Show p T E BAT A Novel from the Play By Mary Roberts Rinehart and A Avery very Hopwood wArt and no rho DI Dal II 1 e to be Ma blare Avery ry VIII Continued VIII Continued CHAPTER 13 13 hy hy by certainly agreed 1 the doctor back Miss lIes Cor t at once He lie turne turned 1 in e teemed pleased I hoped vou rou would she said ld t I little Tittle tremble In her voice rolce such uch as might easily occur In the voice olce of ot a Nervous lIenous old lady Indy Oh Oh yes here 3 here es-here es s raper nod a pencil as the doctor rumbled In a pocket The doctor took the sleet sl 51 of ot paper the proffered ao and 1 using the side ot of I bIs bag as a pad began to write write- out outI I the I don t generally generaU 0 advise Iee these drugs droge he said looking up for a mo neat Still SUII- Still lie He paused hat 1 time Is It Miss Cornelia Cornella 1 it ut the clock eloc Halt half past p eleven r Then 1 d I l otter Ur I t ring you IOU the pow the doctor ets myself decided The closes clones at nt eleven ele J I Ishall I shall ht ba have base e to make mabe th them m up myself That teems seems a lot of ot trouble troubles s Is any trouble If It I J can be 1 1 I he assured 1 her And nJ Miss lIes Cornelia Cornella also aleo smiled tool took n 11 e a piece of ot piper paper from his han ban at nt It once as If It out of ot Idle curiosity the pro pr- pre and oDd then laid It t down on OD the 1 tat tal le Ie with a 0 careless little gesture Dole It gave gale her aunt a n glance of ot dumb entreaty Miss lIes Cornelia Cornella read her heri nirh 1 I Ih for mother another moment atone alone With Ith i it i Uie doctor Dale Dile will Hitt let vou ou out doctor said 1 1 r the Sh giving Ing tI 11 lie e a Sirl Irl the key of the front door l That s right he slid said lId smilingly II r leep heep thinks locked loc up Discretion Is the better beltEr part nt of valor lalor 1 I nut Cut Miss lIes Corn Cornelia Cornelii ell 1 failed to agree 1 smith himIe him Lim rte Ive b boon been discreet for tv si fire t el e said with a sniff Dirt and I J think thin It was as i a mistake 1 The flue doctor laughed easily elly and fol follo follo cd lo loved lod d Dale out of ot the room with smith a nod od 1 of ot farewell to the others In r rass tag n The detective seeking for some obJect upon to vent rent nt the grow o oIn In lug Irritation which seemed to i t i im made Policy ralley the scapegoat oat of bl his wrath I guess we cm do without you lOU for tile the recent r I he slid said 1 with Willi an ani III ry fro frown fron n at the latter flushed then remembered himself and left the room submissively Ely with Uh the theair air of a well trained er accepting tn en unmerited rebuke rebul The tinned at nt once to Miss les Cornelia ow Now I ant want a n few words ord smith Uh you rou 1 he lie said In a curly CUI Iv voice flue rhe failure of oe his search e of ot the terrace and Ind nd gro ground ground- nd seemed to Irk him greatly hick means that you ou mean to do doall doall all 1111 the tal in talking said ties Miss CornElIa Cornella ter lr smell ell I I J ut first I ant to show chow you ou omet In ing ill III you rou come here please She started for the alco alcose I J I Je me e that staircase 1 U tl a detective e ungracious lie ire followed her unwillingly un up the his Ills whole manner seeming to betray a n complete lack of ot confidence n in theories of ot nil all amateur sleuths In general jeneral and ind spinster detectives of sixt h lime five e In particular Their toot foot Hers died n a arras si up the alcove e stairs TI Tie e lining liming nomas nom was as left vacant for foren foren en Instant 1 avant l ant Only In seeming The moment that lies Mis Cornelia an ani 1 the tl 11 e had passed up the lairs the crouching Unknown D bel hind ind tI tl e I settee began to mo move mome I The Thedoor Thedoor door of ot the I rench win lows s o opened opened- opened o a stealthy figure pissed through It to be Je S swallowed 1 1 up In tI tied Tl e d rl ness nees of ot