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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON. UTAH 1.. snoff HOW Dy Bl NichoU Editor, Fil, HP HE shot that thaD Is other shout fast-flyin- SYNOPSIS Philo Vance, crime expiit, Investigates. the supposed suicide of Arclxr Coe, With District Attorney Mai ktiam, he (tt.es to Coe's house. They Hurt Wrede, a friend of Cot's, there; also Signor Grassi, a guest. The door of the death chamber Is bolted from the Inside. They force It. Coe Is seated, a revolver In his right hand and a bullet hole In his temple. Markham thinks It Is suicide Vance says It is Medical Kxarniner Doreirrn murder. declares Coe had been dead for hours A when the bullet entered his head wound, made by a dagger, Is found on the body, and there is proof tint Coe was fully dressed when hp ,)a find stabbed. The Investigators wounded Scottish terrier In a room of the Coe house. Vance declares the animal will prove an Important ronnnt-lnlink Brisbane Coe, Archer's brother, Is believed to have left for Chicago the previous afternoon, hut his dcid body Is discovered In a closet In the Coe home. Vance Interrogates the ('Illness cook, dang, iiilsbane died from a stab In the hack, as In Archer's case. Vance, searching Itrlshanc's coat, finds waxed thread attached to a bent pin, and a darning needle, liy manipulating the string, the bent pin and the darning needle, Vance bolts Archer Vanre Coe's door from the outside finds the owner of a dog Wrede had owned and given away, and determines g that the animal suffered at Wredes hands. Grasal stabbed. He says he did not see his mysterious In came at who assailant, night. Vance sets out with the Seottle to determine the dog's ownership. CHAPTER IX Is Continued 1 3 tV rede hnd remained Indoors all day and had telephoned to Markham twice and offered to give whatever assistance he could. Hilda Lake had gone out about ten oclock in the morning, dressed In Bports clothes. When Heath had asked her where she was going, she had told him nonchalantly that she was going to take a drive In the country. The don window-sil- l had been gone over carefully for fingerprints, but without results. A general routine Investigation had been put In operation by the sergeant, but, aside from this, nothing had been done. The case has me bogged, Markham complained sadly at dinner that night I see no way out of the situation. Evert If we knew who committed the crimes, we couldnt show how they were accomplished unless the guilty person himself chose to tell us. . . . And that attack on Grassi; Instead of helping us, It has only put us deeper Into the well. And theres nothing to take hold of. All the ordinary avenues of Investigation are closed. Heaven knows there are enough ppople who might have done it and there are enough motives for a dozen murders." Sad . . . sad, sighed Vance. My heart bleeds for you, dont y know. Still, theres some simple explanation. Its a deucedly complicated puzzle a cryptogram with apparently meaningless words. But once we have the key letter, the rest of It will fall Into place. And the key letter may be the Seottle. Im hopin for the best. You might confide In me the exact condition of the Coe domicile tonight Theres little to confide, Markham told him acerbitously. Heath has done the usual things and gone home. However, hes left two men on guard, one In the street and one at the rear of the house. Grassi has remained In his room all day Heaths last report to me was that the gentleman had gone to bed. The lock on his door, by the way, has been fixed; so he'll probably live the night through. Miss Lake came In just as the' sergeant was goBy the way, she took the ing. news of Grassis stabbing rather ... hard Vance looked up quickly, I say, thats most Interestin." "The Chinaman did not leave the house, Markham continued, and told Heath he preferred to remain until the guilty person had been brought to Justice. I do hope he hasn't too long to wait, Vance sighed. But It's just as well If Liang stays with us. I feel that he's going to be most helpful to us anon. . . . And you, Markham, old dear; what have you been doing? Milk Investigations, I suppose and committees of eminent citizens who wish to uplift the drama and Interviews with aldermen." Thats about all, Markham confessed. What would you have sug- gested? "Really, Markham, I hadnt a suggestion today." Vance leaned back In his chair. But tomorrow " Youre so helpful and satisfying, Markham snapped. CHAPTER X The Scotties Trail. At nine o'clock the following morning Vance called at the offices of the American Kennel club, and explained to the secretary, Mr. Perry B. Rice, the nature of the Information he sought. Mr. Rice Introduced us to Mrs. Iel Campo, the head of the show department. Mrs. Pel Campo, when Mr. Rice explained to her what Vance wanted, found the marked Englewood catalogue. Turning to the Scottish terrier section, she ran her finger down the list of Iuppv Bitch entries until she came to the winner of the class. The owner's name was given as Julius IJiggitihottoin, and