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Show LEHI FREE PRESS. LEHI, UTAH i rovnis or uanger m ;" 7 Severe Thunder Stw i In general, rocky ground is by lightning more often than kpm" land, and rocks near water egT' 1 If they are high, are . Htruck. Large groups of pT caught out in the open by , should scatter and lie dowj u1 ' mud- -ll Is better to be mnddj 86 sorry. Similarly, If one is caught ow ,1 a lake in an open boat a place to be it Is best to iu74 in the bottom and drift than tos " to row to shelter. Another rule for safety k country Is that it is better w yield to temptation and seek in exposed buildings. It u bette ' get wet than to stand on the iJ of such a building. Wood housen! r co? , e Oopyrlght, VTSU Berrfe till by MUton Proppe CHAPTER XI Continued 16 "That sounds rather serious," he said, also rising. "We bad better start out Immediately." By the time the two officers drew up in a police car before the Holcomb apartments, Rankin bad finished bis account of the crime and bis most recent discoveries. At the door of P8 the Captain knocked, and when it was opened by Mrs. Dobson, a tired frousy-lookiAwoman. Inquired for Miss Myra Prentiss. A moment later, the chorus girl apIn the doorway In negligee. Rankin, comparing her with the wom peared an she had impersonated, was at once truck by the resemblance. Like Laura Jordan, she was statuesque, her beauty professional; she possessed the same seductive physical allure, enhanced by her questing dark eyes and bow lips. She could not conceal her fright, as her visitors presented their credentials; ber face paled and ber slender hands fluttered nervously. Perforce, she ushered thera through the long hallway within, Into a makeshift living room at one end. Still. Rankin reflected, her fear might well be due to knowing from Mrs. Dobson that the police had inquired about her movements the day before. Captain Chambers waited until they were alone, seated behind the closed door. "There is some information we want from you. Miss Prentiss," he began sternly. "Mr. Rankin has come from the Philadelphia detective bureau expressly to obtain It. And we erpect you to tell the trnth," he added warn-ingl- me ber exact explanation," be requested. "You were to make that trip, while she actually traveled east from wherever she was staying with ber clandestine sweetheart?" "That's right," Myra Prentiss responded. "I bad to create the Impression, by coming from St. Louis, that she bad been there and faithful all the while. He was extremely Jealous and suspected her; he would probably check up on ber, perhaps even hiring detectives to do It That was why I was unwilling to give you any Information when you first arrived." "Well, I advise you now to describe the whole arrangement from beginning to end. Obviously, Miss Du Monte made up that story just to satisfy you; It wasn't to Join any lover that she left St Louis. Miss Prentiss." "Oh, but It was." the girl said hastily. "At least, she gave me bis ad-- mm thing!" In the fact of this obvious lie, the detective attacked with increased vigor. "Then what did you expect to gain by the deception?" he demanded Incredulously. "That Is what I am after your purpose and hers, In arranging that little trickery. Let's have it I" "But I can't tell you that!" Myra Prentiss cried desperately. "It Is private and has nothing to do with you ; I promised Laura to keep it secret." "For your own sake, Miss Prentiss, you had better talk. We are quite prepared to place you under arrest; but first we wished to give you a chance to clear yourself." v At the direct threat, fear returned to the show-girl'- s eyes And a harassed ' expression replaced her bravado. 1 haven't "Clear myself of what? done anything wrong. I swear I only Intended to help Laura out of a tight place." . Rankin's manner became suddenly grim. "Yes, by concealing a murder and protecting the criminal with an alibi. That is always private. In helping Laura, you've made yourself accessory before the fact of murder t" Strangely, Miss Prentiss' , features held more horror than . dread ; the blood drained from thent, leaving them a ghastly hue beneath the rouge." "Murder? Surely it wasn't that! she x cried, with a note, of surprise! "Laura couldn't be mixed up' In any thing so terrible." "But she Is, Just the same. For the past week, you kept to your cabin aboard the Florida, to escape the observation of passengers who might penetrate your disguise. And all the time you pretended to be her on the ship, she was east committing a dreadful crime. You must have realized what she was doing." "Oh, My God I I didn't, Mr. Rankin!? the girl Insisted. "Please believe I acted Innocently. I thought she was Just deceiving her lover Into supposing she remained in St. Louis while he was out of town for a month." to , "Was that her story to get you detective the scheme?" to her agree asked. A realisation of her serious position compelled the girl to answer frankly. "Yes, she said she was him. lie had gone east and meanwhile, she also left St. Louis with eoine other chap she loved; unknown to the first lover, she was having a But secret affair with the other. Philner from for sent he when later, adelphia, she had arranged to Join him there." less severely..