The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-08

mall but powerful microscope, ne
IN 10 examining the finger marks |
aaon it. comparing them to those
/ hitch. in the fading light, were yet /
.Iainly visible in the grease upon !
fse outer side of the jar.
i This Jar of French cold cream |
unst have belonged 10 Fay. The !
1 s,ger prints upon it were Identical
/ 18th those upon the gas mask case. |
The mask had been worn by
,omeone in the room of death ON
l se previous night; the odor OK
earbon monoxide was proof OF that,
and the theory that now sprang TO
4 Ne mind was without a flaw. How
sver reluctantly he entertained it,
1 h was compelled TO admit that any
0ther hypothesis would be impos-
chile The girl was not innocent
hut merely superb actress after
all!
She must have worn that mask
| and remained in the room while
ne accomplished her cousin 5
death.
The slippers, the gas mask, the
cold cream Jar, the knowledge that
the other girl had sUppiaA.ed her
with her former loVer-aI these,
1 combined with the possible evidence
| Of the little box, which still re-
NAMED in MS pocket, heapea up a
sinister proof against Fay IuuUr.
Barry paused midway OF the bcak
1 stairs and struck the rail- softly
/ with his clenched fist. What foOI
he had been! What had been Fay
/ Tudor's exact words when she men
toned her brothers. effects?
Did tell you the otner day that
i went in the locked room where
all his belongings, which you so
| kindly brought nome to us, have
| been placed? l saw his helmet and
/ his gas mask, but there were stains
| upon it.
Now, there had been no stains
| such as she implied upon the mask
L when he examined it short time
| before, but on the case which re-
| posed in his pocket were several
| faint but unmistakable traces Of
| dried blood She could not have
detected them in the dimness of the
| room unless she had taken tt coy
er up in her hands. ana the sight
| Of the stains must have reyoIted
her so that she replaced the case
Unopened.
| Someone else must have entered
that room during the night before;
someone who was careful to leave
sno traces or finger marks. But
Who?
4 Continuing on his way down
stairs Barry entered the kitchen,
where he found the cook weeping
lover her preparations for dinner.
HE beat a hasty retreat to the
pantry.
There he discovered pretty Louise,
the waitress.
Louise" he began, seating him
self unconcernedly upon the edge
Of the table, were there guests
last night for dinner"
4 NO, sir; just Mr. Clayton, and
HES. here so often that he seems
like one of the family" The words
came in a loquacious little rush
He and Mrs. Tudor had coffee to-
sether out on the porch afterward,
/ Only he and Mrs. Tudor? Didn't
the young ladies take coffee?'
i mo, sir. Poor Miss Laurel never
4 does, and Miss Fay came back so
Nervous that the doctor forbid her
Having any, for fear that she won't
iseep nights. That's been her
igreatest trouble; insomnia, they
Ial il"
4 Insomnia, Barry drew a deep
1hreath, and for moment his hand
Istrayed toward the pocket where
3nposed the little box of powders
(Which he had taken from the bath
3FOOm upstairs.
That's too bad, Doesn't the
sydoctor give her something to make
fSSJer sleep-medicine 1 mean?"
~ Only hot milk Last night she
ldrank it directly after dinner and
Mss Laurel, poor thing, had some
with her"
Are you sure?" asked Barry
IQuickly.
We'll, l took it up to them my
self, and in the morning after
alter they had carried poor Miss
laurel away and l went in with
Aartha to take the breakfast things
downstairs, l found the tall glasses
and the milk jug there empty"
4 We're the two young ladies alone
NAen you took the milk up?
OF course"
On the porch a table had been
aid for the sheriff and Barry, and
Mrs. Tudor's insistence they had
V0'n remained for dinner.
Have you found anything that's
sOTh looking into?" Barry de-
handed.
Sheriff Hulse chuckled.
Worth looking into?" he re-
pea'ed. My boy, we've been look
4g INTO it for days in advance,
'4ly We didn't know it,"
In ADVANCED" echoed Barry.
nnat in the world do you mean -
mat Teller that's been fright
lung servants, stealing boat cush-
as and clothes, and getting in and
g. OF houses without anybody
Nowing how he does it. He's the
~ were after, and we mean TO
VA out TO nab him tonight if we
Who's we?" Barry inquired.
me two gentlemen that are here
dlnner tonight and Frank and
You can come along if you
sal to- Hulse responded patron
Asy 1T seems that Frank has
~ scouting around most of the
sinoon, and he thinks he has
|9nd traces"
me sergeant accepted Hulse's in
Nuon TO the man hunt that eve
earelessly enough, but as soon
ulQnHF r1onaOod N