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Show LEW FREE BaAA4AAal.AAAAAiAlAAAAi KENNEL MURDER CASE pose. . . By S. S. Van Dine Copjrrtrbt by W. H. Wright WNTJ Servlc TTTTYTTTTTTTTTTTTYYrTTTTa CHAPTER XII Continued 16 Vance paused. "V know, Markham, I am Inclined to think that Brisbane was prepared for any emergency. lie had worked out a scheme for killing Archer, placing blm to his bedrooin with the revolver la his hand, and then bolting the door from the hall, bo as to make It appear as suicide. And when he saw Archer sitting In his easy chair, apparently asleep, be no doubt felt that the fates were with him, that his road had been made easy. I can see blm tiptoeing across the room to tbe easy chair where the other sat. I can see Mm place the revolver against Archer's right temple and pull the trigger, the Impact of trite bullet drove Archer's head to the left Then I can see Brisbane place the revolver In Archer's Land and return to the door, where he carefully put In operation the median-lu- i he had worked out for bolting the door from the hall. My word, Brisbane Markham, what a situation shooting a dead man, and then elaborately setting the stage to prove that It was suicide!" "Good d dT breathed Markham, "Rut during this tragic farce," Vance went on, "Wrede had arrived at a decision. lie had decided to come back to Archer Coe and finish, for all time, the crime which apparently he had only started. He bethought himself of the Ting yao vase he had broken, and perhaps fearing Its absence would be noted, he picked out a superficially similar rase from his own small collection and carried It back to the Coe house. The hour, I should say, was around ten o'clock. . . . Wrede opened the gate of the rear yard, and left It ajar; and It was then I hut the Scotlie followed him on his dark errand. lie went In the rear door of the Coe house, leaving It open and the Scuttle followed. Everything was black and still. He went through the dining room Into the library, and placed his own Inferior vase on the teak wood base where the Ting yan vase had stood. He took the dagger from the vase In which he had hidden It, and moved toward the ball. . . ance raised nimjeir a little In bis chair. "And when he reached the door. The following year Hilda Lake and Markham, he saw a figure coming down the stairs from the second floor. Grassl were married, and the alliance There was a light In the library, but seems to have been highly successful It was not sufficient to make possible Vance became the owner of Miss Mac- an absolute recognition of the figure Tavlsli. He had become attached to on the stairs. To Wrede that figure her during the days he had nursed A ika f A VAliaP si ml Hrlshona her back to health, and the romance you'll recall, were of the same height (If one may call It that) between and general build, and they did not Higglnbottom and Doris Delafield ran look dissimilar). Wrede stood behind on the rocks shortly after the lady's the portieres at the library door, the return from Europe. After her break with the major she showed little Indagger grasped In his hand, and waited till his opportunity came. The terest In the dog; and Higglnbottom, shadowy figure came down the stairs In appreciation of some nebulous favor and walked toward the closet door which he considered Vance had done at tbe end of the hall, Brisbane was him, made him a present of the bitch. no doubt going back for the over Vance placed her In his kennels, but coat and hat which he had left there she did pot seen to be happy there; on coming In. But Wrede, with his Inand he finally took her Into his apartflamed Imagination, assumed that Arment He still has her, and she has cher was preparing to leave the bouse been "pensioned" for life. Sometimes to tell some one of the attack to I think that Vance would rather part He with one of his treasured Cezannes him to the notice, nerhnns. couldn't be sure: be only knew that It than with little Miss MacTavlsh. And he , spelled danger for himself. THE END. .was more thoroughly determined than ever to put an end to Archer. . . . Seventeen-Yea- r Locusts "Brisbane, as I now see it, had just Female No Have Singers placed the strings, which he had used Confusion of terms long has existed , for bolting Archer's door. In the pocket In popular names for the cicada oftwhen Wrede came siof his en called the blm from locust the and behind upon lently . t .1 1.1. J IT. grasshopper aud the locust, writes collapsed Immediately, and Wrede Lynne Greene In the Kansas City Star. There are a number of species of pushed the body, which he thought was Archer's, entirely Into the closet clcadae, and all have the same general and closed the door. He went back characteristics, the slight difference to the library; and It was at this time being In size, variations in color and that he probably stumbled over the wing markings. had followed him In. The eggs are laid In the bark of Seottie, which . t n I n.A- - nfmi I 1,1 I twigs. The newly hatched young drop rid of her Immediately. She may to the ground and, burrowing, feed