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Show The KENNEL MURDER CASE o o o o o Copyright by W. H. "Wright CHAPTER XI Continued 15 'There wns no possibility, inquired tlmt Mr. Wrede could have Vnnee, assisted Mr. Coe upstairs, after the melee? I. lung was quite em Oh, no. Within a few moments of phatie. the encounter here In the library, Mr. Wredo came out through the kitchen, surreptitiously, and departed through the rear door. How can you be sure It was Wredo, Mr. Liang. If you did not see him? Vance asked. The Chinaman gave a slow smile. "In my country the senses are more acute than in the Occident. I had heard Mr. Wrede move about this house too often not to know tiis step ami sense his prosenee. Liang paused and looked at Vance. "And ma.v I he permitted now to usk a question of you? Vance bowed acquiescence. Ask me any question you care to, Mr. Liang, and I v. ill try to he us frank as you have been." "How, then, did you know that I was nwnre of the crime on the night it was committed? There were several Indications, Mr. Liang, Vance replied; "hut It was you yourself who told me as much by a slip of the tongue. When I tirst spoke to you. the next morning, you mentioned a tragedy; and when I asked you how you knew there had been a tragedy, you replied you had heard Humble telephoning while you were preparing breakfast. Liang looked at Vance for a moment, a puzzled expression in his eyes. Then a faint smile appeared slowly on his mouth. I "I understand now," he said. had already prepared the breakfast when the butler telephoned, for he discovered the crime when he was taking Mr Coes breakfast to him . . . Yes, I gave myself away, hut it took a clever man to grasp the error. Vance acknowledged the compliment. And now I shall ask you another question, Mr. Liang. Why were you pretending to work in the kitchen nt three oclock yesterday morning, after the attack on Mr. Hrassi?" The Chinan n looked up shrewdly. "Pretending?" "The Ink was quite dry on ttie papers you had so neatly arranged on the kitchen table." A slow smile again spread over Liangs ascetic mouth. "I was afraid, afterward," he said, "that you might have noticed that. The fact is. Mr. Vance, I was standing two tlmt guard. At about half-pas- t morning, I was awakened by a slight I sleep lightly Bound. and I am sensitive to sounds. I listened, and some one opened the door and passed through the kitchen Into the butlers pnntry and the dining room, and on Into the library You recognized the footsteps?" Oh, yes. The person who came In so softly was Mr. Wrede. . . I nat urally did not trust him, knowing what 1 did. and I hoped that I could trap him In some way. So I rose, dressed, turned on all the lights In the kitchen, and took my post at the table as if I were working. Fifteen minutes Inter, I heard Mr. Wrede come back softly into the butler's pantry snd then retreat again toward this room. I knew that he had seen the lights In the kitchen and was afraid to enter. I did not hear the front door open which is the only other means of egress except the wimlows-a- nd I decided to stand my ground. A little later 1 heard Mr. Crass! call out, and then I heard the butler Even so. I thought it telephoning best to remain In the kitchen, for it occurred to me that Mr. Wrede might still be hiding in the house, waiting for a chance to escape through the rear door. When you came Into the kitchen and Informed me of the attack on XIr. Hrassi, suggested the den window. I could not see how else Mr. Wrede could have gone out of the house. Liang looked up sadiv. "I am sorry my efforts were not more successful, hut at least I made It difficult for Mr. Wrede." Vance got up and put out his cig. have suspected all along that he murdered I'ncie Archer hut I could not quite see how he accomplished It. Have you learned bis modus operand!?" Vance .shook his head. "No. Mis-- Lake,"he admitted. "That's a part of the problem still to be solved." "Hut why," she asked, should he kill I'ncie lirishune? Unde Brisbane was his ally. "That's another phase of the problem that must he wniked out. There was an error a miscalculation somew here. "I can understand." Hilda Lake remarked. "why lie should attempt Mr. Hrassis life. Mr Wrede was intense ly Jealous of Mr Hrassi. "All clever, scheming men with a of their own Inferiority." said Vance, "are inclined toward intense Hut there's a pillion Jealousy. tar thought that lias entered ray mind this evening, and I shall ask veil about it. Tell me, Miss Lake, what reason would Itrishane have hud for killing Archer?" Vance's question amazed me, and when I glanced at Markham and Heath, I saw that they, too, were Hut Hilda Lake accepted II startled. as if it had been the most casual and conventional of