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Show HIE IUYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON. UTAH BRISBANE 1 S. S. Van Dine Copyright by W. H. THIS WEEK '"Ollier l: '" k, j, Wright WNU Service Sur,1(.t ropagatuia ,l'r 'Ur, VUrk, Mussolini in;i3 I'ing A le.a;1i,.r lK at Marseilles 1, J 'l,'uvia, uf a "111" tour of HI U ria . , SYNOPSIS expert. i.s ctll-to JnveMu;de the Mippu'eil hUicele f A t ' ro v rn t rt her ( ioo. With I Markham, he ges to (Vs house '1 h y find Wrele, a friend of Coo'.s thre, he also Signor Orasst, u ffu't fn.iM cf the death cluimtitT Is l' the inside. They force It. Coe is hcat-o- a a revolver In his rcM hand and bullet hole In his temple Ho is cloth-In a dressing gown, hut wears stO't hues. Markham th nks U is su. '! Vance Bays It is nmrdr Medical lAororiiijs declares '.e had Leon dead for hours when the build entered Ms head. A wound, made hv a is Is foutid on the body, and thi h n proof that Coe was fully dressed u troi be was stahhed The Invest s itors a wounded .Scot h terrier in a room of the Coe house. Vance declares the animal will prove an Import int con kjidMne recting link C.unhle s.ivs ft for tin.igo Coo, Archers hroh'r, the previous afternoon. ihIlo Vanf. crime t dr '1 r l d.n-gr- . ( CHAPTER III Continued 5 lie wasnt In Chicago at that time, He was en Blr," Gamble explained. route, so to speak. He took the five-thirt- y train from the Grand Central last evening." How do you know Mr. Coe took the live thirty train? Gamble looked perplexed. I didnt exactly see him off, sir, lie replied, after blinking several times. Hut I phoned for the reservations, end packed Ids suitcase., and got him a taxi," What time did he leave the house?" A little before five, sir. Vance roused himself from apparent lethargy. say, Gamble, " he spoke without when did Mr. I.rishane looking up decide on tils Jaunt to Chicago?" The butler turned his head toward .Vance In mild surprise. Why, not until after four oclock. It was a rather sudden decision, sir or so it seemed to me. He generally plans on his Chicago trips the day before." Ah I" Vance raised his eyes Ian guhlly. "Does he make many trips to Chicago?" About one a month, I should sav, 1 sir." Io Is In you know what the attraction Chicago?" Mot exactly, sir. I!ut several times I have heard him discussing the meet Ings there of some learned society. My Impression Is that he goes to Chicago to attend them." Yes, quite reasonable. . . Queer He's chap, Hrishane, Vance mused. Interested In all sorts of So tie made a subjects. . . midden decision to migrate west after four oclock yesterday, and departed before five. . . . Most interestin'. . . . And now, Gamble, think carefully before you answer. Did you notice anything unusual In Mr. I.rlsbnne Coos manner Inst evening?" The man gave a slight start. His gaze turned quickly to Vance, and he swallowed twice before answering. I did, sir so help me God, I did lie was not altogether himself. Hes Hut usually very calm and before he left here he seemed distracted and and fidgety. And he did a most peculiar thing, sir, before he left the house: he shook hands with Mr. I've never seen him shake Archer. hands with Mr. Archer before. And be said Good by, brother.' It was most peculiar, for lie lias never, to my knowledge, called Mr, Archer by anything hut his first name." As I understand it, when Mr. Bris bane had gone you and Mr. Archer were left alone In the house." Why, yes, sir." The man was breathing heavily: all of his ohHut I isnqtihmsiirss had departed. only stayed long enough to prepare . Mr. Archers supper. And left Mr. Archer alone?" Yes! He was sitting in the library . ! even-goin- remarked Voice casually, with a faint "leli me. Is It usual for the smile, sen, nit- - to vtay ()ut late Wednes da Sit." lien, if anyone were familiar with he domestic arrangements here, In would know that he could count on tl e house being free from servants "fes. i ednesday nights. "Thats right, sir." Vance smoked thoughtfully a mo mold. Then: "Do you know at what hour Mi-- s Lake and Mr. Gr.issl came iri last night ?" I couldnt sav, sir." Gamble shot Vance a curious look from the corner of his eye. "Hut it must have been very late. It was after one oclock before I went to sleep, and neither of them had returned at that time." Mr. Grass! has a key to the house?" "Yes, sir." Mr. "How long has Mr. Grass! Coes guest?" It was h week yesterday." Vance was silent for a moment. There was the suggestion of a frown on his forehead; nnd I knew that something was troubling him. Without change of expression he put an apparently Irrelevant question to Gam hie. Did you, Archer Coe hy any chance, see Mr. after you returned to the house last night?" NivI didnt see him, sir. There was a