The evening world., 1911-03-11

4 HFeShNl.
Yes. my wife. and NINE" tho man
missed oefiantly. eight years ago back
IN 81. Louis TIL. till this cursed bronson
broke up the gang and sent me over
the road for three years, and she got 10
thinking he must be stuck on her and
might marry her, because ne helped
her, untll-until she found OUT"
An: ! thought she had been your
WHO when ] saw you. after the boy:
but. OF course"- Trant checked him
self as he heard a knock on the door.
Miss Allison IL in her carriage out
side, SIR tho officer who had knocked
saitrted Inspector Walker. "sh has
come to see you, sir. She saws you
sent no word" Walker looked from tn,
ringing Caylls TO Trant.
We do not need Cayfs any longer.
Inspector" said Trart. II can tell Miss
Allison all the facts now II you wish
to have her hear them"
the door. which shut behind Crowley
n his prisoner. reopened almost i'm
mediately to admit the Inspector. and
Miss Allison. With her fair. sweet face
flushed with the hope which had taken
the place Of the white fear apd defiance
or the morning, Trant Sarely knew her.
The Inspector tells me. Mr.. Trant,''
she stretched out both her hands 20
him. that you have good news for me-
That Kanlan was not guiity-and so
Randolph was not going out as-as they
said he was when they killed him"
NO; he was not Trant returned,
triumphantiy. "He was going instead
on an errand OF mercy. Miss Allison. to
summon \ doctor for n little child whom
he had been old was suddenly and dan
s~erously ~. The telephone IN the house
had been broken. so at the sudden
M he dashed out. without re-
incmberfng his danger. I am glad to
be able TO tell you OF that ine, brave
thing when I must tell you. also. the
terrible truth that the woman whom
he had helped and protected was tho
ono who, In n A. OF jealousy. when she
found he had merely meant 20 be- kind
to her. sent him out to his death"
Mrs. Mitchell" the girl cried IN hor-
ror. "oh. not Mrs. Mitcheii.'
Yes. Mrs. Mitchell. for whom ne had
done so much and whose past he pro-
tected. in the noblest way. even from
you. But as she was the wife OF the
criminal We have just caught, I am
glad to believe this man played upon
her old passions. so that for a while
he held his old sway over her and she
ala his bidding without counting the
consequences.
II told you this morning. Inspector
Walker. that ! could not explain to
you my cancellations In the test Of Kan
ian. Bu. I owe you now . full expiana-
ton. You win recall thai I commented
upon the fsct that the crime which
was puzxling you wac committed with
IN so sh0r a tfme after the knowledge
Of Mr.. BronSon's engagement became
known that I OWNED q possible con-
motion. But that. At best. was only
indirect. The hrst thing which struck
mo was the ~cfrcuinstsn nee that the man
waited In tho veStibuis OF the electro
p%laser's shop. Ia was certain that tho
very pungent fruit-ether odor Of bon
ana oil-ths thinning mater.si used by ell
sctro-platers In preparing their ~lacauers
-must DO forever intimately connected
with the crime In the mind Of the man
who waited in thar vestibule. To no one
else could that odor connect itself with
crime. So I knew that n I could test
all sixteen men II would ne child's play
10 pick the murderer. But such a test
was cumbersome. And the next cir
cumstance YOU gave me made II I'M
necessary. I mean the fact OF the fast
watch which. Miss Allison was able 70
toll me. could not have been fast at
all. 7 saw hat the watch must there
fore have been set forward at least-teu
minutes. probably much longer. Who.
between half past ten and two. could
have done this. anc for what reason7
The one convincing possibility was that
the assassin had set IL forward. trust
ing It would not be found TIL morning.
and his only object could have been
20 establish for himself an altbi-for
. o'clock.
IT surprised you. therefore. by as
surfing you. even before I saw Kanian.
that ne was innocent. because Kanlan
had no slihi whatever. proved his
innocence to my own satisfaction by
exhibiting before him without exciting
any emotional r,action at all tho re-
port I'm the News which. I felt fairly
sure, must have had something TO do
with the crime: by loosing the smell
Of banana oil. and setting forward a
watch IN his presence. The objects
which Crowley used had been so thor
oughly connected with the crime In
Kanlan's MIND that-though he IL In
nocent--they caused reactions 20 which
I paid no attention. except tho one
reaction which. at Crowiey's threat.
told me Of Ksnlsn's negro blood. A.
for the rest, they merely scared Kan
Ian as your pistol scared me, md as
they would ave scared any innocent
man under the same conditions. My
own tests could cause reactions only
IN the guilty a
"Tha, man. | think YOU understand
now" Trant continued rapidly. ~ was
practically sure OF when Crowley told
mo o, Cnylls's alihl. You have tust
seen the effect upon him Of the same
tests 7 trlec on Kanlan. and the con-
elusive evidence the galvanometer gave.
The fact that Caylis him self never read
the News only contributed TO my GER
tainty that another person was con-
cerned, a person who could have either
deceived or sent Mr.. Bronson out. So
I went 10 the place, found the Doctors
sign tust beyond, discovered that that
doctor treated. not Bronson, but the
n,'le Mitchell boy. that the telephone
had been broken inside the house that
evening 10 furnish an excuse for send
Ing Bronson ont, anc that Mrs. Mitchell
reads the Nsws.
Tire Mitchell woman sent him out.
Of course" Walker checked him almost
lrritably. six Blocks away-Crowley
ousht 10 have her by now"
Miss Allison gathered herself together
and arose. She clutched the Inspectors
sleeve, inspector Walker. must YOU.
sha faltered.
None OF US Is called upon 10 say
how she shall be punished. Miss All
SON" Trant said, compassionately.
I'VE must trust all 70 the twelve men
who shall try these two" But 20 her
ewes, searching his, Trant seemed to