queries. (h, various reasons," she answered calmly. "There was a deep antagonism between the two. Uncle had many ideas and many ambitions, hut lie was always handicapped by the fact that Uncle Archer controlled all the money. There was, therefore, the money motive. Again, Uncle Bris-h.indid not feel that Uncle Archer had treated me fairly, and lie was quite anxious for me to marry Mr. Wrede. Uncle Archer, as you know, was violently opposed to tile marriage. "And you. Miss Lake?" "Oh." she returned offhandedly, "I thought the marriage might he rather a good tiling. Mr. Wrede was a comforting kind of soul who wouldn't have bothered me in the slightest and I was tremendously desirous of escaping from this queer household. I knew all his faults, but as long as ttiey didnt Interfere with me" "Ierhaps," suggested Vance, "the arrival of Mr. Hrassi changed your mind a hit?" For the first time during my acquaintance with Hilda Lake, I noticed a soft, feminine expression come into tier eyes. She glanced down as if embarrassed. "I'erhiips. ns you say." she replied in a low voice, "the arrival of .Mr. Hrassi changed my mind. Vance stood up. "I hope. Miss Lake," he said, that you will both he very happy." We dined at Vances apartment that night. Hotli Vance and Markham were troubled, for the case had not had a satisfactory ending there were many things that had been left unexplained; there were many links In the chain of evidence which had not been found. Hut before the night was over there were no longer any mysteries: each step in this monstrous crime, and each perplexing and contradictory factor. had boen clarified. The final elucidation of the mystery came in a most unexpected man coldly. I s . Hri-liar- ie e arette. CHAPTER XII The Startling Truth. When Liang had gone out, Vnnee sent Humble for Hilda Lake. As soon as she entered the library, Vance Informed her that Wrede was dead. Site looked at him a moment, lifted her eyebrows, shrugged slightly, and It is no great loss to the said: world. Furthermore, Vance went on, "1 believe that Mr Wrede murdered your uncles and attempted the li e of Mr Hrassi.'' "I would not tie In the least stir I'ised." the young woman commented "a dead man walked ous significance !" upstairs Markham looked up at him with benevolent concern. "Homo, come, Vance," he said, in a kindly, paternal tone. "This case lias upset you. Tiil;e a good stiff nightcap and go to bed " No, no, Markham," Vance cut In, abend. Ids eyes staring straight "That's just what happened the other n g lit. Archer Hoe already a dead man walked upstairs. And what is even more terrible, Markham he didn't know lie was dead!'' Vance turned quickly and went to a set of thick quarto volumes on the lower shelf of one of ins bookcases. He ran Ins linger along tin books until lie came to volume "K." He turned tin! pages and found what lie was looking for. Thou lie glanced down the column of tine type. "Listen, M.nkham,' tie said. "Here's a historical case of a dead person walking. He read mm the encyclopedia: "Elizabeth (Anielie Eugenie), 1V,7 ISPS, consort of Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria, a daughter of Huke .Maximilian Joseph of Havana and Louisa Wiliielnilna, was horn on tlie 24th of December, IN!?, at Lake He turned the Ntarnborg. page. "Hut heres the passage regardElizabeth spent much ing her death: of her time traveling through Europe and at the palace she hud built in Horfu. ( ii the HUli of September, IV. is. she was walking through the streets of (Ionova with her entourage, from her hotel to the steamer, when an anarchist, named Luigi Luccheni, ran suddenly into the roadway and stubbed her in the hack, with a shoemaker's awl. The police immediately pounced upon the man and wore about to drag him away, when the empress stayed them and gave the order that they should release him. "lie has not injured mo," she said, "and I wish, on this occasion, to forgive him. She continued her walk to the steamer, which was more than half a mile distant, and made a farewell speech to her subjects from the deck. She then retired to her cabin and lay down. Several hours later she was found dead. Luccheni had actually stabbed her without her being aware of it, and she had died hours later of an Internal hemorrhage. This crime was the final misfortune which came to the Austrian emperor, and all Europe was aroused to a state of intense indignation. Vance closed the book and threw it to one side. "Now do you see what I mean, Markham?" lie asked. "A dead person often does strange tilings without knowing he is dead. Do you recall what Doctor Doremus said? An internal hemorrhage ! That's the whole story that's the key to everything. That's how Archer could have been killed In the library and still