The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-31
XXXVIH. SYNOPSIS

A mysterious fiend in the home
 Of Richaui Lsorne has caused the
 osusly injured two others when
 BarIy OteN- a detective, is calI- s ell in. Ee learns that Christine ,g Meade, lprne's stepdanghser, is T Dassyy, and an at1enpted elope-
 rpc,st is frustrated. OdeH then Ien.sos Ms. Gael. masquerading M as q n1aixa, has reason to consid-
 CT Drew s deadly enemy. :. A',yes. N.ru, Gael. Farley Drew ; Sns ,zs+ .oeen takan .GIltn custody; and one at least of his accomplices has coYiesseti." " & "AnG that poor little fool upstairs ran away tonight to go to him? I shou;d have told you before" She raised her eyes once more sunp1icat- ing1y to his "oh. Sergeant odeu beer the reproach in her eyes if she knew the truth, even though I am nos responsible for her infatuation."
 "Fes.'' agreed oden after a mo- mert,s reflection You may go, we'll over the stand you have taken in regard to withholding the help you are in a position to give me. Re ,gpernsoer, if another death occurs in Eds fRynffy you may be indirectly re- i0ponsfb1e.'
 ~I-I cannot help that" she cried: .GnG tha huused expression came once Nnore into her face. f'These people ere nothing to me; and what little | could tell you would be too utterly iprepcsterous and iucredibIs for you to believe that it was not the fig ment of a crazed brain. You do not lSpow what endured in those fearful three rnonths; ! dare not face a pos sfbs1ity of the repetition of such suf- ferfng, will leave the house at once. within the hour; and I cannot ch hn7 suspect what I believe to be the truth, come to me; prove that you fave the same person in mind, and will tell you the idea which l have fornaed-''
 With that Ode1I was forced for the time being to be content; and accept ing the address of her servant, fe saw her depart with one of the plain sclrythegneu who were on duty out stside in tow.
 T He had had long day after the sieepless night and the effects of the blow which Tony had dealt him, ana he plodded weari1y homeward in ar, unaccustomed state of mental de- pression. Much had been accom- plished in the last few hours; but 1T had been of a purely negative nature, sste only that portion of the inves- tfgation which had related to R1ch- erd Lorne; and his possible guait was was still merely a matter Of the wltoest snecu]ation Granted the existence of a conceivable motive, there stii remained vast difficulties in the way of fastening the series of revoIt1ng crimes upon him; and nor the ieast of them in the detectfve's mind was the hint of insanity which Mrs. Gael had attempted to convey to him.
 ,1 In his own modest roorzls once more he slept the sleep of utter exhausSloh, e,I. and awakened to the dSscordant 1angle of the telephone beu trying to vie with those of a nearby church Sun day morning! Four days had etaps-
 NrI yy, m n the mystery of the Meade house, and he was no nearer it's solution than when he had been summoned.
 He dragged himself out of bed and picked up the telephone recei'-
 s-gs that you, Barry? This is Jim pfl1ze speaking. I'm sending you iaround by messenger a. report on the matter we were discussing yesserday. ssVes?' Int haze of sleep cleared ;fs1ee magic from OdeIrs brain Did s2nuz find amy dope on how that party YnanAged to recoup his his losses anu z. sprest thing yo4 know. He's k,sen working through a dummy. com tsary and simply cleaned up in tht, snst fhree weeks. got back all he losT .4n fine last year and then some: ,5rad him doped all wrong." DiEke' ;.,lIearfrl brisk tones fen leadenfy on ff1,c detectfve,s ears 'Fae had nerve, all rights took the reIainaer oe ths rhs .ea,raf a4 last and trfp1ed his capital 7 tY,a first day. Since then there mas 1Seen no holding him. He mas peer speculating on the side ,+inr, unoer h,, xuSth the new company under cover Uerfectly legitimate, you kno"-ano Q fnst consistently, but not enough to even make a dent in what ne has ,,ofled up through the dummy con. cern' There is a certain clique oi big men who have been out altef lLl n1n for year or more, since ne uiuse ,l,s- s,iIt when they get on to thls ne" Inove of his they are going to be pretty sick bunch
 aThanks, old man.. odei1 trleo !se in make his voice cordial It was yofrhty good of you to take all tnls trouble" ., ~ the way. Don't forget that little re union we are going to have as soe1 as YOU get breathing spell se long," oa.u 60. s down on the side of his bed Th' motive which he had so careful! h11iit up had dissipated into thin air and despite the suspicious eSPtesSe, by Miss Risley, the detect1ve ieit tn4 ba was back once more at the start s;na point of his investigation. Int fact of the two murders had peei roued to his own satisfaction, at least and the evidence or the ewe ol1asi ae hut of the identity of the slayer m slightest trace had been galned, say that he must be person Of extra ordinary physical strength, great Tn genuity and a capacity for careless ness in each case which savored c insane reck1essness-
 forned itself in his mind? Had tn
 Conversation of the previous nigh with the woman who had first warn ed him made still more profoun
 ;mnression upon his subconsciousne es than he had been aware of If thl
 series of crimes were indeed tn work of one with an unsound min
 no motive need be looked for. Coul
 inc seemingly astute but cratic spec
 rIIator be guilty after all of the deat
 of his wife and her son?
 The report arrived While he wa
 dressine. and a cursory glanc
 through it suff1ced to convince tn