Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1930, Page 24

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He had not moved trum front of the mummy cases and was ‘pretending to be interested in their crudely colored hkrollyphlu Every since the " murder case, when Tony Skeel had failed to keep his nmtnt- ment in the district attorney’s office, he had, for all his protests, believed in tic: and h king his cigar from his mouth, he Ee‘nl 'ovef one of the fallen mummy cases and lifted out a slender me object. “That's a hell of a place to keep an automobile jack,” he observed. (His interest in the jack was obviously the result of an unconscious numpt to dis- tract n)u thoughas from the tense sit- uation. threw the jack back into.the case l;lufll down on the base of Kha~ef- ga statue. Neither Vance nor Mark- ham had apparently paid the mhust nmntlon to his frrelevant ducov Vance continued pacing roun " the museum. For the first time since our arrival at the house he took out a ciga- | h rette and lighted it. “Every line of reasoning leads !ure, Markham.” He spoke in & low, less tone. “There was no necessity Ior the evidence to have been taken away. In the first place, it would have been too hazardous: and, in lhe second place, we were not suj hlve su-pecbed anything for a day ul‘ H.Ll ‘voice faltered and his body went taut, He wheeled toward Heath. “An automobile jack!” A dynamic change had come over hlm lunt' I wonder . . . I wonder. He hurried toward the black sar- cophagus beneath the front windows, and scrutinized it anxiously. “Too high,” he murmured. “Three feet from the floor! It couldn’t have been done. . . . But it had to be done—somehow. . . . looked about him. “That taboret!” He pointed to a small solid oak stand, about 20 inches high, inst the wall near the Asiatic wooden statue. “It was not there last night; it was beside the desk-table by the obe- lisk—Scarlett was using it.” As he xpoke he went to the taboret. . . hcefl uw stand mmu the head ot f “Quick, sergeant! uf came within an inch of the underdde ox the -reopm- g\u 1id where it extended a few inches the end elevation between the two pmjecnn‘ Hon-legged supports at the We had gathered about Vance in tense silence, not knowing what to ex- mt feeling that we were on the ld of some revelation. which Heath socket, and moved it car down. The jack worked perfectly. At each downward thrust of the lever there was a metallic click as the detent sure and order carefully-sized fuel. Look for the Agnew Markers scattered throughout every ton of AGNEW SUPERIOR HARD' * COAL — then you will know you are getting the genuine. . | using both etal | the granite. “Oh, my | jack nmmmto ‘.hn groove of the rack. Inch the ponderous gran- ite M—'hkh hed close to a ton— H th suddenly stepped back in alarm. “Aln’t you afraid, Mr. Vance, that thslld’llll.lfl'oflv.heotherenflol'-he mflln? Y No, sergeant,” Vance assured him. ‘'The friction alone of so heavy a mass wou.ld hold it at a much greater angle than this jack could tilt it.” head of the cover was now eight inehel in the clear, and Vance was hands on the lever. He had to work with great care lest the jack slip from the smooth undersurface of Nine inches . . . ten inches . . . eleven . twelve . .. The rack had llmnot Teached its limit of elevation. With one final thrust down- ward, Vance released the lever and wmd the solidity of the extended jack. “It's ul;. ‘: think . ready taken out his pocket light lnd flashed it into the and simultaneously with the flare of his lizhl I saw the horrifying thing that ad made him call out. In the end of the hagus was a dark, huddled human body, the back hunched lln'll'd and the legs hideously cram some one had hastil: lhoved it t-hrouzh the aperture, head Markham stood bendlng forward like & person paralyzed in the midst of an action. Vance's quiet but insistent voice broke the tension of our horror. “Hold your light steady, ant. And you, Markham, lend me md But be careful. Don't touch the With great caution they reached into the sarcophagus and turned the body until the head was toward the widest point of the opening. A chill ran up my spine as I watched them, for I knew that the slightest jar, or the merest touch on the jack, would bring the massive granite lid down upon them. Heath, too, realized this—I could see the glistening beads of sweat on his forehead as he watched the dangerous operation with fearful eyes. Slowly the body emerged through the ning, and 'zk‘\e'_rl\”me feet had light went went out, and Heath sprawled back on his haunches with a convulsive | “Helll T musta stumbled, Mr. Vance,” he muttered. (I liked Lhe sergeant even more after that episode. stood looklnl down at the inert body ‘h upefaction. M"Bflrbfl.l" e exch!med in a volce Vance n-nrely nodnefl. and bent over the pmsmw nnn Scarlett's face was to insufficient oxygena- oltheblood his eyes were set in lflxedbll!