The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-13

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ing of him in the past tense. Wal,
Perry Heath is = pretty fair artist.
and his home is one of the show
places Of the Gardens. oh, it didn't
cost quarter as much as your
place, Black. or as Andcrson's home,
but it's a comfortable enough shack.
And now, I've no idea who's at the
head of it. You see, Mr.. and Mrs.
Heath had no children and the two
house guests over there can't be cx-
pcctcd to stay on forever"
"Somebody said that lnman is
Mrs. Hcath's heir"
IL know. | mean, / know that's
the report, but don't know how
true it is"
, "Well, Somebody's got to talk"
said Black. decidedly. "You cant
find out things any other way. And
II there's nobody in particular to
work this thing up, all the more rea-
son, why we old Harb0r residents
should take hold and do our best to
run down the murderer Of Myra
Heath, whether it is her husband
we're after or not"
"Thats the way look at it," Cum
ningham agreed. "Thosc two people
over there and that bunch Of serv-
ants must give up what they know.
Somebody must make 'cm do it. II
Mott goes for tho little beauty, he'll
probably fall down OH the job just as
Osborn did. for she's a witch child,
all right. But l shall steel my heart
against her vamping and wrcst the
truth from her soul! Why was she
crying bitterly when Carter went to
tell her about Mrs. Heath? Don't
tell me it was some sorrow Of her
own. Too much Of coincidence. Or,
If il was, then she must cough up
what tn. sorrow was. It can't hurt
her AS much to bare her secret grief
as it can to be suspected Of a pre-
maturcA knowledge Of tho tragedy"
Good Lord, Al, but you have
Imagination" Sam Anderson cx-
claimed. II dare say it's Il good as
set for detective. but don't let it
run away with you"
'Oh, imagination helps only up to
a certain point. After that you want
tact, policy, cunning and all the
Machiavcllian traits to round up your
facts. You want to hear everything
you can. You want to sec, quickly
and surely. And most Of all you
need the psychologist instinct to
guide you among the shoals Of false
clues that continually crop up"
"My. Al. you do know "A lott" cx-
claimed Black. I'D no idea VIC were
such u modern and up to
date Slcuth!"
"And then. after all" Cunningham
went on. "it largely depends Oh luck.
and hard work. or" he laughed
work aud hard luck"
CHAPTER XIV
"Well. you're philosophical, to say
the least" Anderson told him. "But
20 ahead, old chan. Quiz the pretty
little girl-I'd like to see that charm
Grand put the, he-cousin through .
course of sprouts. My choice is for
him. He's the only one / can see
who has motive, which. I've. been
told, is the first thing to look for. "
II suppose inman may be said to
have sAsd motive" Cunningham
said slvwly. "but l know him, and
though I'm not AN intimate friend,
| can't sseem to nee him brutally
~" WY Vi not H 4" said Anderson. e ii
mean; granting the brutal murder.
somebody, must have done 1t. And
somebody in the house,
If the stories of the careful locking
up are all true. don't eliminate
the possibility of Heath's guilt but
can't see how he could get away
afterward. He could, Of course,
have zone away before the crime. if
the cousin did It."
swell. I'll 60 there this evening
If they'll let me in, if not, I'll insist
on an interview tomorrow. l shall
say represent the Country Club,
which feels it has right to use
every effort to i0cate one Of its menu
bcrs who is mystcriously absent" :.
Eyes, that's a good way to put it,"
commended Black. "You must get
something. Cunny. As you say, that
doddeSing coroner got nowhere
Its outrageous, the way such
cases are handled by incompetent
and ignorant officials!" Anderson de-
clared. by the time clever or cx-
perienced detective can get busy on
. chem, the important clues have been
obliterated. And not only that, but
the bungling operatives are so cock
sure end sclf-sufficient that they per-
suade the public Of the own eff
cheney when they have none ut all.
"That's right, Ssnl." Black agreed.
well. get busy, Cunningham. Hunt
down; Heath, if you can. Get all the
information you can from the people
At tbs bungalow, and let's cover
the Country Club with glory by solv'
ing the mystery Of the murder o.
Myra Health"
Heath will come back Of his own
accord" Anderson said, insistently
"And you'll find clues or evidences
pointing to Larry Inman rs the per-
petrator Of the crime. OF course, thi.
is pure surmise on my part, but ~
the evidence seems to lie in that d.
reetion."
Maybe" Cunningham SAL
thoughtfully. "I'm not sure you're
not right. But innocent or guilty, il
ought mot to be hard to find Heath
Men can't drop out Of sight 50 easily
I've heard, the department have ri.
ready put detectives OH his track
but I've heard Of no response as yet
Though, Of course. it's too soon T.
n~rect H.. DOM know Heath aw
fully well. after all. Do any Of you
fellows know anything--er--unsatis.
factory shout him?"
shady, you mean :" asked Black.
"Yes-or. qucer-pecutiar. Eccen'
tric. Anything, in fact, out Of the
ordinary. The sort Of thing chap
tell Of an acquaintance. ex-
cept in such circumstances as these
we're now facing. If any one knows
anything detrimental to PER-,
Henth, hold it is his duty 70 tell il.
II agree with, that" Anderson
spoke decidedly. personally.
know nothing. I'm< not very wei
acquainted with him, bat when
learned he was to be rival candi
date for the club presidency. ! mt
urally looked up his record"
"Whers'd you find it," asked Cum
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