Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-03

ingenious mind so stimulated or aided
| stones own that more often than not
they were practically colleagues.
Thet had a compartment TO them
selves at the end OF the car, and they
were no sooner started than Stone be-
gan to discuss the case with the boy.
II don't know all the details, Of
course" he began, "but It's setting
after my own heart"
Then can guess it," put in the
wise Fibsy. Man found dead in sealed
ROOM"
10y You're :, a !. y. w'zard' What made you
Cause that's the problem you like
best, +. Stone. Wise Inc up some
more"
"It's further interesting, because the
victim is great and good man, in fact,
the president elect of the University of
my Somebody didn't want him for
president? That the idea -
Apparently not. Nothing in the
letter about that" ...
WHO wrote the lctter?'
''The relative who inherits the whole
estate .-'
He do the job?'
mo reason as yet to think so. But
the criminal mustn't be guessed at. The
point is. the locked room"
''How was the killing done?''
stabbed. No weapon found and no
way to get in or out of the locked
room. Fine problem"
"Yes-if we don't find secret stair.
way-or, lying servant. Such cases
generally fizzle out that way
''Fibs, you're a Boy Cassandra.'
What's that?'
Stone explained, for it was his habit
to supplement McGuire's very scant ed.
ucation by bits of information now and
then. whcn time served.
But, there's n queer clause in the
arrangement" Stone went on, "if we
find the evidence leading in a certain
direction, the chase is to cease"
THAT won't do"
''Of course not, and I'll soon make
that clear. But l can't think it will
lead in the given direction as that i'm.
plicates young girl, and rarely indeed,
have found criminal answering to
that description.
"'Tisn't usual---but. you know, r.
Stone. since the war, girls are so in
dependent and SO cocky that there's no
telling what they'll do. Me for the girl
as suspect
"Fibsy. you're n fool"
mo, sir: I don't admit it: See
here. sir. If they're so !fraid s'picion
will turn to that girl. there's reason
for It. Yet, as You can guess, If she
didn't do It.. they want her skirts en-
tirely cleared"
Pretty good deduction so far. But
We can't Judge nationally until we know
the facts
The, facts were told them. when.
some hours later, they sat nlone with
Maurice Irask in the room where John
Waring breathed his last
"The Girl COntradiCts Herself
"I'm a plain man." Trask said. for
he didn't, care 70 nose undn,v before
an ast,,te detective "J'vc come into
this estate OF INV cousin's-my second
cousin. he was. and I started out with
n Arm determination to And rho villain
who killed him. Rut there "a aomo
cause for suspicion of the younp lady
7 expect to marry. And here's the Sit
uation. II Won can solve the mystery
of DR.. Warnings death and frec that
girl from any faint Of blame 90 ahead
But If your investigation leads TO her
stop IT, want to marry her inst tbc
same, whether she killed anybody or
not. But if she didn't do il, I want
70 know II -
Cant you learn the truth from the
youne Iadv herselfH-if shc "a vomr
fiancee p" asked stone. '0'
"Oh, she sayS she didn't do II. Of
course. But there's such an over.
mash ~ sv;dence"-or onrer.
ent evidence against her that's Il pp tbe
[leepest sort Of n mystery"
"Noip facts first Wboro wos +bo
body fomndS' ""' 'ne1
I'm that desk choir se,ted NJ his
lcsk ma he often was evenings Ro,ds
inc in a Latin hook so rou 500 he
wasn't looking for trouble
Found dead in the morninu2 Recn
lead ali ni9htY"
"Yes. TO both those ouestions And
ocked in his room Had N brc.t IN -
"And no weapon aboutf''
mot n sign Of any-"
"Then that cuts out all suicids id.s q"
"It does and II doesn't Yom nav
IL we'll saw thc locked nm room cmt. out
III idea of n murder, WV
"But IL must be one or N. oth.r
md isn't II more plausibie 70 IooE for
ONE wov that rho murderer co,,d h.va
,one away and left Tho roono iocL.d
han TO think up way that The snicide
ould have disnosed ~ tbjs wsanon ~
"Yes, that's so. but I want von n
investigate both possibilities Won go
YOU could prove a suicide that would
rec Miss Austin at once N
"And--if things 20 apainat h.r--Tl
yant you to-oh' hana H. it;s hard -
ut into words--''
o against Miss Austin, YOU want NJ