Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-28

Ne. I fAssk sA~rs Tiers ssla. hsf. Mrs.
Dssbarfo~-hesi. semrfhts1 I hardly a.
psefes happened Breek seeHt 20 the sma,
kosse-
-wiiistts'- she aid with . note Of Do
spair. "sines talking with Ansouiems
have been hoping against hops that thar,
was no connection between thoss two.- Hsi
flushed face grew aiarminEly whi,s
lie must have Eoas straight through thu
house and out BY the front way. for he bea
mo 10 tho Smith house by about ten min
utas only. Just the time II took mo TO carr,
the Eirl upstairs and then set Jones and
take him with me to the Smith house,
And he actually went into that woman's
house. willetur'
Jones ana got there In time To go him
cone out Of IL. lie came out Of tho front
door and slipped along the porch and went
around tho house and thsn struck Oh up tc
tho hish road. II was plain enough hs
didn't want TO be seen. But he came back
20 Kent House. though. for he cams into tbs
garage and spoke 10 tho doctor whsn the
doctor eame down from above lie asked
the doctor how tho giri was. only stunned
tho cut won't amount to anything ths
doctor said. and then Brock asked. Can she
tAik7' Tho doctor said. Yes. Of courss-
saS Sssh" et sA8ass sha DIVA Weuk WI
quick a. he came In. He left before wss,
eamo down. had the door there . crack
open. % heard and saw"
connection with that woman. but. II It's 20.
particularly after what Angoulems has told
me. IL would explain great deal that's bean
puzxiink." Mrs.. Dunhar,on-Kent said more
coliectedly. perhaps he and the Smith
woman viii leave. wnlettsr'
II don't think so. Mrs. Dunbsrton.K snt
He wanted word with her quick. no doubt
OF that. he'd want 10 tell her Just what the
racket was about II nothing else. He may
have warned her to clear out. but, II both Of
them went. Il would be q dead giveaway.
Hes too cool hand and too clever to do
. thing like that. II was . mistake on his
part to go back to speak to her bu, hs must
have thought that she might bs frightened
and do something rash. He knows perfectly
we'll why I'm here. He didn't expect me to
be SO quick. that's all. What did the gfri tell
you. Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent
Its a curious story. but believe her."
Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent said decidedly. and
she told him Of Marie's experience on ths
train. II know fear when sec It, VII
let's. and that child was still trembling at
the mere sight Of that woman-ehe told me
the truth. I'm certain OF It."
willetts said thoughtfully: 1T was per.
fectly possible thing to happen. that on the
train. and I should say that she drew the
right conclusions It's interesting. But
about the resemblance to Breck? That
sounds pretty far fetched to me-"
-Haye you seen Mrs. Smith near b.. VII.
letts?"
"No-only at a distance"
.I've passed her once or twice driving
her runabout but she's always veiled and.
anyway, always avoided looking at her.
I have Just the general impression Of .
handsome. dark woman with great deal of
high color. snowy, like the gold eagle on the
nose OF her car. She always drives with the
top down. affecting a racing air. It seemed to
me. didn't care to look at the woman.
wish now had" "a
.She may be some ono Breck used to
know" Wrletts suggested.
Its possible. I've thought Of that" Mfs.
Dunbarton-Kent said heavily.
"Mr. Haslett ought to look into It for you"
I'm going to get Haslett nrst thing In the
He'll have to come out here Tell
me Just what happened tonight, Willetts."
why, some Of it's guess work, but 1t was
like this: saw the girl como out Of the
garage and 60 into tho park. and trailed
her. thought surely we were on to some
thing. Breck was In his room, for saw his
shadow on his window shade Perhaps she
did simply 20 for walk, for she scuttled
about in tho leaves like squirrel and led
me lodging chase. Then, when Mrs. Smith
began to play, she made for the cottage. I'm
certain now that Breck was trailing her. too.
but, a. I've often told you. when 1t comes
to light foot and keen ears, I'm not In his
class. I'm no dub in my profession. but
Breck can outsleuth me every time.
"Wel, saw the girl looking over the
wall, for her head came into the moonlight
then, and I stopped back under the trees to
watch. I saw Colfax coming up from Kent
House entrance and then it struck me that
It might be him she'd come to see. He came
up TO the cottage, then everything hap
pened at once. The girls head suddenly dis
appeared, and out Of the black shadow Of
the cottage, where couldn't see anything.
she let out that choked scream, and ran.
But Colfax was nearest, and 1t wasn't until
I was on them that saw 1t was Breck he
was lighting. Breck had used the shadow to
hide himself. Tho girl was lying on tho
ground, and Breck had kicked the dog into
next week. and had already given Colfax ono
in the eye. They were at it hard"
There was tho enjoyment o. fight and
more than touch Of admiration In Will
let's voice. your nephew's good puncher.
Mrs. Dunbarton-Kent I'll say that much for
him. And a cool hand" he added gravely.
"He picked up the girl. She's hurt he
said. We must get her UP to tho house.
He didn't bother about Colfax. who was
nursing his eye and talking to his bowling
Ao~ h,,f ~ rtad ~ carrvinD the rIrl and
after I made sure Colfax was able to limp
pluck, too, Colfax has-I caught up to Breck
and We carried her between US"
"What did Breck say to you on the way?'
"Just what he said to you when we carried
her into the garage, that he was on the
road to the farm,' and when he reached
the cottage tho girl ran into him,
almost knocking him down, and the
next thing Colfax and his dog attacked him.
He said he thought something must have
frightened the girl, and as for Colfax. hts
intentions were all right; Colfax must have
thought he was attacking the girl Just q
of rnistakes,' he said to me.
The dog tore his coat into shreds, and Cotfax
must have bruised him up some. Though
he talked quietly enough, he was white as
paper and excited. and when you sent him
OF he must have gone the straightest road
down to the Smith house. He beat me to 1t,
all right" The fact evidently ranked. for
Willetts shook his shoulders impatient1y.
" I'd like to have seen them together"
She must have heard the noise" Ms
said.
Sure she heard It. She. came out on her
porch to SEQ what It was. ! was busy sep
lratdn1 Breck and Co6ax, but saw her.