Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-17

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F: Mary aaG GET Us IL ell everything al!
over again, Mary IS :s>svly distracted
I suppose 'hes'u Il, t..::.-ssuS her With
the murder in the :aswssSs2ers pretty
soon. aud then rls >>,:Nmi, murder
that went he any .:,y>;sry.~
Now. Rrute. don, excite yourself"
counse!ed the lswys7 Hut be seemed
uncomfortable at TIE mention Of Miss
MaEuret. The truth may he unp!eas-
ant. as you say. tu, il eau never do
| any HARM"
! Argyle made an impatient gesture.
1T can do some re:s harm to Mary il
F.! she breaks down under all this-this
! 'unpleasantness. as you call it, he re-
F.. tortei. Il suppose this thing Of the
will is bound to he made public. and
then there will be al! sorts of new and
| nastier stories abou, the whole lot Of
u.s..
| 1T can hardly be avoided" conceded
the lawyer regretfuily. Il think. my.
self. that the newspapers are allowed
! too much license in this respect. but
| that is better than crippled and ham
pered press"
i Argyle frowned at the door and the
lawyer played with a pen and waited
| At last the young man looked up ap-
parently claimed by private resolve.
"Well.' he said. with a grim under
current of threat in hts voice. "lll give
| the police-you have so much faith in
them-a day longer. and then I'll take
charge myself
The lawyer threw him a swift. keen
glance. What are you planning to
dog" be asked.
"Never mind! The young mans
lips came together. You and your
friends the police. have had nearly a
week at this and haven't got anywhere
| excepting to make lot of trouble for
people who have trouble enough as it
Is. ! am going to get action
"You had better do nothing without
| consulting me-" advised Mr.. Hurley
earnestly.
Il have consulted YOU" retorted Ar
gyle. "Ali you can advise NE to do is
wait and trust to the police have
done both for a week. If they haven't
got something by tomorrow morning
pr
! He cat himself off and Mr.. Hurley
eagerly demanded. What will you dog
We'll, yon'll see. There isn't any
particular reason why | shouldn't tell
you. and will as soon as | decide. but
when do the investigation is going to
be carried on under my directions.
And with a nod to the lawyer he
walked out.
On the way home he bought the
! 6nal edition Of an evening paper. His
eye ran over the headline and he gasp
ed and swore. 1t read:
"Argyle Murder Motive Found! Aged
Millionaire Planned Change of Will!
Adopted Daughter Now Sole Heir!
Son Disinherited!'
There followed a detailed story of
his reconciliation with his father-of
his fathers plan to put him back in
his will as joint heir with his adopted
sister and of the fact that the murder
left him penniless and his adopted
sister one Of the richest heiresses in
the world
"Find the person whom the crime
most benefits" said old Papa Taba.
ret. the greatest detective in fiction
Papa Tabaret was great because be
was human and made mistakes. He
nearly made a terrible mistake in fol.
lowing this axiom relentlessly. though
he proved in the end that it worked
out unfailingy. The weakness of it is
the difficulty Of ascertaining the num-
Der of persons who are benefited by
the crime and the precise degree OF
gain to each. Thus it happens that q
number of persons may he benefited in
different ways by murder These
persons may not know of the existence
Of each other, and the one who com
mits the crime may be deriving great
benefit. but may also at the same time
be benefiting others in lesser and
even greater degree So here is anoth
er weakness Of the axiom--that the
one most benefited need not necessari
" have guilty knowledge Of the crime
But in this case that weakness coull
be eliminated. as the newspapers sub
tly pointed ont. Miss Mazuret knew
the innermoSt secrets of the old man,
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