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Show T1IE SALT LAKE TWBUXK, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1020. WHIG H ? THE TORT THHS room Hotel Jrof l bride ot tore it bombed ii UiMtTtnnff the body of bti lituJ jowim wotDM iift batfo tboiuft her To moke nutter wort, bob La Batod. bruya reiueeo to ovoioia bit motibmou JuM before lli diocuvery ot Um eruno and u arretted oo bororol poopi interval tbecneetToo to tfto ptda.auaouf Uteca Jobs Mat A oo old frtood of Lo boroo'A oov onployed oo oorrviorf to iforrtooo A copitoUot, and Anno bioir. o younf bo live to tbo bowl. Whm ttuab tell hie mo that I be Murdered girt bee beeo Identified no Ordmofl. deuebter ol e Kumm yenerei. ilertly tx. Jaime. Tbeo they ee got ibe fi.OutMHHH M Be appoers greeuy cbeiurbed. tboueb be will oot as buoA lo ooeeo the eerwoe of ilm why. eoa Bub A toil a. e private detective Smith. After a utrl laveaugatioo tuae the cnme on a waiter, wbereupoo the latter coolmaei aod .bUia bimeelf. 1 bi aervwa to free Lo baron, but doe not aatiafy Aoue biair who luaiau there ta more lo the affair Wea appears vo Uia auriace. bho deternuooa to buo 'out what Berur boowa Aod to Uara tbo elf Oihfwuio ol a uuie biAch eroae abe saw oo tbo uoml ooor wbao aba bappeooa tulo the Lo barooe' mkho i ut belore the pouco came. This croee, bueb remeozottm, dieappaarwd ateienoualf Altar be bed aeui van hutai a bead welter, a mao earned the ooor eoa i urn turn etamiibg e baadJtenhieJ . lib Meau while be Ana cooee loiereetod ia butblAA Luehaoe, aa betrwee, ado oiiiftiw to recover lor her tome letwre which Leapar iiuu. a fur mar garoaoar of bar latbare. hee gecu Uaibg ee A Paata lor Attempted lueUimeiL baruy ftuuii bimeeU to bo persuaded lo uaU oo hue blear, aod Auaur revaele to aw that bo hee been jovoivua aa ea to restore ao tmpenaP auc fovauAHut ia attempt kume, sod lhM the murder victim wee to have taa.se the Aiet metaiimeel of tun us to that coup try. A .itrenri m ai to ter held at a oiuurr ta baruy a rooms. 2twreefed, cughl halo a this dinner. Aom giaaoaa ui lo a luocbruoai tod sees the bead valor, aod Caspar Lhels mavtiMir iius Irens tueue a growma euspiduoi that toe murder case and to to Oiacaouau Uueoaua are to a faltauipt wnmmnl. 6r Rotei FAR-Opm- lAf U itroo. br. ro, hni. o6 ile traded to the girl at bis fkst glimpse of her. i desirous of planning a dinner so rotable that It would Impress her and arousa ber Interest In him. Ordinarily when Mr. Hardy ,ntertained It waa In on, of ths publla dining rooms and h, would glvs th, matter llttl, thought beyond tending for the maltr dhote! and giving him carte blanch. Although in hla own apartment he had a epe--' clal kitchen and a complete dlnrer service, hla secretary did not recall Ita ever having been used before. For this dinner, bowrver, Mr. Hardy had Insisted on having the hotela gold eervlce. He bad had Rush order a great centerplec of rare orchids, so constructed that It could or lrr. ' . By William Johnston of her elender. shapely neck. Her eyes were parkling and her cheeks, always aglow with the flush ot health, seemed now even mor, highly colored and attractive Aa Harrison Hardy greeted her with stately courtesy, the glint of admiration In hla eye seemed to Rush to carry a dire menace to hla own happiness and Anne's. He waa even . more assured now that Mr. Hardy waa hank on conquest, and well ha knew what a powerful and dangeroua opoonent be would prove to any oho who tried to block hln plana. To Anne waa given the plica of honor at Mr. Hardys right, with La Baron on bar other aide. On hla left Mr. Hardy put Dean, next to him Mrs. L Baroh, with Rush hotween her and her husband. Aa the dinner " When Miss OrdlnolT waa murdered.1 n Mr. Hardy, two millions of my money be-ga- vanished." Two millions! exclaimed Betty Le Baron nervously, aa If the sum he had mentioned waa almost beyond comprehension. Unmindful of ber interruption, be repeated almost word for word the story aa he had told It the evening before, and when he bed ended, without waiting for possible comment, turned to the man on hla left "I dont quite know what yon wish me to tell," said Mr. Bean. " I never bad met nor heard e Mlaa Ordinoff. I knew that you were sending some funds to Russia. I knew that you and Mr. Cotesbury were planning to fiascos a counter revolution, but that Is all. ? f-.