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Mrs. Taylor, staring upward, trembling.
hysterical, a violent fear in her eyes:
II heard her moan." she said.
Il opened the door. and there she was
like-like vampire. 1 couldn't seem
to see her face. She ran up these
stairs, and l could see through the
banisters that she went in the big at
tic room-the room they always talk
ed about where the woman. .,
Garth said. by every rule OF logic
she's in this attic. But I'll go through
every nook and Granny. Nora. you
and Mrs. Taylor take the bedrooms
I'll go through the cellar and try the
lower floor agiin."
On his way down he saw the doc
tor bending over Mcdonald.
1.-The wound Is nothing" the doctor
said. but he's had slight paralytic
stroke from the shock"
when will he be able to TALK"
certainly not for several days"
As Garth went on down he heard
the old woman's jibing laugh. 1t
assumed the quality of threat as
he searched unsuccessfully the cellar
and the back part of the house. He
met Nora in the library. Mrs. Taylor
and she had found nothing. AS they
talked Reed appeared in the doorway.
Garth had supposed the man had gone
home
What are you doing here"
Mrs. Taylor and this young lady
woke me up searching through the
spare bedroom in which l was resting.
They were after a woman in black.
That sounds rather silly. doesn't it?
I've heard Taylor drool about his pet
guest-lady in black. strangled in at
tic by jealous husband. l see you're
surprised to find me still here.
thought it was understood l should
Mrs. Taylor and her mother"
Then I'm afraid you'll have to stay
for some time," Garth answered, dryly.
THE house Is guarded. No one will be
permitted to leave until l have found
or accounted for McDonalds daugh-
ter"
Nora followed him into the hall.
I'm thinking about the room where
Taylors body lies" Garth said. Prom
the first attempt seems to have been
made to color the case with the SUPER
natural The wording Of Taylor's
note, for instance. An illusion Is fur
nished us that it was written after
the mans death. That is followed by
another illusion that his cold hand
wounded Mcdonald with the knife.
And this crying! I grant you it's a
moldy7runhealthy house. but it can't
shelter such miracles. I have to work
on physical lines. The black figure
proves that the woman is actually
hidden here. The knife on Taylor's s
bed means that the murderer was in
the room this evening. McDonald's
gesture. instead of accusing. probably
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break my leg in fifteen seconGs: mus: and uui
then lie down, in the first round, tola
larry afterward, among his admirers
and CONSIDERS. The advice showed
French confidence. because those WHO
gave it were leading Paris SPOTS. IA
the style of DR.. Henri de Rothschiid,
Alfred Capus and faui fone'
Tba firht came off in a private rid.
ing academy, and half the giided
youth of Paris were present. ne ne
same Henri de Rothschiid aceeu as
doctor. displaying a tuil line u oohe
setting materials. .t-,o+
shoes, heavy enough to satisfy hlm'
but not crushing brogans.
Wang. the sharp-edged' compact n;
heel came down on Jerry DrlsSol
skinbone. Wang and bin! three
times in the first round' yet there
was nothing broken. .
."The man has a wooden leg crieo
Prof. Victor Casteres. ana Cateres,
an intransigent, always maintained
this afterward. ,a
The knee-cap KICK mao oeeh odfleu
So much was barred.
Indeed, a brief account of the
Charlemont-Driscol match has al
ways served, in ring literature. 10
give the best possible idea OF what
the savate is not-because Its most
effectiye kicks were barred. l do not
saw its most spectacular kicks. for
have seen Bayle kick mans head
off. and the man stood six feet tall.
AS fact, my photographer, who was
present with me at that horse-play'
got a snapshot of that Knockout,
which had purposed to be a mere
tanning" of the victims side teeth.
but the professor miscalculated his
strength. The kick at the head has
never been barred. probably because
not believed in.
To return to the Charlemont-Dris-
coll match, it is true that the French
man has always been blamed by the
English because, in the last round.
their man, Jerry Driscoll, was laid out
by a disputed blow in a forbidden
spot. They seem to forget that the
blow could and would, in self-defense,
have been delivered in the first round,
as the '1ow kick" was in fifteen
seconds.
rienced English heavyweight, one time
"Pride of the British Navy" and
familiar, in this travels, with all kinds
of ruffian attacks. took three heavy
shinbone kicks and himself landed
only once, his first on the Frenchman's
heart.
Both wore eight-ounce gloves. After
receiving the punch OH the HedTI, Tie
Frenchman, clinching, got DriScoll by
the neck, in a peculiar hold.
Break away" cried the English
spectators.
Break his neck" exclaimed the
French.
