Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-12

bat with flying ru,1rS
Nr Snyder booked forward with ap-
pTehensluu 70 the young mans prob
abls dereanor under the intoxicating
influence Of victory
His apprshsusICns were well
grounded. He had barely finished the
second og the series % cigars which.
like nll,sstDnes. marked the progress
Il his afternoon. when the door opened
and young Mr. oakss entered, ram
T-ut.
Mr. Snyder could not Tepress a faint
moan az the sight Of him. One glance
was enough to tell him that his worst
fears Usr. realized.
Fcw people In the history Of New
York could have been so pleased with
themselves as OaEes obviously was NJ
that moment He dlHusyd sslf-satis-
faction Ike 4 scent In some mysteri-
Gus way h- seemed 10 have grown
bigger.
He was stIl tense. hut his teuseress
now vas that of the Leopard returning
from some important KIN. announcing
his ruaErg gG~euee TO the rest Of the
jungle
He sat down before Mr. Snyder had
time 90 invite him. and the older man
looked with dismEy - this significant
q 81 of his Increased importance.
/ 60; your telegram" said Mr..
SugIa-
OaErz nodded
1T surprised you. ehTT
.lr suyter resented the patrpnIz-
boa. tome " the question. but he had
r.s.raad himself 20 be pa,r0ulEsd and
sarts r0 sign 81 resentment
Dar 0f "a" old mans chief virtues,
which hrd compensated him FOR a GER
raIa lack OF genius In his makeup.
wns Ll- leF-I-heaIeIuess and his abu-
l'y 90 a'T1E nothing 70 listUr. him
seriously. His sense Of hgmlg had
saved him In hundred dIMcult sitga.
tlons. and 3, sawed him uun.
lie realized that OlEc. could no
more help being patr0uIuHE az this
moment than q dog could help bark
Ing after retrieving It's masters walk
Ing site. FROM pond.
"yne." hc replied. Il must say II
dlI surprise me didn't gather from
your report that you had even found
a clue. Was u the Indian theory that
won out, or dif you catch Mrs. Pickett
with the goods7'
OnEey laughed tolerantly.
"Oh. that was all moonshlne. l never
really believed that truck. | put 1t In
to NIL up. ! hadn't begun 10 think
about the case theu-nOt really think
"Nof'
NO. was just looking around II
giving 1t the once over"
and having given IT the once
over"
why. took my coat OF ans. vaded
in"
"You weren't long about H."
Mr. Snyder extended his cigar-case
Light up and tell me all about it"
well, won't say | haven't earned
this said Oakes. putting smoke.
shall begin at the beginning7"
Sure. But tell me first, who was
1t that did III Was 1t one Of the board
ersf"
NO"
Somebody from outside, fheni"
oakes smiled quietly.
"les, you might cali II somebody
from outside. But | mad better trace
my reasoning from the start
That's right. IL spoiis story know
ing the finish. Go to It,"
Oakes let the ash OF his cigar fall
delicately to the floor. another action
which seemed significant to his en-
ployer. As n rule. his assistants, unless
particularly pleased with themselves,
used the ash-tray.
my first act on arriving" he said
was to have talk with Mrs. Pickett.
A very dull old woman"
''Curious. She struck me as rather
intelligent"
mot on your life. She doesn't know
beans from buttermilk. She gave me
no assistance whatsoever.
IL then examined the room where
the death had taken place. II was
much as you had described II. Locked
door. Window high up. No chimney.
I'm bound to say that, at first sight,
1t looked fairly unpromising.
Then / had chat with some OF
the other boarders. They had nothing
TO tell me that was of the least use.
Most Of them simply gibbered.
Il then gave up trying to get help
from outside, and resolved to rely on
my own intelligence"
He smiled complacently.
at is a theory of mine. Mr.. Sny.
der. which have found valuable, tina,
In nine cases out Of ten. remarkable
things don't happen"
II don't quite get that"
II mean exactly what say. I will
put 1t another way II you like. What
I mean is that the simplest explana-
ton is nearly always the right one"
'weH. don't"
II have tested and proved 1t. Con-