Evening journal., 1917-12-19

~h 10 AlShcn-unuenldDlX frencn. Cic
knows it by the texture. the shape. the
little criss-cross pattern water-lined all
over the surface. But here-this second
sheet. This is Of English manufacture
but Of cheap quality. and by these little
hicks IN the side Of It evidently torn
] from a notebook. These others. too
some are English and some are OF Amer
lean. manufacture; some best cream-land
and some of Inferior quality but all to
be bought at the shop OF any stationer
or bookseller in the town here. You see.
Marceline, that even dumb things can
talk when one knows the sign language.
! eh?"
It was not Marceline who responded to
this-it was Marcclines astonlshed mis-
trcss.
Monsieur. this is amazing You hear.
Alan? You hear. Lex? He shall make
even paper talk. this wonderful monsieur
Is It not an astonishing thing?"
"Splffiug.' declared the boy. his eyes
round with amazement Il say. you
know you must be jolly sharp. Mr.. Cleek.
to tumble TO things ofr-hand like that
Blest If you don't give me hope that you
viii get to the bottom Of this business
after all"
I'm quite sure 1 shall-now!" said
Cleek. IN reply. What's that. Mr.. Col
! lingwood? Anything more to be learned
from these letters? Yes-heaps. Type
talks as well as paper you know. Look
here at this word performance at the
end Of this line reading as soon as your
performance closes You ought to know
what paper that was cut from. It's the
type of The Era. as plain as the nose
/ "A
man be likely to find the word perform
ance' If he stood IN need OF it if not in
a theatrical paper2 Now this word
closes is cut from pink paper. as, you
sec, which al once brings up The SPORT
! ing Times. otherwise TIN Pink Un.' and
so fits another round tsg into another
round hole and gives us something def
mite TO go uron.'
/ God bless my SOUL dow7"
Gives US a hint as TO the tastes, II
not the actual surroundings. Of the per-
son who cooked up the letter. Fancy
runs to sporting and TO theatrical sub
iects and must be located in a quarter
where papers dealing with both are with
( in easy reach. That's all for the present
Miss Vultee. and thank you. very much
/ for allowing me to'look at thanksgiving
D
/ her Now. II you all will remain here
until fny return and Mr.. Narkom Will
allow mo the use Of his limousine for
an hour or two. I'll go and look into
another little matter that wants invesh-
ga ating-in other words. the possible char
acter OF the explosive used this morning
In the hope Of blowing this poor boy here
] into smithereens. and IL it should prove
/ q
ticular one known as picrine."
For the lovo Of heaven. Mr.. Cleek!"
Just SO, captsin-'for the love Of
I heaven" finished Cleek. ''with you
again at by the latest. Good-by.'
! At he had said he would return, and
| It was 10 the tick when he came hack
and found them awaiting him in almost
| breathless suspense.
] "Monsieurl" cried out la Sylphine.
Fastening toward him in a very panic OF
! nervous dread. Monsieur. you have de-
cided tho point snd-it-it IS not pleasant
! 20 contemplated
J Yes mademoiselle. have decided It
I aud It Is not pleasant by any means" !"
he replied. "The explosive employed was
picrine-the odor It leaves is not TO be
mistaken-and, what is moro to the point,
I find that directly opposite your dwell
! ing there is a block OF flats owned by
/ Sir Maxwell Kennedy, the inventor Of
I that dangerous compound, and that one
: Of those fiats-is let TO a man who n
/ unknown to the housekeeper and who
last night occupied 10 for the first time
( since his tenancy began. That he oo-
/ cupled IL for some purpose in connec-
tion with the exploding of that bomb
would seem 10 be absolutely certain, for
he loft the place and entirely disappeared
directly after the noise Of tho explosion
had srousd the neighborhood, and moth
T ing has been seen or heard Of him since.
/ That he was the person who discharged
I the bomb would seem 10 be beyond ques-
/ ton. for he left its fellow in the nat
and, what IS more illuminative still. left
also a handkerchief marked with the
name Of kennedy"
4 ITS a dashed liey roared out tho cap
| tain. II wouldn't believe an angel II one
/ tried 10 connect my uncle with the busi-
ness"
Gently. gently. my dear captain.
Don't let your temper run away with
YOU. Nobody IS suggesting that the
bomb was thrown across the street-or
/ that il was thrown at all. As a mater
( Of fact. IL was exploded by quite different
means. It was the certainty of that that
set mo 10 inquiring into the matter of
tho flats across the street. Have a look
at this little thing. will you? I picked It
from the woodwork OF the window Of
{ Mr.. Alexis Vultee's wrecked room, and it
is curiously illuminative. You see what
it is, do you not?"
Il know what Il looks like at all events
tho bullet Of a saloon ride
"Exactly-and that is precisely what It
/ is; precisely how the bomb was exploded
with the bullet Of a saloon rifle. And
as this particular one was embedded in
tho woodwork Of tho window. and there
/ was a mark above IL which looked sus-
piciously like the Craze of another in
passing. what does that suggest2 Why.
naturally that somebody in those fats
across the street was pot-shotting at that
bomb until he succeeded in exploding Il,
and. as you can't pot-shot at a thing
until it's there to be pot-shotted. why
] the Inference Is obvious. Tho bomb was
placed in that room beforehand. and. of
course. by somebody who has the entrec
70 Miss vultee's housel Now who did
have the entree TO Miss Vutee's house
! yesterday"
mot my uncle. He never was there in
all his life, and II you are going to take
! that name on tho handkerchief as proof
that he"
.sAIv dear captain. may I not remind
you that Sir Maxwell is pot the only
person in the world who bears the name
Of Kennedy"
"Good heavensi Arc you going 10 su--