- "Give ; Rankin .pok -- two-tlmln- g - girl herself had not lived there. She discovered what time, every morning, her room was cleaned; then let the chambermaids understand that she In variably left for business before they arrived. After that, she Just visited It once late each day and disturbed it sufficiently to create the Impression that it had been occupied. Meanwhile, she resided with the Dobsons. One curious detail In the scheme was that concerning her disguise. When I .aura Dumont first knew the show-gir- l two years before, ber hair had been brown, the same dark, silky shade that Myra Prentiss possessed Since, however, she had evidently had It bleached to the glorious blond the detective observed In Philadelphia. That made It necessary for her to pro cure for the girl a blond wig similar to It for the Imposture the head dress that eventually betrayed them both on board theshlp. Rankin found this circumstance somewhat puzllng and Interrupted to comment on It. "Let me get this straight, Miss Pren tiss," he observed, frowning. "You say that Miss Dumont was originally a brunette. Just like yotl are?" "Yes, the last time l saw her" the show-gireplied. "You can see that In her photos In the cnst3 of shows she played In some time ago. But as I said, she bleached her hair and I had to wear a wig to match." "And you posed as Miss Du Monte at the Fenton," the detective Inquired, "for fully a month?" "A bit longer ; all of February and the first week of this month. Until Laura sent me a letter, directing me to arrange for my passage to New York on the Florida last Sunday. The only other thing I did before that was to mall from the Fenton on March fifth a letter she mailed out to me, with an Inner envelope addressed to Mr. Stuart Jordan in Philadelphia." That was the last communication. Rankin reflected, the student received frflm his wife, presumably from St Louis. "Do you still have your Instructions?" he asked. "I'll want to see them." The girl shook her head. "No, I destroyed them after memorizing them. That was a part of her orders." "Well, let's have the rest of your story after you checked out of the hotel." The directions in question, Myra Prentiss proceeded, arrived on Thursday, March fourth, allowing her ample time to be on the boat Sunday. During the voyage, as the detective already knew, she was to feign seasickness to escape observation. Unfortunately, however, she actually became 111; It was this neglected and trivial possibility, Rankin realized, which engendered the carelessness that disclosed the entire fraud. After the Florida docked at noon on Friday, the girl went to Philadelphia directly, where she met Laura Jordan at four o'clock. In two hours, In the woman's room of the Pennsylvania terminal, the actress secured all the details and evidences of the trip; at seven o'clock, she left to appear at headquarters. She had not, however, taken Myra's At the outset of the scheme, baggage. she had purchased duplicate sets of and suitcases, one for the show-gir- l her own set she brought with her weeks before. Myra Prentiss returned immediately to St. Louis because of an attachment she formed there of her own. during her stay. Ordinarily, she might have remained In New York and sought another engagement; but this new friend had clearly Indicated his devotion and Interest In her. Except Inasmuch as It had lightened his problem of tracing her, Rankin did not long concern himself with this purely personal matter. But his Interest In Doctor Prince was Intense. Thus far, all he knew of him was that, as a student at Hawthorne university In Fort Wayne he belonged to the Omleron chapter of Mil Beta Sigma. And, as a loyal alumnus, he notified the Philadelphia chapter of Jordan's matriculation, recommending him. Mr. Merrick, in his single business meeting with the physician, had divulged Stuart's presence at the eastern university, when they discussed schools during their conversation. Apparently, Arnold Prince had hnd no other connection with the boy. Now, however. It