Show j- - 4 s THE GARLAND know about the galloping horses— and perhaps about Equanimity in particular— in connection with the Garden Tho GARDEN MURDER CASE by S S VAN j! Dim Copyright S S Van Din WNU Sfrric 8YNOPSIS Philo Vance famous detective and John X Markham district attorney for New York county are dining in Vance's apartment when Vane receives an anonymous telephone message informing him of a “disturbing psychological tension at Professor advising Ephrtam Garden’s apartment" sodium that he read up on consult a passage In the Aeneld and counseling that "Equanimity is essential” Professor Garden is famous In chemical reThe message decoded by Vance search Teminds him that Professor Garden’s son Swift and his puny cousin Wood Floyd are addicted to t if household” “That being the case” Markham “why don’t you phone protested him and find out exactly what’s back of his cryptography?” "My dear Markham — oh my dear Markham! Siefert would not any only indignantly repudiate knowledge of the message but would automatically become the of in first obstacle pryin’ I any bit The ethics of might decide to do the medical profession are most and Siefert as becomes fantastic is- a fanatic on his unique position the subject From the fact that he with me in this communicated roundabout way I rather suspect that some grotesque point of honor is involved Perhaps his conscience overcame him for the ntbment and he temporarily related his adherence to what he considers his code of honor No no that course wouldn’t do at all I must ferret out the matter for myself— as he undoubtedly wishes me to do” “But what is this matter that you feel called upon to ferret out?” persisted Markham “Granting all you say I still don’t see how you can regard the situation as in any way serious” "One never knows does one?” “Slill I’m rather drawled Vance don’t fond of the horses myself y’know” CHAPTER I—Continued Markham seemed to relax and —2 — “You know this Floyd Garden fitted his manner to Vance's change of mood well?” “And what do you propose to do?” Vance nodded “Fairly well He’s a member of the Far Meadows club he asked good naturedly Vance looked up whimsically and I've often played polo with him “The public prosecutor of New He’s a and owns a couple — that noble defender of the of the best pOnies in the country I York tried to buy one of them from him rights of the common people— to Markwit: the Honorable John once — but that’s beside the point ham — must grant me immunity and The fact is young Garden has invited me on several occasions to protection before I’ll consent to anJoin him and his little group at the swer” Markham’s eyelids drooped a litapartment when the He was races were on It seems he has a tle as he studied Vance direct service from all familiar with the serious import that the tracks like many of the horse often lay beneath the other’s most remarks frivolous fanatics The professor disapproves “Are you planning to break the in a mild way but he raises no serious objections because Mrs law?” he asked “Oh he admitted Garden is rather inclined to sit in yes— quite” “Jailable offense I and take her chances On a horse nonchalantly now and then” believe” Markham studied him for another "Have you ever accepted' his inmoment vitation?” asked Markham “All right" he said without the "No” Vance told him Then he “I’ll do look in slightest trace of lightness glanced up with a What’s it to his eyes “But I think it might be what I can for you be?” an excellent idea” Vance took another sip of the “Come come Vance!” protested “Even if you see some Napoleoru Markham “Well Markham old dear” he disthe between cryptic relationship a half smile "I’m connected items of this message announcedwith to theKGardens’ penthouse toyou’ve just received how in the going afternoon morrow and play the name of Heaven can you take it horses with the younger set” seriously?” As soon as Markham had left us drew Vance deeply on his ciga- that night Vance’s mood changed rette and waited a moment before A troubled look came into his eyes answering and he walked up and down the "You have overlooked one phrase room pensively in the message: ‘Equanimity is es“I don’t like it Van” he mursential he said at length “One of mured as if talking to himself “I of today hapthe great don’t at all like it Siefert isn't pens to be named Equanimity He the to make a mysterious type ImIn of the such company belongs like he has mortals of the turf as Man o’ War phone call reasonthatforunless so It’sa doing Exterminator Gallant Fox and very good quite out of character don’t y’know Furthermore EquaReigh Count He’s a dashed conservative chap nimity is running in the Rivermont and no end ethical There must be Handicap tomorrow” something worrying him deeply But “Still I see no reason to take the why the Gardens’ apartment? The matter seriously” Markham ob- domestic atmosphere there has aljected ways struck me as at least superVance ignored the comment and ficially normal— and now a man as Doctor Miles added “Moreover dependable as Siefert gets jittery Siefert told me at the club the about it to the extent of indulging r other day that Mrs Garden had in technique It’s been quite ill for some time with a deuced queer" mysterious malady” He stopped pacing the floor and Markham shifted in his chair and looked at the clock broke the ashes from his cigar “I think I'll make the arrange"The affair gets more muddled ments A bit of snoopin’ is highly by the minute” he remarked indicated” “What’s the connection beHe went into the anteroom and tween all these commonplace data a moment later I heard him dialing and that precious phone message of a number on the telephone When yours?” He waved his hand conhe returned to the library he temptuously toward the paper which seemed to have thrown off his deVance still held His manner was almost pression “I happen to know” Vance an- flippant swered slowly "who sent me this "We’re In for an abominable lunch message” Van" he announced