- ; hrtr, "It was really very elmpla Mlse Ordinoff 'had been klllod with a' kitchen knife. That li itself praoetcally cleared the Le Barons. It was th sort of weapon a waiter would paturally ut. It was plain, too, that she had been killed In ber own rooms and not In th Le Barons'." "Why?" "A woman attacked by a thief Invariably acreyna If Miss Ordinoff, attacked by the waiter, had run across the eorrldor. she would have been shrieking at the top of her voice and th whole hotel would have been aroused. " Tour reasoning Is logical, Mr. Hardy admitted. "What Is your theory, then, as to what actually happened?" The body was placed ta Mr. Le Baron apartment to throw suspicion oo him. Why on me r exclaimed Le Baron ta the celebrated investigator who has been work on this case for me has arrival. Ladies sol gentlemen, " may I pieaent Mr. Hugh Smith? Aa he spoke It dawned on Rush that there wea a not of Insincerity In Mr. Hardys tona He had exhibited no surprise t Smiths appearance without having been announced. There waa only ona explanation for It Unquestionably Mr. Hardy bad bad 8mitb In tha apartment all the while watching the guesta spying on them as they at and talked. Bitter resentment rose within Rush at suck a betrayal of hospitality. He felt that it waa an outrage to have bad them all under this secret espionage and waa on the point of rising and giving vent to hla wrath when Mr. Hardy spoke again. " Ber haps Mr. Smith can tell us who planned the murder of Olga Ordinoff." Smith, tall and gaunt, but entirely at hla aaa. still stood ta th doorway, making do reply for a moment aa hla keen, piercing eye thoughtfully studied th face of each guest r ta turn. 1 can tall yon this much." be aald. speak- tag with th utmost deliberation. " There la one ber among you on among you six who helped plus the mo.d-- of Olga ordinoff. One of you here know what became of Mr. Hardys missing millions." At tb astounding announcement by th Investigator Mr. Hardy bad employed aa awed hush . fell on hla guesta In their waa reflected .tha ugly thought face that th sinister figure framed ta th doorway had without warning flung Into their mtdsL Among them tha slimy serpent of sus. picion waa crawling, filling tha minds of each with a sudden, terrorizing distrust of th others. One of the six persona present, according to ths detectives statement, wea a murderer, a thief. Which on of them did h refer to? John Rushs first sensation at th unexpected denouement was on of furious wrath- - He sensed at one that th scene had been contrived by his employer In gross violation of all the tenets of hospitality. There waa no queation In th secretary's mind that Hugh Smith, certainly with Harrlbon Hardy a approval, if not at hla suggestion, had been hidden somewhere in th apartment where he could surreptitiously listen to the conversation and study the guests. But even ta hi anger the thought came to him that th detective's announcement might have been a mere ruse, contrived ta tli hope that th guilty person. If be really waa present, might betray himself la this moment of surprise. He glanced quickly about to study th effects of th bursted bomb, watching all of them closely except Mr. Hardy and Anna It waa absurd to suppose that Mr. Hardy had had anything to do with Olga OrdlnofT untimely end. A man would hardly murder his own messenger to steal hi own millions. Of Anne Blairs utter Innocence ta th matter hejvas aa positive aa be waa of hla own. That left only three others, Dean, Bob Le Baron, and Betty, Which of them couM at Merely to obscure th trail. There le ne doubt ta my mind that whoever planned the murder and theft had learned of ths scheme to us this poor girl a a messenger. I suspect that she was watched from th moment eh entered the hotel Tb Important thing lb essaaslns needed to know waa whether or not the money waa in ber possession. Aa oon as that waa ascertained ths waiter, sent to her rooms, bad hla orlerr Watching bis opportunity, ha killed ber before aba had an