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THE STORY THUS FAR: Spotswoode had gope out with th "Canary". the evening of the dar 'When he left, he asked Jessup, on the switchboard, to call a "Then," 'maid Jessup, "we heard Miss Odell scream. © ran to her door and she called thro it that everything was 'all right." But the next morning she was found strangled. Cleaver, known to be an intimate of the girl, 's ques- tioned but provides an alibi. He men- tions Dr. Lindquist, who ordess Mark- ham out of his house when tha latter questions his as to his whereabouts the evening of the murder. CHAPTER 'XIG. Vance shook his head in a mock discouragement. "Really, y' know, Markham, old thing," he added, "you should study the cranial indications of your fellow men more carefully. Did you, by any chance, note the gentleman's wide reec- tangular forehead, his irregular eye- brows, and pale luminous eyes, and his outstanding ears with their thin upper rims, their pointed tragi and split lobes? . . . A clever devil, this Ambroise--but a moral imbecile. Be- ware of those pseudo-pyriform faces, Markham; leave their Apollonian Greek suggestiveness to misunder- stood women." "I wonder what he really knows?" grumbled Markham irritably, "Oh, he knows something--rest as- sured of that! And if only we knew it, too, we'd be considerably further along in the investigation. Further- more, the information he is hiding is somewhat unpleasantly connected with himself. His euphoria is a bit shaken. He {rightfully overdid the grand manner; his valedict'ry fulmination was the true expression of his feeling toward us." "Yes," agreed Markham. "That question about last night acted like a petard. What prompted you to sug- gest my asking it?" "A number of things--his gratui- tous and obviously mendacious state- ment that he had just read of the murder; shis wholly insincere homily on the sacredness of professional con- fidences; the cautious and Pecksnif- fian confession of his fatherly regard for the girl; his elaborate struggle to yemember when he had last seen her ~this particularly, I think, made me suspicious; and then, the psychopathic indicants of his physiognomy." "Well," admitted Markham,' "the question had its effect, . . . I feel that } shall see this fashionable M.D, again." "You will," iterated Vance. "We #ook him unawares. But when he has had time to ponder the matter and eoncoct an appealin' tale, he'll become downright garrulous. Anyhow, the evening is over, and you can medi- tate on buttcrenps till the morrow." But the evening was not quite over as far as the Odell case was concern- ed. We had been back in the lounge- »oom of the club but a short time when a man walked by the corner in which we sat, and bowed with formal Per Year Sixteen interesting showing datum fox Hot trom + ory The most valual Zr ie' for all the latest ideas on : | Sa and o [E ooo ogmm * MURDER CASE $. $. VAN DINE AUTHOR 5° THE BENSON MURDER CASE Vand mustache were slightly gray-- hers att bo & i then I'd b unable to keep you out : cage." courtesy to Markham. Markham; to my surprise, rose and greeted him, at the same time indicating a chair, "There's something further 1 want- ed to ask you, Mr, Spotswoode," he said, "if you can spare a moment." At the mention of the name I re- garded the man closely, for, I confess, 1 was not a littlo curious about the anonymous escort who had' taken the girl to dinner and the theatre the night before. Spotswoode wa. a typi- cal New England aristocrat, inflexible, slow in his movements, reserved, and | quietly but modishly dressed. His hair which, no doubt, enhanced the pink- ness of his complexion. He was just under six feet tall, and well propor- tioned, but a trifle angular. Markham introduced him to Vance and me, and briefly explained that wed were working with him on the case, and that he had thought it best to take us fully into his confidence. Spotswoode gave him a dubious look, but immediately bowed his ac- ceptance of the decision, "I'm in your hands, Mr. Markham," he replied, in a well-bred Hut some- what high-pitched voice, "and I con- cur, of course, with whatever you think advisable." He turned tv Vance with an apologetic smile. "I'm in a rather unpleasant position, and na- turally feel a little sensitive about it." "I'm something of an antinomian," Vance pleasantly informed him. "At any rate, I'm not a moralist; so my attitude is quite academic." Spotswoode laughed softly. "I wish my family held a similar point of view; but I'm afraid they would not be so tolerant of my foibles," "It's only fair to tell you, Mr. Spotswoode," interposed Markham, "that there is a bare possibilit; 1 may have to call you as a witness." The man looked up quickly, his face clouding over, but he made no com- ment. "The fact is," continued Markham, "we are about to make an arrest, and your testimony may be meeded to establish the time of Miss Odell's re- turn to her apartment, and also to substantiate the fact that there was presumably some one in her roms after you had left. Her screams and calls for help, which you heard, may