Bisbee daily review., 1922-01-24

apartment; we hadn't seen either Griswolds or Ladd's them" Craig ex- clalmed beneath his breath. You don't suspect her, John?- Barry sm led, but a trifel dryly.
 Barry waited until the younger ser geant's footsteps had died away in the quiet night air and then turned to the guard.
 ",Doane, do you know who l am?' l The patrolman nodded.
 All right" Barry broke in. Il take it that your orders tonight, Doane, are to keep guard outside the apart ment here in which the woman was shot unless you hear any suspicious sound within, or see something which ] you think should be investigated. Is that so?"
 Right, sir" Doane responded.
 Very good. Yonire going to see and hear something susp. .clous within | five minutes, and that something is going to be me. Understand?'
 ''I don't, sir,' Doane replied. But what you say goes. You mean you want to have another look around the place? I've orders not to let any body in, but as long as you're taking the responsibility, the lock is smashed and l can't see every shadow in this dark hall"
 Barry pushed open the broken door, whiSa swung drunkenly on its hinges, and entering the perfumed. filtered living room, he found his way to the wall switch and turned on the opalescent lamps.
 The little writing desk was open.
 its profusion of papers scattered on
 with some sud deotmnoi schrd shrc
 the floor, and the drawers of an aI-
 most priceless Chinese cabinet had
 been forced. Approaching the latter.
 Barry observed that it's contents were
 mainly scraps of drawing paper on
 which tiny figures had been scrawled.
 each with a few delft lines. and pick ing one up he whistled softly.
 It was a miniature caricatuTe. cruel
 in it's sharply-defined character de-
 lineation, of pompous, good-natured
 Theodore Vansittart, husband of the woman whose ' unfnishedf portrait
 stood on the easel in the studio, and
 glancing over the others Barry found
 like caricatures of several people
 prominent in the social and political life of the city.
 He was turning away from the cabi- net when he noticed something winch
 1t was obvious that the detectives had overlooked; small compart- ment at the top, with handle formed
 by tiny red-gold dragon, remained
 undisturbed
 Barry tugged at the little dragon
 but it was immovable, the single gilt
 eye above it's snout-like nose seem
 ing to wink mcckinglT at the futility Of his efforts. Something a5out that
 eye and the curious formation of its
 socket gave the sergeant a sudden ' inspiration, and taking a blunt pencil
 from his pocket he pressed sharply , upon the globule of gilt as upon . | bell button
 Instantly the dragon turned inward as upon a spring, the trent of the E e compartment dropped forward or B noiseless, unseen hinges and the in 4 terior of the small, secret space va:
 exposed.
 Mentally congratulGting himself | that Doane hal electe1 to remain out j. side, Barry drew forth the content: , of the compartment in both hand: | and carried 1t cal afefuliy to d smaI } table. It was evident enough at las j. that somewhere beneath the har. c surface briliancy and deviIishl, clever. bitter humor Of the cea, ' woman, there had lurked a humanI, d sentimental regard fo- episodes Tn he
 life that had vanished from the so phisticated present. for there beneatl s his hands were clearly mementos O ?. the past, the foolish faded objects o meaningless to anyone else. wa.ci every woman treasures until memor- n ces ses to have value
 T. A faded blue satin ribbon. stiff an r. yeilowed at the edges, held a knot O q crumbllng brown sprigs which one IL must have been flowers; 9 torn scral IS of real lace, discoiored now. and to
 r,ch in quality for graduation dres:
 but 1t might have been a bit of s bridal veil CT christening robe one
 upon time; ltck of short. curtin
 Eair. matted and red-Drown: d bai n tered gold locket without initial or ir o scription; an empty cartridge or i d caliber, and a small snapshot. aliK
 faded and discoiored and half tor d across as though someone had starte h to destroy it and then thought bette ;e of it.
 z Taking up the faded snapshot he e, T. amined it closely. Its faint line
 showed the figure of d tall slende 'd girl clad in light-colored ~ow IS Nhich made it stan out against whs d, appeared to be mass of shrubbery Il. fd, ieat. At her side and reachin le to GDove her knee was a blurred ol 1ect resembling huge dog. but tn Ut outlines were so indistinct that il
 breed could not be determ-ned. sd (Continued in our next issuel It, Copyright, 1922, NEA ServiceD