Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-02

needy and Chapelle. by a sort Of tactic
consent. dismissed their cabs. and W.
stroned on over toward Broadway
watching one another. furtively. W.
parted finally. and Craig and I went uI
to our apartment, where he sat fol
hours in a brown study. There wal
plenty to think about even SO far in
the affair. He may have sat up all
in the morning.
Come over to the laboratory" he
said. IT want to take that X-ray ma
Confound it: 1 hope it's not too late"
lost no time in joking him and we
were at the house long before any rea-
sonable hour for visitors.
Kennedy asked for Mrs. Blakeley and
hurriedly set up the x-ray apparatus
Il wish you would place that face mask
which she was wearing exactly as II
was before she became ILL.," he asked.
Her mother did as Kennedy directed
replacing the rubber mask as Virginia
had worn 1t.
Il want you to preserve that mask. u
directed Kennedy. as he finished taking
his pictures. Say nothing about it to
any one. In fact. should advise put
emit"
Hastily we drove back to the labora-
tory, and Kennedy set to work again
graphs. had not long to wait this
time for him to study them. His first
glance brought me over to him as he
exclaimed loudly.
At the point Just opposite the sore
which he had observed on Virginia s
forehead, and everything the sel1a tur-
cica, there was peculiar spot on the
Photograph.
ed the Photographic plate" he explain
ed. his face now animated.
Before could ask him what 1T was
he had opened cabinet where he kept
LIT 1T
his leisure moments. From it I saw
him take several glass ampules which
he glanced at hastily and showed into
his pocket as we heard a footstep out
much worried. Could it be that he
knew his society clientele was at stake.
] wondered. Or was it more than that?
She's dead"' he cried. THE old lady
died last nightr'
Without a word Kennedy hustled US
out OF the laboratory, stuffing the X
ray pictures into his pocket. as we went.
AS we hurried downtown Chapelle
told us how he had tried to keep a
watch by bribing one Of the neighbors
who had just Informed him Of the
tragedy
"Anemia.' insisted Chapelle. looking
carefully at the body.
Kennedy bent over. also. and exam
so he caught sight of a heavy linen
envelope tucked under the pillow He
pulled 1t out gently and opened it. In
side were several time-worn docu-
ments and letters: He glanced over
them hastily. unfolding first letter
Walter" he whispered. furtfvely,
looking at the neighbors in the room
and making sure that none of them
had seen the envelope already. Read
these. That's her story"
One glance was sufficient The first
was letter from Old Stuart BIakeley.
Rena Rinehart had been secretly mar
ried to him-and never divorced. One
paper after another unfolded her story.
thought quickly. Then she had
had a right in the Blakeley millions.
More than that. the Blakeley,s them.
came to them by Blakeley's will.
I read on. to see what, if any. con-
test she had intended to make. And
as I read I could picture old Stuart
Blakeley to myself-strong. direct. I'M
scrupulous. a man who knew what he
wanted and got it, dominant, close
mouthed. mysterious. He had under
stood and estimated the future of New
York. On that he had founded his for
tune.
According to the old 1adys story, the
marriage was complete success. She