prove vital evidence in obtaining a convie- tion." Spotswoode seemed rather appalled at the thought of his relations with the girl becoming public, and for sev- eral minutes he sat with averted eyes, "I see your point," he acknow at length. "But it would be a terrible thing for me if the fact of my delin- quencies became known." "That contingency may be entirely avoided," Markham encouraged him. "I promise you that you will not be called upon unless it is absolutely necessary. . . . And now, what I espe- cially wanted to ask you is this: do you happen to know a Doctor Lind- quist who, I understand, was Miss Odell"s personal physician?" Spotswoode was frankly puzzled. "I never heard the name," he answered. "In fact, Miss Odell never mentioned any doctor to me." "And did you ever hear her men- tion the name of Skeel to any ome a3 Tony? = "Never." His answer was eniphatic. Markham lapsed into a disappoint- ed silerce. Spotswoode, too, was sil- ent: Le sat as it in a reve:y. "You Jmow. .Mr. Markham," he said, after several minutes, "I ought to be ashamed to admit it, but the truth is I cared a good deal for the girl. 1 suppose you've kept her apart- ment intact. . .." He hesitated, and a look almost of appeal came into his! eyes. "I'd like to see it again if I could." g 3 Markham ay iz i WY the at - reported ES y (To be continued.) wa » + OF refer ot granted!" "It's a harrowin' situation." Vance "Did you, by any chance, notice the door of the living-rom closet? Was it open or closed?" plement in a national agreement ! hours and wages. To seek to accom-!d was silent for a while; then he asked: | plish one and to ignore the of the plight Spotswoode frowned, as if attempt ing the visualize the picture; but the result was a failure, "I suppose it was closed. 1 probab- ly would have noticed it if it had t open." "Then you eouldn't say if the key was in the lock or mot?" "Good Lord, no! I.don't even know if it ever had a key." The case was discussed for another half-hour; then Spotswoode excused himself and left us. "Funny thing," ruminated Mark- am, "how a man of his upbringing could be = attracted by the empty- headed, butterfly type." "I'd say i% was quite natural," re- turned Vance. . . 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It's unwise, and 's unnecessary. two of Aspirin will relieve a head- ache every HERE HL ih ili! 5 g g : ] For a tablet or \ i rivers. 3 elephants are seldom found in Africa. {Ino year 'of "experi each pelt is worth seventy sh when the demand is good. signs that the Vic i seal-skin was a mark of digr respectability, had been revived. Mod- ern methods of treating the fur have lightened the weight of the sealsk coat. New secrets of the trade have resulted in the production of glossy surface, Sealing is a risky trade. Theihur ers must take the seal herds by prise and kill them before slide off the warm' rocks, wh sun themselves. This means ous small-boat work in the surf or among sharp rocks. Many cutters have been lost on unchartered reefs in these waters, and many a poat's crew drowned. = A royalty on each skin is paid to the government by private sealing ex peditions which have obtained their licenses. The crews are paid by re- sults, and some of the men who form the gangs have earned as much as $2,000 during a season of four months, The poachers fit out in Table Bay and clear for the rich fishing grounds off Luderitzzbucht, where the 'Seal Islands lie. 'With clubs, rifies and even dynamite they butcher scores of seals on the uninhabited islets, land. ing in foggy weather and usually es- caping long before any government vessel reaches the spot. These raiders have often made such valuable hauls that the prices of government seal. skins have suffered. Great care is taken in removing the pelts, for a slip of the knife means a. ruined skin. The pelts are loaded in- to boats and taken out to the ship, with sharks swimming eagerly along- side in the hope of snatching the skins. Once safely on board the skins are salted and stowed away in barrels for shipment overseas. ' + The islands of the seals are queer = ly named. Elephant Island, Quain Rock, Hallam's Bird and Ichaboe are some of them, Less than a century ago they were the resorts of pirates, 'the scene of ghastly fights between rival crews loading guano there. Te > Age-0ld Question Where Do Elephants Go When They Die? The long-standing African mystery. of what happens to dead elephants has received a new explanation at the hand of Sir William Gowers, Govern- or of the British Colony of Uganda, says Dr. H. B. Free, in his Week's Science (New York). This is it: by | d of the I dary idea of . some hidden 'elephant cemetery,' so remote that human beings have never: found it, and to which each dying ele- phant is supposed to make his way to let his bones lie with those of his an- cestors, Sir Willam suggests, in a spe- olal article in the London Times, that the missing bones of all past genera- tions of African elephants may be ly- ing at the bottoms of that continent's agree that dead wild ence Sir Wifiiam has seen but two, Yet at least two