The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10


pcctsd OF being more than a sery.
ant He nxured THAI II be left the
Chinese dagger where e would be-
found 10 the library. Lang would
be the logical suspect tie threw
the dagger into the Ting yno vase
liui be threw Il In too hard. Il broke
The vase--and again Wrede was To
quand'ry lie picked up the dag
GER md placed Il Ia The other vase
nn the table. Then BE- gathered M
The fragments of the Ting yao. car
rled them through the kitchen and
placed them in the garbage pail
on the rear porch The poker DE
had thrown back on the hearth
Ane he left the house through the
rcar entrance. passed behind the
hedge In the vacant lot. unlatched
the gate at the rear Of his apart
meui house and went 10 bis rooms. ''
SO far. so good" said Markham
"But what % BfisbaneT"
'Brlsbane7 All. ycs. lie vas nm
unexpected element. But wrcde
knew nothing about g. As !
see Il. Markham. Brisbane had
planned 10 get rid of Archer that
same night Ills trip to Chicago
was merely blind with his
knoNiedee % crimlnology and his
shrewd technical brain. be had
worked out perfectly logical
means of doing hNny with bis
brother aud having the crime ap-
pear as a suicide Naturally be
chose "Wednesday night when be
knew Archer would bc alone tn the
house. lie established bis allbl by
having Gamble make reservations
on the 5:i5 train 20 Chicago. Ills
plan was 20 80 back to the house
and take a later train. II was an
excellent idea. and II was almost
detection proof And be did come
hack % the house. Markham. With
The definite intention Of killing
Archer
~Sull. ! don't see"
~Oh. It's ALI quite simple" Vance
wesit on. ~flut before brisbane re.
turned that night. strange aud un-
canny things happened. The plot
became cluttered with compllca-
tons. and Brisbane. instead of ere.
atng a perfect crime. walked into a
plot more dlabolical than the one
be himself had conceived. :"
Vance moved In his chair.
This Is what had happened In
the meantime: Archer. recovering
from the blow OF the poker. aud no,
realizing that be had also been
stabbed. went upstairs 10 bis bed
room. The shades were up and
Wrede. from his own apartment.
could see him across the vacant
lot. No one viii ever know
what thoughts went on In Goes
mind az this time. But obviously
he was lncensed a. wrede. and he
probably sat down 10 write him a
letter forblddlng him ever 10 put
foot In the house again. lie began
10 feel tired-perhaps the blood had
keommeneed 10 choke his lungs. The
pen fell from his fingers He made
an effort 10 prepare himself for
bed. lie took OF his coat and waist.
coat and hung them carefully in
the closet. Then he put on his
dressing gown. bnftoned II. and tied
the belt around him. He walked
10 the windows and pulled down
the shades That act took prac-
tieally all OF his remaining vitality
He started 20 get his bedroom slim
pers. but the black mist OF death
was drifting in upon him. He
/ thought II fatlgue-the result per-
haps, OF the blow wrede had struck
him over the head. He sat down In
his easy chair. But he never gor up
Markham. lie never changed his
shoes. As he sat there the fnal In.
eyitable fog stified hint :"
Good Cd. Vance I see the
horror OF H." breathed Markham.
~All these steps In that sinister
situation" Vance conupued, "are
clearly indicated. But think
what must have gone on In wrede's
mlpd when he looked out OF his win
dow and saw the man he had mur.
dered moving about the room up
stairs. arranging the papers on his
desk, changing his clothes. going
about his affairs as II nothing what
ever had happened,"
Vance inhaled several times on
his cigarette and broke the ashes
into a small tray beside him.
My word. Markham! Can you
imagine Wrede's emotions? He
Killed q man: and yet be could look
across a vacant lot and see this
dead man acting as II nothing had
happened. Wrede had TO start all
over again. II was a delicate and
terrible situation. He knew that he
had thrust a deadly dagger into
Archer Goes body. But Archer was
still alive-and retribution must in
evitably follow. And don't forget
that the lights did not 90 out in
Archer Goes room Wrede. no
doubt. frantically asked himself a
thousand times what was going on
behind those drawn shades. he
not -en%~-sse1rrpd >the. 1ncalcuiable
mystery OF the situation, but I am