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"i .1,. t.i'itit. hut Lockweoa gazea i
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I." .jL". hi nM tn himself. "It
end "drteetive could get anything
m thl. There's that Stene. Mercer
Smti raving ever I suppose he's
Kt 'intrigue him and yet there fc
!?. ; h? coiisldercd. If It should
h tlie tide ngelnrt her -"
hfll niLLTUUUIli Allien ii'i
and Lockwood seized his
B,ter
t. again
SlUns Anltn at the Adams house,
Mid, "Listen, dear, jm '
. .n.thinff hut res or no, and then
'.... lll iniilfrstand."
1'All rliht." came the reply.
'Tie just about come te the ron ren ron
eon I'll get a clever detective and
t him en the ease. I mean a real
Ktlve in inct, i'n-umig mum.-.
"Oh. no!" Aultn's voice was one of
ter dismay.
ilWli. nntt"
"I I can't tell you this way! Yeu
ij ti
"Se I did. Well, here, I'll atls qucs
nil. Don't you want me te de this;
"Ne!" very emphatically.
"You'd rather I weuldn t ?
"Very much ratner.
twiii you fear HI effects te. your-
p.y- v --
"Tm
"Iou are sure you're net evercstl-
itinr the danger or ttiatr
l"I am u."
I'Then there's no mere te he bald.
fced-by."
ILockweod hung up the receiver nud.
ned around te sec irasis lrewning ai
the way you and Miss
the devil around the
"Se that's
bitin whip
no'-'
"1'hat's the way," returned Leck-
id, coolly.
"ah rremlxd net te sec you alone
this hew she keeps the letter of her
vmlte and breaks it in spirit.'"
"Uave her out of this. I called
run, the did net call inc. ,
"All the same. New, I Rather from
e interesting; tan; i evenicaru uiuc
lis Austin deej net wluh te huvc
mlng Stene take up this rase."
"leu are at nuerty te guincr ally
ing ion cheese."
"Bee here, I.ockweod, jeu make u
utake when 3011 tiy tu untngenlKC
1 d be a better friend te jeu than
1 enemy. '
"I've no reason . te want i en for
Iher." Lockwood was by no means
Ipertlnentj be merely wpoke lndif-
tntiy. 'ltask noted this und went
fflert suavelv :
l"New, my dear I.ockweod, what I
vpese te de new is te employ Hem
( Stene mvfielf.''
Lockwood was astounded. At firt
I was glad, for he felt mut Htene
We wire) the whole myMc-ry. 15ut.
m, .uprese It Incriminated Anita,
ineugn i-ocKweod was sure of her
JlOCenCe. hp U':ic flinf nnnnrli .n in
illie thnt hlb hiiretv iih larcelv Imi-
uw of His affection for her. Huppesu
one should prove her te he the eiluiw
It COuldn'l nml tt
H looked up te lind Trask smilinc
wniy,
"l'eu'vc the reputation of bcins of
impgf8ive countenanre, Lockwood,
t 19 me jour face is nH an enen
r" ueweter. it h nniv hmii.. ....
UP BMlllSt n llimrxilf nmMn. V..
let Stene te come, yet you're afraid
L. 1 ou "iat -AIlM Austin Is
It I'M nn . "- '"U'ilLJ",JBt:
' yOll'H N0 that. Bnv nM.n.nl
CSl W?" KLh1" ulJ
"Ti 1 1 it "'10 nunue.
1 ... ,.ru name nlene- Trask, or
J ""en with you myself."
leCL.httotellme
nv , """" uene :
i 1 nave.
boy, and, by virtue of his general apti
tude, for detective work and his titter
devotion te Stenn, had become n worth
while and much appreciated assistant.
Net only did the lad leek after all
details of theic. trips as '-well ha taking
earn of the offices, but many times his
Ingenious mind se stimulated or aided
Htone's own that mere often than net
tbey were practically colleagues.
ThcJr had a compartment te them
selves at the end of the car, and they
were no" sooner started than Stene be
gan te discuss the case with the boy.
; "I don't knew nil the details, of
course," .he began, ''but It's a setting
after myl,ewn heart."
"Then I can guess it," put in the
wIse.Flbsy. "Man found dead In sealed
room." .,
"You're a wizard I "What made you
think of that?" ;
" 'Cnuse that's the problem you like
best, F. Stene. Wise tnc tip borne
mere."
"It's further interesting, because the
victim is a great and geed man, in fact,
the president-elect of the University of
Corinth?
"My I Somebody didn't want blm for
president? That the idea?"
"Apparently net. Nothing In the
letter about that."
"Who wrote the letter?"
"The relative who inherits the whole
estate.''
"He de the Jeb?"
"Ne reason as yet te think be. But
the criminal mustn't be guessed at. The
point Is, the locked room."
"Hew was the killing done?"
"Stabbed. Ne weapon found and no
way te get In or out of the locked
room. Fine problem."
"Yes if we don't find a tccret ptalr
way or; n lying servant. Such cases
generally fizzle out that way."
"Fibs, you're n Bey Cassandra."
"What's that?"
Stene-explnlncd, for it was his habit
te supplement MeOulre's very scant ed
ucatien by,blt8 of information new and
tncn. whorl time bcrvcd.