slight hesitancy In the reply, nnd Vance looked toward the man quickly. "Come, come, Gamble, he admon- "What's on your ished severely. mind?" "Well, sir its really nothing; hut when I went up to bed I noticed that the library doors were open and that the lights were on. I thought, of course, that Mr. Archer was still In the library. And then I noticed the light In Mr. Archer's bedroom here, through the key hide, and I took it for granted that he had retired. So I went hack to the library ami turned out the lights and shut the doors." "You heard no sound In here?" No, sir." Vance yawned mildly. "By the hy, theres a question I forgot to ask. Did Mr. Hrishane Coe take a walking stick with him when he set forth for Chicngo?" "Yes, sir. He never goes anywhere without a stick, lie's subject to rheumatism So lies told me a score of times. . . And what kind of stick did he , take with him?" His stick, sir. It's his favorite. . . . The one with a crooked handle and the carvings? "Yes, sir." "Youre quite sure, are you, that tie took this particular stick with him to Chicago?" "Positive. I handed It to him myself at the door of the taxicab." Vance kept his eyes on the man, and stood up. He walked very deliberately to where Gamble sat, and looked down at him search I ngly. Gamble," he spoke pointedly did you see Mr. Hrishane Coe In this house after you returned last night? The butler went white, and his lips began to tremble. The question was so unexpected that even I received a distinct shock from It. Markham half Ivory-heade- d The Missing Man and the Ting Yao Vase. There was a momentary tense silence. Vance's statement, with the possibilities it suggested, threw a pall of vague horror over all of us. Unsteadily Gamble rose, and bracing himself with one hand on t lie back of hla chair, glared at Vance like a man who had seen a malignant specter. You are sure you saw the stick, sir?" lie stammered, with a hideous didn't see contortion of the face. It. And Mr. Hrishane never hangs his stick over the hall chair. He always puts It In the umbrella stand. Maybe some one else " "Who hut Mr. Hrishane himself would bring that stick luck to the house and hang it over a chair In the hall?" "Hut, Mr. Vance, sir," the man persisted In an awed tone, lie once reprimanded me for hanging it over a chair he said it might fall and get broken. Why, sir, should he hang it over the chair?" Less noisy, perhaps, than chucking It Into a brass umbrella holder. Markham was leaning over the desk scowling at Vance. What do you mean by that? he demanded. Vance lifted his eyes slowly and let them rest on the district attorney. he opine, my dear Markham, said slowly, that brother Hrishane didn't want nnyone to hear him when He he returned here last night. started for Chicngo on a night when he know no one but Archer would be home. And then be missed bis train to speak euphemistically. He returned And to the house with his stick. here's his stick but no Brisbane. And Archer the sole occupant of this cluttered domicile last night has gone to his Maker In most outlandish fashion." "Good C, d, Vance!" Markham sank You don't mean hack In his chair. that Hrishane ? Tut. tut! There you go Jumping ." Vance nt conclusions again. . began walking up and down, his hands I can sunk deep In his coat pockets. understand Brisbane's presence here last night," he murmured as If to himself, hut I can't understand the pres ence of his stick here this morning. Its very curious It doesnt fit Into the picture. F.ven If he had not taken the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, there were other trains later on. Heath took hls cigar from his nmuth. "How do you know the bird didn't take another train that Is, supposing hed missed the Lake Shore Limited?" Hy the stick in the lower hall. Sergeant." "Couldnt a guy forget his stick?" Not Brisbane Coe and certainly not in the circumstances. . . What circumstances?" cut In Markham. "Thats what I don't know exactly. Vance made n wry face. Hut I begin to see a method In all this seeming madness; and that stick downstairs stands out like some terrible nnd ac . cusitig error. . He stopped abruptly, and suddenly swimring about, went toward the door. Ill he hack In a minute. There's He passed swiftn possibility. . . . ly Into the hall. Heath looked disgustedly at Mark-h1 . a k me." he submitted surthink Mr. Vance is burning too heavily on that stick. Weve nnlv got this guy's word" he jerked his thumb that he took it v. h toward Gamble him in the first place. Markham made no comment. Presently Vance returned to t' t H's room, smoking abstractedly. was crestfallen. Hes not there," he announced "I thought Hrishane might bo in h room. Hut the shades are up; ai d bed hasnt been slept in; and lights are out." lie sat down His rooms empty. a The sergeant planted liifh front of Vance. no Look here. Mr. Vance, even s did mi-- s the Lake Shore I. i t to on his Chie.ig" way probably body might forget a stick. 