Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-01-19
60 ~ WITH THE STORY


.hagey brows rested fur q moment on
%, Grabbed face Ui Henry Griswold
and then drrod to Gordon Iadd who
hId one" more dropped his head boz his
hands Let us have little talk 90.
scthcr in nav rooms ls soon ls the OF.
uciJl fOuullti,s have been complied
with which win grant us temporary
privacy"
Policeman Boyle descended with uu.
expected haste.
That's one uf those nutty artistic
lumr~ up There, with hair like q sky
terrier and the nerve Of mouse hc
.untdcd boz "a quick uudcrtouc "a Barry
Goo the shabby comfortable living
room once more the professor lowered
hD light and raised the window shades
with % sigh oI relief then turned 20
his younger companion.
Whni du you make of 20 an Ser.
r,nt' Who do YOU think killed the
\1n' woman, and why?
Barry shrugged
The last part N Your question would
Nplau much professor. and probably
answer The first part is wen haven't
had Time to draw lu, definite ,uuclu.
-ious 49, yet have you''
Professor Scmymov ,lnk once NOR,
into his own chair and mouonod to the
ln' opposite.
only some V,Iy obvious minor
nos ho responded Sh, was shot by
no stranger but Dos SOMEONE whose
presence 700 her Studio 100 the moment
was known o. her. Remember She was
standing cor sitting directly before h-r
Hs,l aud evidently painting or starting
Geo paint when the end came No Boo.
trudcr could nav, got so close tu her. or
practically between her and the easel
u order Co IRE directly into her heart
without her knuWl,dgc. o. d. possible
that She turned To speak to tins person
and thus unvitungly CAV, opportunity
.or an uuimpcdcd aim. thinI % is fair.
o. certain ,har she did not anticipate
What was coming
la1y nodded
THAT seems clear Eut about those
footsteps that We both heard going
down the stairs when vs. opened yum
1oor here just att,r the shot startled
U.s.
Going up nay friend not down the
professor interrupted
"tp?' repeated Barry WHY we
passed nobody un the stairs. aud there
are only two other apartments Girls.
wuld's below you. and the woman above
hc attic According o. officer Boyle
the woman went into Mysteries whom
he heard the news and you know
Yourself how you had To pound upon
Griswulds door Co arouse him and how
,cisurcy and reluctantly Doe came down
finally To- investigate There did not
seem To hc anywhere iu the hallway,
badly lighted as u was, where anyone
could have hidden himself
Professor S,myu nuv smilcu and his
white whiskcrs lifted slightly.'
n am not tninamg Of the woman, "
he said "\or do imagine that We
passed anyone unor,,rNcd lu our de.
scent hurried as % was
Who was Marian Naup' From
whence did she COME II the excellent
dg,nizauon of which YOU are part
thing ol Mrs Nauc's autcccdcuts or
previous history and associates which
3, not given uut generally % the press.
would 70 De- too grcat e hrcech ~ pro
IL ssioual ctiUuet tu put mv into strictly
confidential procession Of it''
by No means. professor. in view not
u.y Of your standing bat ol the splcu.
lid services Nuu haN, rendered ,olun
mily t. thu homicide bureau IN the
PAST Barry responded
4 shall br grateful" the professor
declared y know nothing absolutely
.,thng muit than you and Vet ! have
,ogmed theory Witch I should like to
st and which I think only Mrs. Nanc =
past viii prove OF diNpproye."
Sergeant Barry smiled 10 himself,
though not a muscle az his countc.
nance betrayed his inward amusement
d. though, that h. knew what that
theory. cng,udcrcd bv an almost child.
ia personal animosity consisted Of.
trd D., was glad to humur the fuiblcs
4 this uid man. ~u great m his own
line
Just what l- generally known about
Mr. Naue. beyond the prominence II
lri odd style 90 portmiturr has brought
hc lately, h. asked
4 know only what have seen cas-.
mllr IN the papers about her and what
Mrs McGrath. entirely without en-.
engagement. has volunteered" replied
ne professor Mrs Nanc arrived last
October from France believe. u was
Wup two months later that her vogue
d, gan aud SPREAD Ike Nildfirc. 80 that
~ snring sh. was quite famous"
There can Boz NO doubt of her
strange. whimsical talent" Barry ~.
MARKED. That unfinished portrait be.
.0le which she lies dead Ton instance.
90 b. ~ unmisiakahly recognizable as
q photograph. fancy M Theodore
Nansltiart would give something TO
ntr hi- wiir's picture rpuiuycd hcf0t,
W, uoturicty ef tomorrow"
Professor Senlyuuuv Nodded SLOWLY
Yea observed the most prominent
hing be- the portrait. did you note" he
asked The Nansitiart ecmrald7 II has
figured in more than one unsavor, emf.
>'-le IN the traditions ~ IL history, vet