Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-04

lu"I bihy De Lne VeIy point ne
ass sat .t s" Spsy hS" aS ass, tae murderer
For nearly half an hour. the three
men searched the room. Had there
been any secret exit, or any concealed
passage, Il must have been found.
f1emins stones knowledge Of archi-
lecture would not let him overlook any
thing OF the sort, and Fibsy's alert eyes
and quick wits would have found any
thing out OF the ordinary.
No way out" Stone concluded,
finally; and no way of locking q door
or . window after. departure from the
room. Looks a. if the murder theory
was a. ,ntsnable as the other. No
chance Of a natural dsatb?''
With 4 round hole in bis juEular
veinl No, sir. The doctors here won't
stand .S,, e, that daSt Tsy iss,r;" sndw when ~.
had such a banning, intriguing case
may resolve itself into a simple prob.
lem. but I can't think 20 now. Even
II It were the work Of your Miss Aus
tin---how did she get In and out?"
"0h, che got In, all right. Waring
let her in, at the French window.
Probably that's when he locked his
door. But--say she killed him--how
S;a S;Ss she r.. - =! out and lock tho room be-
''she couldn't. The window locks are
bolts, and could not be shot from out
side. For the moment see no ex-
PLANTATION. It 10 blank, utter mystery.
When can ! Sc Miss Austin?"
.Tco lats tunisht, tomorrow morning
away. The polics won't iet her"
ssVA< kS>n0 AAvSsk Aa1d hAR ~
THEY afs doing %. They claim
she was the last one to see the victim
alive"
Docs de admit thak?'
mot SAe! she admits nothing.
YSS'a sS,I TT nothing out Of that little
"Allrieht. then, Mr.. Trask. IL you We
finished your tale, suppose you leave
me hpre to ruminAte over this thing,
and @ III 70 up to my room when I
Trask went OF 10 bed. and Stone
ind hls young assistant sat and looked
at eseh other.
''yp against it, +. Stone
II cGtAi1ly am, Fibs. And get, the
thing 10 20 absolutely impossible that
there uqst be a solution within easy
reach. It can't be suicide, with the
"eopol Souo, anu ~ "a" " uuiutt
with the rvom locked up. Now. as II
must be either suicide or murder. then
it follows that either the weapon ism I
sone or thu room isn't locked up"
Wasn't, you mean
Yes, wasn't. But l don't yet think
that any one disturbed the conditions
purposeIy. For why would the secre.
tary take away the weapon TO make II
seem n Suicide----n
''He wonld II he did It,"
That Man II Sharp One
He didn't do IT.. TrasS sees that.
The man Trask Is sharp ono. He sees
all there IA to see. and since there &
| the mystery, he sent for Inc. it would
be good one on me, Terence, If I have
to give the thing up as unsolvable.'
THAT won't happen. r. Stone. but
| m free tn confess that ! can't see any
way to look"
The next morning Maurice Trash
went over 10 tho Adams house and
brought Miss Mystery back with him.
She came willingly enough. and the
| interview with the detective took place
In the ROOM Of the tragedy itself.
Stone noticed that the girl showed no
| horror or distaste Of the scene. and even
sat in the cbair he placed for her. which
| was the Same plush. covered one that
had received the tell-tele imprints.
Fleming Stone regarded Miss Austin
| curiously. Not only Was her beauty all
| that Trask had described it. but there
was an added quality Of fneness, a
trace Of hish mentality, that naturally
enough Maurice Trask quite overlooked.
At first glance, Stones thought was
But a few moments later he was no,
quite 40 sure ot his nexation.
Eibsr ius, sat and looked at her He
bsd no occa sion to speak, unless ad g.
dressed. so. iu silence, he merely l"r hi,
syes rerst on the nianan, face with its
ever. changing expressions.
After casual questions. Stone said
directIy. MD ron know DR.. Warins
h.fore Won came 70 COr;n,h, Miss Aus.
HWY ,In,'' ''' ""@ " '' aus
"No' IN. said. a lit,i, h.sitantly
.J Nod heard ~ him b,t I Ind neye,
xesn him
"HnHba5 ron heard Of him.
."rhsre wss mncf, ;n the naners abou,
hi. s,.ct ian
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,n.s,i,e.s1nrv Wins. Yha Iisic,eJ 70
S,on.'s omes,ions with an absent mind .
al Or answ.r.n In ,noncsvIIahIcs az
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.ava I'D. smile IA F,bsr which
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"'S Gan. 80 an dr.,,;n. nm, s,rin,
,e "O ,u;,r ,"r,ant "" ns.,ions ' IN . ,oooin' :
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