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< § ¢ THE STORY THUS FAR Margaret Odell is found strangled in her apartment, Skeel's fin _ prints are found on the scene, but * Vance believes Skeel had been hiding in a clothes closet while the girl was murdered. Mannix, Dr. Lindquist and Cleaver all lie about their where- abouts the night of the murder. Spots- woode, who had been calling on the girl, had rushed back to her door at the sound of her scream but had been reassured that everything was all right. Skeel telephones that he will tell who committed the murder. He fails to ..ppear, and the next day he is found strangled, evidently by the same person who had killed the "Canary." CHAPTER XLIL Nine ~'clock the next morning found Vance at the district attorney's office. He had brought several newspapers with him, and was reading, with much amuscment, the first complete ac- counts of Skeel's murder. Monday was gencrally a busy day for Mark- ham, and he had arrived at the office before half past eight in an effort to clean up some pressing routine matters before proceeding with his in- vestigation of the Od:-ll case. Heath, I knew, was to come for a conference at ten o'clock, In the mean- time there was nothing for Vance to do but read the newspapers; and I oc- cupied myself in like manner. Punctually at ten Heath arrived, and from his manner it was plain that something had happened to cheer him immeacurably. He was almost jaunty, and his formal self-satisfied salutation to Vance was like that of a conqueror to a vanquished adversary. He shook hands with Markham with more than his customary punctuality. "Our troubles are over, sir," he said, and paused to light his cigar. "I've arrested Jessup." It was Vance who broke the dra- matic silence following this astound- ing announcement. "In the name of heaven--what for?" Heath turned wise abashed by the other's tone. "For the murder of Margaret Odell ard. Tony Skeel." "Oh, my aunt. Lifelike good golf--is made up of many little things each one of which helps the score. | Better digestion--steadier nerves--clearer , are factors that count and are gained from the use of Wrigley's. (/ leliberately, in no Oh, my precious aunt!" Vance sat up and stared:at him in Bmazement, "Sweet angels of heaven, come down and solace me!" Heath's complacency was unshaken. "You won't need no angels or aunts either, when you hear what I've found. out about' this fellow. I've got him tied up in a sack, ready to hand to the jury." The first wave of Markham's aston- ishment had subsided. "Let's have the story, Sergeant." Heath settled himself in a chair. He took a few moments to arrange his thoughts. "It's like this, sir. Yesterday after- noon I got to thinking, Here was Skeel murdered, same like Odell, after he'd promised to squeal; and it cer- tainly looked as though the same guy had strangled both of em. Therefore, I concluded that there musta been two guys in the apartment Monday night --the ude and the murderer--just like Mr. Vance has been saying all along. "Then I figured that they knew cach other pretty well, because not only did the other fellow know where the Dude lived, but he musta been wise to the fact that the Dude was going to squeal yesterday. "It looked to me, sir, like they pulled the Odell job together--which is why the Dude didn't squeal in the first place. But after the other fellow lost his nerve and threw the jewelry away, Skeel thought he'd play safe by turn. ing state's evidence, so he phoned you." The serzeant smoked a moment. "I never put much stock in Man- nix, Cleaver and doc. They wer:n't the kind to do a job like that, and 'hey certainly weren't the kind that would be mixed up with a jailbird like Skeel "So I stood all three of 'em to one side, and began looking round fo: a bad egg--somebody who'd have been likely to be Sikeel's accomplice. But first I tried to figure out what you might call the physical obstacles in the case--that is, the snags we were up against in our reconstruction of the crime." Again he paused. ing us most is that side door. How did it get unbolted after six o'clock? Who bolbed it again after the crime? Skeel musta come in by it before eleven, because he was in the apart- ment when Spotswoode "and Odell re- turned from the theatre; and he prob- ably went out by it after Cleaver had come to the apartment at about mid- night. "But that wasn't explaining how it got holted again on the inside, Well, sir, 1 studied over this for a long time yesterday, and then I went up to the house and took another look'at the door. Young Spively was running the switchboard, and I asked him where Jessup was, for I wanted to ask him some questions. And Spively told me he'd quit his job the day before-- Saturday afternoon!" Heath waited to let this fact sink in. "I was on my way downtown before the idea came to me. Then it hit me sudden-like; and the whole case broke wide open. Mr, Markham, nobody but Jessup coulda opened that side door and locked it again--nobody. Figure it out for yourself, sir--though I guess you've pretty well done it already. Skeel couldn't've done it. And there wasn't nobody else to do it." Markham had become interested, ard leaned forward. "After this idea had hit me," Heath continued, "I decided