Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-06

mistakable signs of a cardiac trouble, because. owing to its nature. it should have manifested itself to me long be- fore ever she complained.
 When told her husband he ap- peared greatly distressed and Ques- tioned me closely regarding every feature of the trouble. assured him that it was not necessarily serious and that l hoped for speedy recovery. was honest il this statement As might be expected, Captain Forsythe is over whelmed by his wife's sudden and un- expected end-and, I might add. l cant account for it myself"
 When the speaker had finished Haz. and said:
 Your statement of the case has been quite comprehensive and under standabie. doctor. The inquest. 4s derstand. will not be held until after an autopsy, time for which has not yet been set. l suppose l can get you at your office during hours?"
 Yes. l shall hold myself in readi- ness for any summons from you. What may l ask. will be your first step? want the cloud removed from my name as soon as possible. Spare no expense"
 It was with an abstracted air that Hazard saw the doctor depart, and in the same preoccupied fashion he went to his private office and shut himself in, ignoring Helen utterly.
 Among the equipment for his can ii-g Felix Hazard possessed thorough knowledge of poisons, but respecting strophanthus his memory was a trifie hazy. There were certain associations connected with it upon which he want ed to refresh his mind. Alone in his room, he went directly to the well-filled book shelves that stood beside his desk and, after running rapidly over their titles. selected one. It was a standard work on toxics.
 But by and by he closed the volume, replaced it upon it's shelf. and slumped down in his desk-chair with a wearieG air, where he sat breeding many min utes.
 After while resolution came to him and he reached for the telephone. He called for the coroner's office and in a moment had that official on the wire. After disclosing his identity he said:
 T want to be one of your deputies this afternoon. I am going out to Cap tain Forsythe's in South Edgelake. Miss Bertel is going with me as an undertaker's assistant"
 See here. old top" came back over the wire, what have you got wise to?"
 "A whole lot that you don't know and will never find out unless you do as I say. But tell you this: If don't miss my guess a mile the case will be cleared by night-without an autopsy, either"
 Well. I hope to heaven you can. It's creating dickens of stir ow- ing to the prominence of the people concerned, and if you can get Doctor Hendrix out of 1t it will not hurt me any. I suppose you have your deputy coroner's badge Good. Go to 1t, and may the gods shower blessings upon your head"
 Don't make any move till you hear from me-" was the detectives parting injunction.
 Hazard then dispatched a cable to the Sutherlands' London branch, after which he summoned an operative to whom he gave a card bearing Capt. Francis Forsythe's name.
 Find out all you can about this mans financial condition and report to me as soon as possible" were his instructions.
 Next he hastened to Helen's room. She was busy at her desk. but he un- ceremoniously broke in upon her la bors.
 You are to be a lady undertaken this afternoon" he announced. Her fine, clear gray eyes surveyed him soberly.
 "oh. am T." she said calmly. And what are you?"
 Never but once had he seen her otherwise than steady and selfpos- sessed; a dreadful night when he had thought her drowned, and his frantic. unnerved condition when he beheld her alive and well had moved her to tenderness.
 "Now. see here, Helen" said he in a tone of expostulation, don't look at me in that way if you don't want me to forget myself. No mortal man could look into your eyes as they are now and think of anything else" He broke of. The eyes continued to loo,:: at him, unwaveringly; but an expres. sion all at once came into them that brought Hazards senses back to the normal with a jerk. Helen BerteI was the only person in the world who had the power of so effectively dash. ing his spirits-or of raising them again.
 Noting his crestfallen look, her man. ner once more swiftly changed. A smile seemed to kindle behind her lovely countenance, grow, then all at once break through to the surface, fir. radiating her features. dimpling her cheeks. and making the gray eyes quite irresistible.
 You needn't tell me what you are , she said; T know. You're a big silly. Sit down and tell me all about 1t"
 He rumpled his hair with . savage despairing gesture and dropped into