opportunity to make any outcry. As he etarted to leava probably with the money, ho saw Mra. Lo Baron go out ot the apartment opposite, leaving th door ajar. That gave him a fetter chance of escape. If It waa discovered that Mlaa Ordinoff waa not ta ber room, nothing would be thought of It, until the body waa disooveredL But who got the money? demanded Mr. Hardy. "The waiter didnt. If he had ap-- , peered In the kitchen carrying a handbag it at onca would have attracted attention What did ha do with the bag?" " It wpa taken charge of," said Ann post, tlvely, "by the criminal or criminals who plahned to blackmail Ruthlna Dushane." What?" cried Mr. Hardy explosively, hi face taking on an sxpre salon of astonished Incredulity. Let Mr. Rush tell tha story of that." aald Anna, " and then Ill explain." At a nod from hla employer Rush repeated the tale of th experiences he and Mlaa Blair had had ta recovering th Dushane glrle letters, glad of the opportunity to narrate the cleverness manifested In th adventure hr the girl be so much admired. Though Mr. Hardy already had heard th story. It waa a revelation to th others, and held them spellbound. Thoroughly enjoying the sensation hla narrative made, he brought It to a dramatic eon elusion by telling ot th rendezvous he had com upon th night before of Meyer, th headwalter, and Caspar Dietz. "And that, to my mind. he said In conclusion, la the definite link between tba 'two crimes. Meyer knows the man who tried to extort from Ruthlna Dushane money that was deposited ta Mr. Hardys trust company. Meyer was found by me sleuthing around this It be? very apartment at midnight, when both Mr. Though the impression he had gained ot Hardy and I were out Meyer hires the waiters employed her ta the hotel. He hired Hugh Smith waa that tb man was oold and hard, a mere thinking machine, without the waiter who killed Olga Ordinoff. It is r mercy or humanity, with nothing of sympamy earnest belief that the Rltsmores knows what happened to tb handbag thy or kindness In hla makeup, even Smith hardly would dare make such a bold statecontaining that money. ment unless he had ta hla possession faota An excited buzz of conversation ran around the Uhls as he sat down. It gratified him to Incriminating facts, to warrant It. see that his story of the connection between Waa It Dean? Dietz and the headwalter had been a The banker waa sitting bolt upright la hla a surprise to Mr. Hardy. He felt that chair, hi lips compressed a little mor tightly the statement he bad made than usual, and there was a slight frown on and strengthened Justified the position Anne had taken. He hla face as though be resented th unusual situation In which he found himself; but bewas well pleased with himself. yond the surprise and annoyance ha exhibited there waa In hla manner nothing of nervSudd&nly he felt his hand under the tabl j seized In a ousness, no Indication whatever that ha felt ta any way involved-o- r Incriminated. frightened grip, and turned to look, at Betty L Baron, It must he L Baron that Detective Smith ' meant. thinking at first that she bad art attack of hysteria. He looked, a Rush turned to study him, She waa staring fixedly at decidedly perturbed by what had happened. tha portieres that divided Hla face bad gone white, and. though he tha dining room from tha.. kept hla eyes full on tha unannounced guest ta tli doorway, hla fingers were plucking Joyer ?adjinlng. Triht face, that terrible nervously at th tablecloth before him. Th face, she wa moaning, half expression ta his eyes, too, betrayed hla discomfiture. There waa fear there, a look aa If under her breath! Ive seen he waa facing hidden horror. No, no. Rush Jt before." could not believe It. Ho refused even to conNon of th other, exsider the thought that Bob Le Baron could be cept Ann Blair, Rush a murderer. He recalled their Intimate days seemed to be paying ta college together, and never once bad any attention to ber. They Le Baron show e- - a streak of meanness or were all too busy discussing this new revelation. Mra Le cruelty. Rush felt that he could safely vouch for his old friend, but why was he so filled Earon still was clutching his with