Evening star., 1918-07-28

corner OF the tapestry he saw shaking,
enc not the right;h hand one 40 we had
"doodi Then we can take It for
granted that our new theory is we'll
founded. Certain things have como TO
light in your absence. That tapestry
was pulled aside not merely for the
iet the finger pass through the door
at its back down to the Curators Of
fce and SO out into the court"
"Whewl And who"
III this fact had been made known
different days work; not getting It
until late this afternoon, we have per-
haps wasted some valuable hours. But
we won't fret about that. Mrs. Tay-
vs being a no 70 tstssr ts w We are likely saI % to
stantiating my idea. It cannot take
long II we succeed either in tracing the
Duclos woman or in drawing the net
am quietly manufacturing SO closely
x--that It will hold against all oppo-
sition. ! have hopes of finding the
= woman. but great doubts as to the ef-
= hcacy OF the net have mentioned: 1t
will have to be 80 wide and deep. and
80 absolutely without a single weak
strand" -, l.- r. - -.
Sweetwater sat astonished, and what
was more, silent-he who had q word
for everything. Accustomed as he was
to the varying moods Of his remark
able frtend/ he had never before been
made him think: but for once In his life
did not mako him loQuacious. -
Mr.. Gryce seemed to be gratified by
= this. though he mado no remark to.
that effect and continued to pr6serve
: his abstracted look and quiet demeanor.
ing managed to steal q glimpse at the
small object to which his professional
friend still paid his undivided atten-
tion. ~ l' s
1t looked like narrow bit OF dingy
+ black cloth--just that and nothing
which clipsa closed umbrella. Was It
: such a band, and would he presently
be asked to find the umbrella from
which it had fallen or been twisted
ried about museum buildings. Be-
sides, this strip Of cloth had no ring
on the end of it. Consequently 1t could
not have served the purpose he had
just ascribed to it. It must have had
But when. after an impatient fling
ing aside Of this nondescript article,
Mr.. Gryce spoke, 1t was to say:
Il had a long talk with Corey to-
day. 1t seems that he goes through
the museum opens. Though he win
not swear to it, he is of the opinion
that the CULVER holding the Apache
arrows had Its full complement when
he passed it that morning. He has
+ a way Of running things over with his
eye which has never yet failed to
draw his attention to anything de-
fective- or in the least out Of order"
II see. SIR" acquiesced Sweetwater
In an odd tone, Mr.. Gryce's attitude
showing that he awaited some ex-
preston of interest ON his part.
The elder detective either did not
notice the curious note In the younger
ignore it, for with no change of man.
ner he proceeded to say:
~ wish you would exercise your
wits. Sweetwater, on the following
troublesome question: II the arrow
which slew this young girl was in one
gallery at 10 o'clock, how did it get
into the. other at 12? The bowl
here hespurposely hesitated-"migh
, have been brought up the iron stair
case 1t the arrow
His eyes were on Sweetwater "a
direct glance was a rare thing with
Mr., Grycel, and he waited--waitea
patiently for the word that did not
come; then he remarked dryly:
We are both dull; you are tired
with your days work and / with
rest until our brains are clearer.
' But'--here he reached for the strip
of dingy cloth he had cast ASIDE.
and tossing 1t over to SWeetwater.
added with some suggestion Of hum6r.
1T you want a subject to dream upon
tonight. there 1t is If you have no
desire to dream and want work for
tomorrow, make an effort to discover
from whose clothing that fell, and
what was its use. It was picked up
IN room on the second floor, the
one where Mrs. Taylor was detained
before going downstairst''ft, !. 1as
."Ah. something nkible' at Iast!"a
don't know about that; honest.
y don't know. But We cannot AFFORD to
LET anything go by us. Little things
IKE that have not infredueftly opened
, un 2 fresh trail which Otherwise
sweetwater notded. ana lavinp the
little strip along his palm, fexarninen
II closely. 1T was made Of silk. don-
bied: and stitched, together exceps
at the ends. These were loose. hui
rough with bits Of severed !? thread.
as II the thing had been hastily cut
from some article OF Jlothinr : to
Wnlcn a mad been attached by some
inaif-doSen very clumsy stitches. !, Il,
~ think + l.. understand you, Mr..
Gryce." observed sweetwa,er. f,slnr
Slowly to his feet. but a dream
may help me out; we will see.I' =
l. snail not leave here until 10
tomorrow morning." 9 : itT7E ~ -
very good. sir. If you don't mind.
III take this with me-
TAKE 1t. by all MEANS"
AS SWeetWater turned to 20. he was
induced by the silence Of his patron
70 cast backward glance Mr.. Gryce