Bisbee daily review., 1922-01-24
Continued from last issue.)

When his door had closed and he was out of the way 1 rushed up to her; l don know what I sad, I must have been crazed wltn Jeaiodsy and the mystery of it all. l uo remember though, quite distinctly, that She turned on me in cold fuly, forba me ever to address her again, ana entering her apartment, shut t-.e aG1. Tn my face. l oescen,.e ,.ei 1, let myself in here almost mcc1an. cally, and dropped into that chair you're sitInis in now, sergeant
 Craig was settling back in h.s char, with gesture to Ba.ry, when the latter stepped foi ward. MT. Ladd, as I understand it, your apartment here is a re .l.ca of the one just above, studio and all. Have you any objection to showing Us about ?"
 Not at all" In contrast to that of the dead woman's, Laad's studio was hung with rare tapestries aud furnished as luxuriously as that of a social dilettante, yet bts easel upon which stood an unfinished landscape and the carved refectory table care lessly covered with paint tubes and smeared cloths. showed it to be a workroom no less than iers. What color do you call this ! Barry picked up a tube, ana squecZ- | ing bit ot it's contents On the pal ] etIe, he indicated the blotcn of red tiish brown.
 Burnt sienna" responded the art ist, promptly q seldom use it-you | can see there was none on the palette before-but 1 always keep full as sortment of colors on hand. It is oGI tha. you should have asked me about | that!"
 "Why?" demanded Barry quickly, for the young mans tone had tensed | with some sudden emotion.
 Well, it is just trivial matter, but over a week ago-the last time, :, in fact. that Mrs. Vane and 1 nao d ohummy talk in her studio-I ad- vised her to use more burnt sienna with the seal brown to get the proper I effect of ithe wood on. the staircase l in that portrait she was doing of Mrs. Vansittart, the one be-J-- which her | her own body was found tonight T Barry replaced the tube reflective ly on the table as Craig, with an evi. dent effort to emulate h;s colleague, picked up one of the bottles ana sniffed its speculatlvely.
 That's turpentine," Ladd remarked and his voice had sunk again to d dull apathy.
 Its funny about this turpentine. Craig still stood by the tape. ITS used as a cleaning fluid, isn't it, Seems to me I've sme.t that odoi ! somewhere else in this house to night" : Naturally, the studio above is per , meated with it.''
 Barry turned away from the win dow and let the shade drop.
 MT. Ladd, if you'll just show u. through the rest of your apartmen , now we went trouble you any nor, ! tonight"
 , Barry thanked the artist and bad, , him goodnight. In the hall Graf; : produced a handkerchief and wiped his ruddy brow.
 Well, John, we've nice mess t. f report at headquarters! he an nounced in low tone that the police i, man on guard might not hear. Here s a woman shot dead, and every Ias tenant in the house except the pro
 
 l how. though every one of them hay r He'd and peached on the rest. Wh, ,. the devil was this Miriam Vane any Q way? Where did she come from an t what were the rest of them to her? e T think we can guess what Lad -- Was," Barry wh,s Ne; ed as he led hi colleague up the stairs once more Just an idealistic young fool wh let her play with him like cat wit e mouse to please her vanity and the e kicked him out when he became 1T ,- convenient. He may have killed hel
 but 1 don't thinl; so 1 think he woui a have adored the woman he though S she was. and protected her with hi 0 last breath
 n "The woman he thought she was, e Craig repeated, psusing on the stair 2 in his astonishment.
 VI
 What are we going unstairs agai
 ior?' demanded Craig. T ve got [
 make my report at headquarters, an
 it's getting on toward morning.
 You're not going to rouse up ol
 Griswodl again, then, and ask hil
 why he lied about his acquaintance
 with Mrs. Vane!' Barry bent a qui
 zical glance upon the younger SC
 geant.
 'I am net the other announce
 with decision. We have youn
 Ladd's word for it that Griswold lie
 but neither of them were under oat if They're both under guard and in Il ii morning we'll have both of them dow
 on the carpet and get the truth ol
 of them."
 n That's good idea" approve . Barry. And while you are aDout
 you might find out what time lit d Miss Shaw goes out and let the pr
 lessor know. fancy he'll be waitir
 to hear"
 .e Craig stared.
 1T "Oh, yes; l forget that note yC
 slipped under his door You sa
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