fear? Were his fears for himself, or- - and hand, with blanched At the thought that had awfftly throat face waa shuddering aa sb itself upon him Rush turned quickly to look continued to stare at the t Le Barons bride, sitting beside him, and He saw that portiere. gasped In amazement as be saw her. She Anne wv watching her cuwas Indeed a pitiable spectacle. Frantic terriously. ror had convulsed her face. Her eye were "Whats th matter with staring fixedly. Her hair seemed somehow you?" ha askedimpatlently, to have become loosened and to b tumbltae . to shake his hand trying ta wild disorder about ber face. The blood free. had left ber cheeks, and her slender hand "That face, that terrible were clenched ao tightly that th knuckles she kept moaning; face, stood out bony and white. " lv teen It before. I know " Go on, Smith, directed Mr. 1 have. Hardy; " tell I cant remember I but know Ive teen where, But he got no further with hie request. iJ it- With a ehrlll, unearthly scream, Betty Puzzled to account Le Baron sprang from her chair as If about for her extraordinary to flee from th room. Hardly realizing what behavior, he turned fc was doing. Rush gfasped her and forced to look toward the en-- J her back In toiler cbalr. She stiffened ta hla Lanco at which she arms and then collapsed in a helples heap, was stating. As li , moaning hysterically; did so th portieres " That face! That terrible face "ere turned aside an High Smith appeared, again! " To be conttaoed.J "Ah, said Mr. Ilsrd ta gratified ton;a William ICeryrizhl: lBCOp By Johottc.J 4 hfc.t li.MU lAslALLMEM. The face iu the Doorway. T THEN the hour arrived that bad been Mt r Harrison Hardy's dinner John I was in a state of sullen desperation, V ' J the penalty of hla rapidly growing passion tor Annr Blair. Haver before had he felt so keenly the Ignominious depths of slavery in a prlvata secretary', position. Mor. ti40 firmly WM resolved to quit his job at Uio earliest opportunity and set about malt-tafor himself some place in the world where bo would be master of hie own time. Mr. Hardy, as if with malicious intent, had contrived to find duties all day Jong that every minute of his time, leaving him no chance to see Ann. or communicate with her. The meeting between th. head waiter and Caspar Diets that he had chanced pon the ev suing before had assumed to him bow a sinister significance. He was positive that In It lay th. clew to the solution of th. enigma of ths missing money, yet he realised that tt was a problem too great for him to solve. It needed Annes brains. The more be thought about It ths mors convinced he was that Meyer was on. of the conspirator, who had brought about Olga Ordinofta death. A trusted employ at th. . hotel. Meyer assuredly was in an excellent portion to keep fairly well posted on Mr. 1 am Hardys affairs There was. furthermore, going to til, without any reservation uhatever, just what knno about Olga much about bis recent conduct that Ordmoff. I hope each of you will do the same." demanded explanation. A waiter had killed be parted Into wonderful corsage the girl. bouquets progressed and course after course of exIt waa Mayer who employed the waiter. It for the women guests. He had dispatched quisitely prepared dishes was brought In by his secretary to a Jewelers to procure costly would have been easy for him to have liveried servants, Harrison had Hardy revealed dinner souvenirs, solid gold vanity cases for himself in a new and unfamiliar rOle. He man posted In the corridor to receive and the women, with their Initials engraved, and talked Incessantly, entertainingly, on all . ej.te the black hand bag containing the gold clgaret cases for the men. He had manner of subjects except the one topic that money without arousing suspicion. In the given hU personal attention to every detail, had been his motive in I did not even know that you had removed the dinner. IIs giving L Barone apartment, while the to the viands, the cocktails, the wines, the told interesting tales of Ills the money from your private vault." detectives travels, his exwere examining th hotel employes, he had place cards. what you hve said la quite sufficient." periences