by even have barked, or made some sound sucking the Juices of roots. They live .when he stumbled over her; and he In the ground 16 years, with little "was In no frame of mind at that mo- - change In appearance. Toward the tnent to meet new emergencies log end of this period scale-lik-e rudiments ically. He dropped the dagger back of wings appear. Into the vaae and picked up the poker. In the spring of the seventeenth Then he struck the Seottie over the year the njmph with Us enlarged front licad. It was the simplest and most feet digs a tunnel to the surface. From direct way of dealing with an unexlate May to early July members of the pected circumstance when there was brood crawl out singly or In droves no time for thought The presence of and, fastening on a tree trunk or some the dog was unexpected, incalculupport, split down the back to liberable. , . . ate, the adults, which have a week or "There can be little doubt that the so of aerial life, recompensing them t for the long period of preparation. man was In a panic and with The adult male "sings" loudly and reason, lie did not even switch membranes The shrilly, by off the lights In the library. vibrating whole thing was amazln'. He went stretched over a pair of sound chamhome through the rear door, thinking bers, one at each side, near the base that he bad ' Nrt Archer's dead body of the abdomen. A Grecian poet said. "Happy Is the cicada; Its wife has no In the coat tioset Then, when Ramble summoned him "the following voice." There may be several broods In a morning, he found that Archer was still tri his "bedroom, behind a bolted neighborhood, and the adults of cne Joor! The ntari must have felt that of them may have appeared In 1021 ; the whole world, had gone. Insane, 1 their next appearance would be la 19.S. Another Brood might be dated Imagine he rushed to the hall closet, 19261941, and so on. Each year we check to wasn't looking, Gamble when r ckaiTiter . ; bis sanity, so to speak; and then be have ... 1 Dy st m cnF.niF. moid: l lift In Probably i tt elded that Eatln frock. is the model you )i:ive beea Z in which to make it. it j, t you can wear aftern-wi L and always look smart Tht not Just an ordinary hx,t t,,..feu thing cut In one with the joined In the bodl.-- 0n ItJ J Th .i PROMISING. too, do things dlfferentlv, tZ ey were honest, there is nothing differed '.v.. Mr. and Mrs. folks By at the bottom of th. f: to send front and back, they afford naged hau they One day a movement for the slim Paa(,rKS baii to Harvard. will be is available la mucin -iPttPr arrived. "I know you leai "to son, the 16, 18. 20, 34, 30, 33. 40. 42. wrote ,.lo,edtha- - I have won the squash cham f-l- J self-deni- al v pZ ' 1 va u.. pionship." voii well!" beamed Father Pen -we'll make a farmer out of w that boy jet, mother." Defined Wee Betty Mother, I feel ) so ArVi ited. dear? I don't means. think you know what excited us oeing m a Wee Betty-W- hy, over. all hurry it if W Diagnosed "Doctor." said the pest who al medical ways was trying to get free noises the have queerest advice. "I In my head ; what do you suppose rouses It?' "Mavbe the wheels In there need oiling," he snapped. WAV Bl formed ol keeping properly in- s which as to the loom on fashion's horizon, let's talk about lace. It Is not only that the future of lace looks wonderfully bright and promising but lace In the scheme of high-spot- Is playing a most out- styles-curre- standing role. Lace in an endless variety of new and unusual weaves and textures Is being used In ways we would not have dreamed of a generation ago not only for dresses and negligees, which bespeak romance and leisure and pret tily feminine wiles, but for tailored suits and blouses and various apparel for the more practical hours, lace registers as dependably wearable and chic. Then, too, one of the most fascinating chapters being written Into the story of fashions present and coming has to do with shoes, handbags and gloves which are Ingeniously styled of lace. It goes without saying, that In this emphasis given to lace for every occasion there needs must be a right lace for the right time and place, as we now have laces at our disposal as filmy and fragile as cobwebs, laces as sturdy and wearable as tweeds, and tn tune with the trend to elegance comes along this season rich and lustrous laces shot with gold and sliver or sparkling with glitter of sequin embellishment. Lace blouses are particularly highlighted In the present mode. We are picturing three which will add variety and Interest to the winter velvet or "BLANKET" COAT ... Bj CHEKIR NICHOLAS cloth suit, making It appropriate for any more or less Informal occasion. The lines are as smart and new as the laces which fashion them. To the left In the group we have a trig little blouse, smart, tailored and youthful. Interesting, too, because of the very new fabriclike lace gold snot metal tephyr lace knit and It comes In a wide choice of colors such as candy beige, clay rust, Chinese coral and ranhogany brown. The lace blouse with the polka dot pattern gives Just the right