The men were parted. According to
the protest of DR.. Henri de Roths-
child and others, this was another
injustice to the savate as a system
of self defense
Round 2. When the Frenchman
launched his kick. Driscoll lodged it
and rushed in, planting some blows
with his eight-ounce gloves. The
professor took them well, because, in
spite of a title which tempts to,smile.
he was a hard-tEained heavyweight
son of a. hard-trained heavyweight
teacher of the Kicking system. Ger
tainly, Charlemont had never been
in fight like. this before, and his
boxing with the hands was mediocre.
For all these considerations, he was
Ia good man to show OF the savate
Tor seH-defense.
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This was exactly what they would
not let him do.
The round ended in a riot among
spectators. Charlemont having clinch-
ed and thrown Driscoll heavily. 1t
was agreed that wrestling rough
house be barred.
DUT. look you. wrestling rough
- house is an essential part of the
savate-for recovery against pugil-
ist, for example, when a big kick
misses or is lodged. Those who pre-
tend that foot ball desperadoes could
easily beat it, might discover that
the Frenchmen know some handy
falls and snatches.
Round 3. The referee. who had re-
signed his functions, agreed to let
himself be reinstated.
Charlemont kicked Driscoll a nasty
one in the stomach. but the solar
plexus had its fingers crossed; and
then. while kicking Driscoll just be-
low the left knee, he received some
heavy punching. in return. from Dris-
coll. But Driscoll was almost unable
to walk when time was called.
l tell this as an eyewitness. Look
ing back on the fourth, fifth and
rightly the backwardness of Dris-
coll (claimed by the English) other
wise than on the Admission of severe
punishment No one dfeamed of crA
ing "Hippodrome" and the punch
ing which Charlemont took was great.
His face was swelled out of recog-
milton and, naturally. covered with
blood, but the body blows which Dris-
coll dealt him were even more severe.
At times Charlemont was visibly
groggy and the English could not
understand why their man did not
step in and finish him off. One ex-
PLANTATION. of course, might be that
Driscoll was nearer yet finished off
himself.
Driscoll said afterward, when he had
time to think it up, that ''the bowling
of the French mob" had intimidated
him when he might have landed de,
cisive blow, but Charlemont claimed
that "the bowling of the English mob"
had likewise put him off at hi: best
moments. In any case, 1t is quite pos
sible that kicks had seriously disabled
Round I. At the beginning of this
round, in any case, Driscoll received
the nasty toe-pointed kick in the
chest, which made him worthless to the
end.
Round (and lasD. Charlemont rush.
! ed Driscoll. as if to show what he could
do extensively with his hands. Imme-
! diately, nobody could agree what hap
pened. 1t was years ago, but 1 heard
F'renchmen and Englishmen quarrelling
| about it yesterday 1t may have been
an accident. With howl. Driscoil
dropped his guard and doubled up on
the floor.
low! gentlemen" he noaned, will
you allow that, gentlemen? The
blighter's kicked me in the groin"
The referee accepted Charlemont's
statement that his knee had done the
damage accidentally. The judges con-
curred-because there were judges also,
! a mixed tribunal The doctors disagreed
as to the seriousness of Driscolrs hurt.
DriscoM had asked ten minutes to re-
! cover from the foul and at the es-
piration of that time, the fight was
given to the Frenchman.
l say they were fighting this old fight
! over again, yesterday, in Paris, and 1t
i is quite possible that you will find. in
lsome year books, that Charlamont fin
ished off his man by perfectly legi-
| Innate chasse croise in the stomach.
Be it as it may. Driscoll was less and
less in a state to fight. And there you
.
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tried to tell me that; tried to warn
me, perhaps. that the murderer would
return again to the body. 1 didn't
tell Reed the truth. l am going to
that room about which nearly every
thing centers. Before the night is
oyer 1t may tell me what Mcdonald
tried TO say. Since the house is
clearly dangerous. Nora. want you to
go home"
I'm see it through. thanks" she
said. '1'll watch with you"
They went to Taylor's room. Garth
closed the door and snapped his light
on. Immediately strange reflections
dead man. Its sneering expression
seemed to follow Garth as he moved
about.
Games up" Garth said. i've got
you. Turn around and let me have
look at your pretty face"
Then with a gesture OF repulslcn
the hand let the piece of black cloth
fall. 1t trailed across the floor. one
end still caught beneath the mattress
Slowly the figure turned until pro-
file cut against the shaft light. Nora
cried out her surprise. Garth sprang
erect. covering with his revolver. not
McDonalds daughter, but the friend
of Taylor and his wife, the man Reed:
You killed Taylor so you might
marry his wife," Garth shot at him.
