The Blyth Standard, 1930-04-17, Page 6The Stcp on the Stairs
By ISABEL OSTRANDER
CHAPTER VIL--(Cont'd.)
Professor Semyonov replied bland-
ly: The policeman on guard outside
Miss Shaw's floor happened to be an
old acquaintance. Ile helped me to
open the small skylight in the main
hall which led to the roof, Front there
I descended the fire escape to the win-
dow of Miss Shaw's studio and found
her huddled up in a bare, hard chair
in a shtinber that, I fear was not a
normal one, for a smell 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 {hose of my
neighbor, henry Griswold. His dreams
must have been deep. Ire smiled as L
looked at hint and made sounds in his
throat lite those of an exultant dog
over a bone. And mentioning dogs,
that stuffed monstrosity which holds
the place of honor in his sitting room
Willi the only object in the whole
apai.tment that gave any evidence of
having been cleaned in the lost decade,
and I found it redolent of various
chemicals, among them also s strong
odor of turpentine."
"The dog!" muttered Barry, "The
old stuffed dog!"
"When I Lad completed my search
there I left as I had come. That
portion of the•fire escape ends on the
floor below, es you know, on the sky.
light of Mrs. Vane's studio, but a
walk -way ruts around the edge to the
outside row of windows of the exten-
sion, where the second section of the
fire escape begins and continues to the
street."
"Was Gordon Ladd out or asleep?"
demanded Barry, half incredulously.
Professor Semyonov smiled mean -
"Neither, at first. When I appear -
at the window of Iris studio I could
see through the door that led into his
livin,t room. Ile was tramping up and
down, and though I do not pretend to
la a psychologist, I would be willing
t4. 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 frons 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 end rap-
per on the casement. Iie 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
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after your departure the full !opo
of what had occ'..rred must. have de
carded upon him. We had a symp
thetic little bout, in which 1 learne
much that had no bearing upon th
erimo but which 1 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,
but 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
te have kept you ep 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," lie observed, "You forget that
horrible stuffed dog in the apartment
of henry Griswold."
"No," responded Sergeant Barry,
thoughtfully, "I have, not forgotten
the dog."
"Just a moment, Mr. Griswold;" What New York
Barry remarked smoothly. "Your
apartment was enteron 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. 1Vhe owns this house Illush:0(rd Ihessnutlrinq 1.080(o) Fur -
next door?" 1; rot 0 Nitro,
itrro,
He shot the question so nnexpected-
Is Wearing
By .ANNABELLF WORTHINGTON
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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,
while I make my tea I hold you to
your promise to tell me what is per-
missible of your investigations."
"It seems fairly evident, then, that
Miriam Vane, the portrait painter,
was born only a few yea's ago." He
remarked when the detective finished,
"I wonder who inhabited that splendid
body before that, and what havoe 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
RC." Barry's natter -of -fact tone was
in sharp contrast to the dreamy, al-
most mystic note which 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 -
quo!"
"I think so myself." The sergeant
rose, "I won't keep you from your
laboratory any longer now, professor.
"Will ycu let me )snow the real re-
port of the niedicnl examiner after the
nutopsy? The full report, whether it
is all given out to the press or not?"
asked Professor Semyonov, "I make
particular reference to the distance
front which the shot that killed Mrs,
Vane may have been fired,"
In spite of .,inself the detective
started slightly.
"But you have calculated that al-
ready, sir. You said last night after
we returned hes 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
front her canvas to speak to this per -
on and so presented the opportunity
for an unimpeded aim—!"
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 trade my search of all the
apartments for traces of turpentine,"
said the professor. "I respect ,your
professional reservations, niv 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 ;cam and fixed,
glassy stare of the melancholy, moth-
eaten old hound in the corer seemed
boring, into his consciousness reproach-
fully as though even in death the
beast would guard and defend bis
inaeter'a possessions.
Leaving the desk at Last he erossedl
and examined the stuffed animal close-
ly. It was, as the professor had said,
redolent of turpentine and the musty, - ---- t ,.
spicy odor of taxidermy of other clays,
lie was fingering one of the long,
still silky ears when the door sudden-
ly at the num man that for n min-
ute Griswold bricked. Then he replied
with a gulp
"The Gotham Realty Company."
"Who is the president of it?"
"I am, and I refuse to reply to an
fh.rther question!"
"But Mrs, Vane has stated to wit-
nesses whom we can po'oduce that'you
and site knew endt'other before she
ever zone here," Barry declared.
"Then site lied!" Griswold cried, his
temper rising again. "I neer laid
eyes an the woman!"
"Mr, Griswold!" Barry asked quick -
"What was that dog's name?"
"Marcus, but we called hint Mark
for short," Griswold Crew himself up,
"Now that you have asked your last
idiotiealle irrelevant question, Ser-
geant Barry, will you go?"
But Barry seemed not to have heard
the furiously uttered request. IIe stil
stood stroking the stiffened, droopin
ear of the beast and remarked:
"He looks grate lifelike, Mr. Gris-
wold, with that defected expression.
I should not have called hint Marcus
but 114opua!"
As the name fell from the detec-
tive's lips the charge in the man be-
fore aim was instantaneous and hide-
ous beyond all d>scription. 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
mummy cane 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,)
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