accent when you don't care to look too tailored. Soft, feminine and quite new In line and medium Is this woolette lace blouse. If you want a blouse to dress np your suit for an afternoon bridge or a matinee or three o'clock musleale, here's tbe very thing centered In the picture a fine Alencon lace In a thoroughly wearable style. The new lace tunics are wonderfully good looking. Whether In the modish dark colored laces, wine, hunter's green, rust brown or In the delectable ice blue, blush pink or pale cham blouses pagne tints, these Wear them over a are fascinating. velvet or crepe skirt or that which is the last word In chle a sheer skirt knife pleated all around, for evening, If you want to be assured of always looking beautifully gowned durhours enrich ing the formal after-fivyour wardrobe to the extent of one exquisite black lace gown. The filmy Chantilly black laces are competing with the heavier grandiose Spanish types at present To vary the appearance of the black lace dress of your choice have It made with a neckline which lends Itself to Jewelled clips, also to the wearing of flowers across tbe front neckline. knee-lengt- h e ffi. Westsra Newipaper Union. NET IS FAVORITE AS WINTER FABRIC un-le- ss " worried. d . llere'S the latest thing In the way of a' sports and practical daytime coat Schhipurelil makes this dashing model of a brilliant red, green and blue plaid blanket wool rt Is show here worn wool dress. over a dark blue The flaring lines are very new, one-piec- e Co pel Carry On ' Obviously the small round cane Is carrying over for spring.' tlardly a day model Is shown without One, and the little evening cape Is practically In Is the evitable. Elbow or waist-lengtsire of them. and treat- smockings be confused with the peasant blouse type. t'l - I v 'Twu Ever Thus "You look C What's the jrLK VT1 1 l I I Y i " I tk'cti j 1 III 1 1 SSkoms li iT roMjlni'i trt Ricc Ilwle III" lortk Cirol SostiDikot 1 it pmM a jl ClVr I I J JLJL) Dko1 " ill l Jl l 1 f fl-II III ill I I If il'l J - 1 1 11 I I ' lanK J I I SLUSH FUND, OF COURSE latos . ia 1 Jg"t "Ding It, my doctor just told me I've got to quit worrying or else, " i jiy iff matter?" fUMM '. HILiit l Iff Compentation Bentover That drouth cost us over 0,000 bushels of wheat Mrs. Bentover Yea, but there Is nothing without some good. During that dry spell we could at least get some salt out of the shakers I eimoBt 'Vqinis WW ft Virgil Wtit Size SO takes 4 yards 39 lid wrfabric Illustrated ing instructions Included. Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) a coins or stamp (coins preferred) for this pattern. Write plainly bum, address and style number. BE SUSS 46. step-by-ste- p RA1 - City Official Where are we to get the money for cleaning the streets after these heavy snows? Assistant Out of the slush fund, W TO STATE SIZE. Address order to Sewing Pattern Ores 243 West Department, Street, New York City. Don't Be So Modest Visitor And what's your name, my good man? Prisoner 9742. Visitor Is that your real name? Prisoner Naw, dat's me pen name, Santa Fe Magazine. nent MELODY MISLEADIING Case of Necessity "What wa3 the Inspiration for your success?" the rich man was asked. "Well, frankly," he grinned, "it was the meals my wife cooked when we were first married. I realized right off I'd have to earn enough to hire a cook If I didn't want to die of Indigestion." recenl a of course. "Yon can learn a great deal fros old Bongs,, remarked the ed statesman. "They may be misleading," wered Senator Sorghum. "Wha B posterity revives 'We Have No of persoM number nanas' a large may be led to Infer that witl il our crop failures the most we bin had a contend with was a scardtr of tropical fruit" Washlngtoi Star. tha: light-hea- 1 Youthful AMumptioa "How is your son getting on In U new position?" "First rate," answered Farm CorntosseL "He knows more abort the business now than the boss io Huh I convince tl "So you think you lead a dog's life, All he has to do is en said tne man who had been lis- boss," tening to his troubles. "Yeh V he growled. "The only ad Bwy vantage I have over the dog Is that Caller I would like to see W ' i aon t have to scratch fleas." Judge, please. ae out Secretary I'm sorry, sir, Did He Get the Job? . at dinner. Caller But, my man, my errm Employer Personal appearance is neiprul factor In business success. is Important Secretary It can't be neipeu, Employee Yes, and business sucrears1 cess is a helpful factor In His Honor is at personal & I time is fr ges pan pe the jaat an $ In hear r jquals. ments; the resort groups suggest it in' sportsy versions, which will doubtless have much to do with its ac ceptancer Shlrrlngs and smocklnes ar Important In gaining the bloused line introduced In yokes and sections the not to tn w W3ji1 -- l?E II iarmer Fashion designers are well iwin that many women aren't satisfied they are wearing furs In summer and filmy garments In snowstorms. So lor winter evenings, they are recommending the most transparent of fabrics, net The most arresting model, seen In a representative rniunfi' Is designed