1L- case aint hero " Vance leaped to his feet. w t The suitcase thats it! e would lie have done with the - o' if In laid not taken the ehrlv mid had intended to go on to Cl. go later. . lie have checked It in tl t ion. wouldn't he?" Vance wheeled to C u Exactly! hie. "Describe that suitca-e.- " It was quite an ordinary ... the man replied In a da.c Black sealskin, leather lined, w Hi rounded corners and the lnit.a.s d: 7 In gold letters on one end." Vance turned buck to Heath. Can you check on that in pir-ceroom nt the station. Sergo Important." Sure I can." He beckoned So ; n Cm lie with a jerk of t'.e head. dope?" The detective glnnued. "111, ves" he rumbled. A ci,. n." "Then hop to it," ordered licoth you I i r"; . i dis- port yourself?" Gamble leaned forward earnestly. "I had dinner, nnd then I went to a motion picture." And what other servants are there In the house?" For some reason the man breathed a deep sigh of relief. There's only two, sir. beside myself." His voice was steadier now The Chinese cook" Ah, a Chinese cook, eh? How long has he been here?" Only n few months." ' - V How Do You Know Mr. Coe Took the Five thirty Train?" Go on. Then there's Miss Lakes personal maid. And that's nil, sir. When did the cook anil Miss Lakes maid leave the house yesterday?" Right after lunch. That's the usual order on Wednesdays, sir." And when did they return?" Late last night. I myself came In at eleven. I was just retiring about midnight, I should say, sir when 1 heard the cook sneak In." Vance's eyebrows went up. Sneak?" He always sneaks, sir. He's very ely and tricky and and devious, sir If you know what I moan. Probably Ids oriental upbringing," rose in his chair, and Heath froze into startled attitude, his cigar half raised to his lips. Cambio (Tinged he neatli Vances steady gaze. "No. sir no. sir!" he cried. Honest I would have told lo God. I didn't! you if I had." Vance shrugged and turned away. Still, he was here last night." Whats luck of that remark?' Markham dem.in led. 'How do you know Hrishani Coo was hero ta- -t night?" Very simple: his ivory boa led stok is hanging over the hack of one of the (hairs In the lower hall." a . murder, Im sure hed arrange it so as to escape detection." She paused Did Uncle Hrishane momentarily. remain in New York last night? I dont know," Vance responded 1 was merely Indulging In candidly. suppositions. "How clever of you! There was a steely look In her eyes. At this moment Gamble passed the door on Ills way upstairs, with a small In his hands. covered serving-traVance stood up. Ah! There are your muffins, Miss Lake. I shant keep you any longer. "Thanks awfully." She rose and went quickly from the room. Vance stood nt the door until Gam- ble returned from the third floor, and ordered him to wait in the lower hall. When the man had gone below, he glanced at his watch and strolled hack into the room. Id rather not go on till we hear from Snitkin. Do you mind waiting, Markham? Have It your own way, Markham Hut I cant see the Imgrumbled. Theres portance of the suitcase. small probability, It seems to me, of Its being at the station. And In the event it Isnt there, we will be no better off than we are now. On the other hand," Vance returned, if It Is at the station, we may conclude that Brisbane did not go to Chicago last night. Hut Im quite sure he Intended to go. And If he didnt go, something unexpected kept Make It sndkiii disappeared. where do you think Brisbane Coe til, into this affair?" Maikham asked Vine e. dont know Im not sure." He "Hut spoke quietly, without turning. many strange things happened here l.,st night. Certain dans went awry. Lvcnis overlapped one another. Nothing happened on schedule. "But Hrishane Coe," persisted Mark"1 ham. V.uice turned slowly hack to the room. here has always been bail blood between Archer and Hrishane, for Ive never understood some reason. it. Hy the by, maybe Miss Lake could enlighten us while were waitI sav, ing for Snitkins call. the ask young lady to he Gamble; good enough to join us here. The Imtler went out, and five minutes later Hilda Lake came swinging Ii to the room. , . ... "Sorry to have kept you waiting ami all the usual ninenitk s. she said, silting down and crossing her knees; him hero. Hut his being In New York doesnt connect him with Archer Coes murder. Certainly not. . . . Cut, Markham, decision of Brisbane's that to get out of town had some connection with Archers death Im sure of that. He knew something or feared something. Or perhaps. . . . Cut, anyway, he intended to go to Chicago last night. And maybe he did go . . . but I want to be sure. The phone rang. Heath answered it, and after listening for shveral minutes, replaced the receiver on the e hook. i t 1 l The suitcase is there, all right, he announced. The bird at the window nervous guy says a piidtL'e.