The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-12-08

not the night, in a blank state of mind.
He would not be able to account for
his time, and she might plead in vain
that she had given him a sleeping po-
ton to keep him in his house until
all chance to fight Bieureith was gone.
Several days passed. Storm moped
in his cell. Truth to tell, he wasn't
sure that he hadn't killed his enemy
From the moment Zudora left him I'M
til he found himself in jail, he could
remember nothing. when she told
what she had done, he smiled and for
gave her.
But you've got me into a pretty
pickle, little girl; and you'll have to
get me out"
II will"
The marks on the collar were PEN
Gil marks and they bothered her. Of
ten she flung the collar vehemently
from her, but she always went back
to it. One day she found something
on the floor of the library. At that
moment she attached no significance
to the find.
Zigzag pencil lines on the collar
How had they come there? Before
the crime? That was not quite pos
sible. The German had been scrupu-
lousy neat in his attire. She invari-
ably sought what was known as the
mystic room when confronted by any
serious problem. No sound ever
reached there. A green parrot swung
on a perch. He was very old and
was doubtless the repository of many
strange secret. Once he muttered:
Let's get him," Zudora thought this
rather odd and began quizzing the
old bird But he refused to speak
further.
Near the dais stood a mechanical
affair, constructed something after the
manner of pinwheel 1t consisted of
two tubes of glass which revolved in
opposite directions, filled with a brill
liant diffusing velvet light. This lit
tie invention was Hassam Ali's own.
Today Zudora tried it on the green
parrot, but the whirling lights simply
tumbled the old bird off his perch.
She picked him up and revived him
and soon forgot all about him in the
renewed interest in the spotted col
lar Idly she initiated the marks with
the stub of a pencil. And then
as if the whole world had suddenly
lighted up, Zudora at last understood
how Bienreith had come to his death
When the trial began it looked very
badly for John Storm. The alterca-
ton with the decedent in court was
reviewed, the dueling challenge, their
previous enmity, the twelve unac-
countable hours. In the balcony Has
sam Ali and the man Burns watched
the proceedings with something more
than normal interest. When the jury
finally received the judges instruc-
tons, everyone conceded that John
Storm was a lost man; nothing could
save him from the chair.
judges desk came a yelled woman.
"Stop.' she cried 1T was IL
Then she tainted The Judge, the
attorneys, the reporters, the specta-
tors. all rose in their amazement
woman. After the tableau came con-
fusion and chaos. The judge signed
to the jury to return to their chair.
Storm, despite the deputy sheriffs
pushed his way to the woman% size
and swiftly raised the VEIL
'"Zndora!" He turned resolutely to
the judge and said, There must be
some mistake. This young woman
had nothing to do with the death OF
Bienreith. 1t is utterly impossible,
That remains to be seen. Mr. Storm.
Return to the docket If you please.'
But she is Innocent
!. Deputies" called the judge stern