was obvious that he must have known all about him before that through the actress. His practice and residence, the detective recalled, were In St Louis. "Now" about Doctor Prince, Miss Prentiss," he said, when the girl fin (shed her narrative. "What else did Laura Du Mcnre tell you? Where does he live, for Instance?" "I suppose right here In St. Louis," Myra replied, "because she spoke of leaving with him from here. Rut don't know the address. She was very cautious about letting fall anything more thr.n I needed in case I had to ' get In touch with her quickly." "Then you never met the doctor or tried to learn what sort of chap he was?" - rl y. "The truth? About whatr The girl "I don't underspoke apprehensively. stand why yon suppose I have anything to tell you." "You returned only this morning from New York, Isn't that so?" Rankin queried deliberately. "You went by boat from St Louis last Sunday, and yesterday started back here by train. You impersonated someone else on the voyage. You booked your passage on the boat as Laura Du Monte." "Well, what of that?" the showgirl retorted spiritedly. "There Is no harm in that, as long as she doesn't object." But she caught her breath in dismay at the extent of bis Information. Rankin shot his next question at her "Then you admit disguisabruptly. ing yourself to resemble Miss Du Monte? How much did she pay you to make the trip?" .. . . you' have no right to ask me . She didn't pay me anythat. at the hotel before going; thereafter. during February. Miss Prentiss passed for her. But to avoid contacts with the maids, guests or officials, the show , "Murder? Surely It Wasn't That!" She Cried, With a Note of Surprise. dress, through which I could rench her: where she spent this last month with him. She had to furnish me some way to get In touch with her In case anything unforeseen upset the deception." "Have you got that address and the man's name?" The detective could not conceal his eagerness and gratification. "That's splendid! What are they?" "He Is a physician, Mr. Rankin, by the name of Prince. Dr. Arnold Prince was what she told me. They were staying together, she said, at a Wisconsin resort the Halfway house on Lake Geneva; I could write her there." CHAPTER XII No The Fraternity Alumnus result of an Investigation al- ready full of surprises, quite so aston ished Rankin as the show-girl'- s Identi fication of Mrs. Jordan's companion. Twice before. Dr. Arnold Prince had figured In the case; but merely incidentally, and to all appearances. InnoNow like a sudden. Illumcently. inating flash of lightning, Myra Prentiss words shed fresh light on all his discoveries. For a moment, he could scarcely credit his ears; the next, his mind seethed In a turmoil of excitement and the readjustment of theories. But the girl's narrative, hesrun at Rankin's order, gave him no time to ponder the startling and damaging significance of Laura Jordan's rela tions with the physician. Early in her career In the chorus, Myra related, she had known the actress slightly; they played together, two years previous. In the New York cast of "Merely Even then, their similarity had un been so marked that the show-gir- l derstudied Miss Du Monte's comparatively unimportant role. But she had not seen her since, until In January, two months ago, she reached St, I,ouls. Then. touring tn to her amazement, the actress visited her there at the Lyceum theater, with the fiction Rankin had already heard. She asked Myra to help her. In her supposed trouble. Instead of continuing with the show or returning to New York. And, as It finally closed In St. Louis at the end of January, the girl consented, for a consideration, to lend herself to the Imposture. Her presence In St. Louis Just when she was needed was, of course, purely But the coincidence, the fortuitous. detective recognized, was also Ir relevant; If Myra Prentiss had not been handy, the actress would hav sent for her or another to fill the same role". The stakes were so large that money was no object In her plot to secure them without danger to her self. For her the showgirl received five hundred dollars. As for the project Itself, It was far more elaborate than Rankin had first 'supposed. Actually, it began on Januarv thirtieth, when Laura Dumont moved from the Somerset apartments osten sibly to take up quarters at the Kenton hotel for a few weeks. The next day, she left St Louis to Join Doctor Prince at Lake Geneva,- as she claimed or, as the detective .believed! to go east She merely registered and checked In ." - . The rirl looked her surprise. "No, Why should I I didn't Mr. Rankin. be curious, when I