the terrace And Ioor Il r entering the lute room r Jt It that moment sow saw o a hand CO cornered ered r smith hl od react back Jack and gropingly I 1 through h the Hie broken r vie n the lie lest leek Sl c e shrieked madly CHAPTER IX Handcuffs Pile Dale I lad ad failed with Uh the doctor len doctor l I en I s e s screams reams once Inome mOl e had called 1 rt tic lie a I startled household It to tI 1 e 0 Jh thing In room sl 1 1 e a knew sl el c e had foiled failed SI 11 c follo 1 In mechanically a hatched an lied Hed Anderson Anderon send end the lie I 1 ride of If ferry to bed lied an aD 1 I 1 threaten to lock lok 1 r r up and listened likened vaguely to the tel en Ier 1 I cr er aunt and the detective e flat tl at followed tollo It lIh out Ut m mire Ire re than casual Interest t l e that allon was to I 1 lave n aye e vital Ital results later on lour ow i about that thumb print tin en 11 the lie e stair rail Is s very Stry ry Interesting Anderson on salt eal 1 smith Ith a 0 certain re rc I 1 ut Ju Just t what dyes d es It prove proe t It r down w said Miss MI tics s Cor Cor ache 1 sun still 1111 glow glor I iff g mitt the memory of If tl ll tie I e n whittle hl of surf sunrise rice the detec e time the I lad Ild ad given ghen when hn sl II I e a had sl 11 1 own 1 Irn tl II e a strange thumb print prim on tl U e rail of ot tl e a alcove e stairs stair It does he admitted d I ut ul what tl II en Miss 1 torne Cornelia lIa tried to rut t ter lr case as ele III and terl tersely l as 01 rOl It shows tl U at nt stood there Ii 11 r T s me time limp listening to mi mm niece and Richard In tris tiis room 1 llo the she said eold All Ml Il right Ill right ril grant ernnt that to EI sive e lLo rho detective 4 But nut 1 tI e o moment that shot was wis IS fired the lI lights cime on If It somebody on that ee shot hot him an and 1 then came doss n 11 and ond took tools the lie I hue i 1 runt Miss Jils O Ogden would have hale seen Feen 1 Ink He lie turned turnell upon Dale Did Did vou sou She hesitated V hv liv hv I 1 t she he thou thought ht of such ch nn an e a 1 1 I o c- forc e-forc tore fore Hut But non non-it now It would sound too ton flumes Io I 1 o 0 came down dorm do n sl I 1 e a nd ad milted condi lie Miss Mits h 1 one once mor more had put herself him himan himan himan an I Dale Now Ow Mr r el cl tie I a warned arnt 1 The e was oh 01 Iou ol tr trying In to keep his temper I J m not Noun lioun 1 In ing this thus girl 1 he said Mid I Ih husen hl t nil all sal l yet IN that she committed lie II ll c a I murder murder 1 ut ship lie took tI tl at I print and I want iti it lou want pant It to connect ter 1 I er r smith Ith ll II e a mur murder parried MIs MI's Mi s Cornella The e threw thre up his Ids hands Its It q rather reasonable to suppose that I might want to 10 return the he funds to 10 time the Union 1 I ink nl len i n t It he ho In tones tonel of I 1 easy y 1 e prO 1 tI ll e ei ey re 1 I ere erl I 1 Ie e added doul Miss lies Mi s Id I'd upon corn com fr franl nes ness nessI I see ee cc si I tic e a said old u 1 ell J i II tell tell ou sou ou tI ll Is much Mr Ir An Anderson and Anderson and III Rei a- a aou sou ou ou to 1 lelie e ehe e me as a n gentlewoman gentle gentlewoman woman oman Grunting that at one time lime my niece linen knew something of ot that blue blueprint print print-at at Li is moment we e do not know Inow where hele It Is or who ha has It it Her Ifer words Ind hod the unmistakable ring of ot truth The very ery oath from from the e that succeeded them showed his lils reo recognition of ot the fact Damn I Ie e muttered 1 s true Is itt lt It t flints s true rue slid said 11 1 Miss lies MI s Cornelia A silence of trout led thoughts thought fell upon tl tI e a three Miss Ues s Cornella look out her knitting Did you iou c er c er to try knitting hn you si In anted t 11 to think 1 she queried 1 s seeth after a pause pau e In time the trampe tramped 1 from one sid c r f the room to the other brows trous s knotted eves eles bent