The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-22

lv The policeman on guard outside
Miss Shaw's door happened 10 be an
Old acquaintance. lie helped me 10
open the small skylight in the main
hall which led TO the roof From
iherc | descended the fire escape 10
I'll the window OF Miss shaw studio
" and found her huddIed up in n bare,
A hard chair IN 4 slumber that l fear
III was not normal one FOR : small
carton of tablets was beside her, l
.8 wenI through the entire attic. exam
N, ined the pitIfully few garments and
"a other things and found no paint or
4 other stains nor any erodicator save
ID, soap
ag Climbing farther down tie fire
escape past the windows Of my own
IN apartment, l came 10 those Of my
neighbor, Henry Grswold lis dreams
,s must have been deep. lie smiled as
,ez looked at him and made sounds in
his throat like those ot an eNul1nI
,s dog over % bone. And mentioning
dogs. chat stuffed monsrosIty which
vii holds Tie place Of honor in lis sit
/, ling room was the only object in
the whole apartment that gave any
ine evidence Of having been cleaned In
.af the lasg decade, and / found il redo
lent OF Sarious chemicals awCEg them
also I strong odor Of turpentine.'
M The dog, muttered Barry The
he old stuffed dog
Mi When / had completed my search
there lert as / had come That
nd portion OF the fire escape ends on
% The floor beiow as you know on the
,la ,,yueht Of Mrs Nane's studio. but
.cs . walt.wav runs around the edge TO
/. the outside row Of windows ot the
extension. where tho second section
M OF the fire escape begins ana con-
ch ijnues TO the street
We Was Gordon Ladd out or asleep?
I demanded larry, half incrcdulously'
sf Prufessor Semyonov smilel mean
ID ngly.
.Ie Neither, at first. When / ap'
ne, peared at he window OF his studio /
sb could see through the door that led
into his living room. He WIS tramp
k ing up and down. and though ! do
ii not pretend TO be q psychologists
" would be wiling TO swear hat sor-
II row alone. s-ief that tore az Ills heart.
N stsio2S. wYs reflected upon rs face.
ne He was in solitude. aware Of no
RI ot either grlet OF fear
TO You returned then, Profee Sor the
sir WY you he'd Gomez
m, Yes; for a soporitic made from
i rorlnuu OF my own which is less
.iy harmful AMI more effective nan that
an in which Miss Shaw had INDUCED
win il / returned by way Of the
tb. fire escape TO Mr.. Ladds wiGow and
q raped on thu easement. He was as
% tonshcd anl resentful. naturally, but
v when | made myself known 10 him
Ia, not only Us his neighbor but ~ the
10 person YOU lnow at headquarters, he
no admitted he. / think the poor young
ne man WIS gl4d OF someone 10 talk TO,
FOR AFTER your departure the ful
ito import Of what had occurred must
have descended upon him. Ne had a
y sympathetic little hour. in which I
ar learned much that had no bearing
do upon the Srirne but which / will tell
q YOU Of later, and al its end ne was
nd Quite willing TO take the opiate and
nm se, 90 little rest and surcease from
ort his grief. He feu into a deep sleep
rb almost AZ nee, but il was then
q nornlne ana / could make only a su.
perfcill search. There was turpen.
re, tine nowhere but in his studio
nj, SO We drew a blank, eh, Profes.
!, sor semyonov," Garry shrugged. "Sor-
nu ~ 30 have kept you up al night
q and made tAat request OF you for
y no,1ua, bI' ] had a hunoh that some
" one who hld no business To- do So
n, had touched that portrait OF Mrs
~ Nansltart luAt night while the paint
no WIS Wet and brought away traces that
mir would .ry 20 get rid of at al costs
Il, "a W.s the professors turn tc
M, 5hroe.
m 81 know nothing OF that. Tor
,de have no, yot heard what YOU may have
ne TO t,u me, ..y friend. but the turpen
h ,ine / did Gnd and in most un
ii likely place he observed. You for
N. ,c, that horrible stuffed dog In th,
,,s apartment oi Henry Grswold"
,ws No. responded Sergeant Barry
n ihoughJruil} Il have no, forgotten
h the do".'
N CHAPTER VIII
You may have forgotten the dog
but / have not forgotten my break
70 last" Professor Semyonoy laughed
loo You have had yours, Sergeant
=, Then. while ! max, my tea ! hol,
mss YOU 10 your promise ~ tell me wha
"a, is permissible OF your Investigations.
ecI ~, seems fairly evident. then, tha
Z Miriam V'.nc. the portrait painter
brl was born only few years ago" H
,al remarked when the detective Tin
& ished "t wonder who inhabited tha
splendid body before that and wha
~. havoc she wrought ia the lives 20
In, men and women
oh. undoubtedly she buried pas
g OF some kind, but as j told the chic.
=. 10 need not have been dsCrodtahl
VI one" garry's matte, OF .lot tone Wa
t'e IN sharp contrast to the dreamy, al
"V' most mystic note which had come int
'so ihe RusSan's voice
And the empty cartridge SHELF
- the professor reminded him NO
my friend That was her ghost d
Bauquo,'
~ l think 80. myself The scrgeau
VI ros - wont keep fou from you
laboratory any lonv,r now. professor
"W.H v.u lct u, know thc ra
t irpor. of the medical examiner 81.
a. -ttop,N" yhe Wr REPORT who's
- - 50 s 40 r.,sp on lo t- rrs
res o' not .sknt lrol..o r,'.toyu
sot 81 mako particular t,i.rrrc. boo l
na Wstauce from which iho .ho' ia
k''ed Mr. N.n' mJt h.a h.
= tifyJ