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Show LEH1 FREE If I A PEESLEIIItau - -- ., J -- il! Mthmber Casj2El3 Mm The kennelSYNOPSIS ' Phils Vase, crims sxpert, Invsatt-- S supposed aalcids of Archer IHstrict Attorney Markbam, to Cos's bouse. he so They Bb4 a friend of Coe'i, there; also Wrede, r Grass), a aruaat The door of the death chamber Is bolted from the Inside. They fores It Cos la aeated. revolve? is bla right hand And a bulMarkham let hols la his temple. thlnka it te aulclde. Vance aaya It la murder. Medical Examiner Doremua declarea Cos bad been dead for hours when the bullet entered bis head. A wound, mads by s dagger. Is found en the body, tad there la proof that Cos was fully dreased when he waa stabbed. The Investigators find wounded Scottlah terrier ta a room of the Cos bouse. Vanes declarea the aril-mwill prove an Important connect ing link. Brisbane Cos. Archer's broth r. Is believed to have left for Chicago ths previous afternoon, but bla dead body Is dlacovered In a cloaet Is the Cos home. Vanes Interrogate the Chi-nscook, Liang. Brisbane died from stab In ths back, aa In Archer's caae. Vance, searching Brtabans'a coat, finds waxed thread attached to a bent By manipupin, and a darning needle. the lating ths string, ths bent pin and darning needle, Vance bolts Archer Vanca Cos's door from ths outside. flnda ths owner of a dog Wrede had owned and given away, and determines that ths animal suffered at Wrede's hands. Oraasl la atabbed. He aaya he did not aes his mysterloua assailant, who cams In at night. Vance acts cut with ths Bcottle to determine ths ths dog's ownerahtp. He flnda Dels-fielBcottle waa owned by a Mies living opposite Archer Coe, from whose apartment she had strayed. ttti ths Co. With Blg-no- al ss d, himself nto a cbalr and. lying back, closed his eyes. "I have a bit of news, Markham. old dear," be announced. Markham "I'm most grateful." reached Into a drawer for a fresh cigar. "What might It be?" Vance sank even deeper Into his chair. "I think I know who killed the Coe brothers." CHAPTER XI Death and Revelations. Markham leaned forward in bis cbalr, and gave Vance a quizzical look. "You positively stagger me," he said. "What name shall I write in on the warrant?" "Too much haste, Markham," Vance reproved him. "Far too much haste. There are various little things to be done little knots to be tied before the arm of the law can pounce upon the culprit only, arms don't pounce, do they?" "In that case, perhaps you could bring yourself to confide la me." Markham still spoke ironically. "I assume that you know how the crimes were committed." "Alas, not" Vance shook bis bead lugubriously. "That's the chief reason why I shall hoard my theory as to who perpetrated them. I could make out an excellent case against of the murderer for the dolng-lArcher. My great difficulty, however, would be that there was no point whatever In the murderer's ktlllng Brisbane. Motive Is lacking la fact, that particular murder Is meaningless from a logical point of view. But I'm sure the murderer most passionately desired the death of Archer. And yet it would be utterly unreasonable to accuse him of killing Archer he apparently couldn't possibly have done It . . . And there you are. Do you not sympathize with me In my predicament?" "I'm on the point of bursting Into tears," returned Markham. "But Just what do you propose doing to extricate yourself from your embarrassing situation?" Vance drew himself together and stood up. He was now alert and serious. "I propose to go to the Coe house and ask many questions of Its Inmates. Will you accompany me?" Markham glanced at the clock on the wall and rang for Swacker. "I'm leaving for the day," he told his secretary. And, taking his hat and coat from the stand in the corner, he went toward the private. entrance door. "I'm Interested," he said, " In a mild way. , . , But what about Heath." "Oh, the sergeant, by all means," Vance replied. "He's definitely indin CHAPTER X Continued She turned to the major beseechingly. "I'm terribly sorry, sir, honest I am, I loved little Miss MacTavlsh-- " "That's quite aH right, Annie," Vance said In a kindly tone. "Miss MacTavlsh Is well and happy." He turned to HIgglnbottom. "By the by," he asked, "where did you get Miss MacTavlsh, Major?" "I bought her from Mr. Henry Blx-bwhen she was Ave months old, and I turned her over Immediately to Miss Delafield, the major said regretfully. "Doris became attached to her and insisted open showing her. I tried to discourage her " "She was quite worthy of being . "So you shown," said Vance. . drove out to Mr. William Prentice's and had him trim her for the ring eh, what! , . , But why did you enter her under your own name at Englewood?" "By gad, I don't know." The major seemed thoroughly disgusted with himself. "One of those foolish things we all do." He looked appeallngly at Vance, who nodded sympathetically. "Mr. Blxby made out the papers In my name," the major continued, "and I never took the trouble to have the It never occurred dog to me that Doris would want to show her. So I Ailed out the blankand there you