Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-06
aass apen vauouier and leaned out

NAck Nlsu. N&AN@e
s,Ssw al that time II had an open
ssapA AScNt yauQuier. On the whole
a was inclined to think she had no
sAaae i'm The affair. But either she
sr Nina Collie had, ana perhaps both.
NM gna az them--yes. That wA&
saas,a therefore / asked what draw
,aw n touched after the Commits
s,aare Mad leaned nut of the window.
lscsh Evidences.
sSNSr af she had motive IN
washsnE to visit tho room she would
have satisfied Il when the Commits
sasrass back was turned. He pointed
IA d drawer, and / took out a dress
ANA shook II, thinking that shes MAJ
have wished to hide sornthing. But
AethsnS fell out.
"0n the cther hand, however. I
found some quito fresh grease marks,
made ny fingers, and the marks were
wet, ! began to ask myself how It
WAS that Helene Vauqtter, who had
lSust been helped to dress by the
iHGrsa, had grease upon her fingers.
Ilhsn j locked at the drawer which
she had examined first Of all. There
were no grease marks on the clothes
SHE had 1urned owe before the Com
missaare loaned out Of THE window.
Therefore 1t followed that during the
Few seconds when he was watching
me she had touched grease. ] looked
I about the room, and there on the
/ dressing table close by the chest OF
drawers was q pot of cold cream
That was tho grease Helen Vauquier
hRd touched.
And why-tf not to hide some small
thing In 1t which, firstly. she dared
not Keep In her own room, which,
secondly, she wished to hide in the
room OF Mile. celie; and which.
Thirdly, she had not had an oppor-
those three conditions in mind. and
tell me what the small thing &.
An Open Mind.
Mr. Ricardo nodded his head.
II know now" he said. "You told
me. The earrings OF Mile. Celie. Buv
I should not have guessed 1t at the
time"
Nor could lat the time" said
Hanaud. Il kept my open mind
about Helene Vauquier: but Z locked
the door and took the key. Then we
went and heard Vauquiers story. The
story Was clever, because so much Of
II was obviously, indispitably true.
The account of the seances Of Nine.
nauyray's, superstitions, her desire for
an interview with Nine. de Montespan
such details are not invented, It
was interesting, too. to know that
there had been a seance planned for
that night.
The method Of the murder began
to be clear. So far she spoke the
/! truth But then she fled. Yes, she.
ned, n 1t was a bad lie, my friend,
n told us that the, strange woma
Adele had black hair. Now I carried
in my pocketbook proof mat mar
wonan's hair. was red. Why did she
lie, except to make impossible the
Identification of that strange visitor?
That was the first false step taken bv
Helene Vauquier.
Now let us take the second. I
! thought nothing of her rancour
against Mile. Celie. To me il. was all
very natural. She-the hard peasant
woman no longer young, who had
been for years the confidential sery-
an OF Nine. Dauvray, and no doubt
a taken her levy from the i'm
posters who preyed upon her credul-
Gus Enthusiastically she would
hat this young and pretty outcast
wnom she has to walt upon, whose
hair h has to dress. Vauouier-sha
would hate her.
But If by any chance she were in
h plot-and the lie seemed to show
h swas-then the seances showed me
new possibilities. For Helene used to
help Mile. Celie. Suppose that the
seance had taken place. that this
sceptical visitor with the red hair pro-
fessed herself dissatisfied. with yau-
ouier's method Of testing the medi-
1In nad suggested another way, Mile.
ceIe could not object, ana there she
would be neatly Ind securely packed
up beyond the power of offering any
resistance, before she could have a
suspicion hat things were wrong. It
would be an easy little comedy TO
play. And if that were true-why.
there were my sofa cushions partly
explained"
Yes. I see," cried Ricardo, with
enthusiasm. You are wonderful"
Hanaud was not displeased with his
companions enthusiasm.
But wait q moment. We have on
~ conjectures so far, and no fact
that Helene Vauquier lied about he
color Of the strange woman's hair.
NOW we get another fact, Mile. ACelie
was wearing buckles on her shoes
And there is my slit in the sofa cush-
ions. For when she is flung on to The
sofa, what will she do? She will
kick, h will struggle.
Concluded in Monday
Evenings Herald
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