The Seaforth News, 1930-04-24, Page 2The Ste on the Stairs
By ISABEL OSTRANDER
CHAPTER VIL—(Cont'd.)
Professor Semyonov replied bland-
ly; "The policeman on guard outside
Miss Shaw's doom Happened -to be an
old acquai helped me to
ntanoe. He p
open the small skylight in the main
hall which led to the roof. From there
I descended the fire escape to the wine
dow of Miss Shaw's studio and found
her huddled up in a bare, hard chair
in a slumber that I fear was not a
normal tine, for a small carton of tab-
lets was beside her. I went through
the entire attic, examined the pitifully
few garments and other things and
found no paint or other stains, nor
any eradicator save soap.
"Climbing farther down `•the fire
escape past the windows of my own
apartment, I came to those of my
neighbor, HenryGriswold. His dreams
must have been deep. He smiled as I
looked at hint and made sounds in his
throat like those of an exultant dog
over a bone. Andmentioning dogs,
that stuffed monstrosittr which holds
the place of honor in his sitting room
was the only object in the whole
apartment that gave any evidence of
baying been cleaned in the last decade,
and I found it redolent of various
chemicals, among them also a strong
odor gf turpentine."
"The dog!" muttered Barry. "The'
old stuffed dog!"
"When I had completed my search
there I left as I had come. That
portion of the fire escape ends on the
Boor below, as you know, on the sky-
light of Mrs. Vane's studio, but a
walk -way runs around the edge to the
outside row of windows of the exten-
sion, where the second section of the
fire eszape begins and continues to the
street"
"Was Gordon Ladd out or asleep?"
demanded Barry, half incredulously.
Professor Semyonov smiled mean-
ingly.
Neither, at first. When I appear-
ed at the window of is studio I could
see through the door that led into his
Suing room. He was tramping up and
down, and though I do not pretend to
be a psychologist. I would be willing
ti swear that sorrow alone, grief that
tore at his heart -strings, was reflected
upon his face, He was in niltude,
aware of no eavesdropper. and yet I
saw no signs of either grief or fear."
"You returned then, Prefetecr, the
way you had erme?"
"Yes; for a soporific made from a
formula of my own whish is less
harmful and more effective char. that
In which Miss Shaw had indulged.
With it I returned by way of the fire
escape to Mr. Ladd's window and rap-
per on the casement. He wae oaten
fished and re entfe- enteraily.
when I made myself ;;rear tc hire net
only as hie nt kabtr cat as the person
you know at be dgearters, I e atheit-
ted me. I think the Iacr snug man
was girl of scmeere to taste to for
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after your departure the full import
of what had occtrred must have des-
cended upon him. We had a sympa-
thetic little hour, in which I' learned
i
much that had no bearing upon the
crime but which I will tell you of
later, and at its end he was quite will-
ing to take the opiate and get a little
rest and surcease from his grief. He
fell into a deep sleep almost at once,
hut it was then morning and I could
make only a superficial•search. There
was turpentine nowhere but in his
studio"
'So we drew a blank, eh, Professor
Semyonov?" Barry shrugged. "Sorry
t• have kept you up all night and
made that request of you for nothing,
but I had a hunch that someone who
had no businessto do so had touched
that portrait of Mrs. Vansittart last
night while the paint was wet and
brought away traces that they would
try to get rid of at all costs."
It was the professor's turn to shrug.
"I know nothing of that, for I have
not yet heard what you may have to
tell me, my friend, but the turpentine
I did Sind, and in a most unlikely
place," he observed. "You forget that
horrible stuffed dog in the apartment
of Henry Griswold."
"No," responded Sergeant Barry,
thoughtfully, "I have not forgotten
the dog."
CHAPTER VIII;
'You may have forgotten the dog,
but I have not forgotten my break -
fad!" Professor Semyonov laughed.
"You have had yours, Sergeant? Then,
while I make my tea I hold you to
your promise to tell me what is per-
missible of your investigations."