are. Trouble, trouble, trouble. . . , Is there anything else, Mr. Vance?" "JJo, I think not . . . Only, I'd like to ask Annie another question." He turned to the maid. "Annie," he said, "what kind of lipstick does Miss Deiafteld use?" The maid seemed greatly surprised at this question and stared at Vance. Then she shot a quick glance at HIgglnbottom. "Well, do you know, or don't you, Annie?" the major asked her severely. "Tea, sir, I know. Miss Doris sent me to Broadway to the drug store only Wednesday morning to buy her a lipstick." "Well, tell Mr. Vance what kind It was." "It was a Duplex Carmine or something like that; Miss Doris wrote It out for me," she said. "Thanks awfully, Annie. That will be alLM v." As we emerged Into Seventy-firs- t street, the major expressed his curiosity In a question. "What about that lipstick, sir?" "Nothing serious I hope," Vance returned casually. "I Just wanted to clear up a little point An empty holder of Duplalx's Carmine lipstick was found In the waste-pape- r basket In Mr. Coe's library Thursday morn; v '. ing." I Tou don't say I" The ma"By gad jor, however, did not seem particular "Doris must have ly perturbed. ... dropped in on Archer Coe to Bay good- by." , "Oh, she knew him, then?? ' The major nodded sourly. "I Introduced him to her about a year ago. She visited him occasional' : " ly, I understand." f r Vance held out his hand. "Well, Major, I want to thank you for your help, I'll let you know of any development In connection with the little Scottle. In the meantime you may rest assured she Is being ' . taken care of." 'What should I do now?" asked the major. "Well," returned Vance cheerfully. "If I were you, I'd go home and get a good night's rest" When he had gone, Vance entered his car, which was waiting outside the Belle liaison, and gave orders to be driven at once to the Criminal Courts butidlng. ' A soon as we were shown Iitto Markbaro's office, Vance threw - . -- y " cated."- .. be commented, lighting a cigarette with steady fingers. Heath had now reached the dog and placed the revolver against Its head. There were two sharp reports. The Doberman staggered forward on Its side and went limp, lying very still. When we reached Wrede, there waa no movement in bis body. He lay on bis back, his eyes staring, his arms, drawn op, as motionless s death. His throat was red. and a great pool of blood had formed under bis head. It was a sight I wish I had never seen. Enrlght came lumbering up, bis mouth open, his face the color of chalk. My C dS oh. my G dl" he muttered over and over. Vanca stood louklnz down at Wrede. smoking complacently. He turned to Enrigbt "It's quite f aU right don't know," he said In a hard voice. "It serves him Jolly well right He'd beaten and misused the animal In some outrageous fashion; and this Is the dog's re venge." Vance knelt down and felt the prostrate man's pulse. Then he leaned over and Inspected the wound In He Wrede's neck, nodding slowly. stood up and shrugged. "He's quite dead, Markham," be said without the slightest emotion. "The dog's fangs severed the Jugular vein and the carotid artery. Wrede died almost at once from the profuse hemorrhage and, possibly, an air emNo use rushing him to a bolism. doctor's." At this moment a uniformed officer He recognized came running up. Markham and saluted. "Anything I can do, sir?" "You might call an ambulance, officer," Markham answered In a strained, husky voice. The officer hurried away toward his ... call-bo- "And what do you want me to do?" walled the frightened Enrlght Vance answered him. "Go home and take a stiff drink and try to forget the episode. If we need you, we'll call on you." Enrlght made an attempt to answer, but failing, he turned and waddled away Into the gathering mist "Let's be going, Markham," suggest"Wrede's appearance ed Vance. doesn't charm me, and the sergeant h . And be was con aD, practical way. for his substitutes of need suntly in not uncom- Is It sense of Inferiority. his nature to go in ffion fcr persons of They do not do animals. for dumb Instinctive uk.ng any of because ,o having for the animals, but because, upon failed to Impress themselves and can bully they their equals, an animal, and thus and su selves a feeling of heroism an The animal Is merely ... even . rose unui wry oenetratea tor-n,e- nt neriority. same time, the animal and. instinct for gratifies their profound I heard that moment domination. The wanted to Wrede had owned a dog. I he had sure was I for see the dog. mistreated it And when I saw the deDoberman's frightened and timid suffered had meanor. I knew that he Markham, horribly at Wrede's hands. that Doberman showed all the signs of having been beaten and abused estiand that fitted perfectly with my at the mate of Wrede's character." Markham, "the Dono timidity showed certainly at the sight of Wrede. He was aggressive and vicious ugh !" "He had regained bis confidence In himself." Vance explained. "Enrlght's kindness and benevolent treatment after the dog's terrible experiences at Wrede's hands, was what in the end, revived the Doberman's courage sufficiently to kill Wrede." He