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The Blyth Standard, 1930-03-20, Page 2No premiums with Salada but finest quality instead 'SAL TEA 'Fresh front the gardens' 759 Thc Step on the Stairs By ISABEL OSTRANDER BEGIN HERE TODAY frequently called upon Mrs, Vane, and The report of a revolver, fotowea 1,y i tot least once I have seen Miss Shaw berrying footsteps on the stairs, causes' issuing from her apartments." 1?etectl'e .Barry and his irfeud t'ro- fessor Scmyonev, to rush from tete tat- ter's rooms on the firth door of a New York apartment house. They discover the body or beautiful Miriam Fane, so- eiety portrait painter, to her studio apartment on the third door. Ladd, a young artist on the second door, Gris- wold, an irascible bachelor on the fourth, and Patricia Shaw, a magazine writer on the sixth, rte"y having beard the shot. Taus Shaw, the first interviewed says thaendtshehad notknew reenIlss In herVane studio forlthree weeks, GO ON WITH THE STORY "Let's have n talk, then, with the affable gentleman on the finer below," Barry suggested. "I'll wager he won't take so long this time to answer a su 'mons!" The unmusical snores still sounded from the rear of Henry Griswold's apartment as they reached his floor, but with a word to the officer on guar 1, Barry knocked peremptorily on the door and announced in loud tones: "Pollee' headquarters! Sergeant, if • he doesn't open the door in three nmin- utes, break it down!" The snoring ceased instantly in a sound between a squeal and a grunt, The next instant there came a rattle of bolts and the door was flung open to disclose Griswold's lanky frame Clad in a scant nightshirt, with a situlicas upon his grizzled head. "What the devil do you mean?" he beagn furiously, but Craig, at a ges- ture from Barry, stepped forward. "Pm the detective assignied from headquarters to investigate the mur- der on the floor just below you here tonight, sir, and I'd like a word with you," he said gruffly. "If you don't want to answer my questions I'll call the wagon and you can come down- town and talk to the chief!" "Well, shut the door behind you, both of you, and sit down unless you want to call in the whole police de- partment!" exclaimed Griswold, "I suppose I can put on a dressing gown." He turned and paddled off toward his bedroom with Craig doggedly in his wake, while Barry seated himself and glanchd about him, In a shadow corner an old hound stood with drooping ears and one paw lifted as though to advance and the sergeant looked twice before he dis- covered that it was an ancient and sadly moth-eaten spiecimen of the tax• tidermist's art, Griswold returned presently in the tattered dressing gowim anri flapping slippers. "Let us get this farce over as quick- ly as possible, if you please." 'Do you know any of the other oc- cupants of this house?" "Personally, no, mai S do not want to!" retorted Griswold. "I have no Use for any of them!" "You did not, then, know Mrs. Vane?" "Most assuredly not! I never spoke to the Woman in my life!" There was event, hut I do not care to have the least misunderstanding about this, When I told you that I had not enter- ed Mrs. Vane's studio since my call upon her until tonight it was not "What can you tell me of the other strictly true, although I, held no coin - tenants bete?" Craig asked. munication with her, A few days ago Grisold licked his thin lips avidly I was passing her door; she was out, es though 000e a choice morsel of but Mrs. McGrath was cleaning in gossip, "The young man Ladd bus there and I asked if I might take a p -ep at the portrait. "That's all right, Miss Shaw." Hon- est relief shone in Craig's eyes, "It's as well that you olid tell us and if any- thing else comes to your mind, no matter how unimportant it nmay seem to you, just call up police headquarters and ask for me, Sergeant Craig, 00 for Sergeant Barry here, We'll see that you're kept out of it as notch as we Cain," "Thank you, I'm sure that your will, ugeant, she responded with a nod that although still dignifies, was al- most cordial "Goodnight." She vanished up the stair and ns the two sergeants continued downward Craig remarked confidentially to his companion. "Ain't women funny? Did you see how her manner changed all of a sud- den when she thought she had got her- self in wrong? 