Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-17

x - than in practical affairs as one
paper put it, dissented from the belief
Qk9 in Boyle's guilt holding that the ex-
posion probably due to some
other agent The Coroner's inquest it announced,
would be held the remains that afternoon at Miss
All of this Chester Kent read with his subdued smile.
He interrupted in his reading by long distance tee-
phone call from Individual in Baltimore who re-
fused to give his to the maid but urged matter
of life and DEATH and the young professor smile had
expanded bit when he hung up the receiver Return
ing to his paper he noted with satisfaction that the
Coroner in charge of the inquest would be Dr. Shurte
who indebted to him for from potentially
embarrassing predcament in the affair OF the diplomat
monocle Kent proposed now to give the Coroner OPP
portuntv to show his gratitude; for he designed to play
important, though far might be thinking part
mostly advisory in the forthcoming inquiry. A call on
Dr. shurtlef served to arrange this and to map out
general plan of the inquest though the official was not
let into the secret of the scientists scheme OF campaign
Next, Kent stopped at the laboratory of prominent
analytical chemist and finally called to pay his respects
to Miss Wayand her hotel He found the old lady
keen and mistaken though she had never known
either WEAKNESS peril.
"Iave you heard OF the nOte! was her greeting.
"No, Miss Wayland.'
"Let see then how gracefully you can acknowledge
Yourself in the wrong Read this
She handed to him an envelop of cheap make, ad,
dressed simply to her He held it in his hand if
weighing it.
did this come to the hotel?"
Robert Swart brought it to 1t found on the
side porch"
"By whom!
4By one Of the maids early this morning.
"Hum! I'm sorry didn't find it myself"
"When could you have found II!
3Last night when went back, after leaving you
"You returned to my house,
ayes, slept there, in the oak room."
"Why?7
a was interested to see if there were any develop
ments"
"H-n-m-m-wel, developed rather severe head
ache the policeman on guard snored and Mr.. Swart
complained of being restless. Otherwise, nothing"
TO- aaI fha1 lott
"Presently. When is it supposed to have Gomez"
at is supposed to have at all 1t is known to
have been thrust in from the outside of the porch Just
under the railing, sometime before the explosion"
Chester Kent examined the envelop. "Thats odd. :"
"What is odd?" demanded Miss Wayland with as
aYou remember we left your house last night in hard
shower"
"Welo'
@The side porch is practically unsheltered. Yet there
are no rain marks on the envelop" w
fiddle and faddle" cried the old lady. @They could
dry out, couldn't they? Read the letter.
From the enveop Chester Kent drew single sheet of
blue ruled paper which the following written
Miss Wayland You and the idol Rich is marked for
Death Your name comes First Beware but you cannot
"Weo" said Chester Kent with polite infection Of
@Weu" snapped Miss Wayland, athat is Denny
Boyles handwriting 1t is written paper the dupl-
cate of which found by my nephew in Denny
the stable. He wrote it to avert suspicion from
himself, by casting it on the Italians Black Hand
don't you see? Perhaps there's something you like to
say to that
Kent returned the paper. mo, there's nothing I'd
like to say. But I'd like to laugh"
Miss Celia Wayland stamped well shod and angry
foot. Laugh, them The cracking Of thorns under a
pot! Will nothing convince you?"
"N1y dear madam the merit peculiar to my very
loose and casual method is that keeps the mind always
open to convictions. For example, I'm convinced that
you wouldn't take my advice if offered it."
For once you right Nevertheless let hear it.
"That you do no positive identifying when you go on
the witness stand"