The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22
.What do you meanY,. crled Ariss

What do you mean" cried Miss r.
Mrs. Groves. hunted. insane +
in her eyes, crouched down, and ses[
lin her skirt pocket as though for a T.
ke.uhirf, keeping her eyes glmlete|
Poe.
As the banker turned to answer
riggs, quick as flash the old atteu
brought out her hand, and flung The
tents Of a Vial straight at Poe's 4
he dUcked Just In time; the sulphurIr
struck and began eating iis way n
choice Japanese tapestry which adr
tie wall behind.
she shot out Of the room and
ricd up the stairs like cat. Miss
dashed To the door. screaming for'
liam, the butler.
Come, Where H. hcr ROOM" cried
leapine 40 the stairs, Shell do n
da ma ge. He turned the angle Al
| top In tim. to hear a crash behind n
at the left. Trying the knob. nc
| II locked, and hraclng his slid
against II, managed TO force IL i1I
| too late 10 save the Woman's life.
She lay across footstool. a a
wound in her neck where she had s,l
a iugular vein with an insane thrt
her sharp pointed sewing shears. {
| Poe shuddcrcd and turned away.
! slipped out through the bedroom ID
Miss Riggs was entering. Going q
downstairs he entered the telephone'
| net and got DR.. Robinson on the nj
Doctor" be said slowly, II
come 10 dinner. You'd best como
to Riggs's and make out a second
certificate. Mrs. Groves has conn
suicide In q frenzy at being found
Found out What do you mean
1T was she who bought the prussI
you found In Bou1not's blood and {
tip OF one of the orange wood st|
sent you"
But explain. what was the mott
Sufficient. said Poe. Last
Miss Riggs worked OH Boudnot
stories about Miss Moqun, doi
| true from my own obserVa tior
made new VIII. changing his sid
position OF chief lcgatee. Mrs. (
trembled for her half million. kn
that Miss riggs hated her. probabI,
more or less good reason. To mak
IA thousand, the old lady carried
shrcwd scheme she'd evidently
out some time before when BoudinI
gusted her with his profanity and q
what was it, How'd she ID
insisted Or Robinson. brcatt
"Have YOU proofs
"Yes. plenty The boz l sent {
with the orange wood sticks saw
Groves through the manicure shol
ongolIne hottie filled with prussie
for the real bottle OF stain renoy
the manicurists table. You see.
not had "A bad hangnail on the for
of his left hand"
'Yes, ! noticed IL. but didn't Il
importan nj enough To mention 10
said DR.. Robinson. anxlousiy.
Naturally not But that wa
bruise through which the drop Of
I ipirndn,nj n RprIIippf c blond
see, Mrs. Groves often wheeled 81
TO Miss Moquin's, and had watch
clean with ongolluc and an orang
beneath the cuticlc OF his nails"
Good Lord. man" cried DR..
son. You don't mean that she
out tho hendisd scheme of havi
manicurist artusll- Introduce the
ny dipping her orange wood stick
substituted bottle and showing the
deep into the cracks and pores aro'
finger nails. thinking ii was ongoI
That's Il exactly, II would thr
hlame on the manIcuri"t n anythir
discovered. YOU see said Poe; e e
genuine bottle OF ongoline before
SO nobody else would be killed, "
threw tie bottle OF pruSsic In
gutter on the way home with Bo
gasring for breath and already dy
JaplllcduN Hcs'I l''' bH .'' mo
and the neESbov 7 found the pi
glass. recognized bits Of the cngo
bel. and Identified the poison bv srr
taste Not bad scheme for an oI
= only elip she made was In thriftily
i'm plain bottle tho ongoline 81
4 to pour ont 10 get the nrussic &C
the right cpntainer so the maj
C wouldn't suspect
" Copyright 1919, by ", G. chapr
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