(lnlmu. mdmmmn crust formation of blood at his nostrils. he turned oxcfledl! to Heat! C O A L — SPECIAL NIGHT PHONES For Delivery Tomorrow Phone Us Tonight Nat’l 3068 —To 11 P.M.—Met. 4500 . DONT Be Mislead By this unseasonable, warm weather. 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Hall's coughs. fender’s ear: “Go to the nearest drug store and get a bottle of Al The First Sln 4 " of « COUGH This time-tried remedy has re- for uarter of a cen- xpectorlm gen- tly soothes the irritated mem- branes of the bronchial tract and qulckly stops dangerous Promptly and Safely Stops COUGHS dus to COLDS ambulance, mtl Rurry! mm‘uunum Heath dashed " _Vance's e!ll lvised him to He, too, knew ‘You re- { | member Rider Haggard's ‘dedication of ‘Allan Quartermain’ to his son, wherein helpoho(mhl‘hatnnkw'hhh oneunm—fihemulhfl He thought he mkm end the t Markham was stunned and punled b take some wsort of " Vance was deeply eon- ‘We're helpless . heiroglyphic. lettert” Maybe. its B eirog] e somewhere. ‘Tonight was tha time; but Scnm came unexpectedly. I wonder if he knew about that, too Vane eyes drifted thc\l[hliu“y “into space, and for several moments he stood rigid. Then he suddenly went to the u.rmpnuu. and, striking a match, looked insid “Nothing.” Ther. was dire potnunenr. in his tor should be here ened up. “Porlu + o yes! too, would be I . lfle' knelt dn:nbeze!lde the L:?wn!; scioud man an an gol oug! his pockets: Scarlett’s cfllu:‘wu but- toned, and it was not until Vance had reached into ‘the inner breast that his search was rewarded. He drew out a crumpled sheet of yellow scratch paper kind on which Salveter’ mr:ue had been ‘written, one ‘h.nee at it ruet }t o i own pocl l|ed down “I'told 'em it take?” Vance as] “Not more’n 10 minutes. I called headquarters, and they'll relay it to the local station. They generally pick up the cop on the bea it that don't delay things. Tl walt here at the door for 'em. “Just & moment.” Vance wrote something on the back of an envelope and handed it up to Heath. “Call vg;mrn Union and get this telegram off Heath took the message, read it, lv.lll'ilil.ltled softly and went out into the all, “I'm wiring Salveter at New Haven to leave the train at New London and return to New York” Vance ex- plained to Markham. “He'll be to catch the Night Express at New mndon and will get here early tomor- orning.” Mu‘thlm looked at him shrewdly. \Free Pnrldng- E Street - Bet. 6th and 7th faced ywu:'m:nurlou: w, bowed to ll.ll‘kl'llm and knelt beside Sfiflm After superficial examination h-ckmed to the driver. “Go easy with his head.” ‘The “How bad is he, doctor?" lnrnum asked anxiously. “Pretty bad, llr ‘The Inume shook his head pom) rmul “A messy fracture at the base of the skull. omm-sm- breathing. If he lives he's luckier than I'll ever be.” And with a shrug he followed the stretcher out of the house. “I'll phone the hospital later,” Mark- ham saild to Vance. iraged . “Tonight's episode was isolated.” He went to the sarcophagus and reversed the jack. Slowly the lid descended to its original position. ’b‘lb dangerous, don’t y* know, to leave M-rkh-m stood by, frowning. “Vance, what paper was that you found in Scarlett’s pocket?” (To be continued.) PN BB VR SRS R Considerable damage was done to the historical Henry VIII gateway at Wind- sor Castle when a truck laden with old lead ran down a steep slope and crashed into the stonework. MOTOR OlL. Gives a thousand trouble-free miles when you fill the crank case with “Autocrat.” That is JAIL OPERA CONDUCTOR FOR ALIMONY SHORTAGE Federal Wife Charges Former New York Ieader Owes $1,900 Since ‘Divorce. 'Last April. By the Associated Press. 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