Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-30

aud an0tner step toward my twenty cases
Suit YOURSELF" eafelessly. "But remem-
ber, If it turns out to be an ordinary case, it
will not count"
Il accept that risk"
Zudora, in accordance with her agreement
with her lover, John Storm, wrote him ex-
planning about the case, and asked him to
meet her at the McWinter house the follow.
ing afternoon. When the two arrived In
the village they found the suburbs In tur-
moil There had been, they found, puni-
tive expedition against the Jail that held
Smith, but 1t had been frustrated.
This Is going TO be interesting, john"
said Zudora.
"Tve an idea I'd like to plead for the
poor devil. never realized how many kinks
there were in life until you entered this do
tectlve business"
The unexpected Is always happening. On
the face Of It this man Smith looks guilty.
The very fact that the woman is eager to
save him has a suspicious angle. But for
all this, we may find him innocent as
child
Meantime Hassam Ali had not been idle,
He was going to lose no chance to further
his schemes. To be sure, he had slgnlfed
his utter lack of interest In the case, but
%hnk koJ Iaon - bood,,inI, ~, ,Iaoa O.
quietly and unobserved he made secret In
vestigation of the shack. 1t did not take
his remarkably keen eyes long to discover
what had taken place Clever, abominably
clever! Here was criminal who had fantas-
tic. ideas II this Internal contryance had
served one mans purpose it might readily
serve anothers.
So he contrlved to separate Zudora and
Storm and bring the latter to the shack.
He wrote frankly, signing his own name, and
declaring that It would not be safe for zu-
dora to go deeply into this case as there
was more to 1t than could be seen on the
surface. So Storm concluded to meet Has.
sam Ali at the shack and find out what he
had to say. He promised himself that he
would be cautious and watch every move
of his enemy.
Everything was ready for him, but again.
Hassam Ali was overanxlous. He set one
of the bottles he had found in a cabinet on
the little platform near the ceiling We'll
come, Mr.. Storm, welcomed He laughed
and his laughter might well have been an
echo to that made by the man who had built
this windowless shack.
BY and by he heard hurrying footsteps
Slyly he looked out and observed the unsus-
pectng attorney. Good, But something
slipped the spring moved too soon, or Has
sam Ali had not pulled It back far enough.
The door slammed violently, There came
tuie OF breaking glass and Hassom All
struggled desperately to pull the door open.
He was already too weak.
Storm heard the door. He concluded his
Journey at run. It took all his strength
to force the door, which immediately closed
again when he was inside. He saw dimly his
enemy sinking helplessly to the 1oor and
almost instantly it seemed that the walls Of
the shack had begun to revolve. Fumes!
He stumbled desperately toward the door,
hut could not reach t. Doubtless the only
thing that saved Hassam All, or Storm for
that matter, was the second opening Of the
door which let in gust Of pure air and
carried out a certain volume Of the poison
Fortunately for both Of them Zudora and
Mrs. Mcwinter we're both starting out fol
the shack at the very moment the door closed
upon Hassam ALL Mrs. McWinter dreaded
to see the fatal shack again, but zudorn
Insisted. She must see the shack and every
thing in II, II she was to aid Smith in III,
slightest degree. After Mrs. McWnter hat
fully explained the conditions Zudora wa
quite confident that the man Smith was in
nocent no matter how deeply circumstantia
evidence had involved him, She also Eel
instlnctvely that the widow was holding
something back.
lneft " ihi huhouhSNu NAbs NANW 'NNpi
with a ahudder.
"why, there are no windows in III"
"T know It. My husband built It. Fo
what purpose cannot say, unless 1t was t
experiment Iu." Mrs. Mcwluters besAn :
cry
"There, therel' said Zudora. From wha
you have told me don't think that husban
Of yours was worth tears"
"But | have not told you ALL "
"Well, what more is there to tell"
"The man accused OF my husbands deaf
was never my lover He was my brother!
Good heavens; why didn't you tell thu
10 the coronorl"
"I dared not dared not tell even m
husband that
"why7"