Evening star., 1922-06-02

| stood forth plainly the writing OF the
| note.
This letter." he resumed. Study
ing the enlargement carefully. lis
| likely to prove crucial. It's very
queer. Colliss says he didn't write
IT, and II he did he surely is a Won
der at discussing what the rayo-
this is very important. Do you see
how those strokes OF the long let
ters are-well. wabbly? You'd never
see that in tho original. but when
it is enlarged you see how plainly
come? Try as you may. you can't
| conceal them. The fact is that the
] writer Of this note suffered from "a
I form of heart disease. Now. let US
look at the copy that Collins made
at the NoveIla?"
| He placed the copy on the table of
the rayosrsph. 1t was quite evident
J that the two had been written by
| entirely different persons. II thought
he was telling the truth" comment
cd Craig. by the surprised look on
! his face the moment ! mentioned
the note to Miss Blaisdell. Now l
know he was. There Is no such evil
dence OF heart trouble in Mis- writ
Ing as In the other. or course.
that's all aside from what a study
of the handwriting itself might dis
| close. They are not similar at all
But there is an important clue
there. Find the writer Of that note
who has heart trouble, and we either
have the murderer or some one close
| to the murderer
| remember the tremulousless of
the little beauty doctor. his third
| rate artificial acting Of fear for the
! reputation of the Nowella, and I
| must confess I agreed with OCon-
| nor and Collins that it looked black
! for him. At one time I had suspected
/ Collins himself. but now I could see
perfectly why he had not concealed
his anxiety to hush up his connec-
/ tion with the case. while at the
| same time his instinct as a lawyer
t-and i had almost added. lover
| t0sd him that justice must be done.
saw at once how. accustomed as
| he was to weigh evidence. he had
! Immediately seen the justinca ton
! for O'connor's arrest of the Mile
! Heurs.
! More than that" added Ken
| nedy. after examining the f1bers of
| the paper under microscope. all
| these notes are written on the same
, kind of paper. That first torn note
| to Miss Blaisde1l was written right
! in the Novella and left so as to
seem to have been sent In from out
| side"
| 1t WAS early the following morn
I ing whom Kennedy reused me with
the remark: 7 think I'll go up to
I tHe up9pltAL Oo you want TO come
! along? Wen stop for Barron on
| the way. There is a little expert
! ment l want to try on that girl up
| there
! When We arrived the nurse In
charge Of the ward told US that her
i night. but that now that the infu-
ence of the drug had worn OFF she
| was again restless and still repeat
ing the words that she had said
over and over before. Nor had she
! been able to give any clearer ac-
count Of herself Apparently she
had been alone in the city. for al
| though there was news item about
, her in the morning papers. so far
no relative or friend had called 70
! identify her.
Kennedy had placed himself di-
rectly before her, listening intently
to her rawlings. Suddenly he man
aged to fix her eye. as IL by a sort
of hypnotic influence.
agnes" he called. in a sharp tone.
Tho name seemed to arrest her fugi-
| tive attention. Before she could es-
cape from his mental grasp again he
added: Your date book is full.
Aren'. ao.n,nyes yeu going to the Novella this
The change in her was something
wonderful to see 1t was as though
| she had come out Of a trance. She
sat up in bed and gazed about
blankly.
Yes. yes. I must 60" she ctred. as
the world. Then she realized the
strange surroundings and faces.
| Where Is my fat-wh-where am
L? What has happened"
You are all right" soothed Ken
nedy. gently Now rest. Try to for
get everything for a little while and
friends"
AS Kennedy let US out she fell
! back, now physically exhausted. on
| the pillow.
| II told you. Barron" he whispered,
that there was more to this case
| than you imagined. Unwittingly you
brought me a very important con-
tribution to q case Of which the pa
pers are full this morning-the case
Of .,the the e, murdered actress. Blanche
1t was only after few hours that
| Kennedy thought 1t wise to try to
question the poor girl at the hospital
Her story was simple enough in it.
self but 1t certainly complicated mat
| tiers considerably without throwing
much light on the case. She had been
busy because her day was full, and
| she had yet to dress the hair of Miss
Blaisdell for her play that night. Sew
eral times she had been Interrupted
! by impatient messages from the
actress in her little dressing booth,
| and on9gof the girls had already de-
| molisfy,d the previous hairdressing
| in oder to save time Once Agnes
had run down for q few seconds to
| reassure her that she would be
| through IN time.
She had found the actress reading
a newspaper. and when Kennedy
questioned her she remembered see-
ing . note lying on the dresser
Agnes" Miss Blaisdell had said.
! will you go into the writing room
and bring me some paper, a pen. and
! ink7 don't want to 20 in there
| this way. There's q dear good girl"
Agnes had gone, though It was de-
cidedly no part of her duty as one
Of the highest paid employees OF the
NoveIla. But they all envied the
| do anything for her. The next thing
| she remembered was finishing the
coiffure she was working on and
going to Miss Blaisdell There lay
! the beautiful actress. The light in
| the corridor had not been lighted
yet. and 1t WAS dark. Her lips and
mouth seemed literally to shine
Agnes sailed her, but she did not
move. Che touched her, but she was
| cold. Then she screamed and fled
That was the last she rem rendered.
THE little writing room," reasoned
Z Kennedy as we left the poor little
hairdresser quite exhausted by her
l narrative, was next to the sanctum
of Millefeur, where they found that
| bottle Of ether phosphore and the oil
Of turpentine. Some one who knew
must have reasoned that an answer
would be written Immediately. That
person figured that the note would
| be the next thing written and that