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Zurich Herald, 1930-04-17, Page 2The Step on the Stairs By ISABEL OSTRANDER. after your departure the full' import of what had occ:'.rred must have des- cended upon him, We had a sympa- thetic little houa_, in which f. learned 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 :L little rest and kureease from his grief. He fell into a deep sleep almost at once, but it teas them 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 business to 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 find, 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 haus not forgotten the dog." CIHAPTER VII.—(Cont'd.) Professor Semyonov replied bland- ly: "The policeman on guard outside Mies Shaw's door happened to be an old ` acquaintance He helped me to open the small skylight in the main hall which lied to the roof. From there (•descended the fire escape to the win- dow of Miss Shaw's studio and found her huddled up in abare, hard chair in a slumber that I fear was not a Mime]. one, for a small carton of tab- lets was beside her. I went through the entire attic, examined the pitifully Sew garments rand 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, Henry Griswold. 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. And mentioning dogs, that stuffed monstrosity which holds the place of honor in his sitting room was the only object in the , whole apartment that gave any evidence of having beencleaned in the last decade, and I found it redolent of various chemicals, among thein also a strong odor of turpentine." • "The dog!" muttered Barry. "The oId stuffed dog!" "When I had completed iny search there I left as I had come. That portion of the fire escape ends on the floor 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 cseape begins and continues to the sheet." "Was Gordon Ladd out or asleep?" demanded Barry, half incredulously. Professor Semyonov smiled mean- ingly. Neither, at first. When I appear- ee at the window of Hs studio I could see through the door that led into his , living room. He was tramping up and down, and though I do not pretend to be a psychologist, I would be willing t+ swear that sorrow alone, grief that tore at his heart -strings, was reflected upon his face. He was in solitude, aware of no eavesdropper, and yet I saw no signs of either grief or fear." "You returned then, Professor, the way you had come?" "Yes; for a soporific made from a formula of my own which is less harmful and more effective than 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 was aston- ished and resentful, naturally, but when I made myself known tc hint not only as his neighbor but as the person you know at headquarters, he admit- ted me. I think the poor young man was glad of someone to talk to, for 'lust a moment, Mr. Griswold," Barry remarked smoothly. "Your apartment was entoresi and your desk opened by official authority and I think your interview at headquarters with the .thief during the hilt 'hour must have -told you that even eta can- not combat it. Who awns thii house next door?" He shot the question yo trne .petted- ly at the angry man, that fora min- ute Griswold blinked. Then be replied' with a gulp "The Gotham Realty Company," "Who is the president of it?" "I am, and I refuse to reply to any ft.rther question l" "But Mrs. Vane has stated to wit- nesses whom we can produce that you and she knew each other before she ever ::acne 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. "What was that clog's tante?" "Marais, but we called him Mark for short." Griswold grew himself up. "Now that you have asked -your last idiotieall irrelevant questh i, 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 t "He looks quite lifelike, Mr. Gris- wold, with that dejected expression. I should not have called hini Marcus but Mopua!" As the name fell from the detec- tive's lips the change in the, man be- fore nim 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 was a mere breath that issued from between the thin, dry lips. "Mopus! She called him that!" "She?—Who?" Barry's 'voice rang through the room and then indeed the CHAPTER VIII. "You may have forgotten the dog, but I have not forgotten my break- fast!" Professor Semyonov laughed. "You have had yours, Sergeant? Then, mummy came to life. while I make my tea I hold you to A harsh, choking cry replied to him your promise to tell me what is per- missible of your investigations" and Henry Griswold staggered over to "It seems fairly evident, then, that the chair by the table and flinging his arms wide buried his face in them. Miriam Vane, the portrait painter, My was born only a few years ago."He (To be continued.) remarked when the detective finished. "I wonder who inhabited. that splendid om Corisons Are Odious body before that, arid what havoc she p wrought in the lives of men and wo- Manitoba Free Press (I.4b.): Every - men?" thing that adds to he wealth, pros - "Oh, undoubtedly she buried a past perity and population of Western Can - of some kind, but as I told the chief, ada goes to the building up of Winni- it need not have been a discreditable peg. In the long run it will be seen, one." Barry's natter -of -fact tone was for instance, that the opening of the in sharp contrast to the dreamy, al- route by the Pacific and the Panama, most mystic note which had come into which has created serious temporary the Russian's voice. .problems for Winnipeg, has not. been "And the empty cartridge shell?" a permanent injury to this city. It the professor reminded him. "No, my would be very unfortunate indeed if friend. That was her ghost of Ban- 1Vinnipeg should ever get in the mood,* What New York Is Wearing By ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Far. wished 1;'ith Every Pa(tet't„ WRIGLEYS Alertness scores everywhere. Wrigley's creates pep and en. ergy and keeps you alert. A 5? package may save you from going to sleep at the wheel of your car. Makes pep quo!" "I think so myself." The sergeant rose. "I won't keep you from your laboratory any longer now, professor. "Will ycu let me know the real re- port of the medical examiner after the autopsy? The full report, whether it is all given out to the press or not?" asked Professor Semyonov. "I snake particular reference to the distance from which the shot that killed Mrs. Vane may have been fired." In spite of ..imself the detective started slightly. "But you have calculated that al- ready, sir. You said Iast night after we returned he_• to your rooms that it must have been fired by someone she knew who was in the studio with her and that she may have turned from her canvas to speak to this per- son and so presented the opportunity for an unimpeded aim—l" Again the professor smiled and this time it was with a significance which told Barry that it would be useless to dissemble. "You forget that I spoke then be- fore I had made my search of all the apartments for traces of turpentine," said the professor. "I respect your professional reservations, my friend, but I, too, have eyes! In the studio of Mrs. Vane I observed the raised window shade, the little bull's-eye— the cross in red paint on the back of the portrait and the small puncture which had penetrated it, and turning, I looked over at that dark and silent house across the strip of garden. Some of its blank, staring windows were directly in line and I wondered—" Not another word on the subject could Barry persuade that eccentric scientist to utter and the latter de- parted, still smiling, to leave 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 Griswcld's temporarily empty apartment for him. After dismissing the janitor he pro- ceeded to force 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 Lorm and fixed, glassy stare of the melancholy, moth- eaten old hound in the comer seemed boring into his consciousness reproach- fully as though even in death the beast would guard and defend his master's possessions. 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 oclor of taxidermy of other days. 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