered, Dud this morning | had the
/ slavcy throw Il out. II that is all you
! VIII kindly excuse me and | VIII con
tiuuo my packing as am leaving fol
London this afternoon"
Clarke glanced quickly from Graham
! g. mo. and | thought detected warn
| INK In hts eyes. The captain watched
him with apparent nonchalance. bat
thcro was something in his tltu ie
which sugges ed the crouch of tiger
ready for the leap.
And so the servants threw the
CdonloglCssum out? How sad. dc
not believe there are two specimens
In Chicago
Clarke suddenly reached over and
throw open The door OF the humidor
Within there was an orchid Of sar
passing beauty.
Yes. there are three. and Captain
Graham, you have He'd
Tho metamorphosIs to the tiger wa,
sudden and complete. Full half th,
length OF the room TIE CAPTAIN leaned
MCcking over two chairs In his nigh
through the air. while his long slnewy
fingers closed around the threat o
CLARKE. II wys so sudden that scarce
ly seemed able 10 gather the though
necessary TO bring my finger to th,
trigger Of the revolver in my pocket.
As soon as | saw Clarke's hand (,
up and encircle the captains s'ralnin
wrist | recognized one Of ClarkeA "a
vorite tricSs Of jiu jltsue A look o
intense pain crossed the captain
face. the arm became nerve,ess an,
In moment more his huge bulk Of
body swung around and Clarke bore 1
easily and geltly TO the floor, thel
reaching for the other hand, clicked OF
the beautiful little pair OF nickel ste
handouts. dainty as a lady's bracelet
that he always carried In his hi
poe ket.
Then the coming Of the chief rC
lievod a situation that was becomin
| tanse.