to take a chance; so I got outa the Subway at the Penn Station, and phoned Spively for Jes- sup's address. "Then I got my first good news: Jessup lived on Second avenue, right around the corner from Skeel! T pick- ed a coupla men from the local station and went to his house. We found him packing up his things, getting ready {to go to Detroit. We locked him up, | land I took his finger prints and sent 'em to Dubois. I thought I might get a line on him that way, because ¢ don't generally begin with a job as big as the Canary prowl." Heath permitted himself a grin of lives round the corner. "Now, the thing that's been bother- 3 sup has A time for : ag ized up in a bank (: 'was a He's got no alibi for Saturday \ 1 was killed, and he He quit his job suddenly Saturday afternoon. "He's husky and strong and could easily have done the business. He ho Jlapning his getaway when we him. And--he's the only person who could've unbolted and rebolted that side door Monday might. . . . Is that a case, or ain't it, Mr. Mark- ham?" ods Markham sat several minutes in thought. =. = "It's & case as far as it goes," he said slowly. "But what was his motive in strangling 'he girl?" "That's easy. Mr, Vance here sug- gested it the first day. You remember he asked Jessup about his feelings for Odell; and Jessup turned red and got nervous." "Oh, lord!" exclaimed Vance. "Am I to be'made responsible for any part of this priceless lunacy? . . . True, I ' pried into the chap's emotions toward the lady; but that was before any- thing had come to light. I was bein' careful--tryin' to test each possibility as it arose." "Well, that was a lucky question of yours, just the same." Heath turned back to Markham. "Ag I see it: Jessup was stuck on Odell, and she told him to trot along and sell his papers. He got all work- ed np over it, sitting there night after night, seeing these other guys calling on her. "Then "Skeel comes along, and, rec- ognizing him, suggests burglarizing Odell's apartment, Skeel can't do the job without help, for he has to pass the phone operator coming and going; and as he's been there before, he'd be recognized. "Jessup sees a chance of getting even with Odell and putting the blame on some one else; so the two of 'em cook up the job for Monday night. When Odell goes out Jessup unlocks the side door, and the Dude lets him- self into the apartment with his own key. Then Odell and Spotswoode ar- rive unexpectedly. "Skeel hides in the closet, and after Spotswoode has gone, he accidentally makes a noise, and Odell screams, He steps out, and when she sees who he is, she tells Spotswoode it's a mistake. "Jessup now knows Skeel has been discovered and decides to make use of the fact. Soon after Spotswoode has gone, he enters the apartment with a pass-key. Skeel, thinking it's some- body else, hides again in the closet; and then Jessup grabs the gir! and strangles her, intending to let Skeel get the credit for it. But Skeel comes out of hiding and they talk it over. Finally they come to an agreement, and proceed with their original plan to loot the place. "Jessup tries to open the jewel-case with the poker, and Skeel finishes the job with his chisel. They then go out. Skeel leaves by the side door and Jes- up rebolts it. The next day Skeel hands the swag to Jessup to keep till things blow over; and Jessup gets scared and throws it away. Then they have a row. Skeel decides to tell everything, so he can get out from under; and Jessup, suspecting he's going to do it, goes round to his house Saturday night and strangles him like he did Odell." "Clever--deuced clever," murmured Vance. "Sergeant, I apologize for my little outburst a moment ago. Your logic is irreproachable. You've recon- structed the crime beautifully. You've solved the case. . . . It's wonderful-- simply wonderful. But it's wrong." It's right enough to send Mr. Jes- sup to the chair." "That's the terrible thing about logic," said Vance. "It so often leads one irrestistibly to a false conclusion." He stood up and walked across thé room and back, his hands in his coat- pockets. When he came abreast of Heath he halted. * "I say, Sergeant; if somebody else could have unlocked that side door, and then rebolted it again after the crime, you'd 'be willing to admit that it would weaken your case against Jessup--eh, what?" Heath was in a generous mood. "Sure. Show me some one else who coulda done that, and I'll admit that maybe I'm wrong." "Skeel could have dong it, Sergeant. And he did do it--without any one knowing it." (To be continued.) el ieee When tillage begins, other arts fol- founders of human Daniel Webster. emmntmim Use Minard's in the Stable. fellow prisoner | low. The farmers, therefore, are the clvilizationi-- first-aiders. been in grave danger. found on many highways carrying on their big 1930 cons! They undergo a. thorough training in that useful parts of the province has saved the lives of many who, without skilled Initial attention to injuries, would have Over 2,300 Bell in 1029. Sixty-three per cent of the 7,500 male workers are qualified First Alders. ! en and women » Getting Ready For 1930 Accidents ) The tide of motor trafic will soon be swelling with the coming of summer. 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