Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-19


f.rr vuu get 10 the house"
u Won forget promised stanley
adding. but won't that give THE. IS !.
good chance 20 slip m Is guests
Ar Office boy App-l - the door
beariu. Narya ToSca card. A. nod
from STANLEY the boy departed O. re-
turn "a second later usher.ng the visitor
INTO the office Clayton nodded stuff
Iy 100 response 20 NanyA's beamlng =
su De- and. with word 4 guo6-hy 10
Haruld. he st.Iked cut
Harold picked up the mosaic photo
eraph and handed i 20 her
whats this she asked unccn-
comedy. looking at the picture and
,tnr 80 Harold
With The same outward indiffer-
erce she handed the photograph back
% him. A. she lid 50 she let her
fingers rest for moment as II by
crarce on him. The touch was cling
irs and warm. Instnctively Harold's
eyes sought hers In inquiry. She was
gazing up a. him with a look akin TO
startled yet nattered. at such a look
.'nn So beautiful a woman. he 0peUed
bis lips 20 speak
Tie spell Was broken 10y the tl!nginy
open OF the door leading 20 the outer
corridor DAYTON Parrish stamped un-
announced into the office Vanya
wheeled about 10 face the intruder.
dc glanced at her face whose express
sion Harold could not zee
'iIl call some other time when
You're less busy, Mr. stanley" she
-at5. "Gocd-by.'
she Has gone before Harold could
protest. He turned angr.ly on the de-
tcctiFe.
Look here Mr. Parrish" he said.
tcNed When ! gave YOU the piivi-
lego Of coming into my office at any
time hY that rear door % consult with
mo- about the Crimson stain case. I
dIon mean that you should come In
without knocking. l."
There's enough knocking done
H'r" without my taking 81 hand AT it,"
-A. prec Parrish. And that's what
I'm here about now. Did you write
t'i- aiipr!al t'-yank.ng copy OF
d.. Examiner from his inner pocket
I. 'dti'ral In today's paper, slam
i.IfE H' again for Incompetence In
ne 'rlnso stain mystery? Did YOU ,"
most surely did. assented stan
l,F- And, as 1 warned you before
me only way for you 10 avoid these
attacks ls 20 show progress in the
case. No clear out please. I'm
He turned TO his desk with an air
OF finallty Parrish stepped ficrcely
thc mosaic photograph on the desk.
The detective halted IN his tracks.
stared for an instant. stood irresolute
and presently went out as he had
come.
Stnnley's eye fell on a scrap of
paper lying In the rug midway be
tween his desk and the hallway door.
Now, scrap of paper on the floor of
newspaper office Is as common a
"a a - nd
beach; and 1t attracts no more atten-
ton.
But not half an hour earlier, Har.
old private office had been swept
and put to rights for the day. Since
then, besides himself, only clayton
and Parrish and Nanya Tosca had
been IN the room. Thus. this folded
bit of paper must have fallen from
the pocket of one OF those four. Har-
old stopped idly, and picked it up.
II contained five lines Of typed let
tcrng The first line was composed
Ot four words. The rest Of the let.
ter looked like "A novice's efforts to
use "A typewriter. This is what Har-
old Stanley read;
"HALL CLAYTON HOME To-
NIGHT DBXN FyBXNDB PDZJ
NDBRN ZPLN MN FXBXNDB
LRNN NFDPLBBH HDXXBJ BJF-
NNBFJ FDZJ ND MP HJB RZZJH-
RENJXX
"NPJ FJRZLDB LNRRB."
An hour later, after many failures
and new starts, ne had translated the
message to his own satisfaction and
FcrIbblcd each word under its cipher
counterpart. This Is what he read:
BALL CLAYTON HOME To-
NIGHT MUST GET CLAYTON
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR NECK
LACE. COME TO THE DEN IMME-
THE CRIMSON STAIN.
In the big low-coilcd room at the
back OF Tanners apartment Pierre
La Rue awaited the followers he had
summoned
one by one the others entered. one
by one they crcpt silently To- seats
near the wall.
Those of YOU who are to operate
at the Clayton bali at Rivcrdalc to-
night already have your orders.
sent summons to the rest of you to
report here ia case of emergency
The $4,000 Clayton necklace is worth
the trouble. and thcrcll be other
o. dividends besides. At II O'Clock
every light in the Clayton house goes
out At the same second Morrison
snutchcs the necklace. If he can
make getaway he will. If he
can't he's To pass the necklace TO
me or TO Nanya. | want To he able
to dispose of the icwclry without too
much silly Interference from young
. clayton or the dear police So when
Mrs clayton goes to her room aft
crvard she is going to find a box of
flowers ON her bed She will open
it After that we'll for while
after that her son will have other
things TO think of besides a few LOST
jewels Tanner"
Tho thief he addressed slouched
forward
ou bought the orchids?"
Tanner left the room, presently re
/ turning with "A long florist box. which
he opened and laid on the table,
luuk upun rank OF gloriously bcauti-
/ ful orchids were exposed to view.
/ ricrro Inspected the box critically,
/ then nodded approval.
Now. thc-othcr" he commanded.
Tanner with visible reluctance,
/ crossed the room to "A cupboard and
/ cautiously drcw thercfrom black
/ har, which he carried at arms length
/ 10y string The others made way
| for him with ludicrous haste. As he
| progressed toward the table the bag
I U.,.itb b.I and IurfetaI an his prn4p