The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-03-06

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Nevertheless, II got out by the win.
dow. It's the logical sequence OF
events. That's proof enough that II
was In the room. II killed Captain
Gunner there. And that's proof enough
that u got out Of the room, because
II left traces of its presence outside.
Therefore, MS the window was the only
exit, II must have gone out that way.
II may have climbed or II may have
Jumped, but Il got out Of the window"
"whnt do you mean---proofs Of Its
presence outsider"
"It killed dog"
"Hclloi This In new. You didn't men,
tion that before"
"No."
"How do you know II killed the
dogf"
"Bccnuse analysis proved that II
had died from snnke-bite."
"where was III"
"Therc ~ q sort Of backward he
mind the house. The window of Cap
tain gunner's room looks out into u.
II In fun of boxes ANA Hitter df nll
sorts, and there are n few siunicd
shrubs scattered about. In f0ct, there
In enough cover to hide any small OBJ
lrct like the body of cog, and that's
why II was not discovered at flrst.
Katie, the maid. d.of-all-work at the
Excelsior, came ON II the morning
after had sent you my report. while
she was emptying box of ashes In
the yard. Nobody claimed the do.
II was Just an ordinary mutt dog.
don't suppose u belonged to anybody.
II had no collar"
"It was fortunate You hsnpened to
think OF having the analysis made"
"Not nj all. II wps the obvious thing
to do. Il constituted y coincidence.
and-I was on the lookout for. that
sort of coincidence. II supported my
theory.
"weli. os say. the analyst examined
the body. and found that the dog had
died of the bite Of kraft"
"But you didn't find the snnkeT
"No We cleaned out that yard Till
you could have eaten your breakfast
there, but the snake had gone"
"Cood Heavens II II wandering at
large along the wntcrfrontT
"well hope II hns been killed. II
IL not pleasant thing TO have about
the streets. II must have got out
/ through the door Of the yard, which
was open. But IL N a couple OF days
now since n escaped. and there has
been no further tragedy. 80 | guess its
dead. The nights are pretty cold now.
and Il would probably have died Of
exposure. Anyway. let's hope 80.
"But. for goodness sake, how did
kraft get 10 Long Island, auywnyr
There Is very simple explanation
Of that Can't you guess itf 1 told you
Il came from Java
"How do you know thatf
Captain Muller told me. Not d..
rectly. I mean. l gathered II from what
he said. II seems that Captain Muller
had friend. an old shlpmnte, living
In Java. They corrcsponded, and oc.
caslonnliy this man sends the captain
present as n mark of his esteem.
The last present he sent him was our
friend. tho snake"
"whatT'
He didn't know he was sending II.
He imagined he was sending n crate
OF bananas. without any extras. I'm.
fortunately, the snake must have got
In unnoticed. These unsupported ad'
ditioDs TO crates Of bananas are quite
common. You must have read about
them In the papers. II was only the
other day that n man found tarnn-
tula inside one.
"Well. that's my case against Mr..
Snake. and. short OF catching him with
the goods. I don't see how could
have made out stronger one. Don't
you agree with mef'
II went against the grain OF Mr..
Snyder TO play the role of admiring
friend To his assistants Triumphant
Detective. but he was a fair-minded
man. and he was forced to admit that
Oakes did certainly seem TO have
solved the insoluble.
IL congratulate you. my boy" he
said as heartily AK he could. "Tm
bound 10 say when you started out
didn't think you could do II. II looked
to me like one Of those cases We fail
on. and keep mighty quiet about when
we are printing our "reminiscences.
You are q wonder"
"Not at all. ! merely used what
wits God has given me. and refused TO
be led down blind alleys. And you
must admit, Mr.. Snyder, that ! won
through without the amateur assist
anee OF Mrs. Pickett. which you rec
ommended so strongly"
Mr.. Snyder looked embarrassed.
"That was JUST a little joke, my
boy. How did you leave the old ladyf
] guess she was pleasedf"
"She didn't show II. She's only
half alive, that woman. She hasn't
sense enough 10 be pleased at any
thing. However, she has invited me
to dine tonight In her private room,
which, l suppose, Is an honor, II GER
tainly will be q bore. STILL | accepted.