the name of the dog itelf as Miss MacTavish. Then followed lie A. K. (. Stud Book number and the date of birth November go of the preceding year. The sire of lie hitch was given ns Champion ornstty Autocrat, and the dam as Laurieston Imvelaee. The breeder was Henry I). Bixby. Vance made a note of these data, and expressed his admiration for the A. K. C. system. When we arrived at the district attorneys office on the fourth tloor of the Criminal Courts building. Mark-buwas In conference with Sergeant Heath. Swaeker, the district attorneys secretary, ushered us Immediately Into Markham's private olhee. Vance sat Things are moving. down and took out his cigarette case. I have Just come from the American Kennel chit) and have discovered a bit of most interestin Information. The wounded Seottle, Markham, belongs to none other than Julius I And who might he he, Vance? And why does the fact interest you? I have met Hlggluhottom. Hes a member of the Crestvlevv Country club, and he has a large country estate at Mount Vernon, where he spends his entire time living what he imagines to be the life of a country gentleman Heath sat forward In his chair. It was the Crestvlevv Country club at Mount Vernon," he Interjected, "where Miss Lake and Grassi went to a dance Wednesday night. "And thats not all, Sergeant. Vance sprawled luxuriously In his chair and took a deep Inhalation. knew Archer Coe pretty well. Several years ago Illgginbottom Inherited, front an aunt, a very fine collection of early Chinese paintings, many of which Coe bought from him at a preposterously low price. Is something of a gay bird the sporting type of man and knew nothing of the value of the paintings. After he had sold them to Coe he learned from a dealer that they were very valuable, and there was consequent talk, In certain New York art circles, to the effect that Coe had put over a shrewd and somewhat unethical deal on Illgginbottom. Illgginbottom, as I know, took the matter up with Coe, but without any success, and there has been a certain amount of bad blood between them ever since. Illgginbottom was a major in the World war and Is a hotheaded sort of a chap. Markham beat a nervous tattoo on the desk. Well, where does that get us? he asked. Are you Implying that Iliggln-bottocame down from Mount Vernon with his dog and murdered Coe? Good Lord, no! Vance made a slight gesture of annoyance. I'm not Implyin anything. I am merely reportin' my findings. But I must confess that I find the relationship between the Seottle and Major Higgin-bottoand Archer Coe a bit satls-fylI am motoring Immediately to Mount Vernon, where I hope to have polite and serious and, I trust. Illuminatin' Intercourse with the major concerning Miss MacTavish. . . . Would you care to hear the result of my social endeavors? I'll be here all afternoon," Markham answered glumly. It was a pleasant drive to Mount Vernon, In the brisk October air. We had little difficulty in finding the estate, and we were lucky enough to find the major sitting on the big colonial front porch. He welcomed Vance effusively and Invited us to sit down and have a highball. "To what do I owe the honor of this call, sir? lie spoke with hospitable good nature. "I am really delighted. Y'ou should come oftener. "Id be charmed. Vance sat down beside a small glass table. But today, Major, d ye see, I hopped out here on a little matter of business. . . , The truth is, Im dashed Interested In a Seottle bitch belonging to you Miss MacTavish who was shown at Englewood. At the mention of the dogs name gave a loud cough, Higginbottom pushed his chair back with a scraping sound, and glanced over his shoulder to the open window lending Into the house. The man seemed deeply perturbed, and his tone of voice and his manner, when he answered, struck me as most peculiar. Yes, yes; of course," he blustered, rising and walking toward the front steps. 1 rarely go to dog shows any more. By the way, Mr. Vance, I want to show you my roses. . , . And he walked down the stairs toward a small rose garden at the right. Vance lifted his eyebrows In mild astonishment and followed his host. When we were out of hearing of the house, the major placed his hand on Vances shoulder and spoke confiden- ... tially: hope my wife didnt By gad, sir! hear that question of yours. She's generally In the drawing room during the mornings, and the windows were He appeared trout, led. "Yes, open. sir, It would be most annoying If she heard ft I didnt mean to be Impo I but you lite, sir no, sir, by gad A most startled me for a moment. Fie put trying and delicate situation. bis head a little closer to Vance. "Where did you hear of that little bitch of mine? were you at the Englewood show? and why should you be He glanced again over interested?" l.is shoulder the porch. toward George! 