Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-21
tcontinued From Our Last Issue)

10 be an old acquaintance. He
Ieiped me TO open the small skylight
III the main hall which led to the
roof. From there ] descended the
fire escape to the window of Miss
Shaw's studio and found her huddlci
up in a bare. hard chair in a SUM
her that / fear was not a normal u
FOR o small carton Of tablets was be
side her. ] went through the entire
attic, examined the pitifully few
earments and other things and
found no paint or other stains, nor
sIi, eradicator save soap.
"climbing farther down the fire
escape past the windows of my own
apartment. ! came to those Of my
ncighbor, Henry Griswold. His
dreams must have been deen. III
smiled as ] looked at him and maGs
sounds in his throat like those of an
vxultant dog over a bone. And men
tioning dogs that atuffed monstros-
~ which holds the place of honor in
hin sitting room was h only object
in the whole apartment that gave
n evidence OF having been cleaned
in the last decade, n | found IL
tedolent of various chemicals among
them also q strong odor of turpen-
tine"
'The dog" muttered Barry. "The
I'D stuffed dog!"
"When | had completed my searcn
there l left as / had come. That
portion of the fire escape ends on
tie floor below as you know, on the
skylight Of Mrs. Vane's studio, but 2
walk-way runs around the edge to
the outside row OF windows of the
extension, where the second section
or the fire escape begins and con
tinues to the street"
WAS Gordon Ladd out or asleep? q
demanded Barry, half incredulous'y.
Professor Smyonov smiled mean
ingly.
"Neither at first. When / APP
peared at the window of his studio !
could see through the door that led
irto his living room, He was tramp
ing up and down. and though | do
MT pretend to be "a psychologist,
would be willing to swear hat sor-
row alone, grief that tore at his
Eeart stcings was reflected upon hts
face. He was in solitude, aware 3f
no eavesdropper. and yet j saw no
signs of either grief of fear
you returned then, Professor, the
way you had Gomez"
Yes; for a soporlfc made fro
formula Of my WI which Is less
harmful and more effective than
that In which Miss Shaw had in
d,.Iped. with IL | returned by way
az the fire escape to Mr.. Ladd's win
dow and raped on the easement He
was %astonlshed and resentful, natu-
rally, but when l made myself
known to him not only as his neigh
her but as the person you know at
Inadouarters. he admitted me. {
think the poor Young man was glad
81 someone to talk to. for after your
departure the fun import of what
pad Occurred must have descended
Lpon him. We had a. sympathetic
iitIe hour. I'm which I earned muca
that had no bearing upon the crime
h,It which + will Tell won of later.
~ 49, th -" ontata W. oa ~" q fittTa rns3
and surcease from his grief. He fell
Into a deep sleep almost at once. but
il was then morning and | could
y axe only n superficial search
mere was turpentlne nowhere hu,
lis studio"
$50 we drew n blank. oh Professor
Barry shrugged sorry
CO have kept YOU up all night and
made that reouest of YOU for moth
lag. but | had a bunch that someone
who had M business to do so had
touched that portrait of Mrs. Van
sIttart last night while the pant was
wet and brought away traces that
they would try To get rid of at All
costs"
Ii was the professors turn 10
shurg.
II know nothing of that for | have
not vet heard what Won may have "a
tel me. NV friend. but the turner
tine / did find and in n most mn
likely place he observed. "You for
ret hat horrible stuffed dog I'm thr
apartment of Henry Griswold."
mo" responded Sergeant Rorrv
ti.oughtfully. II have not forgottcr
,he dog.
CHAPTER VIII
.sYou NAV havo forrotter tn
dog but / have NOT -rorgottnn nv
breakfast" professor Semvonn,
launched .you hove bod ro,,r.
Sergeant Then while | make m,
lea / hold Won 10 vour nromise a.
teil me what is permissible or Won,
1T seems fairly evident then thot
Miriam Vane. tIo nortioit nainter
was horn only n few vnnre 400" n,
remarked when tbo detective IN,
ished. II wonder who Inhabited thnt
pIendid bodv before that ana VIVA,
havoc she Wrought in the lives n
men and women J"
.sOh She huried = mas
of some kind but ms ! told the chief
II need No, rave been N
one.n Barrv's matter of fact Ton,
was I'm sham contrsst IN The dreomv
almnst mvsfic N.Y. which had CONF
into the Russian's voice
"And tho empty rartridpo heuq'