Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-28
EVENING EDITION.

and he said abruptly. 9Th deedSSG
gift Is gone"
What do you mean?"" asked Corr
oner Mellen, alert for further infor-
nation, h
Last night said Lasseter, 81 was
here during the conference of the
gentlemen from the village and MIR.
Van Wyck: He made out to then,
deed of gift of a large sum of money!
However, he retained this paper att
er his visitors had left. He may have
put 1t away after I left. myself, but
SO far 1 n find it's S@aal3
"At what time did you leave p ask.
ed the coroner. s
almost exactly at nidnight," re-
turned the secretary. r5s,6
"And where was the deed you
speak of then?" $3.50
Lying on this desk, in front of Mr..
Van Wyck."
Who was here when you left, be-
sides Mr.. a Wyck"
That's a lie!", exclaimed Morland:
springing up. "When I left this
room at midnight, you were here
alone with my father"
To my surprise. the coroner dfd
not question these contradictory
men without speaking. though his
sharp blue eyes showed that he had
understood what they said.
THE case is most mysterious" he
declared: land I think it wiser to y
have no further discussion or inves-
and hear definite testimony. The
facts of the absolutely inaccessible
room and the entire absence of the
fatal weapon are SO irreconcilable,
that I confess I am baffled. I thj1A
the only course to pursue, is to ems.
gage the services of a clever n ex-
perienced detective"
There is no occasion for such =
thing" said Mrs. Carstairs, quite as Il
she were in authority: II object to it!
very decidedly" 4. ,tiy, Il
The coroner looked at her apt
praisingly, and then turned to Mor-a
land Van Wyck. Though he said no
word. it was quite evident he was
inquiring from whom he should take:
orders. My liking for Mr.. Melltnt
d%eepened. He showed brains and
~commonsense, two qualities not all
ways found together, n not uni
~versally the attributes of %ron
"Your opinion is not wanted, Mrs.
Carstairs," Morland said pettishly.
but I noticed HI did not look at her.
II, too, think we should have a de-
%tective. What do you say. Barbara" g.,
Miss Van Wyck hesitated: II hate
the publicity of it," h said; butt
Llllllh VIC uS.lJ ~ llIlu LII pCoLA a
I looked at her in surprise. Wera
her thoughts all for the jewels, and
had she no desire to find M bring to
justice the murderer of her father!
Then ] remembered that her theory
was, that David Van Wyck had
} Secreted the pearls and then killed
himself.
mot only the pearls" Morland was
saying; 1--WE must lay bare the whole
mystery. I cannot live, not knowing,
how my father met his death sIfs
some villain killed him, the murder
err n'ust be brought to justice" Il
Morland strobe up and down the
room as he talked, and 1 thought 7
had never seen him look more manly.
III felt a new respect for him. and a
willingness to help him in any way, !
might. /.
"of course" Morland went on, "ws
must not make definite arrangements
: Wyck. 1t is for her to say whether
we shall engage a detective" He
: flashed a Ella glance at Mrs. Cars
, stairs. as he spoke, but it did not
l ruffle the calm of that self-reliant
Barbara went away to confer with
; Anne on the subject and soon REF
: turned saying that her ~stepmother
> expressed entire Indifference in the
matter. h was perfectly willing
. that the detective should be engaged,
: If Barbara and Morland wished it, I
> DO you know of a good detective.
: Mr.. Mellen?" I asked, while sISy
, thoughts flew to Fleming stone and
his marvellous ability. But that great
detective was far away, and so, un-
i available. )
9 II know of none in Crescent Falls
! Village" returned the c%oroner but
. I can send for a very good man from
< the city. His name is Markham, and
l have eason to know. he is exceed
D ingly clever and successful: n
!, though not a low-priced his
, fees are not exorbitant." n
/, Continued in tomorrow
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