on iD tie tl c e floor No o 0 grunted the I lie He tool took out a n lit cigar cigar lit off ort the en 1 pitha pith Ilha a savage snap of teeth lit teeth lit n It-n It n umed lis 1 I Is pacing 1 lou ou ou should 1 sometimes sometime continued Miss lIes Cornelia watching patching Its troubled 1 with smith a hint flint light of ot moet mock mockery er ery In her eyes C ee I J fin find 1 It very ery helpful I J don t ne need 1 knitting to tl ll lot straight hl raer ra cd Anderson Indignantly Indignant I Iy lies Ml s Cornelia Comella s I s eyes danced I I mm wonder onder 1 she he he said pud lId with c lou ou teem seem to have hafe so much e evidence left oser OHr Do ou sou be belies lies e In circumstantial em e e It s mi my m business lJ sal said 1 the detec the Miss lies Cornelia smiled idle ou sou ou have been In ing she Fhe announced I too have bale not beta Idle fhe flue I gave a barking laugh She let it piss pass fo To me I cl c e continued It Is per perfectly fecU that one intelligence has been lien at work stork behind mini many of oe the things that t I la n ne aye c e occurred In this Louse houe Now v Anderson oben ob-ened ob ed 1 I cr er with smith Ith n a anew anew new respect ho ho he lie grunted tersely Her IIer e eves es s ed edril ril ask ash you than that 1 I Some one per person person son on who knowing Ing Courtleigh them HemIng lag Ing well smell ell knows Inow of U tie Ile e exist I t i o oi or r J J i i t R RE Rr E r She Shrieked Madly Hadly case ence of ot a n hl hid 1 Jen room In tills this louse loue an an I 1 who bo finding us In Ulon Illon ot of tl II c I 1 ouse oue I 1 as 08 tried to Jet het rl rid 1 of me in tOas limo tuo mm s a as s I 1 b li frighten frightenIng frightenIng Ing me smith Ith us tl tI re its and ItS its ind 1 Hold by urging me roe to lea lease leae loa c e Sonic Some Someone one ODe wie I Cry ery possibly entered this louse I ouse tonight shortly I dore tl tI c e tour murder der and sill shirr r ed cd up that staircase I TI Tl e a doctor Miss liss Cornelia CornlIa knitted on as It emery c of ot her lier needles added one more link to tie lie 11 c strong chain of ot probabilities s she was smas piecing together I I en Doctor s c V ells said Mid he be was Ia leasing In I here lere ere earlier In the e c for tor fortl ti II e a J Jol 01 be did r i ot of co go there she he e I I lie Ile Je was not expected to go there thre I J found that out when I telephoned TI Tie I a r I repented repeated U tl tic e a det detec c th the e Ills his eves eyes narrowing II I is ties hel 1 1 I he be beginning beginning ginning to ems S my If from side Ide to side Ilke 1111 the lemd I eid eld cf of some sonic guest t cat Just before a 0 sprint sprin sprint'S s 'S ou I 1 now Miss lies ornelia wenton ent enton on I had n a ur 1 t oil oft pia placed cd on that terra terrace e door today She he nod Ie I J tow too ird the time door that gas ga e C nc s Into the nl alco o c e from front the ter terrace terrace rae race 1 I rills ll is caning e Doctor ells Doctor 1 ells II cold th di 11 It I Ie e Ind hod bolted boiled It when wh-n I e had left It op open open n ns as I Ino inon Inow non no In order that liat I 1 c I return later latr lou ou may v also aleo recall lint Doctor Dotor ells tool a scrap of riper per from from d shand hand and bust I to conceal It It It Ith li h did he do tint lust Sl Si I e i r IlIe aused d for a second eon 1 1 hen hn sl I I e changed I 1 er cr tone a n little Mum Ia Ma I l i-l sou ou to lo ho k I at nt this Sic Sl I e I ned a n Ilece of ot paper on which Doctor helix ells had started to write rite the r I resent lion f r her sleep sleeping sleeping Ing ponders and PO powders Ind ders ind noI now noss I er y smith the doctor doctors 8 bug big and ind 1 the soot oot Jacl had got ot from flom the flue file place too stood 1 resealed rc A slurp black Line of ot a mans mins s right ht thun thumb the the lJ-the doctor stood doctors s stood out on time the paper Le- Le be below low loss tile the