^KENNEL I URDER CASE ^ ktf* $.$.VanDine< CcewV- iy MOrriiVz w W.N.U. stavice. CHAPTER XII—Continued —18— "Here’s a rare book, Markham. There’s a passage In It I want to read to you. As I remember. It was la the chapter on Rye." He turned the pages. "The passage relates, as I recall, to the duke of Cumber land's visit to Rye, when he made an inspection of the defenses of the neighborhood and was enter tained hy .Mr. Lamb, who was still mayor. ... Ah. here it is—I hope I don't bore you: ‘These par- I tlculars have been kindly given me by almost the only living represent ative of the Lamb-Urebell families —which have otherwise died out in Rye. In regard to the Grebell mur der, my informant gave me some particulars, unknown to the local ■chroniclers, in part at least, that are physiologically Interesting. Mr. .on. He had decided to come buck to Archer Coe and fin ish, for all time, the crime which apparently he had only started. He bethought himself of the Ting yao vase he had broken, and perhaps fearing its absence would be noted, he picked out a superficially simi lar vase from his own small collec tion and carried it back to the Coe house. The hour, I should say, was around ten o’clock. . . . Wrede opened the gate of the rear yard, and left it ajar; and it was then that the Scottie followed him on his dark errand. He wTent in the rear door of the Coe house, leaving it open—and the Scottie followed. Everything was black and still. He went through the dining room into the library, nnd placed his own in ferior vase on the teakwood base where the Ting yao vase had stood. He took the dagger from the vase in which he had hidden it, and moved toward the hall. . . .” Vance raised himself a little In his chair. “And when he reached the door, Markham, he saw a figure coming down the stairs from the second floor. There was a light in the li brary, but it was not sufficient to make possible an absolute recogni tion of the figure on the stairs. To Wrede that figure was Archer. (Archer and Brisbane, you’ll recall, were of the same height and gen eral build, and they did not look dissimilar). Wrede stood behind the portieres at the library door, the dagger grasped in his hand, and waited till his opportunity came. The shadowy figure came down the stairs and walked toward the closet door at the end of the hall,—-Bris bane was no doubt going bnck for the overcoat and hat which he had left there on coming In. But Wrede, with las inflamed Imagination, as sumed that Archer was preparing to leave the house to tell some one of the attack—to report him to the police, perhaps He couldn’t be sure: he only knew that it spelled dan ger for himself. And he was more thoroughly determined than ever to put an end to Archer. , . . “Brisbane, as I now see it, had Just placed the strings, which he had used for bolting Archer’s door, in the pocket of his top-coat, when Wrede came silently upon him from behind and thrust the dagger Into his back. He collapsed immediate ly, and Wrede pushed the body, which he thought was Archer’s, en tirely Into the closet and closed the door. He went back to the library; and it was at this time that he prob ably stumbled over the Scottle, which iiad followed him in. He de cided that it was snfest to get rid of her immediately. She may even have harked, or made some sound when he stumbled over her; and he was in no frame of mind at that moment to meet new emergencies logically. He dropped the dagger back Into the vase and picked up the poker. Then he struck the Scot tie over the head,—it was the sim plest and most direct way of deal ing with an unexpected circum stance when there was no time for thought. The presence of the dog was unexpected, incalculable. . . “There can he little doubt tlint the man was in a panic—and with sutticient reason. He did not even switch off the lights in the library. The whole thing was amazing. He went home through the rear door, thinking that he had left Archer's dead body in the coat closet. Then, when Gamble summoned him tb« following morning, he found that Archer was still In hls bedroom, be hind a bolted door! The man must have felt that the whole world had gone Insane. I Imagine he rushed to the hall closet, when Gamble wasn’t looking, to check hls sanity, so to speak; and then he saw the dead body of llrislmne. Some of the truth, at least, must have dawned upon hint. He had killed his friend —hls ally—by accident. What mental torture he must have suf fered 1 And there was also In hls mind the terrible problem of Ar cher’s death. ... I wonder the man stood up so well when we arrived. The cold desperation of the final necessity, I suppose. . . ." Markham moved about the room restlessly. "1 see It all,” he muttered, as If to himself. He stopped and swung round. ‘‘Hut what of Wrede's at tempted murder of Grassl?” “That was logical and In keeping with his character," said Vance. “Miss Lake explained it—intense Jealousy of his lucky rival. Wrede thought tie had successfully pulled the wool over our eyes, and the fact gave him confidence. He knew ex actly where the dagger was; he knew the domestic arrangements of the Coe house; lie had a key to the rear door; and he dnubtleec knew of the broken lock on Grassl's door. He had probably brooded over hts loss of n wealthy bride until he could no longer resist the urge to loilow up his—ns he thought—suc cessful murder of Archer b.v the murder of Grassl. He would thus have won a complete victory over the forces that had temporarily de feated him. His frustrated ego again. And had It not been for Liang’s perspicacity—which Wrede underestimated—and the shift of Grassl’s arm, he.would have suc ceeded.” "But what,” asked Markham, “first gave you the idea that Wrede had committed the murders?” “The Scottie, Markham,” an swered Vance. “After having found she belonged to Higginbottoni, I as certained that he had given her to his Inamorata who lived in the Belle