-achecked it around six last night, saying he'd missed Ids train and he was shaking so he could hardly lift the bag to the counter. Vance nodded slowly. I was afraid of that and yet I was hoping it wasn't so. Markham, I dont like this situation; I don't at all like it. Something unforeseen has happened: unforeseen and sinister. It wasn't on the cards. Brisbane Coe Intended to go to Chicago last night nnd he didn't go. Some terrible thing stopped him. . . . And something stopped Archer Coe before he could change hls shoes. . . . Don't you see what I mean? Those shoes of Archers and that stick of Crisbanes. . . That stick! in the front hall! It shouldn't have been there. . . . He Oh, my precious aunt! . . threw his cigarette Into a tray, and hurried toward the door. "Come, Markham. . . . Come, Sergeant. There's something hideous In tills house . . . and I dont want to go alone. As he spoke, he ran down the stairs, Marklmm and Heath and I following. When he had reached the lower hall, lie pulled the portieres aside and opened the library door. lie looked round him, and then passed into the dining room. After several minutes' search, he returned to the hall. Maybe the den," he said; and hurrying through the drawing room, where Wrede and Grass! sat near the window, he went into the small room at t lie rear. Hut he came hack at once, a bewildered look In his eyes. "Not there." His tone was unnatHut hes somewhere someural. where. He came again Into the front hall, lie wouldn't he on the third floor, and he's uot on the second. There's his stick, he said; hut Ids hat nnd topcoat. . . . Oh, what a fool Ive - A Cynical Smile Curled Her Lips. Money Nothing Else. hut I hadnt quite finished doffing tnv admirable gidf togs when the Crichton summoned me. Anyway, I should he furious with you. Why was I denied my muffins and tea?" Vance apologized. Weve been using Gamble a hit intensively. Gamble, take tea and muffins to Miss Lakes quarters." The man, who had been standing In the door, bowed nnd disappeared; and Vance turned pleasantly back to Miss Lake. Hy the time your breakfast Is ready we will let you return to your rooms." Then he added with a serious mien. There are a few questions wed like you to answer. What was the cause of the animosity between far-fro- Archer and Hrishane Coe?" "Oh, that!" A cynical smile curled her lips. Money nothing else. Old Major Coe left everything to Uncle Archer. Uncle Hrishane had only an allowance until Uncle Archer should die. Then the money was to go to him. The situation naturally Irked him, and ho got pretty nasty about it nt times. It amused me no end. I was In the same predicament. The fact is, I've often been tempted to make an alliance with I'ncle Brisbane for the purpose of murdering Uncle Archer. Together we could have got nvvav with It, dont you think?" Im sure you could even alone. And now some one has killed Uncle Archer for you." Fm sure its my reward fur vir till." Though her tone was hard, there was an undercurrent of bitter Hr perhaps." in it. stie added, "Uncle Brisbane went ahead pa-si- on his own. "That hear looking into." might smiled Vance. "The only difficulty is that Gamble tells us Mr. Hrishane hopped to Chicago at last five-thirt- evening." mean anything. Uncle "That doe-Brisbane has dabbled enough in criminology to prepare a perfect alibi in the event he himself contemplated a duller in crime." "What takes him on the-- e periodical trips to Chicago?" Vance asked. Hilda Lake shrugged. He never menHeaven knows. tioned the matter to me anil I never "Her-hapasked." She leaned forward. Its a lady!" she exclaimed in If he told anyone, n taunting tone. that person was Uncle Archer. Ami Im afraid its too late to get any information trom that quarter now." "Ves, a hit too late," agreed Vance, lint let us suppose that after Mr. announced his intention of going to Chicago last evening, he re niained in New York nil night. What would you say to that?" Hilda Lake scrutinized Vance shrewdly for a time before replying. Then she answered gravely. In that case you may eliminate Uncle Hrishane as a suspect, lies much too smooth and canny to leave any such loopholes. If be planned a nt s Hri-ha- I, ,a bl by aa and i.'n,.a r'llljU. fun- minister of ranee. who lldJ Marseilles to n,,., ( u 8'Uie some Dd lat,'r of hlooj''1 "'as spattered uUh car Loitli Ilarthou, seventy Voa olJ assa.ss.n, 1. I L "' , 4 u the ablest of iv,,,,; looked forward vi slavlan king s u,;'; of peace In F.urope. one of men' 0 '6 of an wa y . "If downstairs reading." . .... lily, . pronto. 