Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-19
CIR
Murlilnutra
Myatrry
By
P. c. WODEHOCSg
CHAPTE ER VI.
II. z -: Ts.s. a Hsrd.

rh....-- lI ...-'a'..r. wrre not
all. .,.-..'. "aE"z, he f..L
ny'.- '.. v....N t" uah.a-nbI as a
man. md. what was wor~r froEa Il
pr..'.-~-.....l viewpoint. Of greatly d..
m.r.-l.u ,aluc a- a servant oG tho
HE"E.y.
To % t,r-.ra,l"ut Ike Oakrs'. q
So, 'ar--ar success NJ such an early
s'n-r .a a.- ,a-.rr would b" disli--
truu-
oaLa- as q dc'crrlva-and. perhaps.
~ Iaa1. tnp-wa- IN 'l' schoolhOy
stag. II. ..- 1..r- ..lu,a'rd. What
h" Most a",rl.I ar 'AI, point in his
eiura' ga war d :aHl~,. vhi.h sAoulI
k""y his s-...."n'H,urr lr ,h~~k.
That hr -h...E ll,r sar.r,-lr-I 30
swiftly and bruHan'Iy 10 rh.s matter
OF the death ~ Captain Gguurr VAS
noiL.aE les ,lHr disaster
T. Mr.. S..,.,E u,I.'a'.us thus.
thcr, was hr.u-h' 'hr .arl ~ u caller.
Mr.. Pickett au,..4 Doe .laa Il b" could
spare q irsr n.":a"r's.
Mr. Snyder VAS ..ai 20 see" M
Pickett IT,. sn. student NJ ,hnruc-
ter. mad "a" hoi Interested him 4t
th,sr hr-' r,,..-.r
81" fell .a'r '..." ~ The rruups into
which Ic d..aIrG T., frllua mn and
women. TArry "n, something about
he which hal ,u, mri {" h.,n unique.
lie Welcomed hls second chance Of
srudyi. hrr Of close range She
puzzl,. Mr.. Snyder aud when any one
or .,nrH,rr rlz7lcd him. he liked to
k"'rp tam. h.T, or IL under observation
~.n cane iu aui rnt down stifHy
-.rE .--r-is on the extreme edge
NJ N" chair IN which short while
h"fnrr guuur Mr. Bakes had lounged
SO luIuriously.
Her hands were folded on her lap,
and her ryc- had the penetrating stare
which in ~" "urly periods Of the in
vcstielti"a hut disconnected Elliott
Oakcs. 81" gave Mr. Snyder. an ex
pert IN thr dlG,rU., art Of weighing
peop'n up. 20 ,.traJrdinary impress
sion o. rc-"rv,c force.
"Sj' down. Mrs. .ickctt," said Mr..
Snyu~r L.u.a,y. Very glad you looked
in. We'll so 1t wasn't u.-rlcr. after
H."
"Sir?''
"Tvr just been seeing Mr.. Oakcs."
explained the detective "IIc has told
me all Iboul it
III pl me all about It," said Mrs
PiCI,ct dryly.
A.r. Snyder looked ut her inquirInE
~. Ter manner seemed more sug-
Gcstive than her words
"a conccltrd hcndstrong younR
fool" snid Mrs. Pickett.
II was no new picture Of his assist.
ant that she hud drawn Mr. Snyder
had often drawn II himself. but at
the present juur'Ur" 1t surprised him.
Oak"s in his hour Of triumph. surely
did not ds.crye this sweeping con.
demnnrion
ibid not Mr.. Cakes solution OF the
mystery satisfy you. Mrs. Pickett?"
"No"
at struck me as logical and con.
vinCInc"
You may call II all the fancy
names YOU please. Mr.. Snyder; but II
was not the right one"
Have you an alternative to Of
terT'
yes"
should like to hear IT,"
AT the proper time you shall"
what makes you so certain thai
Mr.. Oakes is wrongf"
-He takes for granted what isn't
possible, and makes his whole case
stand on X. There couldn't have been
snake in that room. because II
couldn't have got out. The window
was too high
"But surely the evidence Of the dead
cogr'
Mrs. Pickett looked at him as II he
had disappointed her. f''- -.
Il had always hear you spoken
of rs man with con mon sense, Mr..
Snyder"
81 have always trlet to use com.
mon sense"
Then why =, you trying now to
make yourself believe that something
happened which could not possibly
have happened just because 1t fits In
with something which isn't easy tc
e1plalnY'
You mean that there Is another
explanation of the dead dogT
mot another. Mr.. Cakes is not an
explanation. But there is an explana
ton. end IL he had not been so head.
strong and conceited he might have
found it,
"You speak as II you had found
It,"
Il have"
Mr.. Snyder stared
you have"
Yes" - - -
-What Is it1'' tsf
You shall hear when I am ready
TO tell you. In the meantime try and
think II out for yourself. A 'greai
directive agency like yours. Mr.. Sny
der. ought to do, something in return
Cor a fer tr,tF,