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they? I don't know how they came
10 be here"
When did you wear them last 20
II couldn't say: not since I left
Paris. anyway. They were fright
fully uncomfortable. and as soon as
I reached home ] threw them out:
or az least I told Martha 20 do 50.
cannot understand how they came 20
be still here IN the room and In that
condition. They must have been
worn out in the rain
Sergeant Barry" she murmured,
Il am very III Has the coroner per
formed the autopsy YETI Do they
know how my cousin died ?"
he paused for a moment. Should
he tell her the truth and let her
know how the evidence was piling up
against her?
Miss Laurel Tudor died from in
haling a nOxious gas which caused
suffocation and which We believe 20
have been generated out in the gar
age here he said slowly. That
gas was in some way conveyed 10
this room and administered 10 your
cousin"
But how could that be-" she
cried wildly. why was 1 not killed.
too? oh. 7 understand now what
you mean about those slippers, You
think that I wore them out 10 the
garage last night in all that storm
and did this terrible thing Why
could someone else not have thrown
.r-g-
that they would not be discovered
until an opportunity came 10 dis
pose OF them? Why, II l were guilty,
would I leave them where they
could be so readily found p"
"Why would anybody" he coun-
tered swiftly. who else IN this
household can wear your slippers,
Miss Tudor?"
For an instant, as this irrefutable
fact confronted her, the girl stood
staring at him as though bereft OF
her senses. When she spoke her
voice was carefully guarded
II had not thought OF that. ser
geant. but you are right, Of course.
No one else in the family could have
worn them: but whether you believe
not wear them last night. or at any
time within the past two or three
weeks. and am utterly innocent OF
any knowledge or my cousins
death"
II have brought no accusation
against you. Miss Tudor" the de-
tectlve reminded her.-"YOu have
identified the slippers as your for
mer property. and though they are
wet and mud stained you assert that
YOU have not had them on In weeks.
This IS the situation as IL stands.
and I do not propose to annoy you
with further questioning. 1 am sorry
that you are IN. Did you speak OF ii
to Doctor Green or the coroner"
NO It is nothing. My head felt
queer and congested, and I dis
covered after the excitement had
died down a little. that it ached vio-
lently" She hesitated. 1--we had
odd fits OF dizziness. too. but I am
sure they Will pass away presently"
Go and rest, by all means, Miss
Tudor" Barry held the door open
for her to pass him.
He stuck the little slippers. all wet
and muddy as they were, into his hip
pockets and descended the stairs 10
find the sheriff still in consultation
with the bereaved mistress Of the
house. while the professor was walk
ing up and down on the porch. evil
IDENTIFY awaiting the others pleasure
10 depart.
professor. there IS something
a 20 D.
began. What effect would carbon
monoNide have upon one who had
been only rendered insensible by il.
or had merely received a Whit Of IT,"
Headache. dizziness and nauses
are the immediate results If the VIC
tim reyives." Professor SemyonOv
responded. Rest and fresh air will
work their own cure in short
time"
Barry re-entered the house. 10 md
the sheriff gazing with a puzzled eN-
preston a, Mrs Tudor, who was re-
treating Up the stairs
Have you discovered anything
new?" Barry smiled.
NO. haven't" said the sheriff
testify I've been talking 10 her for
I managed 70 set it out OF her. 1t
seems that though her niece. who is
mourning Tor her brother that was
killed at the front. wouldn't appear
formally az the dance Mrs. Tud~
thought she caught sight OF heI
on the porch. She wasn't sure.
she wouldn't for the world have Us
think anything against the girl. but
I could tell rs plain as day THAI she
suspected something against the girl
even though she wouldn't admit It."
The sheriff paused Cor breath and
Barry demanded;
You mean that she thinks her
niece overheard that talk about car
bon monOxide and went directly and
put IL into practice2'
Wen l. would explain why Miss
Fay wasn't affected"
Il was late afternoon when Ser
geaut Barry returned 20 the Tudor
estate. He went behind the garage
and 20 the rear or the tea house
At his approach he had discerned
a slender black -gowned figure seated
upon the steps OF the little toy struc-
ture. and beside IL a man with a pair
OF crutches a. hand. He recalled the
episode OF the morning. when he and
the Lieutenant had come upon the
same couple. and the young officer
rad disclaimed all knowledge OF the
stranger.
Barry crept softly arc@nd the side
OF the tea house until he had reached
a point where he could see without
being himself seen. RE halted in
time 10 hear Fay Tudor remark
so you see, Captain Warren, what
a hx I'm In Those slippers would