1 in. - And where did you go and how And phone rue ST.d CHAPTER IV fi,, "g ..." been ! lie brushed Gamble out of hls way, and walked swiftly down the narrow corridor along the stairs until he canto to the closet door at the rear of the hall. "Your flashlight, Sergeant, he caller over his shoulder. TO BE CONTINUED. Ohio! As a result of the i;ir,rl. Hon on foreign it feared that another war' wouS cipitated. Tin great war sllr!,' Ui ... " the murder of p,., ' rlan arck. Vienna pubfim r It 1,1,A a 10 ,.p ( tUnf derer In this ease is a certain' J Kalemun, tinny k c. Ii1,;;"? so that nil li.'.eniaiinnai com.GiiiJ Is suggested. Kalemun, captured after firimr 0. Shots which killed p.arthou and ander aue'ni'tei1 suicide 1)y himself In the momh, !)Ut down by police sabers and the deep gashes indicted lice bullet wounds. AIei lhoot; waj died 1 and from y John D. Rockefeller, not delaying this year, 1ms started for Florida conipanled by his son, Jom p jf There Is longer life in sunshine. Soma day swift air transportation will make it possible for millions of old men amj women and young children that no fight cold and colds In the northern winter to spend that winter somewhere In the I lilted States' sun parlor, that stretches from Florida on the east, west along the gulf const, and north along the Pacific ocean. Los Angeles reports industrial reds trying to corrupt sailors of the United States naiy. One plan seeks out young, attractive university girls that have not been elected to sororities. They take nihantace of their, hurt state of feelings to make Communists of them and send them to make Coof sailors. Propaganda work Is also done in high sHinuis by One newspaper urges negfo students to "rise ntni demand colored teachers In the high schnnis." mmunists Special attention i.s paid to young college graduates lacking jobs that have enlisted in the navy. Their feelings also were hurt and they are to respond to the song, Arise, Ye Prisoners of Stanation." although men In the navy are well fed. Mussolini, talking with amplifiers" to 500,000 Italians in the Cathedral Square of Milan, remarked, Relations between Italy nnd France are notably improved, and winked ns he said it. The huge Italian crowd roared with laughter. Mussolini says the corpse of dienn never sarmament be resurrected, which menus tl.nt Furopean nations will continue arming against each other more and more cxiravagnntly. value its Money changes and those stippo--(''- l to control it do not always realize how it Is changing. We rejoice over Increased government receipts, forgetting that the go60 cent vernment is now taking la 50 or dollars. In Fngiatid the pound stemore than rling, normally worth a drop of 40 Tl francs, soils for francs, sells per cent. And in Ragland goldor at a ounce, 1 12 an shillings above premium of fib per cent. with Troub'e coMin ies in Spain, and troops guarding fie parliamentreported Inconceivably san l; outrages A priest In the war aga n t r. llgioti. to have nnd two civ'l g' .,U are said a Catholic been burned nli'. of n an outburst pliannge dynannn northin terrorism nnd r. ;,cs haired .oi'la'ed Press re ern Spain. Ti" . ... i.umed, and fiftr-ports tunny ohm a niL.tnry when two soldiers UP truck was blown im. or-- I -- i old man n of the rest second-han- to d to wpll-lnfon- that can car that a v(,r, S3 - h P' x:,n n ninn.n i,r ' I fief that Upt' . ' ; mm- -.' are said One i ,1 , Urged on h Sinclair wll D California and m 1m on raliflirni. "1 hliy ''' i l"Lv viO, nml rai-- c will ri.. to get s"nm clair money." 1863 Election d 0 mobilization of i!s annj, and Hungarian troi.t., rs '''"""I-,jo- n ' sc those I P1"' aM This Is writt !. go bark campaign gubernatorial to tarn tlemen ra cars ISA!! in Ohio Is without In parallel their tmwL p ;J,t - ve "..pbo-lthe states politics. John Brough, a Jtnjoy 1 on m ,. 7, you home. war Democrat, was nominated hy the '' sixty past ' Union party, while Clement L. have the $"i1 t" a vigorous pence Democrat, was nominated hy the peace Demoin The bureau ,r -- r:' ,j.lJ.iraI crats. On this election hung the fata you to pripT tells of the nation. It was I.rough and Unthe diet. by nnd ion, or VnUaudlgliam will he nm It Ohio was then one of the three most, drouth for all important states In the Union, nnd as and the fairly ; jil nt Vt, f she decided, others would he apt to J.' The real rDe R decide. After much political strife, n come until will go mighty victory was won for Brough dairy products f and the Union. Upon receiving the Fourth of July message of victory, Lincoln teleYou will cat Glory to God An the highgraphed: '' Kins w .s 7-; est; Ohio lias saved the Nation." The ot ,1 , ive-s.i- ry n-- M l , 1 |