Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1930, Page 43

. By S. S. Van Dine Copyright, 1930, by 8. 8. Van Dink. TALLMENT XXXIX. t Salveter to the Metropolitan to s m out of the house while he, Nnns!'. y pped _ his the omniprese: g bed Mr. Vance” interrupted ) ; slippers morning and | » s ) G R e, e | ksl e e | i : sy mot aad | o st vanee wore wes:| MAY MODIFY DRY LAW | A THREE DAYS' COUGH IS ) I did nob say one word 10 | jyye o trap. The murderer could easily s, wind . tennis shoe Was and T merely wanted W asceriain e have come back at any time before we | {n " inoonsistency. b W h e et e e, % 1hg | Row much Hani knew.” & HELSINGFORS, Finland, November arrived and planted the pin and the re-| . ht tairs, | “But I see the 10 (#)~—The Finnish government is un- aecldea ce e t -ii|port and made the footprints—pro- : Sawna Markha: m. v t have to in Think back ber 1 said | Bidc, “or’ course, Bliss, had footprint m put in. 3 ) ] N looking that opium Salveter's | & bill in the Diet the c Coughe from tolds may léad to 6. inings gu:mmmngt‘;nc”% w’:’et?: o:l:l mpx:izl:u.lnfl squinted ¢ | too, that e Ty Bt o | b com the with Cre . A sel . v o of those heavy or | to ver shoe. “Oh, don’t we, now?” Van now e e I vuson. porphyrmanes was used. His body was | that is, the sergeant did. towstd the han” “Haniroee Sured TURKEY » kham_knew—that “That trap was only & stall?” he|arranged in the position we found it | to the footprints after The Egyp opened the sliding i i heau- on the outward evidence, it would |asked indignantly. d the statue of Sakhmet was then | merely have been that some s ‘|‘ u F F | N G with two-fold action; it soothes and o hoals the inflamed membranes and ine . ulmdhh to convict him.” othing else, sergeant. It was set ped on his skull, obliterating the | had o his °1 say—I'm am nodded thoughtfully. up after the murder, & Give the bisd a chancs to do l:%I'- .fi"‘ growth, dashed p ant Ton’i | ridence of e Ak b i wiairy deceptive attitude, Vb e o Mr. Vance is quite | Salveter (had had an aljbi, he still{ “But suppose” objected Markham, | tracks to involve him. some facts for a Where eorrect. al single remark | could have been guilty, Purthermore, | “you hadn't seen the loose ring on the | Markham nodded. you find the optum tin?" his final best. Season the “ m drugs creosote is Tede of his inconsistent with his belief in |the possibility of Kyle's having been | curtain?” “Yes,” he said; “I'd_have been in- | “Effendi, there is no longer any need égnized b‘ high medical authorities 6. killed by an absent person was snother| “The trap was arranged 8o that we |clined to exonerate him, especially |for disstmulation. You are a man of stuffing and grovy with as one of the greatest agencies point in favor of gm, Why should | Would discover it. If we had over- the discovery of oplum in his | profound wisdom, and I trust you. The for coughs from colds and : = 8 LEA & Nes ocoiiied, ¢ Biisy hive 43 death-trap when he | looked it Bliss would have called our Hn was hidden in Mr. Salvete i i i his ultimate object was or whom he Was | haq every Tamartunty 1 Kii Kyie by | attention to it.” “Ab, that opium! The perfect alibll | “Thanks awfully.” irritations. ~ Creomulsion contains, in te 3 ddition _to creosote, other hi trying to involve. I suspected it was t? ‘The trap was rel; ‘But the fingerprints——" began | What jury would have convicted him | brusque. . - BRIV thagh 1" might have been | orciber acter-cluer D Wes TIEIELY | preath, {n & kind of dase. ater the evidence of the oplum in his | Hani went out and softly closed the C R E either Scarlett or Mani or Mrs. Bliss. | “Byt the 1) used in the # jn-| “They were purposely left on the |coffee? They would have regarded him | door. ing the real victim of plot. kind Salveter used.” . ay morning,” Vance contin: pretended to fall in with the obvious |~ « ‘Markhai reserve. His first explanation was so [in for much severe criticism . . . |“Bliss knew that his wife and Salveter FOR THE COUGH Do 10 uldn't et Bliss thisk that | of 113 Jear Markham! Bliss used,on¢ | simpe ‘and 8o specious—he had moved | And how simple the oplum episodé | would be in the breakiast Toom Slonw, SAUCE FROM COLDS THAT HANG g-mmd o R Ty L0 e, 0 | order to create another clue against By Bt 1 G4 SOkt the trape [, A man SNl Plamming o set for us. I w;nm':dvlncluts’: to p‘}mt ok:her pes against. and perhaps us some workable evldem:e!’e ‘That bégged you to play & walting But the trap did not fool me. having | 100 fortuitous. A murde ‘himselt m‘""“d have taken such & chance. The mun; l l S ® I l m"fi'm?"'fiempfifimy belleved | Siatue might not have fallen exactly on hat even bifore an’ Indictment he or | EY1e3 bead And snother thing & man 4 : . his lawyer could innocence and of Balveter’s guilt. o if he had besn he !ormu.hemArthrifi' almost sure of an acquittal, and would S B pte oF double jeopards, of suiretols | _The torturing pain of arthritis, gout, e e X ; e asoquit . . . No, he was running no | rheumatism, neuritis, need spoll ’ great risk. And remember, too, he was % playing a . Once he hiad been ¥ in body arrested, :‘g‘fi have felt justified in ust be eliminated befc . m’,fl to Salveter as the mur- an tter. . Hence I fought against your arresting him, for it was very thing he wanted. As long as An says, . valuable in Rheumatism and N oy it he was free from suspiciol ly. i no point in his defen nized-this natural and physi ly By 5 { at Salveter's expense. And, in | balanced water is a dependable ald. . 5 : e 'Y volve Salveter, he was forced [But don’t delay—your condition may plant morg evidence, to concoct oth- | quickly be worse. 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Very clever, you knew this—" Heath S rasaanen) JJe00 ROOMS Y WITH 1200 BATHS ©® All rooms are outside. 5 © All rooms have Servidors. ® All rooms have Circulating 2o out his hand lee-Water ou wvg me?” . W o ‘i Heath’ N i ] BoraL Vance's ed and sat down. ot itsel{ was simple,” he con- tinued after a moment. “Bliss phoned Kyle in the presence of every one and made the appointment for 11. He spe- cifically mentioned the new shipment, and that Kyle should come 3 ou sse, l:; hlel ?acl?cd g:'lft,he o murder—and on the whole plot, in fact PPO! INNA. STATION he made the fatal rendegvous. o ‘“" e 4 he dslfberately left the scarab pin 31*ST. & 7% AVE. on study desk. ter killing Kyle the pin and the financial re- Opposite Penna. Station the body. And note, Mark- NEW YORK , that Salveter had access to both . 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