The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-21
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: things journey: sun and moo
morning. noon and afternoon, mig
and all her stars Videlicet: Y
begin to make progress"
"What the devil are you drivir
at?' The new complication I
Pfyfe's peccadilloes had left Mari
ham irritable.
"lnt'restin' young woman, tn
Miss Hoffman-eh, what? - Van,
rejoined irrelevantly.
Didn't care especially for "a
deceased Benson. And she fair
detests the aromatic Leander. i
had prob'b told her he was mil
understood by Mrs. Pfyfe, and II
vited her to dinner
well, she's pretty enough" con
mented Markham Indifferent
Benson, too. may have made o.
vances-which is why she dislike
him"
"Oh, absolutely" Vance unused
moment. "Pretty-yes; but mi
leadin'. She's an ambitious gel, IN
capable, too-knows her business
She's no ball of fluff. She has
solid. honest streak in her-a bit {
Teutonic blood, Id say
He paused meditatively. -
know, Markham, I have q suspicic
you'll hear from little Miss Katinl
again
"Crystal-gazing, eh?" humble
Markham.
"Oh, dear no!n Vance was lool
ing lazily out of the window. "Bt
] did enter the silence. so to speal
and INDUCED in bit of craniologica
contemplation"
Il thought I noticed you oglin
the girl said Markham. But sine
her hair was bobbed and she ha
her hat on, how could you analya
the bumps ?--if that's the phrat
| you phrenologists USE"
Forget not Goldsmith's preacl
err Vance admonished. "Trut
from his lips prevailed, and. thoe
who came to scott remained
cetera. -. To begin with, I'm n
phrenologist. But l believe j
epochal, racial. and heredit'ry var
| ations in skulls. In that respes
I'm merely an old-fashioned Dsi
| winian.
Every child knows that the sku
of the Piltdown man differs frol
that Of the Cromagnard: and eve
q lawyer could distinguish an Arya
head from a Ural-Altaic head, or
Maylaic from a Negrillo. And, j
one is vers.d at all in the Mendelia
theory. heredit'ry cranial similar
tiles can be detected.
but all this erudition is beyon
you. | fear. Suffice it to say tina
despite the young woman's hat an
hair. ! could see the contour Of he
head and the bone structure in he
face; and l even caught . glimps
Of her ear
"And thereby deduced that we
hear from her again." added Mark
ham scornfully.
'lndirectly-yes," admitted Vanc'
Then, after pause: II say. !
view OF Miss Hoffman's revelation
do not Colonel Ostrander's CON
ments of yesterday begin to, tax
on phosph'rescent aspect?"
Look here!' said Markham in
patiently. Cut out these circun
locutions, and get to the point"
Vance turned slowly from the wir
dow, and regarded him pensively.
Markham put the questio
acknowledgement Pfyfe's forge
check. with its accompanying cor
fession and its shortly-due note, cor
stitute a rather strong motive to
doing away with Benson :"
Markham sat up suddenly.
''You think Pfyfe guilty-is thu
it,
well. here's the touchin' situs
ton: Pfyfe obviously signed Der
sons name to check. told hi
about it, and got the surprise Of hi
life when his dear old pal asked hit
| for a 9O-day note to cover til
amount. and also for q written cor
fession to hold over him to insur
| payment.
Nov consider the subs'quer
facts:-First. Pfyfe called on Ber
son week ago and had q quarrt
in which the check was mentiones
Damon was prob'bly pleading wit
| Pythias to extend the note, an
was vulgarly Informed that ther.
was nothing doing
SECONDLY. Benson was shot tw
days later. less than q week befo1
the note fell due.
Thirdly. Pfyfe was at Benson
house the hour Of the shooting, an
not only lied to you about his where
abouts, but bribed garage owner
keep silent about his car.
"Fourthly, his explanation, whe
caught, Of his unrewarded search fc
Haig and Haig was, to say the leas
a bit thick. And don't forget tbs
the original tale Of his lonely que,
for natures solitudes in the Cat.
kills-with his mysterious stop-ove
in New York to confer q farewe
benediction upon some anonymou
person-w. not all that one coul
have hoped for in the line Of plaus
bility.
''Fifthly, he is an impulsive gan
bier, given to taking chances; m
his experiences in South Afric
would certainly have familarize
him with firearms.
"Sixthly, he was rather eager I
involve Leacock, and did ! bit 81 car
dish tale-bearing to that end, eve
informing you that he saw the Car
tain on the spot at the fatal mt
ment.
"Seventhly-but why bore you
Have | not supplied you with
| the factors you hold 50 deary-whs
are they now ?-motive, time, plac
opportunity, conduct? All that
wanting is the criminal agent. B,
then, the Captains gun, i 1t Il
bottom Of the East River; % your
not very much better off in his cas-
WHAT"