tomorrow "Ah yes?” Markham was obvipouring himself another pony of “And we must torture ourously skeptical cognac selves with the viands at a most "Quite It was Doctor Siefert” What a time Markham showed a sudden in- ungodly hour— noon to ingest even good food!”f He terest “We’re v!th “Would you care to enlighten me sighed at his lunching Woode young Swift home Garden as to how you arrived at this conwill there and also an insufferclusion?” he asked in a satirical able be Hammle named creature Lowe voice a horsy gentleman from some “It was not difficult" Vance an- obscure estate on Island Latswered rising and standing before er we’ll be joined Longvarious memthe empty hearth with one arm bers of the sportingbyset and togeth"To begin er we’ll indulge in that ancient and resting on the mantel with I was not called to the tele- fascinatin’ pastime of laying wagphone personally Why? Because it ers on the thoroughbreds” was some one I know To continue him for the language of the message bears outHe rang s Currieof and sent the Morning to fetch copy the earmarks of the medical profession ‘Psychological tension’ and Telegraph should be prepared Oh “One ‘resists diagnosis’ are not phrases been years since I handordinarily us id by the layman al- quite It's the horses" though they consist of commonplace icapped I was well aware that Although To go another step enough words the message obviously assumes that Vance had some serious object in I am more or less acquainted with lunching with young Garden the fothe Garden household and the race- llowing day and in participating in track passion of young Garden the gambling bn the races I had Therefore we get the results that not the slightest suspicion at the the sender of the message is a doc- time of the horrors that were to On the afternoon of April tor whom I know and one who is follow Aware of my acquaintance with the 14 occurred the first grim act of one most of the atrocious multiple The only doctor who fulGardens And to of this generation crimes fills these conditions and who incand cul- Doctor Siefert must go in a large identally is middle-agetured and highly judicial — Currie’s measure the credit for the identify’know — is Miles ication of the criminal for had he description Siefert And added to this simple not sent his cryptic and would-bdeduction I happen to know that anonymous message to Vance the Siefert is a Latin scholar — I once truth would probably never have encountered him at the Latin so- been known I shall never forget that fatal SatAnother point in ciety And andt from my favor is the fact that he is the urday afternoon family physician of the Gardens and the brutal Garden murder that aftwould have ampl opportunity to ernoon will always remain rrfemor- - CHAPTER Going to the Party? Davi II Shortly before noon the next day we arrived at Professor Garden’s beautiful apartment skyscraper and were cordially and a little exuberantly greeted by young Garden Floyd Garden was a man in his early thirties erect and athletically He was about six feet tall built with powerful shoulders and a slender waist His hair was almost black and his complexion swarthy His manner while easy and casual and with a suggestion of swagger was in no way offensive He was not a handsome man: his features were too rugged his eyes set too close together his ears protruded too much and his lips were too But he had an undeniable thin charm and there was a quiet submerged competency in the way he moved and in the rapidity of his mental reactions “There are only five of us for lunch Vance” he remarked breezi“The old gentleman is fussing ly and Bunsen burnwith his ers at the university the mater is having a grand time playing sick But Pop Hammle is coming— rum old bird but a good sport and we’ll also be burdened with beloved cousYou know Swift I bein Woode lieve Vance Queer crab Woody” He pondered a moment with a wry face “Can’t figure out just how he fits Dad and the into this household mater seem inordinately fond of him — sorry for him perhaps or maybe he's the kind of serious sensitive guy they wish I’d turned out to be I don’t dislike Woode but we have little in common except the horses Only he takes his betting too seriously tc suit me — he hasn't much money and his wins or losses mean a lot to him Of course he’ll go broke in the end” Vance had been watching Garden covertly during this rambling recital of domestic intimacies “I know you hate mysteries and there’s apt to be some funny things happening here this afternoon” “Woode continued Garden has been acting queer for the past couple of weeks as if some secret sorrow was gnawing at his mind” “Any specific psychopathic symptoms?” Vance asked lightly “No-oGarden pursed his lips and frowned thoughtfully “But he’s developed a curious habit of going to as soon upstairs the as he’s placed a large bet and he remains there alone until the result of the race has come through” unusual about "Nothing very that” Vance made a deprecatory motion with his hand "Many gamblers d’ ye see are like that” “You’re probably right” Garden “But I wish admitted reluctantly instead of he’d bet moderately plunging like a fool whenever he’s hot for a horse” “By the by” asked Vance “why do you particularly look for strange Occurrences this afternoon?" Garden shrugged “The factis” he replied after a short pause ''‘Woody’s been losing heavily of late and today’s the day of the big Rivermont Handicap I have a feeling he’s going to put every dollar he’s got on Equanimity who’ll undoubtedly be the favorite Equanimity!” He snorted with "That undisguised contempt Probably the second greatest horse of modern times — but what’s the use?” He looked up solemnly “And that Vance means trouble if Equanimity doesn’t come in It of some kind I’ve means a felt it coming for over a week It’s To tell you the got me worried truth I’m glad you picked this day to sit in with us” “Very interestin’ situation” com“I agree in the mented Vance main with what you say regarding' But I think you’re too Equanimity harsh and I’m not convinced that he’s a because of any But innate passion for wood as you were say in’ the psychological situation hereabout has you worI a ried there’s supergather round this charged atmosphere charmin’ aerie” “That’s it exactly” Garden answered almost eagerly “Supercharged is right Nearly every day the mater asks ‘How’s Woody?’ And when the old gentleman comes home from his lab at night he ‘Well greets me with a my boy have you seen Woody to- day?’” Vance made no comment remarks Instead he asked on these in a peculiarly flat voice: “Do yon considin the er this recent household due entirely to your cousin’s financial predicament and his determination to risk all he has on the horses?” Garden started slightly and then settled back in his chair “No damn it!” he answered a little vehemently “And that’s another thing that bothers me A lot of the golliwogs we’re harboring are due to Woode’s cuckoo state of mind but there are other queer invisible animals springing up and I can’t figure down the corridors it out The mater’s illness doesn’t make sense either And there’s funny business of some kind goiqcon among the gang that drifts in nWt nearly every afternoon to play the races” UTAH TIMES GARLAND ablc for me because It marked the first mature sentimental episode so far as I had ever observed In Vance’s life For once the cold impersonal attitude of his analytical mind melted before the appeal of an attractive woman (TO BE COXTINL’EDJ Fugilistica de Luxe as Interpreted in Old New Orleans MADISON SQUARE CARDEN does a good about the manner and magnificence with which fistiana conducts its bashing affairs The latter-da- y fans who hail the heavy welter light and feather weight nobility know not of the past glories MANHATTAN Recently at a Garden festival with my old friend John Kennard once of New Orleans where he practiced law in the grand manner and moved aristocracy among the I was much regaled by his description of the mill that in 1893 rocked the nation “In those days” said John “the manly art a purely masculine entertainment one might say was conducted on a high scale and aU tended by gentlemen only The thought of my lady sitting in thj New Orleans (lympic club under a ram of rosin dust and within sond of the gong was preposterous Not until I came to New York years afterward was it my lot to behold a woman parked within sight of the squared circle there to be thrilled at a knockout as delivered by the abysmal brute However we menfolk madq no bones about turning a prize fiht into a Roman holiday with all its pomp and ceremony Well I remember the announcement that John L Sullivan then world champion would fight Gentleman Jim Corbett the California panther to a finish An added feature in the same ring on succeeding days matched Jack McAuliff with Billy Myer and George Dixon with Jake A Fistic Carnival at $50 Skelly per ticket for the three battles $10 for $15 for McAuliff and $25 for the main event between John and Jim Socialites Make Splurge “As a member of the highly social Boston club it had been my practice on previous occasions to secure prize ring tickets for my associates The Olympic club favored us with choice seats provided my requirements were made known well in advance With considerable alacrity I made up a list which totaled $1860 We pretty much monopolized the chairs in the ringside section distinguished on that occasion from the back rows and bleachers by several coats of fire cracker red paint “To further celebrate the carnival spirit that had seized upon us we ordered at a cost of $350 a special dinner to be served at the Pickwick club from which point we were driven in five carry-all- s to the Olympic club on Canal street some distance from the center of the city in a quarter not particularly well policed Fact is ’twas the custom of roughneck prizefight patrons upon leaving the club to seize upon other people’s vehicles throw cab drivers from their seats and drive away with an amateur on the box the passengers singing popular songs and waterfront chanteys To guard against any such reprisals directed at the boys in the red chairs I engaged at $25 a private detective to guard our carry-all- s that we had hired at a cost of $100 for the night Mighty “John L's” Waterloo “Another little item was $15 for boutonnieres set at the right angle dinner coats then in vogue irpur for all championship affairs at the Olympic club You need not draw upon anything other than your imagination Jn order to visualize the New Ormagnificence of leanians in dinner coats decorated with gardenias and seated in bright red chairs around a ring containing the persons of Sullivan and Corbett engaged in a finishfight for the heavyweight championship of the world Can you see them?” “Perfectly and never a calmer body of men You must have been magnificent” “With the exception of one member" retorted Kennard “who at the end of the second round asked me how it happened that there were only two principals and four referees in the ring As a problem in optics that question to this day reHowever I mains unanswered want you to know that otherwise the delegation from the Boston club was beyond criticism" “How was the fight?" “If you ask me nothing to brag about Sullivan came out of his corner like a tornado bent on wiping out the California stripling in one devastating onslaught Corbett like a feather in the path of a tornado sidestepped to safety and kept for twenty-onrounds never at any moment in danger sticking rights and lefts into John’s face at will Boston’s Boy saw the handwriting on the wall The San Francisco phantom cut him down to the point of exhaustion where Sullivan weary but willing though and puffing sank upon his broad haunches wiped the sweat out of his eyes and was counted out exclaiming while still seated 'Im sorry I lost the fight Glad an American won’ ” © — WNU Servic party? 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