Evening star., 1921-07-17

the profession. American Austrian. I
think. l believe Nastitch is his name
Alexander Nastitch or Supilo."
"Croar, l think" Reggie said. This
knife-they use 'em down that way"
Goo. Tell us sonnet thing you don't
know" said the little fellow.
Reggie laughed. You may hav"
noticed that he had his vanities. He
| passed his cigar-case round. Where
will 1 begin?' said he.
dan grinned.
''The inspector touches the spot az
ever. Well, il hasn't been quite fair
] had the start of you. On the day
before the murder Birdie Bolton CON
suited me. She hadn't been sleeping
! well. Heard noises at night. Now
you see your way. don't you? No?
Dear. dear. And l showed you that
broken nose, Well. well. These two
! beauties. Flora and Nastitch. / suppos..
| they got their situations to have a go
| for the Jewels. Nastitch, as Ford's
chauffeur. would have an excuse for
hanging round the house and a car to
| use. He'd had the car out of the garage
till the small hours several times. |
think he got in by the window last week
more than once, perhaps. And each
| time poor Birdie stirred. Better for
| her if she hadn't. poor girl But they
! didn't mean murder. bless 'em. So
/ they chose to drug her. There Wa
| pIlId III tHdC COHet. 4B you nedrI
| today, Birdie didn't drink hers.
| Another rotten chance. So May wes-
ton went to sleep while Birdie WAS
! stcrming at her. Birdie ragged off t.
| her room. Whether she got out that
Will and tore IL. We'll never know Il
may have been Floras little game Mas
itch came in. reckoning she was sure
| to be sound. and Flora was with him.
| think. Birdie WAS very wide awake
| There was struggle and he stabbed
her He's a hot-tempered devil, as
you saw today
This is all very pretty. doctor, bu.
II amt all evidence" Mordan said
y *x
"NoCRE SO hasty. When she was
dead they took her into the
boudoir where the Weston girl was
asleep. They laid her on the couch
and stabbed at her with her scissors
and the bodkin. Filthy trick Thai
was what May Weston saw in th-
opium dream Then ! supposed they
| Cleared the safe, and Nastitch wen,
off. Flora annexed the emerald ring
Her perquisite, / suppose. Now. You
snail have your evidence. When /
came to the body saw thosc
scissors never did the business Eve
!ried killing anybody with scissors
inspector? Poor game. No. W.
wanted something like this" H..
fingered the knife affectionately.
Just like this. Also somebody had
, left his mark on Birdie-a queer
hand-a hand that wasn't quite all
| there-long fingers with no top joint.
bld you notice Mr.. Nastitch's left
han,l?''
The detectives looked at each other.
Ihat was in a burglary in New
| YORK, said the superintendent. He
! escaped out of window. and :,
constable smashed his hand on the
SILL"
the bruise. Well, when saw
Weston i saw sho had really beer
drugged; Contracted pupils. blush
pallor. Morphia. Same symptoms in
Ford. Why should they drug them
selves and not drug Birdie? Thai
ruled them cut. Also. surprised
Flora in BRIDES bedroom doing
browsed round afterward found
a wet bloodstain under clean rug
When Flora knew the Weston, girl
was arrested ana the jewels had
been missed she chucked the ring
into Weston's room. While you
were searching the house ! drifted
into Miss Floras room Several
empty. That had carried a strong
solution of morphia- So I Set my
chauffeur to watch for Flora. And
that night she went off to the
lodgings of Nastitch. She's been
buzzing round ever since. Wellr'
; Well. sir. it's good thing YOU
didn't take to crime" said Supt.
oh. that's much harder" said
copyrighted and published by E. p. Duttor
a. Coz