believed Laura's story that be was out of town with her?" "It shouldn't be difficult to locate him, at any rate," Rankin confided to Captain Chambers; then to the girl "Have you any Idea how long they've been acquainted?" "Well, only Incidentally, I figure their affair must be going on over a year at least, since last January. At first, I was afraid to agree to the proposition; and to reassure me, Laura said she had been cheating her first lover with him even last winter and he was none the wiser." "And who Is he? Can you tell me that or where he might be found?" Rankin queried. But as he expected. Myra Prentiss was Ignorant of any facts concerning the man she supposedly helped to outwit. Not once did the actress reveal his name or discuss her establishment with him. As with most of her ex planation, Rankin was convinced his very existence was fictitious part of her alibi to cloak her nefarious JourShe had not ney to Philadelphia. with her dared supply the show-gir- l correct address In the East ; hence the Lake Geneva address, probably an accommodation, from which Myra's letters (in the unlikely event there were any) would be forwarded back to Doctor Trince In St. Louis and thence on to her. Or perhaps the physician actually stayed at the Halfway house while she went east, to lend verisimilitude to their fake rendezvous. Whichever the case, Inquiry at the lake would settle it; but of one point, the detective was practically certain. By now. Doctor Prince had surely returned to St. Louis and somehow, he must apprehend him. For unlike the mythical duped lover, the physician was a very real individual. And that portion of Mrs. Jordan's fiction dealing with him came perilously close to the true situation last May, when Stuart had been his wife's dupe and that of her paramour. After their marriage in February a year ago, she had continued her secret relations with her lover, begun before she met the boy. But her letters had never named him; now. suddenly, the show-gir- l had identified him with the confederate who helped her create her alibi. Certainly, Rankin calculated, the evidence logically Indicated they were the same. By her own admission, the actress was intimate with Arnold Prince before her first contact with And it seemed impossible Jordan. that there was still another man for whom she double-crosseboth her hus band and her sweetheart. If. the physician were actually the lover over whom Laura Jordan quarreled and separated from Stuart, then he. was manifestly as interested as shu In preventing the boy from depriving her of the Jordan estate. Rankin was amazed, once he con cluded that they plotted the murder to gether, how the complete details of the crime fell Into proper place. Step by step, he could trace every development Doctor Prince with the knowledge, as a member of the fraternity! necessary to accomplish the deed, and the actress' actual commission of It. Since the central body of Mu Beta Sigma established the same secret code and ritual for every chapter, the physician could have informed Laura Jordan how to enter- the Gamma chapter nitlation : given her the secret knocks and passwords of recognition to get by the sergeant at arms; related how the pledgees and brothers were arranged throughout the ritual; know when the opportunity to reach Stuart would arise. And he could also de scribe the robes perhaps supply her with his own costume, used years be fore. Under Its voluminous folds, a woman was as effectively concealed as a man. The actress then needed only a key to the fraternity house and must ascertain the date and hour of the Initiation. The detective's sudden Inspiration at that Instant sent his cogitations racing forward excitedly. Of course the blond girl Benjamin Crawford accidentally met, who failed to keep the blind rendezvous with him the TuesWhen the day night of the Initiation student described that encounter, Rankin had considered It merely an amusing and typically collegiate flirtation. But now he perceived Its true sig nificance. The woman must have been Laura Jordan; and far from being a pick-up- , she deliberately engineered the meeting for a twofold purpose. Thus, she guaranteed Crawford's ab sence from the ceremony and could take his place without the addition of cn unaccounted member. And In fix ing her date, she subtly learned from him at what hour and day the Initiation would be held. The first essential, Rankin clenrlv discerned, to the success of the murder plot was that the fraternity accept Stuart Jordan. Hence, Doctor Prince recommended him as worthy mpmher. ship material ; a young man of his caliber, position and wealth would almost certainly win the Philadelphia chap ter's approval. Of course, if he was not pledged or refused Its bid, the criminals would have been forced to discard this particular scheme and d - ... 