Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-10
EVENING EDITION.

h.r.elf, The old lady was errahc IN
lots Of ways"
she wasn't really old"
"Ahout fifty. But she tried 50 hard
- snnear Young, that It made her
seem older"
"she was in love with the Count, OF
course?"
yes; as she was in love with any
man she could attach. no. q not
H;r u, men, bdt II she could cor
rai one Of those, she used every ef-
fort to snare him."
us the illustrious Count interest
ing?" And veu !.
o,wsvs entertained us. She made that
beouest to attract his attention and
IIre him on. And then"
well, and then?"
ooh. then he couldn't Withstand h
temptation and he shuffled her on. to
make sure Of the money now"
"You think he killed her, then z"
who else? Those girls never used
a blackjack@'
Had it been poison alone, there
might be a question. But that stun
Ming blow has to be remembered And
neither Miss stuart o Miss Frayne
can be thought of for q momen IN
connection with that piece OF brutali-
ty."
tume?"
a boudoir garb. The snake Is mex
plicable-unless the man q a dis
ordered mind, and used insane meth
DDS to cover his tracks. Then there's
the glove, you can't get around that"
'.That glove might have been put
in her hand by anybody"
That's so! BY a professional
burglar, say! I really believe"
ooh, let up on that professional
burglar business! No burglar Is go
ing of without his loot, when he has
uninterrupted time enough to kill q
person twice, with poison and then, to
hide that, with a fractured skull!
How do you explain, wen in theory
those two murderous attacks?"
Good Lord, IA I don't knowt
It's all the most inexplicable muddle.
could happen, but they did happen!
You're the detective, not I! Aren't
you ever going to discover anything"
Il may as we'll WI up, Mr.. Havi-
land, I am beyond my depth. There
is a belief among detectives that the
are, the easier the deduction there
from. But 1 don't believe that. This
case is bizarre enough. in all con-
science, yet what can one deduce from
that paper snake and that squeezed
up glove? 1t al all up in a little
wad, you know, not at all as If it were
carelessly drawn from a mans hand,
or pulled off in a struggle"
There was no struggle. The fea-
lures were composed. even almost
smiling"
Il know it. That proves it was no
burglar: Well, I'm up a tree. I wish
you felt inclined to call in Fleming
Stone. He's the only man on this
continent who could unravel it ALL"
II want to get him, but Miss Stuart
won't hear Of it. I'd have to have
either her authority or Loria's."
But Mr.. Loria gave you full swing.
in that cable"
Eyes. for ordinary business mat
ters. But this is different. I'd have
to have assurance that he'd pay the
bills before I engaged Stone. I've
heard he's some expensive"
1--we heard that, too. But, by
Jove, I'd like to work with him! Or
under him. I say, I wish you could
bring it about"
II might cable Loria on my own,
and not mention it to Miss Stuart un-
til | get the permission" r.
do. For as you say, the two
ladies cannot possibly be involved,
and I, for one. don't believe that min
compoop Count ever pulled of such a
complicated affair all by himself"
What about the widow he's visit
ing?"
are in it, but there's more mystery
YET"
I'D like to have it Strengthened
out" said Haviland, thoughtfully "In
a way, I feel responsible to Loria,
since he has put me in charge. And
IT he wan me to get Stone, I'll be
glad to do so. AS you say, It can't
AFFECT the girls-that stuff Anita
made up was only to bother Pauline.
You see, Pauline came back at her
with a counter accusation. They're
Doth unstrung n upset. and they
scarcely know what they're saying"
Then there's that French maid"
"Oh. Estelle. She's q negligible
quantity. She's hysterical from sheer
nervousness, and she lies SO fast she
can hardly keep up with herself"
well, think it over. and il YOU see
your way clear to call in Stone, I'll be
mighty glad. If the Frenchman is
the guilty party, Stone will nail him
n prove 1t beyond all doubt. And
II not, we surely don't want an inno-
cent man to swing"
THAT we DON'T" agreed Haviland.
Continued in Monday
t Evenings Herald.