have walked upstairs." Markham stood up and walked back and forth across the room. Hood H d!" Ilis words were scarcely audible. "So that's the exNo wonder we couldn't planation! understand the things that happened there that night. Unbelievable!" Vance had sunk back into his chair, relaxed. He took a deep inspiration, like a man who had suddenly found a friendly settlement in the midst of a hostile jungle. "Keally. Markham, he said with a slight upward glance, taking out ids cigarette case, "Ill never forgive you for this never! It was you who knew It guessed tlie solution. And all Hie time, hut I couldn't correlate icy knowledge." Markham carre to a sudden halt. What do you mean by saying that I guessed tile .solution?" "Didnt you say," asked Vance mildly, that tlie only way one could ex plain tiie circumstances was by the assumption that a ilead man w.i'ked upNo. Markham, I am stairs? . sure I shall r.ver forgive you" Markham sat down and in.ii'en-a disgusted oath. He smoked a uhiV in silence. "The internal hemorrhage explains many tilings," he admitted tinni'v. "Hat I still don't understand r.r.Vi.ii.c's death, and the bolted door." And yet. d' ye see," returned Vacee, "It all tits in nmv tint we have the kev." He lay look in his chair and stretched his legs. He took seeral pull's on his cigarette and half closed his eyes. think. Markham, 1 can reconstruct the amazin' and contradict ry occurrences that took place in the Coe domicile last H cdnesd.iy night. . dotihi if Wrede actually p'.mncd ti murder Archer Hoe that n;g!it. The idea had no doubt been in his min! for a mg time, for he had otniogsiy taken the precaution of securing a duplicate key to the spring imk ,,n the rear door. Hut I have a foolin' that lie wishml only to argue aiioiis mat lors out with Archer last Wed". -- day night before actually resorting to nmr der. It's ob ions that lie ca'led on Vrclier that night and tried to con inee him that lie would he the per feet mate for Hilda I ako. Archer disagreed and d.s.ugreed Violently That was no doubt the argument that Liang overheard, 1 Imagine that the I . 1 1 Youve helped us no end." he said. You've ciuritied many tilings. We are most grateful." lie walked to l.iang and held out his hand. The Chinaman took It and bowed. 3 Van Dine gy nor. We were sitting In Vances liVance brary. talking, utter dinner. smoked in doleful silence for a while. "It's dashed nijstifyin'," he mitt tered. "What I can't undortaml is how Archer got upstairs after he had been stabbed in the library. There's little doubt, n'ter Liangs story, that the bloody work was done downstairs." "I'm not so sure you're right about submitted that, Vance. Markham "If your theory Is correct, you must logically admit the proposition that a dead man walked upstairs." Vance inclined his head. "I realize that," he said thoughtfulThen he leapt to his feet ly. and stood before Markham, tense and animated. "A dead man walked upstairs," lie repeated In n strained, hushed voice. Thats It! That's Hie answer to everything. . . he nodded with curi Yes, Markham," 1 I 0 0 WNTJ Service tically all of his remaining vitality, lie started to get his bedroom slippers, but the black mist of death was drifting in upon him. He thought It fatigue ttie result, perhaps, of tlie blow Wrede had struck him over the head. He sat down in his easy chair. But he never got up, Markham. lie never changed his shoes. As he sat there the final inevitable fog stifled him! . . Good G d. Vance! I see the horror of it, breathed Markham. All these steps In that sinister Vance continued, are situation," clearly indicated. . . . Hut think what must have gone on in Wredes debate reached the point where blows were struck. The poker was quite handy, don't y' know, and Wrede. with Ids tremendous sense of personal inferiority, would naturally reach for some outside agent to help him over the top. He snatched the poker and btrin k Archer over the head. "rcher fell forward against the table, upsetting it and fracturing his rib. Wrede was in n quand'ry. Hut agim ids sense of inferiority Invaded He looked round Hie room him. quickly, saw the dagger in the cabinet, tool, it out and, as Archer lay on tlie The . finer, drove it into his back. deed was done, lie had vindicated iiiu elf In a physical way, and had removed all obstacles from Ids path. He believed tie was alone In the house wi'ii Archer; hut still there was tlie of a suspect. Into his shrewd quo-iie- n hr n flashed the thought of Liang, wl .mi he had always suspected of beHe figured ing more than a servant. tli.it if lie left the Chinese dagger whore it would be found In tlie library, l.i.uig would he the logical suspect. He tiirevv the dagger into tlie Ting yao vase. Hut he threw it in too hard. It