1 formulate some new one. Meanwhile, Doctor Prince foresaw that his Interest tn the student might be subject to investigation; and took the precaution of first visiting Mr. Merrick, before Oswriting the chapter In October. was call his a obtain loan, to tensibly In reality a shrewd subterfuge to discuss Jordan and thus explain his acquaintance with facts about him which be had already learned through Mrs. Jordan. By the time Rankin finished queshe had reached tioning the show-gira decision. He was convinced of her Integrity; and she could tell him no more about either Doctor Prince or the actress. Nevertheless, he resolved to hold her temporarily In custody as a material witness. He was taking no chances that she might attempt to communicate with either conspirator; at all costs, they must not be warned of his progress on their trail, lest they l, escape. He had obtained the alumnus' address on Tuesday night from the fraternity's national roster. Now that his next step was obvious, he was anxious to confront Doctor Prince and sound him out ; subsequent developments depended on what he ascertained and the But not to physiclan'3 attitude. decided he his wisely quarry, frighten to pretend at first, that his visit was merely routine. The police captain's presence would be disturbing, and despite the late hour, he preferred to call alone. Accordingly, he left Chambers to return to headquarters with the girl ; while he, promptly on leaving the Holcomb apartments, sought the physician's address. To satisfy the captain, however, he acceded to his proposal to post two s men outside. Although the detective felt quite capable of managing Doctor Prince himself and even arresting him, they were ready to Intervene in case trouble developed. when It was verging on Rankin stood before Arnold Prince's residence, a gray stone house at 1430 Harker street. Doctor Prince himself answered his ring, confirming his expectation of finding his quarry In St. Louis. He promptly recognized the qualities that would fascinate a woman like Laura Jordan. About thirty-tw- o years old, tall and slender, he was handsome too handsome. In fact for Rankin's taste. In a swarthy face, he had deep burning eyes and unnaturally white teeth ; his dark crisp hair was brushed smoothly over his forehead. He sported a fine toothbrush mustache under a sensitive nose, expensive jewelry and an unnecessary amount of perfume on his protruding kerchief. He wore fashioned meticulously clothes of the latest cut If his lips were too thin, hinting at unscrupulous- plain-clothe- 5 i 1 jr i . 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But be careful you get REAL flnx&e milk of magnesia when you genuine PHILLIPS' Milk ef M absorb nesia. See that the name "THI therf li LIPS' " is on the label. ft acterL this Jbf A1SO IN TABLET FORM rVSSM putrera Each tiny tablet is the gesilve equivalent of a teaspoonful sa of Genuine Phillips' of Magnesia ful Milk In fwelS-ie- MEMBER i HRUp PLmips'MilkofHagnega ,b 1Z 0If II III The Detective Would Realized That Insignificant Be No fen oph Lli urn "When I decided to try Resin11 cb tra Soap and Ointment, my pimpW !.age Flexion was a sight from and blackheads. I had a horr ; ,fo he muddy looking skin and wevtf slpe looked used I powder it ' v worse. After three days t- n a t and the Resi nol Ointment nol Soap, I could see an improw oiiaitio ment. Now all my friend ttU:j o me how well my skin loo1 ja tj M. Jr j, a (Signed)-M- rs. l -- He Op- ness, and his air too suave, it increased rather than lessened his attractiveness. The detective realized that he would lie no Insignificant opponent "Doctor Prince?" he Inquired and produced an official card. "As yon see, I am a police officer. I you could allow me a few minutes of your time. Even in the darkness, the doctor'. start was visible, but he answered in a manner. "Of course, Mr. . . . er . . . ," he scanned the card closely, "Rankin. Please come In." He led Rankin through a darkened hallway iato his office. Typical of most physicians' auarters. desk filled the left center of the room ; he took the swivel chair behind It and motioned Rankin Into that fomatlent. One v wall was covered by shelves of books, mainly huge medical tomes. Glass-caseof Instruments, chemicals and drugs reminded the detective how easily Doctor Prince could have procured the conlne for Laura Jordan, which killed her husband. 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