The Washington herald., 1919-01-29

SnlS houst IN me early afternoon OF
this DAY. is implicated IN the murder.
sranse That 1 never suspected MIN"
I'm going!" growled a,elaney, tear
ing his eyes away from Loris and
sianclng through Ine curtaIns. I'm
r1gnt after mm. cnlef wont stop
tllI get him. either"
II you don't maze IL in thirty
minutes said Drew glancing sharp-
" at his watch, III you don't maze IN
oy then-come back here. Pernaps
something will have turned up Ip
Ihe meantime. Get that?"
Sure. chief! Good-by!'
Delaney had passed through the mr.
ueres' crossed the reception room and
pressed aside the tapestries leading 10
hne hallways, before Drew stepped 20
Sile oroao doorway and motioned for
LOTS and Nichols TO take their former
PosIuohh- he waited until they were
seateo with their faces in the shadour
Sast oy the overhead siIken hapeinrs
ne spoke then. and to the point
Ihls case" he said thrustlnz his
hahos In MS coat pockets and stridinp
back and forth. This case il &C.,
ing clue by clue The troubIe-nosr
whom some one let into the house tb,s
afternoon, is the missing link in the
Chaln Of circumstance and applied de-
oucuon " 40 let him in?"
Il did,
Drew stopped in his stride. You.
Nichols he questioned SHARPLY.
why did you let him IMP
because / asked Harry TO-" de-
tehoeo Loris with heat i heard the
St Seh flng- ! sent the maid downstairs.
She came back and told me that a
man man from the telephone company was
waiting TO look over the connection
She said that he said that there wa
trouble with the wires" "
don't believe it," exclaimed Drew.
that is" he added hastily. 81 6on.t
believe there was anything the matte
al all. In the light Of what DELANEY
mas told me. that fellow came here
last night, when someone else named
Frosby or Frisby was sent. Now
! why would he want 10 take another
place? For one reason onIy-the same
reason that he came here this after
| noon The reason concerns your fu-
ture health and security. We had
one death in this house which for-
! lowed his first visit. We don't want
! anything TO happen after his second
visit"
You arc right. Mr.. Drew SAID
! Nichols. I was careless wen.
down stairs and talked with the leI-
low. 1t was just a few minute after
l arrived from downtown. He seemed
so plausible that ! asked the central
/ ONCE detective at the door, who gave
the permission. II was all my fault,
guess"
Where did this fellow go? What
did he do in the house,
.
! ed the phone there. The connection
seemed TO be all right Then he went
! down stairs and tested the buffers
! phone. The butler had been taken
as a material witness by Fosdick. I
/ followed the man. He didn't do any
: thing but test and then talk with
/ FRANKLIN OftlCial-I think IL was"
Are you sure he talked over the
/ phone? It's ridicuIously easy for d
person to hold down the hook and
| make believe they arc talking TO al
most anybody"
Il don't know about that. Ny
I Drew" said the captain. turning TO-
/ ward LOris- Did he talk to any
body when he used the phone. Miss
/ Stockbridge?'
. Il believe so. Harry. I really
thought he did"
Drew furrowed his brovs in per
/ pleNity. There was no evidence
shown that the trouble-nan had ever
I talked with anybody. via wire, from
/ the mansion. He recalled the hrst ap-
Z pearsnce OF the lineman in the d.
brarN- That time both calls. TO Cer.-
tral. might have been feiEned BY
/ holding down the hook and speaking
/ into disconnected transmitter The
rafE
was to be known concerning tele-
phouy.
/ I'm a child" the detective rom
: cluded. swinging about the room IN
! perplexity. "One thing" he added
] aloud to Doris and Nichols "One
! thing! We are absolutely alone in this
part Of the house. ] have locked IN,
maid in her room No one can &c,
! through the door TO the hall There.
a sprIIsg lock on Il. Delaney closed Il
when he went out"
And there's a score Of detective
scattered about" said the captain re-
assuringly, as he leaned toward l.-
ris. Why should We fear aug;hFu-
at sll?''
Il wouldn't. Harry" said Loris '.r-
1t wasn't for what happened 10 poor
father. Mr. Drew took the sam, pr
cautions and had everything looked
and watched. II doesn't seem as rr
We were in New York al all 81
seerrS like some medieval time amt
place"
Drew reached Tor a fraEIle-looksnE
chair. turned IL. sat down and thrust
his Custom-nsd, shoes out across IN,
rug in the direction OF JorIs and Men
OILS. whose faces shown white ana
drawn in the soft light OF the alcoye
where they were seated.
Swirling thought surEcd through IN,
detectives $ hraiu- lie went over o..
case with dUlled Ura. rStaudinc BrIrf
ly, he had eliminated the former 81
poets and compressed the matter INTO
a small compass His CoEClUsGun
brought him 10 his feet with slow
swaying from side TO side. Some ono
in State prison was probably dtrre--
ing matters. Some one in New No-h
was carrying out the archfoud's or
/ den. This free agent had the nerve
of the damned and the cunning o.
/ Cagliostro. He had succeeded ir
/ planting a confederate IN the mar
sion, or entering himself. and sIaV-
Z ing Stockbridge The entire case. COR
| cluded Drew. rested in capturing Tho
free agent before he could do urthrr
/ murder. Loris was marked and ua.
been from the FIRST.
What servants remain" he asked