1 hope your question didnt reach my wifes ears." Vance looked at the man quizzically. Come, come, Major," he said pleasantly. It really cant he so serious. I was not at Englewood, and I never saw Miss MacTavish until the day before yesterday. The fact of the matter is, Major, your little hitch Is now ! ... In my "You In New apartment dont say! York. In your apartment?" Illgginbottom seemed vastly astonished. "How did she get there? I dont understand at all. This Is most peculiar, Mr. Vance. Bray enlighten me." But she is your dog, Is she not, Vance asked quietly. Major? Well . . . well the fact Is that Is to say " Illgginbottom was splutYes yes, tering with embarrassment. I suppose you would say that I am the technical owner of her. But I havent seen her for over six months. . . You see, Mr. Vance, Its this way I gave Miss MacTavish away to a friend of mine a very dear friend, He s; a red at Vance like a man transf- ixed, and the blood went from his fat e. 'l I really. . . . Are you sure?" hr ..'unmered. "oh, quite. Quite. As I told you, I hate Miss MacTavish in my apartment I the house in found her now tin lower hall. I took her to Doctor first-el- , Blarney shes coming round In do how . . But . you shape. aciount for the fact, Major," Vanre that looked at the man squarely your dog was In the murder house at the time the crime was committed? "Account for It! the man blustered excitedly. "I cant account for It . . . Good gad I This Is Incredible I Im completely bowled over "But how does It happen, Major, that you have Viii.ce cut in placidly, not heard of the dogs absence from MBs Delufields apartment "iih, I forgot to tell you, said the major, and hesitated. "Ah, what did you forget to tell -s mo? The major shifted his eyes. I omitted to mention the fact that MBs Delafield sailed for Europe on Wednesday night. "The night Mr. Archer Coe was murdered, Vance said slowly. Just so," the major returned aggressively. "The reason 1 happened to be at her apartment that night was because we were having a farewell y understand in New York. "Ah, breathed Vance, looking up at dinner, and I was to see her off on the boat. the cerulean sky. And who, Major, "And how does It happen, Major, might this friend be?" that to your dog was not returned to Higginbottom began splutter your kennels here when Miss Delafield again, with an added show of Indigsailed for Europe? nation. Iliggin-botior"The fact of the matter is By gad, Mr. Vance! I cant see became Doris I consee what apologetic cant really, possible f that is. Miss Delafield on my advice, cern that Is of anv ot-- hut left the dog in the care of her maid, who was to look after the apartment during her absence. On your advice? . . . Why? I thought It best," the major exYou see, sir, If 1 plained weakly. brought the dog here It might Involve the situation a bit, as I would have to give explanations to my wife when Doris Miss Delafield returned from Europe and wished to have the dog back. And, of course nod"Ah, yes. I quite understand, ded Vance. And what time did Miss Delafield sail Wednesday night?" "On the Olympic at midnight. "And you were in the apartment at what time? "I called about six oclock and we went out immediately. We had dinner let me see at a little restaurant I suppose you might call It a night club and we remained there until it was time to go to the boat. What little restaurant was It? Higginbottom knit his brow. "Really, Mr. Vance, I cant remember. He hesitated. You know, Im not certain that it even had a name. It was a small place in the West FifShe Always Gets Under My Feet ties or was it the Forties? It was a When Im Serving. place that had been recommended to It Miss Delafield by a friend. and, of course, the recipient. was a purely private transaction I A bit vague eh, what? Vance might say a personal transaction let his eyes come to rest mildly on the Major," Vance Interrupted brusquemajor. But thank you just the same. ly, I am not prying Into your private I think back to New York a affairs. But rather serious matter and haveIlla stagger Miss Delafields chat with has arisen, and It will be much better maid. IYn sure you wont mind. What, In me to for you confide than to have the by, is her name? the district attorney summon you to by The major looked a bit startled. his office. Annie Cochrane, he said, and then Illgginbottoms little eyes opened hurried on: But I say, Mr. Vance, very wide and he fumbled with the this sounds rather serious. thing ashes In his pipe. The fact is, Mr. Vance, I have a Would you mind if I accompanied you to the city? I myself would like to very dear friend In New York a know why Annie didn't report to me woman a very charming young young the absence of the dog. woman, I might say be delighted, Vance told him. Id I like "Its come this, Mr. Vance. We drove back to New York with to the city quite often on business, Major Higginbottom and went direct y understand and enjoy a night club to the Belle Maison. and the theater now and then, and Annie Cochrane was a young darkyou know how it is I dont care to haired woman in her early thirties, go alone, and Mrs. Higginbottom has no Interest in such frivolous things obviously of Irish descent, and when, on opening the door to our ring, she make dont Pray apologies, Major, Vance put In. What did you