The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-16
vonld be no duel that night.

The next morning Bienreith was found dead ill his library, strangled, and John Storm, in a dazed condition, disheveled was arrested on the street, charged with murder.
 Hassam Ali. in his capacity of crim- inal investigator, accompanied by Zu dora. entered with the police the scene of the crime.
 "Well, my child" said he. "here is your first case. Let us see if you can handle it. Zudora, having a double incentive. ran over to the dead man. On the floor she found a scarfpin, some small change, and she noticed that his collar hung by the rear button. She hurriedly wrapped these three ar ticles in her handkerchief. The pecul- far green spots on this collar had aroused her curiosity
 She was very unhappy. The drug she had given her lover had not put him to Sleep. It had merely sent him | wandering about the streets through out 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 DO ton to keep him in his house until all chauce to tieht Bienreith was gone.
 Several days passed storm moped in his cell Truth to tell, he wasn't sure that he hadn't killed his enemy l Prom 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 torgaye her.
 But you got me into a pretty pickle. little girl, and you'n have to get me out of it.
 II will"
 The marks on the collar were pencil marks. and they bothered her. Often she dung the collar vehemently from her but she always went back to it. One day she found something on the floor in the library. At that moment she attayu.d no significance to the find.
 Zigzag pencil lines on the collar how had they come there? Before the crime? 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 and was doubtless the repository of many a 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 q mechanical at. fair constructed something after the manner of q pin wheel. It consisted If two tubes of glass. which revolved in opposite directions, filled with brilliant, difusing violet light This little invention was HasSam Ais own Today Zudora tried it on the green parrot, but the whirling lights simply tumbled the bird off his perch She picked him up and revived him and soon forgot all about him III the re- neWed interest ill the spotted collar Idly she initiated the marks with the stub of pencil. x And then, as
  ed up, Iudora at last understood how Bicnreith had come to his deathN
 When the trial began it looked very bad for John Storm. The altercation with the decedent in court was review ed, the dueling challenge their pre viOus enmity, the twelve unIccoulta ble hours. In the balcony Hassam Ali and the man Burns watched the pro ceediu@s 'tN something more than normal irtellsl When the jury fD2l- ly received the judges instructors every oEe conceded that John StoSm was lost man; nothing could save him from the chair
 Suddenly up the aisle toward the judges desk came yelled woman.
 "Stop" she cried Tt was l-Ir Then she faiuted. The judge the attorneys. the reporters, the spectators, all rose in their amazement A wo- man. After the tableau came confu- sion and chaos The judge signed to the jury to return to their chairs
 storm, despite the deputy sheriffs, pushed his way to the woman's side and swiftly raised the veil
 "Iudora| He turned resoutely to thc judge. Your honor, there is some mistake. This young woman has had nothing to do wit. the death of Bien- reith. 1t is utterly impossible."
 That remains to be seen. MT. Storm Return to the docket if you please!'
 But she is innocent!'
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