New Britain herald., 1926-09-23
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CHAPTER XLN1
 The three went inside, and as it was late almost no one was about. A few sleepy servants were in at tendance, and a few more sleepy members were here and thre.
 "I'll just go in the locker room" :" said Heath, you chaps won't be allowed in, of course, but you can sit right here and wait for me. l give my word of honor. I will come straight back here to you, within five minutes"
 Something in his voice rang true, and Steve said, "All right, old man, go ahead. We'll wait here"
 A moment later Sam Anderson came from the locker room.
 "Who do you suppose Is in there?" he whispered. looking great ly excited. Perry Heath!"
 "Yes, we know it." said Tod. Hush, don't tell everybody! Thought you had a party on.'
 "I did, but we broke up a while ago, and we came over here to wind it up. The other chaps have just gone home, and I went in the locker room a minute, and l saw Heath. Whats he doing here?"
 You go along home, MT. Ander- son." said Truitt. and please don't say anything about Heath till morn ing. We're looking after him all right"
 Very well. I've no desire to mix in. but think you have put one over our detective, Al Cunningham"
 He went off and the others waited for Heath.
 But after waiting fifteen minutes and not seeing him, Tod asked a servant to go into the locker room and hurry him up.
 The servant returned with the word, There isn't anybody in there, Nr. Buck"
 Must be-" and Tod strode in here himself
 But there was no one there. A window was open, but it gave one a rather long drop to the ground, and Tod wondered if Perry had talk on that chance of broken leg.
 He went back and reported to Truitt, and that worthy stared at him.
 Sure, Toddy?"
 Sure, Steve"
 "Then. I don't believe he took out the window, I believe he gave us the slip while we were taking to MT. Anderson-'
 "Oh, he couldn't have. I was looking about"
 NO, you weren't, you were look ing directly at Anderson, and so was I. Depend upon it, old man, that's when slippery Heath gave us the go by"
 "It seems incredible"
 Incredible or not, it happened Come on. let's go home and go to bed"
 Well you seem contented to lie down on the job"
 My dear boy, what can l do? What can either of us do, tonight?"
 This was true enough, yet it was with a sense of disappointment at his friends failure that Toddy Buck went to bed.
 He slept late in the morning to make up for his vigils, and when he came hurrying down to a late breakfast, he found Steve Truitt there, and smiling broadly as he sat reading an official communication.
 Its from Mott" he said, sue cinctly, land though he doesn't say so, I can't help feeling that friend Mott is bit glad that the upstart detective has been outwitted by the clever criminal"
 "Meaning?" asked Buck, his mouth full of toast and jam.
 For answer. Truitt passed over the missive.
 It was to the effect that police headquarters had received a note from Perry Heath.
 There is no doubt of its genuine ness," the letter said, flor we have had it verified by several who know his writing"
 Tine note" they were further in formed tells us that Perry Heath confesses to the murder of his wife, Myra. He gives no reason for the deed, but states that he is now so overcome with remorse and grief that he has committed suicide. He says if will be useless to hunt for his body for it can never be found, but he says by the time we read the let ter he sent, he will be a dead man. Says he prefers that death to capi- tai punishment, and that he could not continue to live now that his eyes are open to the heinousness of his crime"
 Well, what do you think of that?" exclaimed Toddy Buck, re- turning to his interrupted break fast.