Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13

plants. II concerned at first with the in
1rieS sustained by the living but thinking about
the affair later, that the real problem offered
by the dead l fell in with the Coroners theory
that the wayfarer had been crushed between the wall
and the auO but happening to pass the place nearly
month aterward, was struck by the vagar1es of the
accident and made it my business to interview the
flying glass-and what do you think found?'
MARKS on the telegraph pole!' cried Clancy, who
was growing excited.
"Yes-tny shreds of wool from motoring cap"
(Which had been by Claude G. Waverton?"
"Precisely."
"And the other mans hato"
"My friend, it was never picked up. Probably he was
bareheaded. 1t his habit to go uncovered, and al
ways to about alone by night, am told
"But it was his head that was supposed to have been
@The head that was crushed was undoubtedly inside
that hat"
"Where the cap found?'
Con the rocks Waverton 1t was soaked with
blood inside"
"Dr. MERCER, you are admrable!'
@Mr. Clancy, see now why New York avails herself
Instantly Clancy went off into French without being
of the fact. @Of you aware, Mon
seur, of the immense possibilities bound up in this
puzzle of yours?"
1T reaches far, mon oenx|
@You have not spoken of it to any other person."
IL tried to interest DR.. Bentley but failed"
HAh that Bentley! Poof!" And Clancy snapped his
fingers -, a. .,o.
with cut,-so, here came illustrative pantomime
on Clancy's arm, @but his brain is mostly built up of
undeveloped cells"
@The polce-have they heard?"
"Not word! You understand, the case is closed, and
everybody is satisfied. have wish to be branded as
a lunatic In fact, Monsieur, was about to ask"
without your unquestionable permission, my lips
are sea1ed-on my honor, Monseur!'
The two men, who had been dancing about each
other in half circles bowed solemnly Steinga would
have sacrificed weeks salary to have them,-
then DR.. MERCER looked at his watch.
~Great Scott" he cried, coming back to Florida and
the English language more, "half past three! All
aboard, my friend! 1 must fy!'
with your permission, Doctor shall remain here
and consult the genius Oci, " said Clancy.
MERCER laughed, and disappeared in swirl of dust
THE detective sat on the wall, at the precise spot
where it had been rebuilt, bumped his shoulders
took broken cigar from his wastcoat pocket and
shifted it, and allowed his eyes to wander from the tele
graph pole to the guava tree, and back again.
He remained there till the scorched his back;
then he too produced hgh-powered lens, and exam
ned the stout pole that had aroused Dr. Mercers
osity. Sure enough he came upon minute particles of
white wool, clustered roughly in circle about three
feet from the ground while there seemed to be signs of
a blow on the hard wood at that place.
He hailed a passing wagon, and rode into Palm
Beach, where he ate meal at a restaurant.
He saw absconding bankrupt from Wall Street
lunching with Italian and the faces of both men
turned greensh white when they recognized him. Clancy
nodded smiled, and turned away He had other fish to
fry but the pair could not collect their wits during the
next five minutes.
When he had eaten, the detective called at police
headquarters. Yes, there of crystals of nco
tine. Spaniard who kept drugstore on Everglades
had obtained ounce for some mad New Yorker
who said he wanted the drug for chemical research, the
"Have you the buyers na1ne?' demanded Clancy,
and somehow, he almost anticipated the reply.
eyes, here it is. Claude G. Waverton, of Mrs
Deamar, Asphodel House, Then the chief struck his