Evening star., 1921-06-05


heard from the. ferries or the sta
tions or out Of town. Seems there
ought to be some indication at the
house for = sharp pair Of eyes"
There's no doubt. then" Garth
asked. that he killed Treving?"
ASK me it Cain killed Abel" he an
swered Trevings goinEs-on' with
Randall's wife have been common
gossip. The boys blushed about 1t. IN
the clubs uptown. Listen, Garth. I've
any papers. Randall and Treving met
at their club last night. Seems Ran
dali had overheard some Of this con-
versation. I've had a few of the high
hat crowd down here today. and one
Of the hall boys who heard what went
Randall warned Treving away. with
threats. Treving lost his head and
offered to bet he'd spend last evening
with Mrs. Randall
Good Lord" Garth exclaimed. was
he drunk?"
Cant TELL. the inspector said.
Anyway. Randall came back with his
own conviction. Swore he'd shoot
Treving II such q thing came on.
Well! Randall found Treving late last
night in the lady's dressing-room.
Pretty bad" Garth agreed, and
suppose she refuses to open her
mouth.
The inspectors small eyes narrowed:
wish I knew If she's acting. She's
been practically on her head ever
since that motor cop found her
kneeling over the body. .creamins IN, mt
mysteries all night and day. Jones
reports she's had some nervous trou-
bIe-something about the heart. Her
cousin. another doctor. Is with her.
Garth moved toward the door. :,
II know you'll bring Randall in.
the inspector called.
.1.ii do my best" Garth answered.
1t was late in the afternoon when
he reached the station near Eimioro.
He inquired the way from the agent
and, set of along = road bordered BY
unlovely suburban dwellings.
bsd.e. Tnsss gSieh sIGe ss in turn str.xsied into
4 miniature forest. Just beyond that
the gateway opened to the LETT. Garth
walked through and up to. the eecluo-
ed house. He glanced at the Two Az
tomobiles, near each other In the
drive.
A tired-looking man In plain clothes
lounRed in the ,veranda- Another with
a lanKuid air paced up and down as
the side. They became animated ana
converxed on Garth, anxious TO know
II the ispector had got any WORD OF
u
While he was talking to them Garth
first became aware of q mournfu! un-
dertone, sometimes punctuated by 4
shrill, despatring note. now smothered
In. q. heavy silenee. ....s
Il see: Mrs. Randall Gartn saao.
I'D hoped she'd, be able to stano
little talk by this time.
One Of the detectives, handed him q
.ffioom.s locked. This lets in from
thes corridor: Key to her bedroom
doors In the lock- s.-,,f
"a ** -
GARTH entered the hall. Randaifs
VI hat lay as the, inspector had de-
scribed it. It's gilt initials stared up
at Garth with an odd an. Of appeal.
He saw. Trevins.s coat and hat-an-
other tragic, excitation for the doctor
II he had chanced to notice them
on a chair by the table. Aekey, which
Garth found lifted tho front door, lay
at the tables edge. Garth replaced it
there and continued up the stairs
The table cover was awry.. One Or
Half d dozen "long-stemmed sroses.
faded a. they were, still spiashed
color across. the carpet of a. neutral
tint. AS his eyes teoks them in Garth
smiled. shamefacedly. sremtniScent%-
/, He started. The formless, Agonixed
cry OF q woman o6e 10 nd sseeme edxto
set In violent notion fhe atmosphere
OF this tragic chanzber. its.5s s%
+ The cry was repeated: 0&fth shtv-
cred. He had Nsqu4Sk ,nncon1fortab
fancy that the Nv omAp VaR making
horrid and lsupethumane6 efforts ITO
overcome some obstacles - y express
sion. * . s.sv :. J,.sf';ss ~
!: He returned ~ shis scrutiny of the
room. !; Its, dasoyAered' .conai3ton sng-
gested q stru6sIelHefore Rana4il had
fred the shots SAhda ,dropped the re-
voiver therHsAts ssthe send sof the stAbte.a
:. A. circle OF no 59Faat radius WouEd
have fnc1osed the eise4&teEeds and fad
ed roses. NoLnot all. One bud lay,
farther OF, nearer tbe<bedHoofn door,
( Garth tiptoed .stoss It. stopped and
picked. It up. examining it cuffpusly
while he tried TO Sreconstruct from 1t
an active picture OF the tragedy: The
stem shad: been broken sway hdfcat-
tinR, since sEfSvtng or Kendall had
.pnobaNIx WORN ttSs the close and des-
1er4Se nattise * their. struggle. For
1t was not the roses from the vase.
They were OF - larger variety and
wider open, and this lay. he eStfmat-
ed, near the spot where Treying, cony
iquersd and, killed. had fallen. 80.
|. Az he stopped there.srehscting, con.
stantly troubled by the - fnapoteht
sounds from the next ROOM q ray OF
late sunlight 'peSetrate6.. the foliage.
entered the open n ndoW. and seleaui~