say the saw Major Illgginbottom, she appeared frightened and flustered. young Indys name was? Listen here. Annie, the major beMiss Doris Delafield and a very fine young woman she Is. Conies of gan aggressively. Why didn't you let me know that Miss Deinfield's dog had an excellent family " disappeared? And It was Miss Delafield to whom Annie explained stumblingly that you gave the dog six months ago?" Thats right. But Im most anxious she had been afraid to say anything to keep the matter a secret. You see. about the dogs disappearance, as she considered it her fault that the dog Mr. Vance, I wouldn't care to have was gone, and that she had hoped Mrs. Higginbottom know of It, as she from day to day that It would return. might not understand exactly." "Im sure she wouldn't, Vance mur- The woman was patently frightened. "Just when did the dog disappear, mured. "And I quite sympathize with your predicament. . . And where does Annie? asked Vance In a consoling tone. Miss Ihdnfield live. Major? The woman looked up at him grate"At the Belle Maison apartments at fully. 90 West Seventy-firs- t street." I missed her, sir," she Vances eyes flickered very slightly said, just after Major Higginbottom and Miss as he took out a cigarette and lighted Doris went out Wednesday night, at it slowly. "Thats the small apartment house about nine oclock, sir. Vance turned to Illgginbottom with Just across the vacant lot from Archer a faint smile. Coe's residence. Isnt It? "Didnt I understand you to say that "Thats right. The fact Is. Mr. Vance, I was calling on Miss Delafield the you went out at six oclock. Major? Before Higginbottom could answer, very night he was murdered " the maid blurted: Oh, no; it wasnt Indeed, Major Thats most interestin. Vance leaned over and snapped six o'clock. It wasnt until nine off a dead leaf from one of the Talisoclock. I got dinner for them here a man hushes. "By the by. Major," he little after eight. went on tn nn offhand tone, "little Miss The major looked down and stroked MacTavish was found In the Coe house his chin cogltatingly. the next morning, with a rather vicious Yes, yes." lie nodded. That's wound across her head. right. I'd thought It was six oclock, The majors pipe fell from his but now I remember. An excellent mouth to the lawn, and was Ignored, i dinner you prepared that night, An . m'-'-u- ... 1 nie." lie looked up at Vance with a smile of nonchalant frankness. Sorry to have misinformed you, Mr. Vance. The ah incident rather slipped my I had intended to take memory. Miss Delafield out to dinner. But when I arrived Annie had prepared everything for us, so we changed our plans. Vance appeared to accept his explanation without question. And what time did you arrive here that evening, Major? Higginbottom seemed to ponder the question; but before he could speak Annie supplied the Information. You arrived about six oclock, sir, she Informed him with a respectful naivete. And Miss Doris came in at half-pas- t seven." Ah, yes. Quite right, Annie." The major pretended to be grateful for having this moot point recalled to his memory. "Miss Delafield, he explained blandly to Vance, said she had been shopping." murmured Vance. I Well, well, didnt know the shops were open so late. . . . Astonishin. The major squinted his small eyes and glanced quickly In Vances direc- ... tion. "Oh, that Im quite sure," he. supplied, a number of the smaller Madi- are open late." Vance apparently did not hear this explanation. He had already turned to the maid. By the by, Annie, he asked, "was the dog here during dinner? Oh, yes, sir, the woman assured him. "She always gets under my feet when Im serving." And how do you account for the fact that she disappeared immediately after Major Illgginbottom and Miss Delafield had gone? I dont know, sir honest I dont I looked for her everywhere. I looked out in the back yard and In the court, and I went through every rear hallway in the house. But she wasnt anywhere." Why didn't you look In the street? Vance asked. Oh, she couldnt have got Into the She street, the maid explained. was in the kitchen and the dining room here, sir; and only the front door of the living room leads into the main hall. But that was closed and locked after Miss Doris and Mr. Illgginbottom went out. Then, as I understand It, the dog could only have gone into the rear yard? Yes, sir; thats all. And that's the strange thing about it. sir; for If she had been In the rear yard, I would have found her. Did you look In the vacant lot next door, between this house and Mr, Coes residence? I looked there, too, sir, though knew It wouldn't do any good. There's no way she could have gotten through the gate, for Its always kept locked. Vance did not speak for a moment; then he asked with unwonted seriousness: At Just what time, Annie, did you start your search for the dog? It Is quite important that you be accurate. I can tell you almost exactly, sir, the woman answered, without hesitation. It was when I was through with Miss my dishes and the housework. Doris and Mr. Higginbottom went out at nine o'clock, and when I had straightened everything up, It was ten. exactly half-pas- t now do you acVance nodded, count for the dogs disappearance, Annie?" I can't account for It, sir. At first, when I couldn't find her, I thought maybe some delivery boy, or one of the expressmen, had stolen her. She's a sly little devil, she is. And very sweet. And she has a lovable nature. Almost anyone could get her to follow them. But no one had been here after seven oclock that evening. son avenue shops TO BE CONTINUED. 