The Washington times., 1912-12-16
CHAPTER vII.-(Continued.)

-.HE whereabouts of Soto lnouyit:.
| tho article concluded. were un-
known, He Is said to have LETT
| the studio Immediately after the
outrage.
| Anthony Coleman glanced inuuirihsiy
| at Clifford. This affair Is wholly Japa..
nese. The binding of the Duchess oi
! Marister SUGGESTS your own experience
wit, with ,s1nt that =: rascal Dr. rs"rk"' ""a' ~
Clifford was not inclined to venture an
. opinion until he had visited the scene
OF the outrage. That the artist. SOY"
lnouyiti. was one OF DR.. Tsarka.s intl
the handsome boy. In company with
Pepio. only IA few months before. sum
married from the newspaper report thc
cr.me appeared inOt!veless. chaotic. Tor
| what could the Japanese gang expect to
gain bv such II fantastical outrage?
Coleman rdgeted uneaslIy. III this
last iniquity passes without q conVic-
ton we. as well as Scotland Yard VII WI!
Prince Hohenhon's friends have asked
/ us to Investigate
I'm afraid that these Japs are laugh
Ing at U.S." clifford RESPONDED. "Dr.
| Of ina aGination."
| The studio was Il three-story building
| Of unpretentious appearance. and had
| been rented. by the japanese artist some
l
| boy that Clifford gathered many unrepo",-
ed minor inc c.dents Qu!ckness of percep-
tion Ii not the ruling passion among
London elevator boys. but II has often
| developed under the influence OF sill
YER tin.
The boy, his face luminous with in
| formation, pOckctcd G!fford's half
| crown In u way that won the young
| detectives instant admiration.
you see, SIR" he began In breath
| less haste quite q lot OF ladies and
gents ave dropped In here lately to see
Mr.. lnnerwitty's color work. ! may
ons an millionaires In the last two
This mornin' Mr.. Innerwitty gave a
special show to little crowd OF rcn!
swells. ! was up on the second hoor,
giving the caretaker Il and with the
plush carpet. Mr.. 1nnerwitty-y6u see,
sir. he's on'y what you call II boy-he
tips me half sov just to show her
grace the duchess to the proper door
when her carriage stopped outside"
beside Inouyiti?" Clifford questioned.
mo. sir. 1t was what you'd call a
one-man show. ! opened the door an
the artist did the salaamin; ! forgot
| to mention that he was dressed In
white. sir. kind OF naval ducks. with a
red tie fyin loose from his collar. an
a funny green stone ring on his middle
finger"
l
sively at the memory OF the initial pro-
| ceedings.
mir. Innerwitty performed ii kind OF
cakewalk. sir, when the duchess troop.
the spontaneous combustion OF his sun
set cOlOrings.'
clifford suppressed a laugh at the
boys mimicry Of certain art critics.
| who had evidently visited the studio.
go on he said. II want to hear
more of the baron"
| "Well. sir. the show went Off all right
until the party adjourned to the scar
let room. where The Haunted Pagoda''
was hurg. The Jap advised the ladies
70 see. the picture through sort Of
magnifying glars. The picture wasn't
no bigger than IA saucer: 1t had big
gold fremc. though; and gave you a
nese spirits were supposed to live.
81 must say. cir. tho talk In the stu
dio was elevatin. Barren Sillysteii
grunted like hippo when he spotted
I'D vas a lot too smalls. he says to
Mr.. Inn. witty. "A t'ousand pounds vas
too much for a ting you can put IN
your waistcoat pocket
| THE Jap did n salamander bow, an
his scarlet tie tapped Ike parrots
wing: :.Sh: sir; ,,n,oo p,r,,,. l., ~,
life,s %,rk'' he sr gays to the duo, duchess 4, Il
it an see only the color, You look
again. an behold the living art of Sot,
inrerwitty You look again. and Ia
there comes to you the white fear oi
the cry!n' of our trees, the voices of thc
forest. and the heart-bcats of oul
rcunta.ns.'
Yes. sir. that's the kind OF stuff h'
pat because I'd heard him sing 1t "a
| those newspaper chaps that used I,
drop H.
the baron dropped into a chair close by
fannin' himself with one of Mr.. Inner
wittys big palm leaves.
Nov. sir. I'm tellin' YOU just wha
red screen near the door--waitln' for or
ders, Mr.. lnnerwitty slipped out of th'
studio an went into a little closet at tn,
back. where he'd fixed up lot of wire
an insulators to connect with the studio
"Stapdin' behind the red screen. sir
] spotted a kind Of blue flicker pass owe
the stcreoscope where the duchess wa
peepln' at the picture. Then II smal
copper fan started to whiz just over Mr.
Hardinge's head an another over thu
baron's. At first ! thought II was new
kind OF spraying machine for kecpin,
people cool. But the baron didn't thini
SO.
"He gave yell that had German
swear word wrapped in It. lie iandt,
in the middle of the studio ON all fours
screamin' out that some one had cmptie,
| a pickle jar over his face. He could fee
the stun burnin' holes in his clothes. h
said.
"Mr Hardingc was in n similar fix
sir The spray got In his hair and turn
ed 1t the color Of the pagoda. He wa
very quiet, Mr. Hardinge was. and Wen
right away to the assistance of Prime
Owenoff and the duchess,
"ler grace was almost cryin'. sir
found her s!ttin on II couch, wipin' he
eyes. Prince Owenoff had just com
away from the peep-shOw an he wa
doin' the same thing
Hereat the lift hoy hreathcd like on
who had witnessed the most startling
crime OF the century.
That's how thi inps wcre,' he con
tinued, when Miss Violet Cranston
came into the studio. sir
DO you mean Miss CranstOnc, tn
comedy actress" Clifford questioned.
Yes sir--thc one that's got her pic
turc on all the postcards. Mr.. Innerwit
" is supposed tn be engaged to MARI
her. She's rather pretty. sir. II ! ma
90 on" Clifford nodded inpatient,
What was Miss Cranstone doing 4
the studio at such time?'
Nobody can say, sir. All | know
that she walked straight to the stereo
scope and took free peep at TIL
IIaunt ed paynla Whan 7 called IN hpI