"It seems fairly evid,gent, then, that
Miriam Vane, the portrait painter,
was born only a few years ago." He
remarked when the detective finished.
"I wonder who inbabit.ei, that splendid
body before that, and what havoc she
wrought in the lives of men and wo-
men?"
"Oh, undoubtedly she buried a past
of some kind, but as I told the chief,
it need not have been a discreditable
one:' Barry's matter-of-fact tone was
in sharp contrast to the dreamy, al-
most mystic note whieb had come into
the Russian's voice.
"And the empty cartridge shell'?"
the professor reminded him. "No, my
friend. That was her ghost of Ban-
qne''
I kink so myself." The sergeant
rose. "I won't keep you from your
-laboratory any longer now, professor.
"Will you :et inc know the real re-
port of the n en cal examiner after the
setopey? The In?? repeat, whether it
.s ell given pet to the press or not?"
:.eked Prole ser Sen:tioncv. "I make
particular reference to the distance
free: attach the ehct that kilted Zlrs.
Vane reey have teen .`iced."
.Fite cf eietteif the detective
st.,rtea eiigh:3y.
"But you have .:related that al-
reaoy. sir. Yee or.& :art night after
e reterned he: tc : our rooms that
t .tut have teen fired by someone
-re anew who was .n the etud:o with
ct mrd that the n:ati have turned
nl her ea:.tne .G eye"k to this acr-
e .n and se rrese need the oppertun'ty
cr an orantpedcsi ..fir,.—`"
Aver. he pro ceec-r waled ar,d this
.:n,e it wits with a eigrificarce which
:cid Parry that it we c to asekes
Yi• altseriibie•.
"Yr r. forget that 1 spoke then be -
tare 1 had rcr.cie n -y search of all the
er :DM: b fort noes of turpentine,"
said Inc Frcfeeecr. "I respect your
;rcfess:cxal reserve:lcrs, my friend,
cut I. toe. have eyes! In the studio
of Mrs. Vane I observed the raised
window eitacie, .he littie bull's-eye —
the eros 'r, red paint cn the back of
the portrait andthe small puncture
,tea had penetrated it, and turning,
:seised over at that dark and silent
t.case across the _trip of garden. Some
of its blank, taring windows were
directly in lire and I wondered—"
Not another word on the subject
:cold Harry persaade that eccentric
scientist to utter cad the latter de-
parted, still smiling, to :eare the de-
tective in a decidedly reflective frame
of mind. Time pressed, however, and
descending the stairs Sergeant Barry
easily persuaded Kedge to.unlock the
door of Henry Griswtid's temporarily
empty apartment for him.
After dismissing the janitor he pro-
ceeded to Sores the drawers of the
desk neatly and with dispatch, but the.
documents and ledgers with which it
was filled told him nothing, and in spite
of himself the rigid corm and fixed,
glassy stare of the melancholy, moth-
eaten old hound in the corner seemed
boring into his consciousness reproach
fully as though even in death the
beast would guard and defend his
master's; possessione.
.leaving the desk at last he crossed
and examined the stuffed animal close-
ly. It was, as the professor had said,
redolent of turpentine and the musty,
spicy odor of taxidermy of outer days.
Ile Wes Angering one of the long,
still silky' ears when the door sudden-
ly burst open with such force that 1t
banged against the wall and Griswold
strode in, stopping abort in speechless
astonishment and affront when lie be-
held the intruder.
Then his glance traveled to the
rifled desk and he found his voiee in a
string of oaths which left hint panting
and mottled of countenance.
"Just a moments Mr. Griswold,".
Barry remarked smoothly. "Your
apartment was entereu'and your desk
opened by official authority and I
think your interview at headquarters
with the chief during the last hour
must have told you that even you can-
not combat it. Who owns this house
next• door?"
He shot the question so unexpected-
ly at the angry man that for a min-
ute Griswold blinked, Then he replied
with a gulp:
"The Gotham Realty Company."
"Who7"
is
the president of rt.
