Charlevoix county herald., 1918-06-21
n. How Is Miss Wingarde nowT'

ton. How Is Miss Wingarde nowT'
l asked.
Sleeping still, thank Heaveni" he
replied. his face lighting. Really you
know I shall never cease to be CRATE
full to Mr.. Dual for his kindness to her
in this trouble. He has wonderful
tact"
Il believe YOU" Heffy cut In.
Dayton turned to face him. "You
know him?" he inquired.
Il know of him." said Heffy. at
ulster live In Glace's town-on the
force This Dual pulled off some
mighty clever bits of work back
there. Cleared up some things that
had us all running In circles. l never
got chance to see him work, but I
heard he has some mighty funny
methods"
"You know'-Dayton took him I'D
II don't think ever met a man lust
like him. There's something about
him one can't just understand. You
know-or maybe you don't, but Glace
and Senior Laredo do-that he said
right from the first that Wingarde
was dead. And he was right. Now,
how did he know it?"
I leaned toward him.
See here" I interrupted. "You
said a bit ago that he asked Miss
Wingarde about the emerald and the
idol. Did he, perhaps, ask her any
thing about her fathers birth-date,
also, or did you hear?"
Dayton lifted his eyebrows.
by Jove, you're an odd pair!" he
declared. But you know how he
works, then, I fancy. He did ask her
that-got her to talking about poor
Wingarde quite freely for a bit. He
even wanted to know If she knew
what hour he was born in"
"And did she tell him?"
"Oh, yes! I told you she seemed to
feel quite at home with him from the
first. Funny, too, for Evelyn isn't one
to pick up with strangers, you know.
But with Dual and your wife now
right from the start
'Now," said !, 'let me tell you;
Dual is engaged at present in an as
THEOLOGICAL calculation, the object of
which is to unravel the motive and ma
ture Of what happened last night"
The waiter slid up and sought our
orders.
Dayton took tea, the rest OF us
coffee. AN bring me some cognac
with mine" Laredo requested. Os-
borne shot him a glance. "The night
has been more or less exhaustive" he
explained with deprecatory manner.
Dayton pursued his subject as soon
as the waiter was gone.
"Odd chap" he said. "He has a
queer way of expression. You know,
after he'd got Evelyn to sleep, and be-
fore / came down to the card room
This this morning. | : asked him f5W lRg
thought Wingarde had most likely
been killed. Now, what do you SUD
pose he told me?"
/ shook nv head, smiling. No one
all eyes were turned in his direcfro5hh.
He said that. in his own opinion,
Both Wingarde and the Indian were
the victims Of forked tongue!"
SNAKE bite, by gosh" Heffy burst
forth. "They all have split tongues,
you know. But-say, how did he know
that, either? We wasn't sure ourselves
till after you come down, an Glace
found the second bite on the pro-
fessor."
Perhaps he received DR.. Osborne's
suspicious telepathically," suggested
Laredo with a thin-lipped smile.
wait one moment" Osborne spoke
quickly. "As was coming back with
the glass went after this morning a
man stopped me in the main hallway
and asked me about Wingarde and
Charley. He mentioned his name as
Dual, and asked me to see Miss Win
garde later. / told him that we had
found a suspicious mark on Charley,
and expected to find one on Win
garde."
Laredo's smile became more expan-
sive. $50 much for telepathy in that
case" he chuckled.
Back up!" Hefy advised him.
Dayton was down then, and he said
he'd asked before he come. How about
thatf"
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