Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-03


member and could swear to, Mr.. 1ar-
vey. May go now? It's late and /
I'm too nervous to talk about it any
more"
"Ncs, think have enough informa =
tion now TO work on" Paul rose and
held out his hand. This would have
been of inestimable benefit to me had
| you come forward sooner, but thank you
for telling me now, at any rate; you
have cleared up one or two obscure
points very nicely for me, Miss Bayne.
The young woman shook his hand,
! bowed coldly to Rose Adare and dc -
| parted, When the emphatic thud of the
street door reached their ears Paul
turned with smile of warm congratula-
! tion to his hostess.
MAY | ask what business propo e.
sition you suggested to that young per
son and what stroke of positive genius
put you on her trail?'
Rose laughed heartily.
Il wanted her TO start n rcst cure
with mc--a sort of private sanitarium.
She to treat the sick--hcaven help them ,
and | to manage the finances" Then
her face grew grave. 81 began think
ing after ! left you yesterday morning
MIR. Harvey. ] was wondering who on
| that street would be likely to have
been up during the night, and all OF a
sudden | remembered that when first
saw Mrs. HartshOrne's body and ran
out in the street to find policeman
there was a Doctors landaulet in front
OF the house opposite. 1t was still there
when looked out of the drawing room
window while | waited for YOU and
Chief Burke to send for me nearly two
hours later. ! thought somebody must
have been very i'll over there to keep
doctor that long, and it struck me
! that If any one in all that street had
been awake and stirring when Mrs
Hartshorne came home it would be some
enc in that house.
After left Mrs. Cowles yesterday
| | walked through Farragut street The
landaulet was there again and II got
| into conversation with the chauffeur. :"
/ MISS Adare had the grace to blush most
| becominsly. Il found out the doctor $
name and Office hours, and late YES
| terday afternoon l went to pay pro
fessional call on him. IL had n queer
Kind of pain which he couldn't dag
nose. but he was most helpful in other
| was. | asked how the little Fraser
! boy was, saying | knew the family. and
he spoke of the relapse and the night
nurse leaving. He mentioned her name.
and just on an off chance | looked her
up in the nurses directory and went
to see her this morning. The minute
L began talking to her and saw how
she shicd away from any mention of
tarragut street ! realized that | was
on the right track, and / stuck TO her
until she broke down and told me her
story"
Miss A1are," Paul shook her hand
solemnly, 81 can't express my personal
gratitude to you, but can tell you how
much admire what you have done. 1t
was mastery. Chief Burke has no one
on on ms stan who could have equaled it.
lou nave beaten me at my own game"
Nonsense ~ She flushed again,
tosliy' had "a hunch, that's all
IL probably wouldn't happen again in
thousand years. But / don't believe
that GIN s story is going to be such a
Iot OF help to you as thought it would,
Mr' Harvey. You knew some of it be :
fore, didn t you? You weren't surprised
a bit when she said it was poor Mrs,
Hartshorne's dead body that had been
brought to the house."
NO" Paul responded gravely. az
knew from my first examination of the
body that Mrs. Hartshorne had not
been killed in her own home. Rut
Miss Bayne's testimony as to the hour
ana method of returning the body and
the description of those who accom- =
pllshed 1t is of the utmost importance. -
Still" Rose unused, 1.-TWO men and
woman and limousine; there's
nothing very definite about that, is
there! L wish to goodness I'd been in
that window instead of Miss Bayne
Where do you suppose they killed poor
Mrs. Hartshorne? Where could she
have been those three hours after she
left the Ledyard dance and what DOS
sessed her to slip away like that"
I'm afraid we're not going to like
the answers to that riddle when we
learn them, Miss Adare." Then Pauls
tone lightened. "You will be adding
another to your list of professional ac
complishments now; that of detective.
My plainclothes brethren will have to
/ look to their laurels."
: II wish I could! I mean" she
z amended, II wish / could do something
r more In this case. If any little point
! comes up that you think could verify
for you, or if there's any shopping to
t be done where I'd stand better show
than a man, will you let me know"
' II will, indeed" Paul assentec
e heartily. by the way, you don't hap
e pen to be going to the funeral tomorrow
afternoon, do you?'
t II don't happen to be staying away
L if there's breath in my body" retortet
r Rose promptly. ''There's little
e enough ] can do to show respect to the
woman who's been kind to me! ] sup.
| pose the crowd that made so much o
= her so short a time since will avoid i
I like the plague. I'm curious to see /
| she had even one real friend among
them"
o II wish you'd be more curious
! STILL" Paul suggested. $50 early, get ,
, seat about the center of the church OIL
T the main isle, if you can, and watch tn
; people; leave before the end of th
: service and wait in the vestibule t,
see them come out. Not only thos