"But, there's n queer clause in the
nrrangement." Stene went en, "if we
find the evidence lending in a certain
direction, the chase is te cease."
"That won't de."
"Of course net, and I'll seen make
that clear. But I can't think it will
lend in the given direction ns that im
plicates n young girl, and rarely Indeed,
have I found a criminal answering te
that description.
" 'Tisn't usual but, you knew, F.
Stene, since the war, girls are se in
dependent aud se rocky thnt there's no
telling what they'll de. Mc for the girl
as a suspect."
"Flbsy, you're a feel."
"Ne, sir. I don't nilmit it. See
here, sir, if they're se '-frald s'piclen
will turn te that girl, there's reason
for it. Y,et, as you can guess, if she
didn't de it. they want her skirts en
tirely cleared."
"Pretty geed deduction se far. But
we can't judge rationally until we knew
the facts."
The facts were told them, when,
some hours later, they sat nlenc with
Maurice Trask in the room where Jehn
Waring breathed his last.
"The Girl Contradicts Herself"
"I'm a plain man," Trask said, for
he didn't care te nose unduly before
an astute detective. "I've come Inte
this estate of my cousin's my second
cousin, he was, and I started out with
a firm determination te find the villain
who killed him. ' But, there Is some
cause for suspicion of the young lady
I expect te marry. And here's the sit
uation. If jeu can solve the mjbtery
of Dr. Wnrlng denth. and free thnt
girl from any taint of blame, go ahead.
But If your investigation lends tu her
step it. I want te mnrry her just the
snme, whether she killed unybedy or
net. But if she didn't de it, I want
te knew it."
"Can't you learn the truth from the
young lady hereelf if she Is your
uancee; ' asked stone.
"Oh, she Bay? she didn't de it, of
course. But there h such en ever
whelming masV of evidence or, appar
ent evidence against her, that's it s the
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EVENING feUBtite" LEpRr-PfipBLPHIA, OMJESDAY, OOTOBEB 3, 192
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l"ft .' " we can."
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we can.
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i' "..' ' "e mean thi. i e,
fi id re,tmy1cfryIl "d c Anita
ited t. : . lr he finds her im '
as
Stene
agree,'
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deepest sort of a mybtcry
"Main facts first. Where was the
hotly found?" ,
"In that desk chair, seated nt his
desk, as he often was evenings. 1 lead
ing in a Latin book, se you sec, he
wnsn't looking for trouble."
"Found dead in the morning? Been
dead all night?"
"Yes, te both these questions. And
locked in his room. Had te break in."
"And no weapon about?"
"Net a sign of nny "
"Then thnt cuts out nil suicide idea."
"It does and It doesn't. Yeu may
ns well say the looked up room cuts out
all idea of a murder."
"But it must be one or the ether.
And Isn't It mere plnuslble te leek for
some way that the murderer could have
gene away and left the room locked,
than te think up n way that the suicide
could have disposed of this weapon?"
"Yes, that's se, but I want you te
Investigate both possibilities. Yeu see,
if you could prove n suicide, that would
frce Mis Austin nt once.
"And if things go against her I
want you te eh. hang it, it's hard te
put Inte words "
"I'll de that," said Flbsy, "if things
go against Miss Austin, .you want Mr.
Stene te frame up suicide, nnd de
flare It the truth."
"Exactly that." anil Trnsk InnlrrH
relieved at the thought all his cards
were en the table. "I don't want Miss
Austin suspected, but I de want te
knew If she's Innocent."
"Any ether suspects?" asked Stene.
Net definite ones. There's the Jnp Jnp Jnp
nnose who absconded that same night,
and of course, there's tire secretary,
Gorden Lockwood. I'd like te suspect
him, all right, nnd he has n round 6ilver
penholder thnt jii'it tits the wound that
killed Waring. But It doesn't leek like
he did it. He never would have left the
penholder In evidence, nnd he would
have arranged matters te leek mere
Hku sulclde. Then, tee, hew could he
ieck me uoer bctilnd blm 7"
ihat question must be answered
first of all," said Stene. "I'll examine
me room, et course, but after the local
police and detectives have done that. I
doubt If I find Anything enlightening.
He far an I can see. this whole affair
Is unique, and I think we will find
some surprising cvidence and seen. Tell
rae mero of this Miss Aubtln. Who is
whe?"
"Nobody knows. In fact, they call
her Miss Mystery, because se little la
known of her. She appeared here in
terlnth from nowhere. She knew no
one, and as she bjgnn te make ac
quaintances somebody brought her ever
here. She met Docter Waring, nnd
Inside M twenty-four heura had se be-1
Witched him thnt ft wnillH c.m hn herl
her visiting him in hla study late at
night. She said at first, she wasn't here,
but as she 19ft the Impress of her dress
trimmings en thaj chair-back nnd eh
1 he linn a ruby pin and a let of money
that were In the Docter's possession,
It leeks, one might say. a bit queer."
" Weren't the vnluablcs planted en
her?" put In Flbsy.
'That's what she says or rather,
that's one of the things she said, The
lrl contradicts herself continually.
.T0 MyB eue' tn'n oue day and uu-
ether tht next."
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