broke the vase and again Wrede was in a quand'ry. He picked up the dagger and placed it In the other vase on the table. Then he gathered up the fragments of the Ting yao, carried them through the kitchen and placed them in the garbage pail on the rear porch. The poker he had thrown hack on the hearth. And he left the house through the rear entrance, passed behind the hedge in the vacant lot, unlatched tlie gate at the rear of his apartment house, and went to his rooms." So far, so good, said Markham. "Hut what of Hrisliane? He was an "Brisbane? Ah, yes. unexpected element. Hut Wrede knew s I see It, nothing about it Markham, Hrisliane had planned to get rid of Archer that same night. Ilis t rip to Chicago was merely a blind. With his knowledge of criminology and tiis shrewd technical brain, he had worked out a perfectly logical means of lining away with his brother and having the crime appear a suicide. lie Wedchose Naturally nesday night when he knew Archer would he alone In the house. He established his alibi by having Hamide make reservations on the 5:13 tram to Chicago. Ilis plan was to go hack to the house and take a later train. It was an excellent Idea, and it was almost detection pruf. And tie did come hack ro the house. Markham, with the definite intention of killing Archer. . . . Still, I dont see "Oh, it's all quite simple, Vance went on. "Iut before Hrisliane returned that night, strange and uncanny things happened. The plot became cluttered with complications, and Brisbane, instead of creating a perfect crime, walked Into a plot more diabolical than the one he himself had conceived. . . . Vance moved in his chair. This is what had happened in the meantime: Archer, recovering from the blow of the poker, and not realizing that he had also been stabbed, went upstairs to his bedroom. The shades were up, and Wrede, from his own apartment, could soe him across the vacant lot. No one will ever know what thoughts went on in Coes mind at this time. Hut obvious-lhe was incensed at Wrede, and he probably sat down to write him a letter forbidding him ever to put foot in tlie house again. He began to feel tired perhaps the blood had commenced to choke his lungs. Tlie pen fell from his fingers. He made an effort to prepare himself (or hod. He look off tiis coat and waistcoat and hung them carefully in the closet. Then lie put on ids dressing gown, buttoned it, and tied the belt about him. He walked to the windows and pulled down the shades. That act took prac . -- UTAH HIGhISooT OF BEAUTY CULTURE Why not get your trair,ie .. ' J'On that school ' ea vou ill m,ke UTAH 121 HIGH SCHOOL So. Main OF tk' "d the rest of your life! details. !"1 Wnl hr Bilim CilLlttf Lake Citly. 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Wrede had to start all over again. It was a delicate and terrible situation. He knew that he had thrust a deadly dagger into Archer Coes body. But Archer was still alive and retribution must inevitably follow. And dont forget that the lights did not go out in Archer Coes room. Wrede, no doubt, frantically asked himself a thousand times what was going on behind those drawn shades. lie not only feared the incalculable mystery of the situation, but. I am inclined to think, he was perturbed most by his speculation concerning the things he could not see. I wouldnt care to put in the two hours that Wrede spent between eight oclock and ten that night. He realized that some decision must be made that some action must be taken. But he had nothing whatever to go on : his imagination was his only guide. . . . And he came back! said Markham huskily. ies," nodded Vance, "he came back. He had to come back Hut in that interim of his indecision something unforeseen and horrible had taken place. Hrisliane had returned to tlie house he had returned stealthily, lotting himself in with his own key. He had returned to kill his brother! He looked into tlie library : the lights were on, but Archer was not there. lie went, to the drawer of the table and took out tiie revolver. Then he went upstairs. Perhaps he saw the light through Archers bedroom door, lie . ." opened the door. ... ... y DIESEL BOWER ENGINEERING SCHOOLS America's Finest and Best Equipped DIESEL Schools. Plans just corcp.etcd with leading Diel Mfcrs. to supply men for their trade. Call or write for particulars. Local registration 0,'fict 311 NESS WILDING Sait Lake City ... LOS ANGELES $19-8- (via San Francisco) These are examples of our lo one way fares to California, good in coaches and reclining cars on our fastest trains. chair Fares good in Pullman cars are very low, too. Fs&ifie Souihesis Information For Further 1 your local Railroad or write See Owen, Genera! i es. 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