Fortunately, you did rotten job
with Mcdonald. Where's his daugh-'
ter? ! don't get that"
II won't answer. You can't make
me say any more.
Garth stopped, lifted the black cloth,
and drew it clear of the bed, beneath
the mattress OF which 1t had patiently
been hidden. AS he held it up it fell
in folds to the floor. and he saw it had
sleeves and was a long garment with
out shape. But it recalled the black
figure that had vanished from the at
tic. He ran his lamp over the gown.
In spi1R- Of the coarse. tough material
it was torn here and there, and on the
right hand sleeve there were blood
stains That was why the gown had
been hidden in the easiest place, the
first place at hand. That undoubtedly
explained Reeds daring intention to
get the gown and destroy it before the
body should be moved and the owl
dence discovered. Garth's hand hold
tremble too, for it had offered him a
solution OF everything. Garth stepped
to the hall. where he met Mrs. Taylor
coming from her room.
What is it?" she asked.
II know who murdered your hus-
band" he answered, gently.
"WhoT
But the opening of her mothers door
interrupted her.
whats the matter out here?
Helen. What's happened?"
Il want to examine your room lit
tie closer" he said. II wondered at the
start that there was so much furni-
! ture in it. and I'll wager there are
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LAS anything been proved? Kid
Mccoy had been around Paris in ,
those days. Immediately after his vic
tory Charlemont received McCoy's cable
challenge to do similar match for
900 a side. Charlemont replied that
he was not a fighter. but professor
instructing gildcd youth to defend itself
against night attacks. The day after
the match. one of these pupils, today
the richest duke in France. summed
up for me the whole affair of the Savate
in this Charlcmont- -Driscol imbroglio:
"Charlemout was only a clever
French boxing master who had never
previously fought a battle. He was
SO nervous that be did not do himself
justice: and habit and mis- instincts
of gentleman he'd him back from
giving full force to his kicks. How |
could il be otherwise? During the
ten years he had been giving lessons.
his Gaily practice had been to kick
pupils gently"
The ParisianS hunted up another
champion.
This man was Bayle. called "the
French Jeffries.' a powerfully built
heavyweight. / saw him. by chaSnce.
yesterday. near the Arc de Triomphe.
still husky. prosperous and with a
war decoration, but no longer in the
pugilistic game. He had practiced
American boxing as superior to the
savate. When a led of eighteen, he
had defeated the experienced negro
pugilist. Jack Lewis of Philadelphia.
So. it was only by degrees that Bayle
combined straight pugilism and the
savate as the best possible art of
self defence.
In the academy of the Avenue
Wagram,- Bayle fought Dave Meyer.
Bayle wore light street shoes and
fha.N- IN ,o1 1.t II
Again, the leading sports of Paris
were prcsent-milliners. confection-
ers, academicians, corset makers and
poets.
Round tand last, The parties
shook hands and backed off. Bayle
let out the kick they call the chasse
| croise and landed on Dave Meyers
knee
Our representative sat down. His
knee SWelled.
That was all.
Kid" Lavigne was much in Pa-:s
in those days. He was a great friend
of Bayle's. ands talked of matching
him. with heavy street shoes. against
any first-class American.
"Will you give muh a hoss- shoe in
muh glove?' interrogated Bob Scan
| lon. the negro fighter, who had just
arrived.
At other times Lavigne was doubt
full, citing Young Griffe, who, in his
gay moments, WOulu SpTedu his
handkerchief on barroom floor
and bet that nobody could hit him in
the face while he stood on it. Such
was his quickness in lodging. FIR
thermore. footwork is the American
foundation. The American fighters
eyes are on your feet.
Why, then, did they mention lum-
berjacks and foot ball desperadors as,
material in which to find cham
. eion against ,savate?
Kick HIM in the knee-cap." mur-
INJURED Sc-lnlor
There's the whole prob'4rn,"
laughed Kid Lav!gne. could 5S;:
get an audience to witness lumber
Jacks cripple each other? 1t would
not be sport. 1t would not be toler-
atcd."
But don't say that the saNate has
been beaten. All this was before The
war. The A. Il. +. found nothing
new. The savate has not been
beaten!
Evening star., 1921-07-03
A NOTE FROM THE DEAD
Another of the ~Gray Mask" Stories
BY wADswORTH CAMP.
BY WADSWORTH CAMP.

mother-in-law Who else?"
The bony hand snapped to McDon-
AIDS ear again.
"Eh? En-
Speak up" Garth said impatiently.
