THE MYSTERY GIRL
By ( AIOLTR WIUI. (0^0^!, 1M*.)
(torn In lied from Vmerrtay.)
I must say it could be possible.
Alsrsh replied, his eyes alternately
on the penholder and on the dead
men. "yes. it Is exactly the size."
"And it is strong enough and sharp
enough, and it is round," summed up
Morton. "Now. Mr. Lockwood. 1
make no accusation. I'm no novice,
and I know there's a possibility that
this might ha\e beeft the weapon
used, and yet It might not have been
used by you. But I will say that I
have much to say to you yet. and I
advise you not to try to leave town.”
“I've no intention of leaving
town or of trying to do so." Ixxk
wgod asserted, "but.” lie went on.
would you mind telling nje, if I
killed the man I was devoted to. how
I left the room locked behind me'.’"
"These locked rooms bore me," said
Morton. “I've read lots of detective
stories founded on that plot. Invari
ably the locked room proves to be
vulnerable at some point. I haven't
llnished examining the doors and ■
windows ns yet.”
"Proceed with your examinations,
then." said Lockwood; "if you can
find a secret or concealed entrance
it's more than I can do."
"More than you will do, perhaps,
but not necessarily more than you
can do."
"Don't forget that vanished Japa
nese." prompted Marsh. "I've small
faith in orientals, and if there is n
way to get in and out secretly. I’d
oucstlon the Jap before I would Air
Lock wood here."
"So should I," declared the impas
Rive secretary himself. "And an-'
other thing don't forget, Morton,
after the private secretary, the next
person to be suspected is the butler
—'that is in fiction, which I gather
you take as your manual of pro
cedure."
Lockwood's sarcasm drove Morton
frantic, but he was too wise to show
his annoyance.
"I shall neglect no possible sus
peot." be said, with dignity.
And then two men came from the
police, who said they were photog
raphers and desired to take some
pictures, at the chief's orders.
Lockwood left them and went to
the living room, where the house
hold and a few neighbors were as
sembled.
"I'm glad to get out of that detec
tive atmosphere," he said, relaxing in
an easy chair. "It's had enough to
have the man dead, without seeing
and hearing those cold-blooded police
bungling over their ‘clues' and 'evi
dences'. "
"Tell me a little of the circum
stances.” asked Mrs. Bates, who was
present. "I can bear it from you,
Gordon, and I must know."
"Apparently. Dr. Waring was sit
ting at his desk, rending,” Lockwood
began, with a faraway look, as if
trying to reconstruct the scene. "He
must have been reading Martial—for
the volume was open on the desk—
and the pages were bloodstained.'*
Mrs. Bates gave a little cry, and
shuddered, but I.ockwood went un
movably oh.
"There were other books about,
I some open, some closed, but Martial
was nearest his hand—quite as if he
were reading up to the last moment."
"When the murderer came!" Mrs.
Bates breathed softly, her eyes wide
with horror.
"It couldn't have been murder."
Lockwood said, in a positive way,
"you see. Mrs. Rates, it just couldn't
have been. That Morton detective is
trying to trump tip a way the as
sassin could have entered that locked
room—but he can't find any way. I
know he can't, bo it must have been
suicide. Much as we dislike to-ad
tnit it. it is the only possible theory."
"But they say there wa# robbery."
Mrs. Peyton put In. "The ru®g >pin
Is- gone and the money from the
drawer.”
"But, perhaps." Gordon said, "they
were taken by a robber who did not
also murder his victim. Nogi,
now-"
"Of course!',’ cried Helen Peyton,
quickly; "X see it! 1 never could
abide Nogi, with his stealthy ways.
He stole the things, and then he ran
sway, and later Dr. Waring killed
lilroself.'"
"Because of the robbery!" ex
claimed Emily Bates.
"Oh. no!" Lockwood returned.
"Certainly not for that- Indeed, the
motive in the greatest mystery of all.
We could perhaps imagine a motive
for murder—whether it was robbery
or some brute of 'the other faction'
or some old enemy of whom we know
nothing. But for suicide, though I
am sure it was that. I can think of
no motive whatever.”
"Nor I.” said Mrs. Bates. "I knew
him better than any of you, and I
know—I know for a certainty that
he was a happy man. That he
looked forward eagerly to his mar
riage with me, that he was happy
in the thought of his presidency—
that he hadn't a real trouble in the
world.”
"The other faction," began Mrs.
Peyton.
“No,” said Mrs. Bates, firmly. "He
knew lie was doing his duty, uphold
ing the principles and tradition of
his college, and the other faction did
not worry him. lie was too big
minded, too broad-visioned to allow
that to trouble him."
"I think you're quite right, Mrs.
Bates." Lockwood agreed; "but
granting it was suiaide, what do you
think was the cause?"
"That's just it," she declared. "I
don't think It was suicide; I know it
couldn't have been. He was too
happy, too good, too fine, to do sucli
a thing, even if he had had a reason.