in the street, his early struggles, In one respect had his plans misOnly said seemed nervous and fidgety. his host approvingly. them to Anne addressing deas It corroborates was if always It after carried. All of the guests invited bad re. what I have already said of the absolute termined to win her Interest and esteem. he bad gone from the room that Rush had .ponded to his Invitation with eager alacrity, secrecy with which our plans were made. And to Rush, miserably noted that the Uttl. black crosa on the door watching them all except Hugh Emlth, the investigator in Now. Mr. Le Baron. from the side lines, Betty La Barorr talked to which Anne had called hla attention had whorj he seemed to have auch faith. Tou all know already all that I know Incessantly, reciting at tiresome length the " Smith cant come to dinner." he had told been erased. Both be and Anne had observed about the case, the bridegroom began, "even little tittle tattle and gossip of her own horns Rush, with obvious disappointment. If I did happen to be arrested for the mur"He town, telling In detail how Bob had come to recently that the man seemed to be unusually cant here until get 9.30. about der. so I came upstairs with Rush, A minute I have watchful of their meetings. Then. too. there propose to her and especially dwelling on th asked Dean of the trust company. He alwe entered the apartment we heard after on of adventure great her Ufa, her experi"as th circumstance of finding him In the Mrs. L Baron scream and rushed In. There ready knows a lot about the case." ences In escaping from Belgium, where she Hardy apartment late at night. What had was the body of the gfrf on the floor. I had As Rush, driven with work until the had been In a convent studying music when very he been doing there? never seen nor heard of her before. I did not last moment, was hurrying into his dinner the country was invaded by Germany. In know until the next day Who ahe.waa. I On top of all this ths episode of last clothes, he kept hoping that Anne would vain she described the brutalities she had night have no Idea even now how her body came to be th first to arrive. Perhaps he was the witnessed, almost have might surely panic, and flight enough in Itself to convict In our cupboard. Until you spoke I never be a for word with her before the opportunity Not for a second did she distract Rushs athim. Diets had been trying to extort from bed other came. But even In this he wa disany suspicion that your millions had tention from the conversation between hla Miss Dushane money that had Just been devanished. The first to come In were th appointed. employer and Anne. Le Baron and Dean " But, said Mr. Hardy, is lt'not true that L Barons, both frankly flattered and deposited with Mr. Hardys trust company. also seemed to be absorbed In listening' to What could have brought Meyer and Diets lighted at the unexpected opportunity of you only recently have returned from Ru their host so Rush was left practically ma, eiar meeting such a famous man as their host .rooned and defenseless with ths chattering together except a plot of some sort! at his own table He ehot the question at him suddenly as if bride. was It with a sensation of great reUnder ordinary circumstances. If Anns Betty Le Baron, chatting volubly, mor hoping to .surprise him into some damaging lief that he taw hi employer, after th cof Blair had not come Into his life, he undoubt'than likely from sheer nervousness and exadmission. fee and cordials had been put on the table, edly mould have told hla employer of his citement. as soon as presentations were over I was recently la Vladivostok for less dismiss the servants wl;h a wave of his hand. attached herself to Rush, driving him to desnewest discovery, but be had formed the than three weeks, Le Earon explained As 1'r. Hardy rose from his chair and peration with an overwhelming flow of unlooked about on the faces of his guests, a Dld j ou meet any of Lenines crowd habit of talking thing over with Anne first. piffle. interesting hush over fell there them all. Mrs. Even any of the bolshevlkl? Baron Le demanded Besides.