sat down and lighted another "But" objected berman cigarette. "Almost any man may be a murderer, but only a certain type of man can Injure a dog the way that Scottle was Injured here the other night. By striking that little bitch over the head, the murderer left his signature on the crime. . . . Now do you understand why I was so Interested In Wrede's Doberman PInscher?" Markham leaned forward. to say that mean "Do you Wrede?" Vance held up his hand. "Just a moment I want to talk to There are certain things to Liang. be explained. Perhaps Liang will tell us now." Before Gamble had brought In the Chinaman, Heath arrived. He was pale and upset He nodded abstractedly and sat down. Liang entered the library from the dining room and stood respectfully at the door, without looking at any of us. Vance rose and went to him, hold' lng out his cigarette case. "Please have a smoke, Mr. Liang." His tone was that of an equal. "This Is not to be an Interrogation. It's a conference In which we need your ; Markham returned to his desk and phoned the homicide bureau. When he had replaced the receiver he walked back to the door. ''."Heath will be waiting for us In front of police headquarters." We got into Vance's car, picked up the sergeant who seemed unusually At Fifty-nintsurly, and drove uptown. street and Fifth avenue we entered Central park. I noticed a familiar figure seated on one of the benches just beyond the cut "privet hedge, a little distance from the roadway; and at that moment Vance leaned over and gave an order to the chauffeur to halt the car. "Wrede Is communing with his soul on yon bench," he said. "And he was one of the persons with whom I wished to have parley. I think I'll toddle over and put a few questions to him." He opened the door of the car. We followed him into the roadway and turned east toward a small opening Id the hedge. Wrede was sitting with his back to us, perhaps a hundred feet away, gazing over the lake. Just as we came opposite him along the hedge. I noticed the rotund figure of Enrlght walking down the path toward the bench on which Wrede sat He had the Doberman PInscher on a leash; "Well, well." Vance remarked ; "the talkative Mr. Enrlght Is Invading new territory. . Perhaps' Ruprecht tired, of the vista over the reservoir. . . ." Just then an amazing thing happened. The Doberman suddenly halted In his tracks, drew back a foof or two, and crouched down as If In terror." Then." with V curious whine, he bounded forward, dragging his leash from the 'astonished Enrlght's hand. He leapt straight toward Wrede. , Wrede turned his head toward the dog, drew back, and started to rise. But he was too late. The Doberman sprang at: him rlth unerring aim and fastened his powerful fangs In the man's neck. Wrede was bowled over backwards, will) the dog on top of him growling throatily. It was a terrible sight Sergeant neath yelled at the top of his voice in a futile effort to distract the dog, and Jumped over the hedge with an alacrity that amazed me. As he ran toward the struggling Wrede, he drew his revolver. Vance looked on with a coldness that I could not understand. "There's Justice In that, Markham," - iiiihnSllllllilllliil help." Liang Inclined his head with a mur mured "Thank you," and took one of the cigarettes, which Vance lighted for him. Vance returned to his chair and Liang sat down. "Mr. Liang," Vance began, "I think that I apprehend the position In which you have been placed by the unfortunate events which have taken place In this house, and I also think you realize that I have not been entirely You ignorant of your predicament have acted, I might say, In very much the same way I myself might have acted, had our positions been reversed. But the time has come when frankness Is wisdom and I hope you trust Wrede Was Bowled wards. Over Back- will look after things." He turned to Heath. "By the by. Sergeant, we'll be at the Coe bouse. Join us there after the ambulance comes." Heath nodded without looking up. He still stood, revolver in hand, gazing down at the dead body of Wrede, like a man hypnotized. "Who'd have thought a dog could do It I" he mumbled. "Personally I feel rather grateful to the Doberman," Vance said In a low voice, as he walked away toward his parked car. It was only two blocks to the Coe residence and nothing was said en route; but when we were seated In the library, Markham broke the silence by trying to put Into words his baffled state of mind. "There's something queer about all this. Vance your Interest In that Doberman PInscher, and then to have him attack Wrede In that brutal fashion. And I can't see that we're getting anywhere. There's Just one tragedy after another, without any light on the case. I suppose you see some connection between the Scottish terrier and the Doberman. Would you mind telling me what was in your mind when you looked up Enrlght T "There was nothing cryptic about It my dear Markham." Vance was moving about the room aimlessly, looking at the various vases and objets d'art "When the sergeant told me that Wrede owned a dog, I was particularly interested, for he wasn't the type of man that could love any animal. He was an enforced egoist with a somewhat violent Inferiority complexhis egoism, In fact had been automatically built up to cover his complete lack of confidence In hlm-sei- r. He bad a shrewd, unscrupulous brain which be was unable to use In me sufficiently to believe me when I tell you that no possible dan ger can come to you. You are no longer In Jeopardy. There Is now no possibility of misunderstanding.