The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-18

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~ into the room and following
,sed the door with a rcsoundinc
IN. Instantly with no trace OF
...,p in them TcrNunc's slightly
.r,mincrt eyes opened wide and ne
..Ncd with perfect solf-posscssiun
There YOU are at last, my dear
sfD'irty! And Riordan, too; 80 YOU
.ro sull hunting in couples? 'havc
waited for you some little time
lie spoke chidingly and McCarty's
andy mustache bristled.
HI was not expecting you, sir. MAY
tsk how you got in?'
oh, | had no difficulty; both OF
,1ur doors open quite readily with
. skeleton key, and, of course.
.uld not wait about outside Ter
J.ure waved airily toward tho near
.sr chairs and, as though hypno-
.zad. Dennis sank into one Of them.
l.t MrCarty ostentatiously removed
,b, china tray from the table and
.yN.titutcd a familiar battered ono
~ brass literally patterned with vcr-
ydiErs
> 4 hope you made yourself at
'b.no. sir" he remarked Ironically.
Ii. grim eyes fastened on the book
mon his uninvited girrst's knee. u
SOC YOU found something to amuso
,,Irsclf with while you waited
An. this elemental hut highly en-
t,rtaIniug little forcrunucr of our
tri.ri Freud ." Tcrhuno smiled
again indulEently
Ifc laid the book upon the table
md NcCarty hastily retrieved IT and
locked It In his dcsl
"I don't know any guy named
rroud" Dennis observed un"Npoct-
.a'y Does he say that dreams go
Nt - ttN. a Fff ~.
d., the other night Ihat my step
lr...,r home in the old country
hats drunk up two farms and about
,.sht drovcs of pigs already wac
strung up by Wig lance committee
and then cut down In time to save
,n. worthless life of him!---'
m. paused to draw breath and Nc
C4r'y took advantage Of the oppor-
mnuy 20 suggest:
you wanted to see me very par
Nrularly, MIR Torhunc?"
4. yes but merely to tell you that
n uttle affair of Crcviling is prac-
'r.r.. cleared upI II seemed to
promise nice little problem at
I first. but it proved To be very
simple matter after all
"N,s. sir?" McCarty replied eau
'iou-lv so the Inspector was say
lur down at headquarters Just now. .
"Druct o" Terhunc frowncd. Il
cannot conceive how ho could have
obtained the data which has come
into my posscssiOni
Even / would never have discov-
cred the truth had II not been for
my Years OF profound aniHStiCal
study an advantage which has not
hcon attained by our excellent friend
the Inspector. II must have been
sheer Cucsswork on his part andIyot
cannot imagine upon what grounds
he could predicate the fact Of George
AlcXauder's guilt"
"tfoNandcr's-2 MCCartv seemed
to find some difficulty once moro
with his speech and Dennis oycs
almost started from his head. The
Inspector said nothing about Mr..
NcXander!" -,
AN. ha, I anticipated as much,"
Terhunc rubbed his long. slim hands
together in ComplaccnCy. He IL up
on the wrong track again, then, as
usual \ good man, "A steady. relia e
bic ploddcr. but prone to stubborn
prciIdic,f and too obstinate to ad-
nit oven to himself that he may he
nistakcn!" =,
There was just enough truth In
this criticism Of his superior To sung
McCarty and he retortcd Loyalty
cite wasn't on the wrong track IN
the last case on which We all WORKED
together. though Mr.. Terhune,'
The Criminologist flushed dnrKlN
n My own hands were tied by the
4. llac& of Information which was VIII
! fully withheld from me-" he assert
ed hastily. Put upon whom mas IN
spcctur Druet fastened his eyes a,
possible suspect in this case ~
"HeW probably tell you himself
sir. Il YOU ask him" McCarty ro'
spouded cvasively. since you've
come - me, may ask what evidence
you've got against George AleNan'
DER
absolutely conclusive evidence
nv dear MCCartv, Motive oppor
Wuitv method. the means itself anC
<he confirmation Of his suhsequCn'
mental reaction as betrayed by ms
attiudo"
Everything hut the nroof.' mur
murod Dennis irrepreSsibly, but Ter
huno paid no attention to the re
mark
"Tt YOU will both come 70 m,
rooms tomorrow evening at o'cloct
--or rather this evening, for II i
nearly dawn--you will learn all I'M
details and>unlcss l am very mn'i
mistaken YOU will hear an inter
'ott'I- ''llifSSl'lls llhft -
little experiment."
"Tm sorry sir" Dennis interrupt
Cd firmly. Tf 'tis going to be any
thing Ike the last one You kindl
invited mo to, youll have to eXchs
NEE I'm not righttplly concerne'
with this case anyway, being draS
ged into 1t by Mac here, Just to Nee
him company, and ] was not IN
same man for weeks after YOU mad
me ST In the dark and listen L
l Ia' murder all over again.
~ won both he there. sir!' Nc
yCar'v declared "If Mr. AleXande
jconfos-os I wouldn't miss being ther
'for the world and all' | suppose
NAV iUs' as we'll lay off for the da
and get some Sleep"
TcrhUne smiled patronizIngly n
he rose.
'Nnu are skcptiCal as usual Nc
CartN ! sce. Rv all means pursn
your oNu line Of investigation what
ever lr may he. If It amuscs yol
nut y.n may take my word for
mat you are wasting your time,
VIII leave YOU now, for | have man
Preparations to make
>ono minute, sir" McCarty hes
tated Would you answer me on
question thatll maybe sound foo
lSh 20 won hut tbat'g bppA stick in