- on this particular day. Mr. Hardy Dean Gordon Dean president of the was silent, thrilled with a sense of someMr. Hardy. bad been entirely different from his ordinary great trust company that Mr. Hardy con- "I met no government officials of any thing portentous about to come. self, fussy, captious, demanding, taking metictrolled, came in next, a middle aged bachelor "Ladles and gentlemen, said Mr. Hardy. sort, Le Baron said. " I waa entrusted with with an athletic figure and a money face, " I have tried to make this an ulous Interest in every detail of the dinner detailed estimates for railway supplies to be unusual dinner, high forehead, long pointed nose, and thin, tor It la for an unusual purpose I have asked submitted to a certain firm In Vladivostok. he was to give, finding errands for Rush to cruel lips. Although Rush had known him All my time there was spent in you to assemble here tonight A few nights do that kept him constantly on the Jump. trying to ever since be had been in Mr. Harry's ema contract. As soon as I received ago a young woman waa murdered In this negotiate Twice he had neglected tba manifold duties ploy. ha never had observed him particularly; It I caught a steamer and returned home. hotel. It happens that each one of us here thrust upon him to phone Anne's apartment, but now. thinking of the possibility of a traiknows something about that mysterious crime Betty Le Baron, as her husband spoke, tor in Mr. Hardys on n office, he studied him had begun to fidget nervously, as If antlclpat-lnbut each time she had been out. Bitterly fc something perhaps that the rest of us du that ths would be next called on, but as ciosety. not yet know. Miss Blair suggested to is cursed hiruself for not having kept closer In hie attitude toward the multiBaron finished his statement, Mr. Hardy le Although that we possibly by comparing notes watch on the two taen. In his impetuous might ' turned to Anne. millionaire he nas dlgnlfledly deferential. be able to unravel the mystery. I am going desire to tell his fellow worker about their Rush felt that Dean was cold. hard, and unNow, Miss Blair, he said to tell, without any reservation courteously. whatever, meeting be had lost their trail emotional, without imagination, but honest, NI,you tell us what you know about the Just what I knew about Olga Ordinoff. I hope case? First. Just how did you com to be If only he could see Anne! He knew that thoroughly honest. In bis steel gray eyas each of you will do the same. involved In It? there was no shiftiness. There wasnt the her clever brain would hate found some The faces of all his guests weie fastened " My apartment Rush happens to be In the same havslightest possibility. decided, of his on his face. At hla -- nnouncement there had theory to account for this latest develop, was passing the L Barons door corridor. I been in any way concerned in any coning been a sudden stiffening up. Each of them tnent He felt sure she would have' been and heard a woman screaming. Naturally spiracy to get the money from Olga Ordinoff. eat tense and alert, curiously Interested in able to interpret it and suggest some pracI went In to see what was the matter. I knew At last Anns cam a what was about to be told, yet on their right away, right from the start that It tical thing to do. With glowing eyes Rush, fastened unwlil-inglguard, not knowing Just what to anticipate. was probably a waiter s crime, but I realixed Le to Barons side, watched Anne Moreover, he waa greatly bothered by Har-rlstBetty Even to Miss Blair and Rush, already acIt must be something more than also as she enteied,. a trifle late, looking mor that quainted with the purpose of the dinner, HarHardy's attitude toward Anne. ViewMr. Smith advanced that lt'was The theory regal than ever in a simple gown of black rison aa he stood there eeemeisud-denlHardy ing jhetr meeting with a lovers Jealousy, he a crime for robbery did not fit the facts. that set off the whiteness of her bared arms to have assumed an uncanny, threatenma convinced that Mr. Hardy, What makes you say that?" asked Mr. atstrongly alluringly and revealed the patrician charm ing aspect. Hardy, plainly surprised. g d ' g y y heed-waite- com-plet- ; |