The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-02-13
.hc low level o. anltchlns to Dodge In

,uo 10" icveI OF Dnitcbln2 10 Dodge II
his Office.
80. governor" tho tremollp,
wretch had said ss he handed over
grimy envelope. u 1in1 never seen
his ce--but here is directions how Il
find his hangout :"
! AZ Limpy ambIed out. he turned to
Dodge. quivcrIng at tho cnormiry Of his
objectionable sin In gnnglaDd: "F'oi
Gods sake. governor" he impl0red
don't let on how you found QUIT
And yet Limpy Red had scarcely Ieft
with his promise not to toll, when
Dodge. happening to turn over some
papers. cams upon an envelope left
on his own desk. bearing that mys,eri
GUS clutching t;.n1.
He tore =. open. and oad IN amaze
Inent:
Destroy L'lpy Reds Instructions
within tho rczt hc.g."
Dod.e ga2cd about IN wonder. This
; was gettirg on his nerves. He de.
tcrmined 10 30 home ard rest
! Outside the house. d (, be left his ca r,
pasted over the monogram on the door.
! he lad found another note, with the
same weird mark and the single word. .
( Remember
In spite Of the pleading of young
Bennett. Dodge refused TO tske warn.
Ing. In the safe In his beautifully
fitted library he deposited Limpy's doc.
| ument III an envelope containing all
the corresl ondence tina. had led up to
the final step In the discovery.
II was late IN the evening when
returned to our apartment and. not
/ finding Kennedy there, knew that
would discover him at the laboratory.
Craig" cried as ! burst In on
him. I've got case for you--greater
than any ever before"
Kennedy looked up calmly from the
rnck OF scientific instruments that sur.
rounded him--test tubes. beakers.
carefully labeled bottles.
Indeed" he remarked. coolly 70.
Ing back to his work.
Yes ] cried. 1T IL a scientific
criminal who seems to leave no clues"
Kennedy looked up gravely. Every
criminal leaves trace" he said quiet.
ly III 1t hasn't been found. then II
must be because no one has ever
looked for 1t In the right way"
Still gazing At me keenly. he added:
"Yes. already knew there was such
a man at large. have been called In
on that Fletcher case-he was a trus.
tee Of the university. you know"
"All right" exclaimed. a little
nettled that he should have anticipated
me even so much in the case. But
you haven't heard the latest"
What 10 III" he asked with provok,
Ing calmness.
Taylor Dodge" I biurted out, has
the cite. Tomorrow he will track down
the man."
Kennedy fairly Jumped as repeats
ed the news.
How long has he known" he de-
manded eagerly.
Perhaps three or four hours" has-
arded.
Then Taylor Dodge Is dead!" he
exclaimed. throwing on his acid-stained
laboratory jacket. and hurrying into
his street clothes.
''lmpossible!" ! calculated.
Kennedy paid no attention to the OBJ
lection. Come. Walter" he urged.
I'VE must hurry before the trail gets
cold"
There was something positively un'
canny about Kennedy's assurance. l
doubted-yet I feared
II was well past the middle Of the
night when we pulled up In . night.
hawk taxicab before the Dodge house.
mounted the steps and rang the bell.
Jennings answered sleepily. but not
90 much so that he did not recognise
me. He was about to bang the door
shut when KENNEDY interposed his
foot.
Where 10 Mr.. Dodse!" asked Ken.
nedy. 'Is he all right"
"Of course he is--in bed." replied
the butler.
Just then we heard faint cry. like
nothing exactly human. Or was It our
imaginations. under the
spell Of the darkness?
"Listen!" cautioned Kennedy.
We did. standing there now IN the
hall. Kennedy was the only one Of 10
who was cool. Jennings face blanched.
then he turned tremblingly and went
down to the library door. whence the
sounds had seemed to come.
He called. but there was no answer
He turned the knob and opened the
door. The Dodge library was . large
room. In the center stood . big. nat.
topped desk of heavy mahogany, II /
was brilliantly lighted \
At one end Of the desk was . tele. |
phone. Taylor Dodge was lying on the
ioor at that end Of the desk--peFfect.
" risid-his face distorted--a ghastly |
igure. A pet dog ran over. snifIed