Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-06-05

/ way. when cruel uncies forbid. But love
Is IS, no crime. Oscar. We must look else
where for our murderer :" She
heard the faintest Of noises
Miss Withers' voice trailed away.
Unless am verv much mistaken" she
said In a whisper, I'VE may look for
our murderer Just outside the door
OF this rooml''
"Franzel, chr" Piper understood at
once. With one long stride he Was at
the door, the sergeant close behind.
No one was In the hall but DR.. Peter
French. who was walking quickly away.
Wait a minutel" reared Piper, but
the doctor couldn't wait. He turned and
sprlnted up the stairs to the fourth
floor, and they heard him pounding
across the housekeeper's room.
After himi" shouted the Inspector
To the back door-quickl There was
much hubbub in the halls. with detec-
yves SWarmlng up from the ground
floor, shouting In the corridor &.
Take your time" Miss Withers adj
V1Sed as soon as she could make her
self heard. He can't escape over the
rear fences-because locked the rear
door and broke off the key In the lock.
Just to make sure
She saw DR.. French dragged away
by detectives, without q qualm. She
shook hands with Framed, who said,
4 told you sol / told you so, but I
didn't think you were paying any at
tention to me-"
She even watched the lovely Mazda
come out Of her Mysteries with miracu-
lous swiftneSS In the arms Of young
Alison
you two ought to get married right
away" the Inspector suggested.
'Oscarl gasped Miss WitherS. What
q thing to sayl"
He Shrugged. well, with that pas
sage between the houses and all that
when it gets into the newspapers :"
Il think the proprieties will be taken
care Of II Mazda will simply dig the
wedding ring out Of her cold cream
jar and wear it so it win show" Miss
Withers suggested calmly. They've
been married for weeks :"
Months" sang out Mazda, through
her tears of relief. "Since last spring,
but we knew 1t would kill uncle If he
knew. You see, he hated the Alisons
sol"
The Inspector felt himself being
showed out Of the room by Miss Withers. !
"The newspaper boys are clamoring,"
she told him. Hadn't you better find |
out how you solved the Wurtz murder
before you talk to them?"
Il guess So" said Piper. 1T was 1
the doctor all right, but / don't see /
how he could have done 1t or why he 4
would want to. Otherwise have a /
perfect case ="
Miss Withers smiled. "All the time"
she said, lit seemed a bit thick to me /
that man ever an actor, could dis
guise himself as some one else well
enough to fool the old housekeeper
- oxrf4r
man, Oscar, who could be sure that
ne would succeed in Disgusting himself
Is DR.. French-and that was the doctor
himself"
II never thought Of that" admitted
Piper ruefully.
aOh, it was clever as sim" Miss
Vithers assured him. 1T stood to
'eason that nobody would think Of
hat obvious solution. The willy doctor
new that the housekeeper would no
Ice the changed voice. the muffler and
be raised heels. He intended us to find
he grease paint, because every one
4 those clues pointed away from him
BESIDES, he'd already awakened official
uspicion in the wrong direction with
lis story Of the poisoned jelly-a very
Unlikely story, tool"
fter numbering the old man, and came
4 the front after disposing of the
hoes and muffler?"
She nodded. And he planted the
lgaret case, as a part Of the frame
e was trying to build against young
llison. He knew of the family feud.
he Montague Capulet affair. But he
idn't know about Romeo and Juliet,
'scar. That tripped him, because If
lison had a secret entrance to the
Yurtz house he would hardly risk going
trough the open court in the rearw
Yeah" protested Piper. "But you've
wen me everything but the motive"
Don't you see that?" said Miss
7ithers YEARLY. Dr. French thought
e was going to marry Mazda. Her
ncIe had bulhed her into half-prom-
suppose she thought
nat IL she refused, the old man might
'et himself into collapse. Silly, but
e do lots of silly things at twenty
and afterward, for that matter"