Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-20
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Ths Missing VIII

sav he reached through, locked
L., inslde--the French window, l
snd then had put in the pane
L,.d II, and gone away -.
Iee!" cried the boy. THAT could
course. II could. And there are
wavs It might have been accom-.
Now, we don't say that did
INIT what want to know Is
% At the head Of this invcsti'
r,,r.t feel that Mrs. Bates is,'
|pevton said, a little sullenly. "She
tot married yet, and. therefore,
I,ideut bousekeeper. I feel rather
khority myself :.
Iut rou say you are the heir. Mrs.
b" the detective inquired.
krh.ps I ought not to have tod
7 Emily Bates spoke resretfully:
pr. warnings lawyer will tell
Il is true ] am the principal heir.
| 50 designated in his will. which
LIN find in a secret drawer in his
h. know where this drawer is?'
LIDO"
Ister v on l will ask you to show US.
II are the heir, there Is no further
Ian Of YOUR authority here
II Detective Morton left the room.
yenty four hours later Cray. the
hi prosecutin, attorney, stood in
iaring study.
body Of the master had been re-
and to Cray's regret he had not
4 before the cmbalmcr's work had
led the red ring on the forehead.
was a sigu,' he said to Morton,
HAS modify listening. "A sign like
left BY the murderer, always means
Ee"
Iou agree to murder. then?' Nor
kpoke eagerly, glad TO have his
corrobcratcd.
That else? Look here. Morton: it's
10 be either murder or suicide,
h it? Yes?' Well, then, to which
|e two do the greater number OF
Ipoint? Sum up. For suicide we
only the locked room argument.
Init I don't know how any one
get In or out Of thiI study. but.
isay. that's the only sign Of sui
Now, for murder we have the ab.
Of the weapon, the robbery Of the
and the ruby. and sign Of Il cir.
the dead mans forehead. Wish
ben that. 1t wasn't burnt on, for
appeared utter the embalmers.t took
no, It wasn't as deep as a
More like an impression left by
OF cold metal or the edge Of a
tumbler."
ry strange. and decidedly an i'm
ht clue. For, here's the queer
The doctors declare the mark
pave been made while the man was
NOV, how can that be cx-
H?"
I've 1t ur. It's too much for me.
vas too small a circle to have
Yade by the tumbler on the water
measured it,"
know that's why ! think 1t was
OF revenge. Suppose the motive
E'enge and the reason for revenge
Fmething to do with a quarrel In
a small glass or cup figured.
the idea, though, of course, II
have been a glass or cup at all,
fnething with a ring.like edge.
!1ere was a reason for the sign. on
I'D mans face"
s.e; though ! never could have
It out like that"
! don't say It's exactly what
aea, but there must hsve been
S!ns o. the sort. for what other
pess hts the case at all? We
imagine DR.. Waring branding
=, u 'ofesssad' es! s,, and then killing him. :.
and If he had, where's the
as iron--to call 1t that-and
the darscr?"
y. right. Now, I propose to
ae matter as a murder case. and
or the criminal first, and then
kard." '"' 'o'Aeo 'ooh'
Roa' those locked rooms---.--"
Ruh way off, Morton, when you
a locked room.'
was locked--I mean impe netrably
,iaere is no secret passage
,. am sure. Your ingenious idea
v!as ana replacing a whole pane
II was clever, I grant, but we've
S' not q pane has been lately
tsa. They're all framed In old.
tSsa. Issa ana even painted putty"
p Iapw 1t. But some other such
sat nave been devised.
Mt mink of any. We've exam.
tne window sashes and door
|vss v4, .S Swell as far as l can see the
.,so s seso utely unenterable. But,
S:..nalng, I'm going TO work on
W. OASIS. Because inexplicable
ss.tihs' there are even more in :
iSple ,io,s dihiculties In the way of
1IS.ue S.a theory. Now, l suppose
~ .ne lnser print expert in p
kd naTen't-not yet"
% Lord What kind of q dc .
"e you? Well. ret him, and
" " work. What about foot .
ads the roomY"
outside, either. But inside. I
. Sul.I I1s ~ oeen trampled by a score
y ,hs can't r. get footprint. on a thick
ms,, s ,a,scomfted Morton grumbled
viii Il'u.ss ~. you can. And Z polished
|@ou @ donu 0.ten show marks. What
1s~aS enough to do. Mr.. Cray"
N.Y. Jared back at him. II have
d, .'ety minute since ] began,
] W lew hours sleep"
Va, ,s"enty.four hours since the
r' gwen. You've put in Al
] ''Ne' then. What have you
/. ,Taa, that-if it is a murder" r ar
/ %ssswood knows all about it,"
!; suspect himY'
. sdss. ~ the deed. or Of guilty
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