The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-27
CONTINUED From Yesterday
CHAPTER NXI
The Sorti~

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At pains not 20 stir across h r
threshold. with quick giances y. sy.
barite reviewed scrupuiousiy the
scene % November's crime
Eventually his nod Indicated a con.
tempsuous conclusion. that 8, should
not prove difficult 20 convict Sovcm.
Der on the evidence afforded by the
condition Of the apartment alone. a
most superficial inspection ought 10
convince anybody. even one prone to
prccipitate conclusion that Bayard
shaynon had never died b. his own
hand
II November. in Opposing tho in.
strumcnt Of his crime close 20 the
hand ot his victim. had meant 10 mis-.
lead. 20 create an Inference Of fcio
de So he had ordered all his other
actions with n enrclessneaa arguing
one Of three things: cynical indiner.
encs 20 the actual outcome OF his
false clue; sublime faith in the stu.
pldity % tho police: og a ktupidity OF
I his own as Grass as that said 20 he
characteristic o. The average criminal
In all agof
Tho rooms, in short. had been most
thoroly n hastily ransackcd In
search. r. Sybarifc didn't for an in.
slant doubt. Of evidence as TO the re.
latlons between Shayuon and Mrs
inehe calculated 70 prove incriminat
ing al an inquest. tho the little man
entertained even less doubt that lust
for loot had likewise been a potent
motive influencing November.
He found proof enough OF this in
the turnedout pockets Of the muir
dered man; IN the abstraction from
I the bosom Of bis shirt OF pearl studs
which T.. Sybarite had noticed there
within the hour; in the brade d
knuckles Of finger from which a
conspicuous solitaire diamond In mas
sive antique setting was missing; in
a pigskln bill fold. empty. ripped.
/ turned inside out. and thrown upon
the floor not far from the corpse.
! Then. too. In one corner stood n
fine old mahogany desk OF quaint de-
| sign and many drawers and pigeon
holes, one and nll sacked. their CON
tents turned out 20 litter the floor.
I In another corner. a curio cabinet
had Jared as III. Even bookcases had
not been overlooked. and stood yith
open doors and diaordered shelves.
Not. however. with any notion OF
concerning himself with the assns-
sins apprehension and punishment
did p. Sybarite waste that moment
Of hasty survey. His eyes were only
keen and eager TO dcscry the yellow
Western Union message. and when
he had looked everywhere else. h is
glance dropped to his feet and found
! u thcre--a torn and crumpled en-
velope with it's enclosure flattencd
out and apart from u.
This last he snatched up. but the
envelope no didn't touch. having been
quick to remark the print upon II Of
dirty thumb whose counterpart dec
GRATED the face OF the message as
well.
And a hundred more Of 'em, prob
ably" r. Sybarite surmised as 20 the
number Of finger marks left by No
vember: enough to hang him ten
times over which I hope and
pray they don't before finish with
him.
As for the dead man. he read his
cpitaph I'm phrase, accompanied by
n meaning nod toward the dlsngured
and insentient head.
1T was coming 10 you--nnd you
got IT, said J.. Syb1rite callously.
with never a qunlm OF shame for the
apathy with which he contemplated
this second tragedy in the house OF
Shaynon.
Too much, too long. mad he suf
fered at It's hands
With a shrug. he turned back to