Maison. And once I had followed the Scottie’s trail and knew that she belonged next door, I made a bit of an investigation. I learned from a perfectly honest Irish maid that both Higginbottoni and Ills lady fair—a Miss Delafield—had been having a farewell dinner at the time Coe was murdered. Y’ see, I had thought perhaps that some blond Indy with a Duplaix lipstick had ndniitted the Scottie Into the Coe house earlier In the evening. But although Miss Delafield used Du plaix lipstick and had undoubtedly called on Archer Coe before half past seven, It was not she who had let the Scottie In; for the little dog was In the Delafield apartment aft er nine o’clock that night, and had disappeared some time between then and half-past ten, at which hour the maid instituted a -search for her. Moreover, I learned that the Scottie could have entered the Ooe house only If some one had unlocked the gate between the Belle Maison and the vacant lot next to the Coe residence. And I further learned that there was no way for the Scot tie to escape from the Belle Maison, except Into the rear yard. Only some one who had unlocked the gate and opened the rear door of the Coe residence would have given her the opportunity of entering the house. And Wrede was the only person who could have done this.” The following year Hilda Lake and Grassl were married, and the alliance seems to have been highly successful. Vance became the own er of Miss MacTavish. He had be come attached to her during the days he had nursed her back to health, and the romance (if one may call it that) between Higgin bottom and Doris Delafield ran on the rocks shortly after the lady's return from Europe. After her break with the major she showed little interest in the dog; and Hig ginhottom. In appreciation of some nebulous favor which he considered Vance had done him, made him a present of the bitch. Vance placed her in his kennels, but she did not seem to be happy there; and he finally took her into his apartment. He still has her, and she has been “pensioned” for life. Sometimes I think that Vance would rather part with one of his treasured Oaznnnes than with little Miss MacTavish. [THE END ] The Seeing Eye The seeing eye is important as a first aid to growing knowledge. Children usually have it and some grown people. For example, two people or children may look at the same twig, une will see—u twig. The other will see that strange freak of nature—a walking stick. One will see a criss-cross of branches. The other will see the little nest of « kinglet or the flat tened form of a red squirrel on the tree trunk. Alcohol by Fermentation The bureau of industrial alcohol says tiiat 18 per cent alcohol by vol ume is the highest that can be ob tained by fermentation and this only under most favorable condi tions. The alcohol when it reaches 18 per rent prevents the yeast from producing additional alcohol, or In other words, destroys or kills the yeast. Bacteria Multiply Fast There are bacteria that can mul tiply a million times in ten hours. TRUE GHOST STORIES ■ ■ ■ By Famous People Copyright by Public Ledger, Inc. WNU Service. By GUY KIBBEE Actor. • NE of the most gruesome ei i>erlences I ever had," re lated Guy Kibbee, motion-picture and stage star, “was when I was with the Alpine Stock company, then playing in Vermont "The leading lady, Evelyn Grey, then on her way to fame and suc cess, was very ill. She hnd a very bad case of tuberculosis, yet was so ambitious and enjoyed her work so much that she would uot stop long enough to get well. Many peo ple In the theater are that way; they love their profession unto death. “Every night after the show she would lie down in her dressing room for half an hour or so liefore going home. "On this particular occasion we were playing ‘East Lynne.’ in which she was taking the lead. In the last scene she wore a long white garment. After the show was over we all left for our hotels, except Evelyn, who stayed alone, ns was her wish, for her rest. “We all got up to the hotel, talked for an hour or more, then decided to play a bit of poker. The cards were hack at the theater, and as nctors made little or no money In those days, we went back after them Instead of buying new ones. “We entered the theater and saw a figure In white walking slowly down the aisle. We got a look at her face, and It looked like Evelyn, yet It was too pale and awful to he she. It was way past time for her to have left the thenter. The apparition gave us the Jitters, so we left without the cards. Eve lyn never walked about the thea ter. It all seemed so unreal and ghostly that we went home and to bed. If the figure had been Evelyn, we felt sure she would have spoken to us. “Next morning we were all ready for rehearsal at ten o'clock. Evelyn did not appear. Some one went back to look In her dressing room and found her. She had on the snme white gown, and was lying on her couch In the dressing room dead. She had died duriug the night, j alone." By JANE COWL Actress. urjEAVEN knows we mortals JlI can’t guess the elaborate workings of the subconscious mind, nor of mental telepathy nor of psychic forces!’’ exclaimed Jane Cowl, the brilliant actress. "Every now and then we see an obvious ex ample of their powers, but most of the time we are in complete dark ness about their Intricacies. "When I wns a child. I was early Impressed with an exumple of psy chic warning,” continued Miss Cowl, as she scanned the rows of books of mystery In the book store which she was visiting. “One day, while my Grandmoth er Julia, my mother’s mother, was 111, I visited her. She lay In her great carved walnut bed, an Inva lid, helpless, bedridden. For years she had not been able to move from that bed. Above her was a huge painting In a weighty carved frame, all parts of the massive, ugly deco rative scheme of the day. “Suddenly Grandmother Julia as tonished us by Jumping from her bed and running to the middle of the room. "We asked what was the trouble, the cause for her unexpected act. •My sister called to me. my sister called me!’ she exclaimed. “Just then the weighty picture fell from the wall upon her bed, and Its glass shattered Into hun dreds of pieces. "If grandmother had been In her bed the heavy thing would have doubtless killed her. “It would seem that the spirit of her sister, who was In another city at the time, warned her of her danger, ami sustained her with un expected strength to Jump from her bed. Perhaps not, but It Is plaus ible the spirits of our friends and relatives can visit us In other forms than physical,” concluded Miss Cowl, as she discovered a book on criminology which she wanted to read, and to which she turned her keen attention. Vespucci's First Voyage Americas Vespuclus, also known ns Amerigo Vespucci, Is said to have made Ids first voyage of dis covery In 14117. It is believed that he landed in Honduras and wns thus the first white man to set foot on the mainland of the western continent, lie Is the man who gave Venezuela Its name. The word means “Little Venice." Cars an d Roads The state of California has as many private cars as England and France combined. New York is the only American state which has more cars than California. There are more than a million miles of roads in the United States. Says Poison Best for Mice Control Most Damage During Win ter; Rodents Do Their Work Beneath Surface. By H. R. Niawomrer, Eirtenaion Horticol turijt. North Carotin* State College. WNU Service. Field mice nre an orchard pest that most fruit growers are un aware of until It Is too late to save their trees. Most of the mouse dam age occurs during the winter months In orchards where a heavy sod covers the ground. The mice work Just beneath the surface and nre not noticed unUl the frees begin to die or fall to bud In the spring. At first the damage may be slight, hut eventunlly the mice eat away the bark from the trunk a few Inches below the soil so as to completely girdle the tree. The common meadow mouse mi grates to the orchnrds when their food supply In the open fields be comes scarce. The short-tailed pine mouse Is most destructive, doing worst damage to orchards growing near timbered arena. Orchardlsts are urged to examine the areas around thetr trees, look ing for mice runways nnd Injuries to the trees. If evidence of mice Is found, they can be destroyed by putting out wheat bait which has been poisoned with strychnine. As a supplementary control meas ure, digging up of grass nnd weeds under the trees Is suggested. This hrenks up the tunnels nnd runways nnd causes the mice to seek their food In nreas farther from the trees. Chemists Warn Farmers on Fertilizer Mixtures Chemists of the United States De partment of Agriculture have been making cnrefnl studies of chemical reactions in fertilizer mixtures to be able to warn farmers and manu facturers against undesirable com binations of materials. Some com binations cause loss of plant food while others render plant food un available to crops. Knowledge of such reactions hns become particularly desirnble be cause of the Increasing use of am monium salts ns sources of nitrogen In fertilizers In plnce of more ex pensive nltrntes and organic nm monlnte8. Because these ammonium salts have a greater tendency to cause acidity In soils than the ma terials they have displaced, liming materials are being added to fer tilizers containing these salts to ove' come the acidifying action. When ordinary limestone Is used for this purpose, only a limited quantity can be added; otherwise reaction between It and superphos phate In the fertilizer will render some of the phosphoric acid un available ns plant food. Similarly the use of ordinary limestone in considerable quantity In fertilizer mixtures containing ammonium phosphate Is likely to cause loss of ammonia if superphosphate is not present. But If dolomite, a kind of limestone In which half the lime Is replaced by mngneslum. Is used, neither of these undesirable reac tions take place. The desirability of dolomite as a liming material for mixing with fer tilizers Is enhanced by the fact that It also supplies magnesia to soils some of which are deficient In this plant food. Cause of Heaves Heaves (emphysemn of the lungs) Is caused by overfeeding the horse hay, especially dusty timothy hoy, or threshed clover hay, and work ing It Immediately after a meal when the digestive organs are dis tended, declares a writer In Hoard's Dairyman. Indigestion results and irritates the pneumogastrlc nerve of the stomach and In time the brnnch of that nerve supplying the lungs also becomes affected. The lungs can then no longer perfectly expel air and the abdominal muscles have to be used to help expulsion. That causes the double hellows-llke ac tion of the Hanks, and the gas ex pelled during the coughing spells Is caused by the Indigestion. The disease is Incurable when estab lished. 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In the icy wastes the chance is almost nil of recovering a balloon anil Us precious freight of fentherweight instruments for recording temperature, pressure, moisture and the like at different altitudes. Therefore, the Soviet physicist. Professor Samolovltch, some years ago iuvented apparatus which would make It possible for a sounding balloon to send back to the station from which it was launched wireless messages that tell Just, what conditions it is encounter ing. The system was first used dur ing the polar voyage of the Graf Zeppelin. If the professor has his way, the same principle will be applied in ex ploring the more inaccessible regions of the Arctic. Instead of men trudg ing through snowdrifts, risking their lives among hummocks and killing dogs for food, we would have crew less vessels treading the icy wastes and reporting by radio the state of the wenther. 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