The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-17
sY CAROLYN WELLS

Continued From Our Last issue)
Then Cissy came. She was all
on edge. with excitement and iu'
portanee. She was the one 10 whom
Marybollo had eonfided the secret
of the new necklace. tho. boiled
down, Il Was merely whispered
word or two as the women said
good might on the stairlandlng the
night before.
And" Classy related. Mary belle
said, Come IN my room with me.
and see them. then she said. no.
not tonight. either. ! don't want
10 show them TN tomorrow. But
you'll be surprised So that's why
thought she was keeping her door
locked. 20 put up trick on US. OF
some sort. hut now J know tho
pearls were taken away In the
night. and know" Cissy's voice
grew solemn. Il know who did 1t
aud who killed her"
you do" and the coroner turned
on her almost fiercely. You do.
Young woman Who them"
"Poltsrgeisti" Cissy'. voice was
a Kissing whisper. and her eyes
were wild and weird In their ct
preston. Hush" she held up her
hand as the coroner began TO speak.
"of course you don't know what
that meanrl didn't suppose you
would. but II Ia an owl spirit who
attacks pcopl. and harms them and
kills theml The PolterFelst has
power OF naturalization or disap-
pcarancc. at will. And they can
steal and MAIN and kill. Hush' !
tell you. tili have flnlAhed' This
poiterReist assumes any shape II
plea.es. and this one was n hand
long. strong. yellow hand. and 9,
elutched Mrs. Stafford. tho mother.
by the throat: but IN Marybelle's
case. 1, came by silently
In the dark hour. and slowly turned
on tho gas. Then. laughing. in
wicked. ficndish CLEO. ~ dlsap-
pesrod. leaving its victim alone
10 dis--to die"
Take mo away" she moaned.
take mo away"
And n was Frank Wesley who
led her away. reckoning vida as
they went
Coroner Kcmhle looked helpless.
ne some men do when women faint
or fly into Mysteries. Attic they
do say women don't faint nova
days But there are other tricks
q the ser quite as effective. and
anyway. feminine evidence il 80
circumstRntiai and circumfsrcn,lal
and circumlocutory. that don't
blame coroner much for ignoring
u. However. do blame him for
enough other things 20 make up
for that
So the hismeworthy Mr. Kemhie
dragged his induest's slow length
along. after the fashion OF tho
poets wounded snake. and what
with ndiournments and rechllings
and arguments. thought II never
would have done.
At last tho name OF Mr.. owen
Prall was called A limo OF an old
nursery Jingle flashed into my
mind The cat. when called. will
walk away" and / was possessed
of strong desire TO follow In the
cats footsteps But. OF course. |
didn't. and | gave my evidence in
my best Friday afternoon deciama
tory style
Now. don't you think for min.
ute that ] wasn't seriously inter.
esied in this case. Interested. my
Lord was crazy 10 get al real
work on f. But those men in
charge saw only the tragedy-the
pathetic death OF beautiful won.
an. and tho eager 90 fasten blame
somewhere. they didn't know who
was to blame or what for. and they
had no mental means OF finding
out.
When detect. can't 500 the
human side at all. see only the
material facts before me. and their
Significance. When a minister mar.
ries q couple. no may be laying the
foundations OF heart.breaking
tragedy, but II Is none OF his busl.
ness. He doesn't see tho human
side OF Il. II he did. hold refuse
to touch off the match. SO with
me. ! longed 10 get all this over.
and devote my intellect to the
problem in earnest.
And at last IL was all over
but the shouting. and the coroner
did the shouting.
He said. by way OF summing up.
that the case was inepplicable.
That death occurred in securely
fastened room. with absolutely no
means OF ingress or eRress. there.
fore IL could not have been n muir.
der. Consequently. II must have
been accident or suicide. But II
could not have been accident, for
the gas was out of reach OF the