The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01


had a few logs blazing. I didn't examine tho room
there seemed reason for it. We went back to our
rooms and in the morning they found the Gruesome
object had missed in tho darkness and shadows OF
the living room. =
Kennedy was ntcntIy listening ''Wbo found
him go ho asked.
Harrington, ~ replied Tom ''Hc reused us Har
riugton theory that uncle set himself on fire WITH
spark from his cigar-a charred cigarbutt was found
on the floor
We found Tom s relatives Il saddencd, silent party
in the face of the tragedy. Kennedy and apologlzod
very profuscy for our intrusion, but Tom quickly IN
tcrruped as vo had agreed by explaining that be had
insisted coming, old friends on whom he fet
ne could rely especially TO set the matter right IN the
newspapers.
think Craig noticed keeuIy the retccnce Of the
family group in the mystery-I might almost have
called it suspicion They did not TO know just
whether to take it accident or as something
worse and each seemed to entertain reserve toward
the rest which very uncomfortable.
Mr.. Lapgey's attorney in New York had been no.
but apparently h was ont Of tT Gr be haa i'd pos @o
word from him.
Dinner over the family group separated, leaving
Tom opportunity to take us into the gruesome liv
ing-room OF course the remains had been removed,
% but the was b gxaGt " naG did So
see the body which was lying in an anteroom, but
Se anG n the
fireplace was fu Of ashes from the Logs Which na1
tho distance Of Lewis Iangley's chair from tho frc
place, and remarked that the varuish the chair
not blistered
Before the chair, on the floor where the body had
been found he pointed out to US the peculiar asnmarEs
something else interested him more than these ash
marks.
ing, the room, At last Craig suddenly stopped.
Tom" he said, ~ think III wait tin daylight
things the sunlight wouldu 7 show. We'd better leave
everything Just as it is until morning
so we locked the room again aud went into sort
Of library the hall.
We were sitting in silence, each occupied with his
own thoughts tho mystery, when the telephone rang
It proved to be lopgdstance call from New York for
Tom himself. His uuce's attorney had received the
news at his homo out on Long Island aud had hurried
to the city to take charge of the estate But that was
he nervously rejoined us
That was unclc's lawyer, Nh Clark of Clark &
safe in the Offices of the Langley cstateEyou remcm
Der them, Craig-where ali the property of the Lang
ley heirs is administered by the trustees He he
can't find the will though he knows there was will
and that it was placed in that safe some time ago.
The full purport of this information al once flashed
on me- and was on the point Of burtipg out my sym
exchanged that they had already realized it and under
roU ali of M Hs ia the
old Langley estate Tom and his sister would be pen
II was late, yet sat fer nearly an hour longer,
and don = think we exchanged hafdozen sentences
At length as the ereaE bs clock sounded midn;gbt
we rose as If by common consent:
that ree m Saa in fiss s sea od is s1e m
the bottom of this mystery if human intelligence
~ know you will, Craig responded Tom, grasp
ing each of US by the hand '.That's why l so much
Early in the morning Kennedy aroused me- s'Now,
Walter, I'm going TO ask you to come down into the
living with me, and We II tako look at it in the
hurried into my clothes. and together we quietly
went down. Starting with the exact spot whero the
unfortunate man had been discovered Kennedy began
minute examination of the floor, using his pocket
spot the rug OF on the hardwood o W oor mora n
tently Several times ] saw him scrape up something
ScrSRag gtgg each Gi IN IN sepaTn1fe p%1 PIECE Of paPeI
Just bs s # oT fsqa @ nSs t S for S m ss see
much; Kennedy laughed quietly. ~ ''' "
re !ha1 material terra witness Walte' b replied
actually found these spots iq this room ''.' '4N'
just theH Tom stuck his head in 'ECan hclp9''~
he asked "Wlby didn't you tell ME you were going
''No, thanks answered Craig, rising from the
think too interested I've flushed But YOU car
exactly how everyone was dressed that night
,.Why / can try; Let me see. To begin with,
burnt you know Why, fact we all had our shoot
ingjlaekets on The ladies were in white.
Craig pondered a little, but did not seem disposod
to pursue the subject further until Tom volunteered
the the Rsn that since the tragedy OF hom
- we've all been wearing city cothes'' he re-
.'Could you get your Uncle James and your Cousin
Junior TO go with you for hour two this morning
on tho lake, tramp in the woods!' asked Craig
after moments thought.
Really, Craig responded Tom doubtfuly, sHI
ought TO go to Sarapac to complete the arrangements
for taking UNCLE Lewis S body TO New York. -
"Very well, persuade them TO go with you Any
thing so long you keep from interruption for an
hour or two
They agreeS on doing that, and as by that time
most OF the family were up, went in to breakfast
another silent and suspicious meal.
After breakfast Kennedy tactfully Withdrew from
the family, and did the same. We wandered of in
stables and there To ou1m riup
some of the horses, The groom, who seemed TO be a
sensible and pleasant sort Of fellow quito ready to
talk, aud he and Craig were deep in discusSino
the game Of the north country
Many rabbits about here''' asked Kennedy at
length, when they had exhausted the larger game
OBJ, yes saw one this morning sir,'' replied the
groom.