The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-27

| den emotion; startled surprise,
for example. "What?" cried
Greene, in obvious amazement.
II don't know anything about a
necklace"
A twinkle of satisfaction APP
peared at the corners of Average
Jones eyes.
THAT also is possible" he adj
mitted. eff you'll permit the form
of an examination; when you
came to the Hotel Denton on
August sixth, did you carry the
same suitcase you now have with
You, and similarly packed "
"Ye-es. AS nearly as possible. :"
THANK you. You were regis
tered under the name of Henry
M. Gillespie
The others voice was low and
strained as he replied in the af-
firmative.
For good reasons of your
own"
YES"
For which same reasons you
left the hotel quite early on the
following morning?"
yes"
"Your business compels you to
travel a great deal?"
Yes"
DO you often register under
an aldas?"
YES" returned the other, his
face twitching.
But not always?"
"No."
"In large city and a strange
hotel, for example, you'd take any
name which would correspond to
the initials, II. M. c., on your
dress-suit case. But in small
town where you were known,
you'd be obliged to register I'M
der your real name of Harvey M.
Greene. ii was that necessity
which enabled me to find you"
I'D like to know how you did
it," said the other gloomily.
From the left-hand drawer of
his desk Jones produced a piece of
netting, with hooks along one
end.
do you recognize the material,
Mrs. Hale" he asked.
why, It's the same stuff as
the Hotel Denton curtains, isn't
IT." she asked.
YES" said Average Jones. at
taching it to the curtain rod at
the side door. Now, will you
jerk that violently with one
hand?"
at will tear loose, won't It
she asked.
That's just what it will do.
Try it,"
The fabric ripped from the
hooks as she jerked.
You remember" said Jones.
that your curtain was torn part
ly across, and not ripped from
the hook at all. Now see.'
He caught the netting in both
hands and tautened it sharply. 1t
began to part.
Awkward" he said, "yet it's
the only way it could have been
done. Now, here's a bedpost, ex-
actly like the one in room 16S, oc-
cupied by Mr.. Greene at the Dem
ton. Kirby, you're powerful
man. Can you break that knobb
off with one hand
He wedged the post firmly in
chair for the trial. The bed
post resisted.
Gould you do 1t with both
hands?" he asked.
Probably, If could get a hold.
But there isn't surface enough
for a good hold"
mo, there isn't. But now"
Jones coiled a rope around the
post and handed the end to Kirby.
He pulled sharply. The knob
snapped and rolled on the floor.
@. E. d." said Kirby. but
1t doesn't mean anything to me-"
Doesn't it? Let me recall
some other evidence. The guest
who saw Mr.. Greene in the hall
way thought he was carrying
something in both hands. The
milk driver who hailed him on the
balcony noticed that he gestured
oW wal uiy Will DOUH ndHuS. In
what circumstances would a man
use both hands for action normal
ly performed with one.?"
Too much drink" hazarded
Kirby, looking obviously at
Greene, who had been following
Jones discourse with absorbed at
tention.
Possibly. But it wouldn't fit
this case"
Physical weakness" suggest
ed Drs. Hale.
Rather a shrewd suggestion.
But no weakling broke off that
bedpost in Henry M. Gillespie's
room. ! assumed the theory that
the phenomena of that night were
sypmtomatic rather than acci-
dental. Therefore, I set out to
find in what other places the
mysterious H. M. G. had per-
formed"
How did you know my initials
really were H. M. CT" asked Mr..
Greene.
Fhe porter at the Denton had
seen them on Henry M. Gillespie's
suitcase. So / sent out a loudly