broken line of ot wilting The doctor hind had not noticed 1 the staining ot of his Ills hind hand hi J the blackened Lag bag handle bandle or noticing had Ind thought noth nothing ing of ot It but it but the blackened bag bal han Ilan handie die hind had been a n trip trap and he had left nn an Indelible piece of ot c 1 t him him It now non remained to test teet the the salue of tills Oils hilt c 1 thumbprint thumb print cd An Ander Anderson Anderson son eon 11 hose Is It If Doctor Dotor ells said earl Miss liss Cornelia 55 hat Ilat might hl hi e e Icon 1 I een a n little littlecrow crow cross of ot triumph in anyone any one not a at an a t nn an Gorder AD Anderson looked tl I Then he be felt In lilt Ills poet for a n magnifying glass failed 1 to find it muttered an I tool took the time reading glass Miss Cornelia olTer offered 1 him fr fry t this hie she lIe sill sell 11 Mi h whole hole case cose hangs hans on m mi coo lint tl 0 I at print and time the one out there on the stair rill rail are arc the lime same ame lIe He went out rather grimly paper nn and 1 reading glass In hand liand to mal e his comi Iri arlson on It was ns then lint me c In i a new and ind slightly rigid I and crossed 1 to her r herat herat at once 1 an Sn Gorder Corder he lie said gald all the ancy gone Jone from Ills his hl voice may mayI I ask ael you to make mae an nn excuse and call your gardener here I Pro Dale started uncontrollably nt at the ominous words orde tut 1 I ut Miss Cornelia L le e trued no en except In tI 11 tie e a In Increased increased Increased creased r of ot her hr knitting l The he gardener Certainly if Certain Certainly It I-It If ou ouli II touch Hint hint bell sl e a said pleasantly I stalked to the bell on and 1 rang It The Time three Dale DIle waited Dile In Inon inan Inan on an agon agony of ot suspense Time The I le Ie entered ti tic Oe a room by tie lie tl a stairs his mien unfathomable by any of oC tl U e a glances that sought him out at once It Its s no good lood Miss an nn Corder he said eald quietly 1 be prints are arc not the same ot Not the same ame grasped Miss lIes Cor Cornelli nells nelll un unwilling to e her hr ears An Anderson laid down Gown the lie par er on and 1 o Ile e reading glass glas Ith a little gesture ot of dismissal If It you tl ll Ink luk I J in mil mistaken J I c II 1 lease 0 e It to ID un person or your our own o eyesight i r er lie he aid said In n a flat Int ln con In ing voice voce Ie lIs Miss COI Councils at distil I Ilten lIr large 1 on her tenures I 1 still till lilIe c e It ms IS the d she clue said ellid but Lut but ter ler tones were cre not the tones rf d f utter coO conviction she timid had used before And yet et said sold the he I ruth lessly another link In h her r broken 0 en chain of ot em evidence Idene this the r suns as In this his room tonight to our sour ono onn statement nien Ien the letter carne through the window Nits MIS g cd at 1 Im 1 I ii h for tor ti tic lie a t lir-t time lime line In her lier life at n a I h 1 ss cs for an ai II itchy sharp retort It II tru true time true the doctor Ind hl 1 teen I eon cen I 1 ore cre orein In the room room bed Ie he her when Il n tl 11 I e estone stone slone 1 the II 1 t inon mOll had l cra-l ed fd through tl ll e I window In Indo don do pine pane An I met met- ct et- et 1111 1 I Illy III s In answer r to Beres tord fords bring ring n nod Id her mind turn to other matters b Or fr tie tic tI e in ment ly 1 M I hid li Ii id ud 5 manner changed eo cn and ms what lint hat mm was as he lie say saving 1 log Ing to Billy Hilly now non Tell the garde gardener ner ties Miss Missan tan an an Gor Corder 1 and him ind dont don t say siy were sere ere III all I lore ere the youn young liw cr er commanded the butler buller sharply Bill nodded and disappeared Hiss Cornelia s I legan to stiffen she didn t like lIe or er people or ordering rin lice her sen eer ants around hike that Time The Ind some orne 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