"Who was in the house beside your
self and Mrs. Taylor's mother"
''The cook. Clara, sir--only the cook,
Clara
Garth dismissed him, instructing him
TO send Mrs. Taylor's mother. While
he waited he stared from the window
again. jerking savagely at his watch
ribbon. From Mcdonald he had re-
ceived a sharp impression of secretive-
ness.
Garth swung around with quick
intake of breath. He Pad heard no one
enter. Yet almost with a sense of
vibration there AID reached him
through the heavy atmosphere OF the
old house an assurance that he was
watched from the shadows. Impulsive-
ly he called out:
who's that?'
He stepped to the desk so that he
could see the portion of the room be-
yond the light. 1t was eTpty. He
sprang back. turning. A clear. girlish
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distorted. His tongue moistened his
lips thirstily. Against his will Garth
applied the method he knew would
bring the quickest result with such a
man. He grasped the stopped shoul-
ders. He shouted.
why did you lie when I asked you
who was in the house at the time Of
the murder?'
you're not as deaf as that. Where S
your daughter now?"
MY ears!" the old servant whined.
II can't hear. sir"
"All right" Garth shouted. IF ycu
want to go to the lookup. and your
daut hter, too. stay as deaf as you
please"
He wasn't prepared for the revolving
success that came to him. Mcdonald
clutched at one Of the window curtains
and hid his twitching face in the folds
while sobs, difficult and sickening, tore
from his throat, shaking his bent
shoulders.
God knows! l haven't seen her since
went to bed last night. l thought
shed gone out
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Donald or his daughter tho old lady'a

Donald or his daughter the old lady's
exaggeration of her eccentrcitieS 10
draw my attention from Mrs Taylor
any OF these clues ought TO have re
minded us, Nora, Of the hundreds o.
similar cases in New York of fond
relatives who, through ii mistaken
pride, hide and treat in their own
homes such cases of mental disorder"
He scarcely needed to outline for her
the picture filled in by the old lady. Of
that black hour last night in the melan-
choly house. when Mrs. Taylor had
tricked McDonalds daughter-a COM
petent trained nurse-had escaped
from the attic sickroom. and had got
too. gould fancy Taylor's panic and
self-respect as he lay sick and help
| less in bed. knowing his wife was free.
foreseeing inevitably much the sort OF
thing that had happened, trying when
ii was too late to confess his mistake.
to warn the authorities thai his wife
was at large and. possibly, dangerous.
But she diun't give him time to
! write enough" Garth said. "She fol-
lowed too quickly her ruling impulse to
punish the man she blamed for her
tragic situation. Moreover, the realiza-
| tion of what she had done, as is
common in such cases, returned her TO
approximate sanity. suggested. even
without her mothers prompting, Tay-
lor's California blind as road from
her delightful dilemma. And McDon-
AIDS daughter through her fright and
| a promise of money, could be persuaded
f, to avoid arousing her father or Clara,
! to throw on one Of Mrs. Taylor's
dresses. to hurry with her to Albany.
Evidently the girl lost her nerve. for
she was TO have come back as II noth-
! ing had happened. She was to have
| taken care of Mrs Taylor. Eventually
| she was 10 have placed her in A sani-
| tarium. explaining her breakdown. as
! well as any present peculiarities, natu-
/ rally enough through the shock OF her
husbands suicide. 1t was McDOnalds
demands to know what had happened
! to his daughter that made Mrs. Taylor
| turn on him finally If he had been
/ able to speak then | think he would
have broken faith with his dead mas
! ter and told US the truth about her
condition
'ls there any hope for herr" Nora
! asked
! 1--WE asked the doctor" Garth an
! swcred. He says that the studied
manner in which she threw US off the
| track when we caught her crying over
| Mcdonald and her failure to lose conf
plete control Of herself when she was
| arrested indicated that her trouble is
cura BILE. It seems to have been brought
\ on by her intolerable life in this
| gloomy house with an invalid whom
she didn't love- while her affection for
Reed increased hopelessly. Her illness
was broken by such periods of appar-
emit sanity as she had last night and
! today / rather think Reed and she may
he happy yet
Nora smiled wistfully.
Then" she said. slowly. II almost
| wish we had kept Taylor'S secret bet
ter than he did himself.
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things hidden beneath the bed and
back Of that large screen. l know
now, too, that it wasn't you who
washed your hands this afternoon. l
know that you fooled me with a clean
towel while the person who had tried
to kill Mcdonald slipped through the
communicating door from your bath
room"
She screamed to stop him. She
commenced to laugh again. but there
were tears in her eyes. and he saw
that all along her laughter had been
grief. Still without time to analyze,
he received from the old lady per-
feet Corroboration. He whispered to
Nora instructing her to bring the po-
liceman from the front door.