- - As a matter of fact, I have not misunder stood you from the first" Liang again bowed his head, and said : be most happy to heb vou If I might be assured that the truth would prevail in this unhappy house. and that I would not be accused of things of which some one desired should be accused." "I can assure you of that Mr. vance returned quietly ne added slgniflcantly : "Mr, Wrede is dead." Am tne man murmured. "That puts a different aspect on matters." "Oh, quite. Mr. Wrede was killed Dy a flog he had abused." "Lao-Tz- u has said." returned r.inn "that he who abuses the weak Is eventually destroyed by his own weak ness." Vance Inclined his head In polite agreement "Some day," be said, "I hope the wisdom of the Tao Teh King will penetrate to our western civilization. . But handicapped as we are by lack of knowledge of the profound wisdom of the Orient 1 can only ask you to help us In our present dilemmn . . . Will you tell us what happened or, rather, what you saw when vmi returned to this house between elcht . .. A . . . I iiu ume weanesaay night T' Liang moved slightly In his chair and let his eyes rest searchlngly on Vance. He hesitated before hn nni,. drawing deeply on the cigarette Vance uut. given aim. .i ns exactly eignt," he began In an even voice. "When 1 enters kitchen I heard voices here in the library. Mr. Wrede and Mr. Archer wu. were taiaing. They were angry. I tried not to listen, but their voices & to my- tiinif I Mr. Wrede wa. becorn-in- g I beard more angry every second. and a scuffle, a startled ejaculation had falten heavy If something as noise n the floor. A Drier sneu r&&Xn T?J-f;-.- w Sently.and , thought I detected a tinkling Then ansound like broken china. moments later I other silence. A few through stealthily one pass heard some the kitchen, and go out we i waited in my bedroom for perhaps If I fifteen minutes, asking myself which should Interfere with matters I I de did not concern me and then cided that In loyalty to my empiojcr, should Investigate tne siiuauou. "5n I came forth and looked In the room was empty, library here. The In front of the but the small table I put it on its was upset davenport and feet then returned to the kitchen someBut hour. an .for read perhaps me I did not thing seemed to trouble like the fact that Mr. ttreae uau uoi but went out gone out the front door, I so stealthily through the kitchen. bedroom Coe's Mr. to went upstairs and knocked on the door. There was no answer. I tried the door, u waa aw unbolted; and when I opened it I Mr. Coe seated In his chair, apparentcolor ly asleep. But I did not like the of his face. I went to blm and touched him. but he did not move and I knew I came out of the he was dead. and returned the closed door, room, to the kitchen. "I asked myself what was best ror me to do, and decided that since no one knew I had returned to the house I would go away and come back much later that night So I went to some friends of mine. When I returned at about midnight I made unnecessary noise, so that anyone in the house Alter a would hear me returning. while I came again into this library and looked round very carefully, for I could not understand what had hap pened that night I found the poker lying on the hearth, and there was blood on It I also found the dag der In the large Yung Cheng Ting yao I had a vase on the table there. definite feeling that both of these articles were left here for some special purpose, and It occurred to me that If a murder had been committed that night It was I who was supposed to take the blame. "You are quite right Mr. Liang. I think that both weapons were left here In order to Involve you." "I did not quite understand the situ ation," the Chinaman continued. "But I felt that It might be safer for me If I took the poker and the dagger and hid them. I could see the possi bilities of a case" being built up. against me, If the" weapons were found in the library, especially as It might be proved that I had been here at the time. Moreover, the dagger Is Chinese, and It could be easily ascertained that I was not In sympathy with the means Mr. Archer Coe used In depriving my country of Its rightful antiques." "Yes." nodded Vance. "That was no doubt the Intention of the mur' derer. . .' . And so, when you had the opportunity, you placed both weapons In the room upstairs?". "That Is true," Liang admitted. "I placed them there when the butler sent me to Miss Lake's room the next morning. Perhaps If I had realized how serious the situation was and had understood all of Its compiles Hons, I might have acted differently. I do not yet understand the mechanism of the crime. 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