'Twas nothing, that visit of finers to the Vane woman's stu- o after all, but it's a good thing she told us after Griswold mentioned it, for we might have gone off on 0070 wrong track entirely. Do we get after young Mr. Ladd now?" "Yes," Barry replied as they passed the tragically vacant rooms of the dead woman. "If lie knew Mrs. Vane, as Griswold says, we ought to get something worth while at last" ISSUE No, 11—'34 i Gordon Ladd was anticipating their "From Mrs. Vane's, you mean?" Barry interposed quickly. "When was that? About three weeks ago?" "Three days ago!" corrected Gris- wold with emphasis. "I am positive it was Tuesday, because I am rarely late at getting to my office, but on the previous night I had suffered an attack of indigestion which kept me awake and it was quite 10 o'clock in the morning whin I came downstairs and saw the Shaw girl coning out of the apartment on the floor below. I did not see Mrs. Vane," coming with an eagerness which, he made no attempt to conceal, "You're headquarters amen, aren't yen?" ho demanded, "For heaven's salve, coine in and tell me if you've found out anything! Those chaps from the local precinct are dubs, and Pm almost mad over this thing! Right this way; you'll find cigars and things on that stand." "You know Mrs. Vane, Mr. Ladd?" It was more a statement than n ques- tion ns Barry seated himself, "Knew her? Good Lord, I-1" The young man controlled himself by a visible effort and added lamely: "Yes, I have known her for some time, sev- eral years, in fact, and although she had a host of friends, I think I can claim to be one of the closest of them to her. It's the sheer impossibility of this thing, gentlemen, which Inc dri- ven me nearly mad, I know that— that she was shot, 1 saw her body, Iand yet I would he more ready to believe that a holt from heaven struck her down than. a bullet sped from a 'human handl" "Why?" This time the question came as sharply as the report of a pistol itself upon the outburst of nerves stretched beyond the breaking point, and Gordon Lndd cast discre- tion to the winds. "Because she was alive and well an instant almpst before that shot must have been fired! I saw her, I spoke to her, I—I" Too late the smug man realized the slip he had made, and his face turned livid, but hastily he made an effort to retrieve his error, "It must have been the closing of my own --door here when I returned that muffled the shot so that I did not hear it." "When you returned from where?" Craig leaned forward suddenly. That he bad made such an error was instantly apparent, for the length of his accusatory speech had given the ordinarily well -poised young man an opportunity to place himself in a mea- sure . upon his guard, and his reply came in a coldly collected tone. "You are mistaken, sergeant—or whatever your rank may be termed, When I said that I 'returned' I meant that I had only then returned from the Montaines', on East Ninth street, where I had dined and spent the earlier part of the evening." Craig turned in frank appeal to the larger experience of his colleague and Barry resumed the interrogation, "Will you tell us, Mr. Ladd, just exactly what did happen Last evening, from the time you left the :noose where you dined until from your apartment here you beard Officer Boyle hammering upon the entrance below?" he asked in a courteously per- suasive tone, • (To be continued.) CHAPTER IV. Craig was 00 visibly dumbfounded at the unexpected contradiction of Miss Shaw's testimony that his fellow ser- geant continued in command of the situation. "You mean, Mr. Griswold, that Miss Shaw had been alone in Mrs. Vane's studio Tuesday morning?" he asked in the diffident tone which to those who knew hint portended an important 1.0int in the examination of a witness. 'By no means!" Griswold stirred irritably in his chair, "That scrub- woman was there, Mrs. McGrath who looks after some of the apartments in the ]mouse. "You're a widower, I understand, DIr. Griswold?" asked Craig. "My wife's been dead for fourteen years, if it's any of your business!" snapped the other, "I understand that you deny hav- ing heard the shot—" began Craig, but Griswold interrupted. "I have stated that I olid not. I was asleep until that id—Profosor Semy- onor clamored at any door," "You dill not come down immediate- ly, Mr. Griswold." Barry made his second point quietly. "What finally decided you to appear upon the scene of the murder at all?'' "I did not, reply to that banging upon my door beea:ase I fancied it might be some practical joke of that young man on the second floor, Gordon Ladd, although I have nexer exchang- ed a word with hint" It was self-evident that nothing further could be gotten frons him. In the hall outside the officer approached. "The lady on the top floor, she's been down twice asking for you," he observed impartially to the two. "I didn't think you'd want to be disturb- ed in there; but it seems there's some- thing she forgot to tell you awhile back." 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