Who is it?' asked Mrs. Taylor.
why do you speak to my mother like
this? Not She
He caught me, Helen" Reed said.
What do you mean? Oh, my Cod!
! What do you mean:
"Everything is accounted for"
Garth said to the policeman. who had
entered. Make your arrest"
Reed stepped forward, offering
himself.
Il admire you. Reed.S Garth said,
! "but your devotion can't do any more
for her Mrs. Taylor. l don't want
you to get excited. This man must
for the murder of your husband and
for the attack on Mcdonald"
The violent rage Garth had feared
| famed in her eyes.
II did kill him. He kept me lock ed
| UP for more than two months, because
l didn't love him.
She commenced TO struggle in the
grasp of the policeman. Abruptly she
went limp and her efforts ceased
Garth nodded with satisfaction.
That's better. She's tainted. Carry
! her to her room. Wen have doctor
right away to go down with her"
Reed touched his arm timidly.
II understand now. Once or twice
told me that Taylor had lied that she
had never been to California, that he
had kept her prisoner here because
in his sick morbid way he was jealous
OF me. In any case | would have done
anything TO help her over the next day
or two. for you must understand I've
loved her very deeply and for a long
time
T ATER the humility of Nora's in
- terest amused Garth. He told her
frankly how the pivotal pieces of the
puzzle had been within reach long be-
fore Reed had tried in Mrs. Taylor's SER
! vice to recovSr and destroy the tell
tale black gown.
"Those sedatives in Taylors bath
room," he said THE mans perpetual
questioning of his doctor about the
symptoms and the treatment of insan-
| ty, the means which frightened the
other servants without affecting Nc
Evening star., 1921-07-03
SAVATE, FRENCH WAY OF BOXING WITH
FEET HAS REALLY NEVER BEEN BEATEN
Sterling Heilig Describes
Use of the Mule
Kick In Contests Be-
tween French and
Americans.

ny STERLING HElLiG.
PARIS, June Is. 1921.
- ANY French boxers have
II n secret. 1t is highly to their
IVY honor that it never comes
1 Il out. I refer to their secret
New-York tribune., 1921-11-25
Milk Firms Deny New
Employees Are Quitting
Union Assertion That Drivers
Can't ssStand the Gaff' Flat
ly Contradicted

Milk as an Important adjunct Of
many Thanksgiving dinners was miss
ing in comparatively few city homes
yesterday. Although deliveries were
far from normal, stores for distrihu-
tion were open for part of the day.
There were no serious developments
in connection with the strike. which
to-day enters it's twenty fifth day, but
officials Of the milk companies said
the strikers still were using ssunder-
handed methods" to block delivery of
milk in many parts of the City.
At the general offices of the Shelf
t1eld Farms Company it was said that
lSo OF the company's stores, located in
every part of the city, had resumed
full operations since the day the
drivers .pasteurizing men, stable men
and affiliated workers went out.
George w. Briggs, the strike leader,
said fully $50 of the newly recruited
or non-union milk wagon drivers quit
their jobs Wednesday night or yester-
day morning because they couldn't
stand the gaff." Many more were ex-
pected to quit, he said, before the
end of the present week. A fiat denial
of this statement came from the Offices
OF several of the milk companies.
IF any OF our new men have quit
Mr Briggs is the only man who knows
it." one Of these officials said. eve
had more wagons out to-day than at
any time since the strike began"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-25
Arbuckle's Appearance
As Witness Uncertain
Comedian Doesn't Know If He
Will Attempt to Explain
Death of Miss Ranne

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.-Con-
tinuanca of defense medical expert
testimony is scheduled for tomorrow
in the trial of Roscoe c. Arbuckle on a
charge of manslaughter growing out of
the death of Miss Virginia Rappe, mo-
tion picture actress. Alice Lake, mo-
ton picture leading woman, and at
least nine others are expected to be
present from Los Angeles prepared to
testify in Arbuckle's favor.
The defense is endeavoring to prove
the injuries which caused Miss Rappe's q
death did not result from the attack
Arbuckle is alleged to have made on
her, but may have been internal or
spontaneous in character.
No decision has been reached as TO
whether Arbuckle shall take the stand,
Gavin McNab, chief defense counsel,
announced to-day. 1t was said Ar
buckle was Extremely anxious" to
testify, but the advisability of his SO
doing had not yet become apparent.
Counsel for both sides indicated to-
day that the trial would be ended
within two weeks.