Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1914-12-31

showed toward storm. The latter read
r. shrugged md nodded utiirmntively
Al might have gone wcll but for TIL
fact that IN enterprising reporter
found the discarded note and made q
great scoop for lns paper Blcnrclth
had challenged storm Co duel. and
the latter had hotly agreed. despite
the fact that be knew nothing OF
swords and was a very Indifferent pts
tol shot
And fiassam Al found way 20 dis
pose ~ John Storm
And Zudorn thought she Ind found u
way TO save him. She found him IN
the cellar. bravcly trying TO hit bulls
eye target II would have been laugh
able under amy other circumstance. lie
was not Ia be- swcrvcd. however. And
when she threatened him with the 10
lice he laughed lie knew the police
Of old They would refuse To take the
affair seriously Storm laid down his
revolver and took a drink OF winter
Then he picked up the revolver and
began pegEinR away. unobser, I'd. she
druggcd the drinking water There
would he no duel that night
The next morning Blenreith was
found dead In his library. strangled.
and John Storm. In daEed condition.
diaheyelcd. wna arrested on the street.
charged with murder
IIassam All. In his capacity Of Grim
inal investigator. accompanied by ~
dora. entered with the police the scene
OF the crime.
"well. my child" said he. here In
your hrst case. Let us see N you can
handle IT, Zudorn. having double
Incentive. ran over 10 the dead mnn
On the door she found a scnrfpln
some small change, and she noticed
that his collar hung boy the rear button
She hurrledly wrapped these three mr.
ticles In her handkerchief The pecul
lar green spots ON this collar had
aroused her curiosity.
She was very unhappy The drug
she hnd given Der lover had not put
him 20 sleep. II had merely sent him
wandering about the streets through
out the night Ia a .nnk state OF mind
lie would not be able TO account foI
his time, and she might plead In vain
that she had given him n sleeping 10
ton 20 keep him IN his house until al
chance Co fght Blenreith was gone
Several days passed. Storm moped
In his cell, Truth 10 tell. he wasn't
sure that he hadn't killed his enemy
From the moment Zudora left him
until he found himself IN jail he could
remember nothing When she told
him what she had done he smiled and
forgave her
But you got me into pretty pickl,
little girl. and you'll have 10 get m,
cut OF H."
II will"
The marks ON the collar were pencil
marks. aud they bothered her Often
she dung the collar vehemently from
her, but she always went back % Il
One day she found something ON the
door In the library. AZ that moment
she attached no significance 20 tn.
hnd.
zigzag pencil lines on tue collar
how had they come there3 Before the
crimef That was not quite possible
The German had been scrupulously
neat In his attire. She invariably
sought what was known as the mys
tic room when confronted by any Sc
rious problem No sound ever reached
there A green parrot swung on a
perch. He was very old aud was
doubtless the repository OF many a
strange secret Once he muttered
Lets get hint" ZudOm thought this
rather odd and began quizzing the old
bird But he refused 20 speak further
Near the d6is stood n siechanical al
fair constructed something after the
manner OF a pin wheel IL consisted
Of two tubes OF glass. which revolved
In opposite directions. oiled with Q
brilliant. dlfusing violet light This
little invention was Hassam Airs own