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! And. then, what did he do it with?”
■'Morton imagines a secret en
trance of some sort,” said Lockwood,
j “If there is one. the robber could
j have come in afterward and could
have carried off the weapon-”
■'Hush, Gordon,” said Mrs. Hates,
sternly. "That'H too absurd. If it
had been suicide—which it wasn't—
why under heaven would a burglar
coming in later take away the
weapon?”
"To save himself.” said Lockwood,
| shortly. "So ho wouldn’t he sun
ported of tho greater crime. '.
| ‘'Nonsense!” said Mrs. Peyton,
: irately; "I never heard Filch rubbish!
And, in the first place, there’s no se
cret eplranco to the study. I haven't
swept and dusted and vacuum
cleaned that place all these years
without knowing that! Yes, and had
the room redecorated and retloored,
and—oh, I know every inch of it!
There’s no possible disnce of a se
cret entrance. Who built it and
when anil why? Not Dr. Waring.
His life's always been an open book.
Never has he had any secret er
rands, any callers whom I didn't
know, any matters on which he was
silent Or uncommunicative. tJntll
his engagement to Mrs. Bates, he
hadn’t a ripple in his quiet life, and
that he told me about as soon as it
occurred.”
Mrs. Peyton looked squarely at Dr.
Warlng’s fiancee, as if to imply a
complete knowledge of tho courtship.
«s well as an intimate knowledge of
the doctor's life.
"That's true,” Lockwood said. 'Tic
was a man without secrets. He was
alwayV willing I should open his
mail, and there was never a letter
that I did not know about.”
Yet even as he spoke, the man re
membered the crumpled paper he
had taken from the wastebasket and
he felt in his pocket, though he made
no sign.
Footprints in I he Snow.
“Oh, people, is my aunt here?”
It was Pinky Payne, who, all ex
citeroent, came running in.
‘ I've just heard, and 1 want to
see Aunt Emily.”
''Hare I am. dear. Como here, m.v
hoy,” and she drew him down beside
her on the sofa.
‘ What do they say. Pinky? W Htit's
the talk in town?" Lockwood naked.
"Oh. the place Is in a turmoil.
There are the wildest reports. Some
say it’s a—a—that he killed himself.
you know, and some say—he didn't.
Which was it?”
The toy's lipn quivered as he
looked about at the silent people.
"Tell him, Gordon,” begged Mrs.
Bates, and Lockwood told the princi
pal details of the mystery.
"Never a suicide! Never!" Pinck
ney Payne declared. “I knew Doc
Waring too well for that. Buk-ide
means a coward—and he was never
that! No, Aunt Emily, it was mur
der. Oh. how terrible,” and the boy
almost lost control of liiniself. "You
were at the bottom of it, nuntie,
I’m sure it was either one of these
men you refused when you took up
with Doc Waring.”
“Why, Pinckney! How dreadful of
you! Don't say such a thing!”
"But 1 know It. If you'd heard
Jim Haskell and Philip Leonard talk
— I felt sure they meant to kill Dr.
Waring.”
"Pinky, I forbid you-”
. "But it s true, auntie. And if it’s
true, you want them shown up, don't
you. whichever one It was?"
"Hush, Pinky—hush!”
"Yes, shut up. Pink.” Lockwood
spoke sternly. "What you suggest is
highly improbable, but even if there's
suspicion of such a thing, don’t bab
We about it. That's the detective's
work."
"Yes—and who's your detective?
Old blind as-a-bat Morton. I'll bet,
who can't see a hole through a lad
der! I’ll show him now-"
“Pinky, I beg of you. hush." said
his aunt, losing her self-control.
"There, auntie, dear, don't cry. I
didn't mean to worry you. but some
thing must be done——"
"Something will be done. Pinky."
Lockwood assured him. "But I tell
you right now, If you try to stick
your Inexperienced linger in this pie
you'll make trouble for us all—from
your aunt down. Now. behave your
self. Try to be a man. not a foolish
boy.”
"That's what I’m doing! And I
don’t propose to lie down on the job,
either. I tell you. Gordon,- I know d
lot about'detective work-"
"Cut it out. Pink," said Helen, and
her words seemed to have an effect
on the irrepressible youth. "To read
detective stories is one tiling—10
solve a real, live mystery is quite an
other."
"That's fight, Helen.” and Lock- j
wood nodded approval. “Many a per- -
son thinks be lias a bit of detective I
instinct, when all ho lias is curiosity i
and imagination.”
Helen, pleased tit tills appreciation,
went on to lay -down- tile law for
Pinckney Payne.
She was interrupted by tlie en |
trance of Morton, who wanted to ,
learn more of the departed Japanese,
Nogi.
"What other servants are there?" '
lie asked Mrs. Peyton.
"Only the two Japanese," she rr»
plied. "They do all tho cooking and
serving at table: all the cleaning of
the house: and the rest, my daughter
and myself attend to."
"There is a chauffeur?"
“Yes, but the garage is a few
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