1,900,000 Mile a Day! Sirius Is estimated to be 70,000,000,-00miles distant, yet it Is the brightest star visible In our hemisphere. It Is what we commonly call a fixed star, but It moves apparently about an inch a century. Even that microscopical movement, to be calculable at such an Immense distance, means a speed of 1,000,000 miles a day. The light by which, tonight, one may easily see Sirius left that star 30 years ago. Compared with Sirius, our sun Is a mere Infant beside a giant. If the two were to exchange places our sun would be barely discernible without the aid of a telescope, whereas Sirius would consume the earth as quickly and completely as a blast furnace would a gnat, for it would take 400 s suns to make Sirius. Maga0 Tit-Bit- zine. Largeit Roman Forum The largest Roman forum is at Salaniis. on the Island of Cyprus. Five miles away, at Famagusta, In one of the towns fortifications, stands Othello's Tower, whore Desdemona met her To the southeast stands tragic end. Limasol, where Richard the Lion Hearted and married Berengaria, there she was crowned Queen of 7 the g overhead s LhUmltlg ' directly over you. This that the duck hunter encounf6 Sht,t 8 tre fluently, although it does Itself very often in preslnt When such a chance dSe3 1 UnUlg' self, however, what do you d0?eDt a hit? 8cor$ For years, as a boy r after shell trying to T1 flying ducks coming m direct tast head. Sometimes the, any more than thirty yards 1,7 I variably would score a niiss on tlPni coming In. Not a few of tt would then turn around H,1 bird going away. I couldnt unllZ m!SSil,S the Corner? Older heads than mine were ered by the same puzzling Bhot " old duck hunte- ra very ful hunter he was, too-o- nce 6 that It was useless trying to 1,, duck coming In on this kind of IDs explanation was that the shot 8t ply would not penetrate to the bird, vitals shooting crosswise through th ducks heavy breast feathers. em pass, he counseled me, and into 'em from behind, the th2 feathers lay, and youll kill way 7 L f This didnt sound reasonable to me I had a very wholesome respect for the speed and penetrating power ot shotgun pellets at 30 to 45 yard range One day, sitting in a cornshoek blind 1 had rigged up for myself, in came g flock of about a dozen teal They were coming straight over me at about 85 yards high, and they were coming fast. My concealment was so constructed that I knew I would never be able to get out of It in time to shoot at them going away behind me As they whirred into me I pulled up on the leader, gave him what I thought was the proper lead, and fired. What happened so amazed me that I forgot to shoot the second barrel. I had shot at the leader and killed the last bird In the flock Which meant that I had shot behind the bird I pulled on and missed It by a good six feet When I examined the dead bird I found Its breast right where Its feathering was the heaviest was neatly punctured by four 4s. So--I reasoned my old advisor was wrong. And If No. 4s would kill through the breast feathers of a teal, they would do the same thing to a mallard, or even g goose. And the whole trouble was that I wasnt leading my overhead IncoI couldn't figure out ming shots enough. why such a big lead was necessary on this type of shot. All I knew was that you had to double your lead, and that whenever you did it this way yon scored. I had proved it. That was enough. But It wasn't until some years later that I arrived at the correct explanation. Here it Is: On the overhead Incoming shoot yon of course cant see your target at the Instant you pull the trigger. You bury the target, as the saying goes. But the instant your eyes lose sight of the target your hands and arms unconsciously stop the swing of your gun. The result 13 that, Instead of shooting ahead of the target with the proper killing lead, you actually shoot almost at the target, and by the time the shot charge gets np there the duck has already passed the danger point and the charge tears a large hole In the air behind him. A good rule to follow on this type of shot Is to pull dead on the IncoInstant ming duck and then, Just at the of firing, swiftly jump the muzzle up over the target so that It will seem to be shooting at a point about twice a? far in front of the target as would seem necessary. In other words, try to "double your lead" a very good seems you rough estimate of what It are doing when you do It correctly. solves the Try this see how readily It puzzle" I Union. blue-win- 1 . 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