F
"I am, and I refuse to reply to any
farther question!"
"But Mrs. Vane has stated to wit-
nesses whom we can produce that you
and she knew each other before she
ever same here," Barry declared.
"Then she lied!" Griswold cried, his
temper rising again. "I never laid
eyes on the woman!"
"Mr. Griswold!" Barry asked quick-
ly. "Whatwas that dog's name?"
"Marcus, but we called him Mark
for short." Griswold threw himself up.
"Now that you have asked your last
idioticall, irrelevant question, Ser-
geant Barry, will you go?"
But Barry seemed not to have heard
the furiously uttered request. He still
stood stroking, the stiffened, drooping
ear of the beast and remarked:
"He looks quite lifelike, Mr. Gris-
wold, with that dejected expression.
I should not have called him Marcus
but Mopusl"
As the name fell from the detee-
tive's lips the change in the maxi be-
fore :'rim was instantaneous and hide-
ous beyond all description. His sallow
skin turned a sultry gray and he
shrunk back and seemed to wither like
a mummy that is unrolled.
"Mopus!" It wasa mere breath that
issued from between the thin, dry lips.
"Mous! She called him that!"
"She?—Who?" Barry's voice rang
through the room and then indeed the
mummy came to life.
.A harsh, choking cry replied to him
and Henry Griswold staggered over to
the -chair by the table and flinging his
arms wide buried his face in them.
"My wife!"
(To be continued.)
Comparisons Are Odious
Manitoba Free Press (Lib.): Every-
thing that adds to he wealth, pros-
perity and population of Western Can-
ada goes to the' building up of Winai-
peg. In the long ran it will be seen,
for instance, that the opening of the
routs by the Pacific and the Panama,
which has created serious temporary
problems for Winnipeg, has not been
a permanent injury to this city. it
would be very unfortunate indeed if
Winnipeg should ever get in the mood,
wbieh has giv'n another Canadian
city an unenviable reputation, -of ob-
jecting to every development designed
to help other sections of Canada un-
less it can be shown that it will im-
mediately get the lion's share of the
advantage. Any manifestation of this
spirit by Winnipeg would deservedly
cost this city the position of leader-
ship which it nosy holds in Western
Canada.
Minard's-50 YearRecord of Success.
Beatty Evolved Hat Tilt
To Escape His Headache
London.— It is not a striving after
notoriety or a love of the bizarre that
prompts Admiral of the Fleet Beatty
to wear his hats and caps at a jaunty
angle,
The famous tilt which the titled
sailor favors is due to a cranial con-
formation which makes the wearing
of a hat "on the level" most painful.
This fact is revealed by Lieutenant
Commander Geoffrey Rawson in his
unofficial biograpby, 'Earl Beatty: Ad-
miral of the Fleet."
Efforts to wear his cap in an ortho-
dox manner caused severe headaches,
and he finally evolved the "Beatty
tilt," which is known all ever the
world.
BLESSINGS
God bee been good to re . To tell in
part demands new words.
His gracious power in so many ways
Has blessed .ne through long yeafe of
happy days..
I bare not eloquence to voice His
praise;
I can but say with grateful heart "God
bas Been good to mei"
•
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• When a true genius appears in the
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"Both failure and success are equal-
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Living With
Our Children
Sy Pauline Herr Thomas
Said a moths)'$ of my acquaintance
to me the other day:
"My dear, I eant understand these
children of mine. I feel sure I do
not excel in the arts of child rearing,
but there is one thing l have always)
prided myself upon and that is the.
interest that I --take In my cblldren's
activities. I em never too tired or
busy to help Sister with her latest
requirements fox a school or -modal :at
fair. Sonny's chlldisb airplane model
or his more recent place on the soca
ver team, indeed his every interest
has had a share in Iny enthusiaam ass
great as his own.
"With fourchildren, e, think I might
have been excused occasional lapses.