along shirtwaist lines and has silver cross bars to decorate the net A turnover collar with ruffled edge, short sleeves with ruffled cuffs and a skirt which bunches its appearance. buoyancy at either side, are noteworthy features of the mode. The Answer to That One A square dotted mesh is "Were you ever kissed?" the old the most of all the netted themes maid was asked. to appear this season. An "Well, If I should die tomorrow It overblouse of this quaint stuff Is ivould not be from recommended curiosity," she reto cover a simple but julte fo.mal plied. Cincinnati Enquirer. black crepe evening gown. So It Goes Barney-- Did the doctor cure Kelly New Bodice Treatment Is if insomnia? Seen in Late Collections Tim-- He did. Now Kelly can't The bloused silhouette has been "eep nights wondering how he's go- gradually growing in Importance aud "6 iu vy me aoctorl pu"se or coming through In an important way. Lelong and Molyneux Equality for All both showed the bodice that Is bloused Friend-Ho- w's the boy since he at the back. me back from college? Collections prepared for resort wear ""-"- Mi still trenU us as are playing up the bloused bodice in T . FROCJ PATTERN 203 about n. - jou ju-- t You're ri . hard-workin- g . ... as m7T SMARTNES IN SATIN CAP.. AND" cm top-coa- t, . I t- -' i (A rs-no-rt sutfl-den- . IBlSLLs! . Markham moved about the room restlessly. "I see It all," he muttered, as If to himself. He stopped and swung round. "But what of V rede's attempted mur der of Grasal?- That was logical and In keeping with his character," said Vance. "Mks Lake explained It Intense jeal Wrede ousy cf his lucky rival. thought be had successfully pulled tbe wool over our eyes, and the fact gave him confidence. He knew exactly where the dagger was; he knew the domestic arrangements of the Coe bouse; be bad a key to the rear door; and he doubtless knew of the broken lock on Crassi's door. He had probably brooded over bis loss of a wealthy bride until be could no longer resist tbe urge to follow up his as he thought successful murder of Archer by the murder of GrassL He would thus have won a complete victory over the forces that had tem porarily defeated him. His frustrated ego again. And had It not been for Liang's perspicacity which Wrede un derestimated and the shift of Grassl's arm, he would have succeeded." "But what." asked Markham, "first gave you the Idea that Wrede had committed tbe murders?" "The Seottie, Markham," answered Vance. "After having found she belonged io Higglnbottom, I ascertained that he had given her to his Inamorata who lived in the Belle Malson. And once I had followed the Scottle's trail and knew that she belonged next door. I made a bit of an Investigation. I learned from a perfectly honest Irish maid that both Higglnbottom and his lady fair a Miss Delafield had been having a farewell dinner at the time Coe was murdered. Y' see, I Vd thought perhaps that some blond lady with a Duplaix lipstick bad admitted the Seottie Into the Cn house earlier In the evening. But although Miss Delatleld used Duplaix lipstick and had undoubtedly called on Archer Coe before half-paseven. It was not she who had let the Seottie In; for the little dog was In the Delafield apartment after nine o'clock that night, and had disappeared some time between then and half-paten, at which hour the maid Instituted a search for her. Moreover, I learned that the Seottie could have entered the Coe house only If some one had unlocked the gate between the Belle Malson and the vacant lot next to the Coe residence. And I further learned that there was no way for the Seottie to escape from the Belle Malson, except Into the rear yard. Only some one who had un locked the gate and opened the rear door of the Coe residence would have given her the opportunity of entering the house. And Wrede was the only person who could have done this." T Occasion Lace Blouse for Every saw the dead body of Prisbane. Some of the truth, at least, must hart dawned upon him. He had killed his friend his ally by accident! What mental torture be must hare suffered I And theie was uUo la hi mind the terrible problem of Archer's death. . . . I wonder tbe o.ao stood up no well when we arrived. The cold desperation of the final necessity, I sup- Tie "TAH ir- III I M I fe the in the hi our se of r . Lofty Assumption M "You have been getting some 3. advice in business." "I have," answered Mr. V Stax. "I had a highbrow group advisers.' : But highbrows are aiw Inclination suspected of high-ha- t got I trust Instead of a brain -- n" a brain crust" . She Was Willing Curate Udmlring a bowl -- How of , will lovely . tof thinS It opeaitig tjme Mrs.' Bjrd. " Mm Tilnlra U'c . nOW. ever would hate Ihouglit of you In' a thing- - like, that ! Put I " t nerV-Aiit- tat a . feel like It OUicK one London r fT a Tit-Bit- Eye CEN Dainty Footwear If milady Intends Driving her car ,n the part, when she is wearing slippers, she would be weir n old pair of slippers and chang? D car before going in to tbe ?! unexpected smudge of oil 'or could ruin the whole afternoon. WA s Si |