The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-13
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by M;gsos C. Eberhars'
Chapter 49
TEN YELLOWSTONE


 aXOU see." went on. you went
 too far to make me think Low. schiem was the murderer. You hoped he would try to escape rather than face the police. and your plan was to arrive with the police and catch me red-handed. for if Lovschiem was ever to escape he must do so then. and you thought you'd thor oughly frightened him. But 1t didn't work. You see. you heard the con versation in the courtyard between, Stravsky and Lovschiem."
 Marianne" The word came rather shrilly from the coat collar. Marianne couldn't have told you. The conversation was in English. Marianne cannot understand Eng fish"
 "Jim." cried Sue wildly. Its true. Marianne has told what Marcel saw. He saw Lorn-Lorn-in the court. yard the night Stravsky was mur. dered. He told Marianne and he tried to tell you. And he was killed"
 It was then that Lorn lost his head. For he wheeled suddenly and began to run.
 He was out the door and was run. ming blindly through the court with his head down.
 sWell-they caught him. of course. WHEN the detectives arrived from " Paris the next morning they made short work of the whole tissue of horribly interwoven threads.
 Lorn was the last man should have expected to confess. but con fess he did. It was late the next day before we had the whole story. The wind was still blowing. ana the lounge where Sue and Mrs. Byng and sat was cold. Mrs. Byng was knitting furiously. y..and Pucci perch ed on the table beside us and took the liveliest interest in the conver- sation.
 ."So," said Mrs. Byng. "the Lov. schiems were actually in the busi- ness after all. The Lovschiems and the dead Stravsky and this young fellow who pretended to be your brother. my dear. and this Elise person who's been wandering. about like a lost soul all day. Quite a conspiracy"
 Tt arose very simply" l said "Lovschiem has confessed to con- .spiracy. l gather that when your mother. Sue. told them of the money waiting for you it was irresistible The rest was simple" '''-'
 "But how in the world" said Sue worriedly. .could they hope to con. vince a lawyer that Elise was-Sue Tally? The lawyer would be partic- ularly suspicious. owing to Francis's murder"
 "Why not? She would have the token. However, the Lovschjems did not know that the priest was Francis. They suspected me of being your brother at first: that is why Madame tried to keep me out of jail"
 "I've got to know" boomed Mrs. Byng. "how Lorn escaped from the elevator after he had killed Marcel" ''He says he simply walked through the corridor while l was struggling with the police, dodged into a vacant room to avoid your coming and the others. There was Jess chance in walking down the winding stairway. sheltered by vines as It is. and crossing the court. to the lobby door after Marcel was killed. for everyone was in the lounge. There was no one to see. Yes. chance favored him that time. But he preferred killing stealthily., By poison" .s. And when he killed the priest Francis Tally?" ~
 "IIe returned again unobserved by way of the winding stairway. and later. when 1t was over. left the same way.
 But why did Lorn rescue you twice if his aim was eventually to make you the victim?"
 He wasn't ready for a victim lyet. Anc he wanted Sues con ifidence. And he knew that the police still would suspect me. was in danger from him from the moment he knew that knew of the; broken seal. And he had pretty plan to catch me redhanded. But Loyschiem didn't try to escape. And l didn't shoot And Pucci found Sues token-
 Tn that hussy's hair!" Mrs. Byng was knitting with dangerous aban. don. And you knew"
 q knew Madame Grethe had put something in her hair when she came from Lorn's room. Pucci pulled 1t out and 1t was Sues half of the token. knew 1t must be Sues half. for she herself had her broth CTS half. And 1t had come from Lorn's room" - ,...ss "Then Lorn was acting entirely -alone?"
 TEn ntirely. It was simple matter of greed. There was that extra ordinary storZ. There were the nil.