The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-01-29
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Go On WITH THE STORY
Sergeant barry made no comment
hut gently dropping the limp warm
head ack upon the ne rose and
started "a -Nirt. comprehensive seatch
Of the apartment. From jtHt behind
him over his shoulder "a large rctloc-
tor threw the powerful light Who's
r%pfractcd ray VA penetrated even.
into the outer hail: back % the css.l
and at one side whore the artist could
obtain the hcst view Of % stood "a
small. .%:rnrovis-d model thron. with
three steps ard a section ~ balus.
trade. and back %: o. again the drawn
shades over "a row of half opened
windows Tapped In tSo little. hot
breeze which had sprunE NJ with y
passing OF n threatened stortS
\ long table covered with tci
tered tubes at paint and brushes. q
few plain chairs ard many can
vases Of various sizes ~ u'ksl iLHinSt
'u" wallis completed IT, trfuithtngs
of tho ~workwnulkc studio, tho cell
lup uf which wur n huge tkylight
ca glass. aud tho d%atoc'tvF turn",l
back into the luxurious living room
his hand mechanically searching .ov
and finding the light switch IN The
wall
Instantly the soft glow OF many
low. opai-tintcd lamps -praug into
being and revealed the sheer beauty
OF tho arrangements OF the room.
but Sergeant Barry = eyes searched
only for some sign 81 disorder that
would Indicate hurried flight. ami
finding none he opened the door al
the back. II led into a boudoir
upholstered %delicatcly in light bin"
aud rose. and through that he passed
into an IVORY and gold bedroom and
to the tiled. Immaculate kitchcnctte
beyond, hut nowhere was there a
sign of alien presence.
The iceboN contains only butter
and cream. and that dress n hat
upon the bed would indicate that
Mrs. Nsne had hned out. the pro-
fr~sor observed
Nane7 Miriam zane Harry
wheeled suddenly l. that who she
is. the artist who has a. antpd such
o. stir with her new type ~ pur-
iraiturc among the crlrhriiic-f
yes Hcf portraits are danger
ousiy near curicatures Tor some per
v-rS" Impulse has s"med GO guide
her brush although so suhfly that
her clients themselves have rarely
detected that snrionicnlly revealing
touch or two, hut the critics have
ruvrd about her genius Tho pro-
frs4or turned n ~ evident that
We are too late here. for This kitch-
rn"ti" door leading into the outer
hall is bottled from. the inside, but
someone is coming
Someone had indeed arrived They
fastened back To- the living
room to lind standing lust within
tho doorway a young man in a din-
ner coat with wildly rumplei hair.
and u policeman IN uniform.
Tho latter advanced with nggr0r-
sive authority which suffered q sud .
den change
What's been going on here?
heard u shat and y been pounding
below til this young geutlman here
let me in oh, you =" here, Sergeaat
Harry This h. my regular heat. sir
and thinking there was something
There ia. Boyle Harry nodded
Rrinly IA the policeman In that
studio yondcr there a woman lying
shot thought the heart
a woman The young man len
the dinner coat repeated with q ensp.
Not Miriam Nane' It's impossible! %
lie rushed past the group q the
studio doorway chung there FOR a
.iomcnt IN wordlcss horror. then
collapsed into the nearest chair.
huryinG his face In his hands
Buyle was Instantly all business
After n quick examination OF the
body he turned to Harry.
Would you mind telling me. Ser
genntY'' he began but the other In
tcrrupted him
Not In The least. although we
know very little. was here unoffi-
cinlly visiting this old friend Of
mine Mr. Semyonov who lives on
the NTH noor-two above this
NvIsn Nga hauFf Tho ahnF aud r4uhaI
down 10 investigate. There seems 20
be no one In tho apartment directly
above this one. and I took the re-
sponaibility OF breaking In The door
here because we could get no reply
10 repeated Knocking and the Hight
from the studio there 81 canned out
under the sill into the outer hail. You
can see how bright Il IN. IL must be
some special light for artists to paint
by az night.
'I'u nave to report this at once to
the station. Boyle. who had been
listening attentively. nodded and
turned to the professor. Have you
anything, sire. to add Ia what SCR
geant barry has told mo?''
Professor semyonov ponderod Tor
q moment. and thcn said slowly
only that when We heard the
sound OF the shot and opened my
door I fancied that I heard foot
steps on the stairs below
Barry whosn eyes had turned 10
that collapsed nrure IN the chair.
thought the he saw q shuddRr HNscp
over u hH thpSgh an unseen hand Ind
shaken the inert form. hut he said
nothing as the policeman paused az
the screened telephone on tho table
TO inquire;
Could you say. sir, whether those
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