Yet, I tell you, I have never flagged
in my interest in one of- them, down
to seven-year-old Peggy. Do you
wonder that I am bitterly disappoint-
ed
isappointed• when after all my effort my boys
and girie do not some to me with
their difficulties or trlumpbs as they,
should? They, never open their hearts
as I bad hoped they would.
"Sister rushes off to work or plea
sure with little or no explanation, ofs
fere even lessupon her return, ands,
upon my solicitation, gives it very re,
luctantly. Only yesterday, 1 bad f0
read the, local newspaper to learn ora
Sonny's victory in the park ten, ni0
tournament. I simply can not under-
stand
nderstand it all all!"
At this point there was - a mime.
tion at the dbor.
"No, you can't ,come in, I say. Yoii
are not coming into my house,"—in;
a shrill voice, unmistakably Peggy's.
"All right for you, Peggy Wetted
I'm going to . tell your mother," -in a
still-blgher pitch.
"Peggy, what is the matter, nowt
Are you quarrelling with Ruth agai
What is it all about?" demanded he$;
mother.
"Oh, what does it matter what It
is all about, I'd like to know! - I can't
do a thing you don't want to knout,
something about, Mother. Ruth's'
mother never ask her such things."
This from a seven-year-old!
I felt sorry for Mrs. Watts. She
was heartily ashamed of this show of
disrespect. She remonstrated with
Peggy, to no effect, of course The
answer to her problem was in that re-
tort of Peggy's.
It was;Froebel who said, "Camelot
us live with our children." He him
self could not have wished for a finer
demonstration of this appeal than tbd
attitude of thoughtful parents to -day.
Discrimination between wholesomd
interest and prying questioning, bow',
ever, calla for tact and good judgment,.
A childish quarrel should sometimes
remain the child's own affair, jus$
as we often wish oar own differenceq
to remain undiseussed. The child's
inherent right to a degree of privacy,
in all pursuits is as vital as our owns
and should be respected aecordinglye
By all means, let us live with our,
children, but let us not misinterpret
this counsel. Familiarity is known t0
breed contempt, but consideration and'
genuine courtesy make such "living's
delightful.
It Pays to Specialize
Vancouver Province (Ind. Cons.) a
More than 440 varieties of apples, it fig
said, have been originated at the Do-
minion Experimental Farm at Ottawa
in the past thirty-five years, ... but
there has been no rush on the part of
British Columbia orchardists to plant
them.... British Columbia has learn,
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varieties that suit our soil and climate
and the demands of our market.. The
400 varieties developed at Ottawa we
are likely to leave severely alone. The
place for them is an experimental
farm until such time as it is demon-
strated
emonstrated that some of them is of
such outstanding merit that the or
ehardist can afford to neglect it 310
longer.
Progressive Polygamy
Toronto Globe (Lib.): Argue as the
advocates of divorce courts may, ex-
plain as the apologists for the easier
divorce idea will, they cannot sidestep
this - irrefutable fact: that easier,
cheaper divorce faellities mean in,
creased divorce. It is a gross libel to
suggest that the great mass of On-
tario people are 113 favor of compro-
mising with this question, or of being
carried away by the United States
drift toward what some call easier
divorce laws and what others call pro'
gi'essive polygamy.
THOUGHT
Lou have been bred in a land with
men able in arts, learning and knowl-
edge manifold, this man in one, this
in another, few in many, none in all.
But there is one a.t of which every
mall should be master, the art of re-
flection. If you are not a thinking
man, to what purpose are you It man
at ail? To what end was ,pan alone,
of all animals, endured by the Creator
with the faculty of self-consciousness?
But you are likewise born 1n a Chris
tion land; and revelation has provid-
ed for you new subjects for meets-
tion,
elleO.tion, and new treasures of knowledge,
never to be unlocked by him who ter
mains self -ignorant. Self-knowledge
is the key to this casket; and by re-
flection elope can it be obtained.-
S. 1. Coleridge, .
"Genius is exactly the opposite of.
what the clever people of to-clai think
.Lis." --Alfred Noyes. -