The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 15, 1922, Page 14

a tragedy. By Isabel Ostrander ACopyricdt, 1 IRTHAT’S the real dope, chief?" Captain Hoey, of the homicide asked, as he and his superior d in a swift little runabout the read toward Hollywood, that Fowler was the theatrical 4 of his day, and this new play was about to produce has been as his crowning triumph, but did he come from?” “That's a nice little lead, Hoey, but won't get you anywhere,” the chief dryly. “It happens that it 15 years ago John Evans Fow- was Jordan Everett Foster, with @ family and a swell social position. dug up his picture from the at the time of his disappearance. It had me going until I got in touch "Frisco and learned that his ly and former associates had ‘wise to his change of name for ple of years, and had iet him ‘There's no mystery there, no of enmity or financial ‘no woman ‘n the case." DIPPY HIM first time such a story has been done by a| } famous American author so soon after such} this morning, sent out broad: e | footstep reached his ears and .| drive me mad! "t| te proud of me in his new produc-! d up in her career, Pierette ber way with no favors, and Winnie Willis has announced engagement to that young mil- the party?” line.” Beach, a fellow who on Fowler for months and up, he swore out a warrant him.” DIDN'T PROBE? didn’t Mrs. Maxwell start an Hoey was discreetly non- of the motor cars,” responded superior, adding, “Here we are.” | The announcement was superfiu- as he pulled up to the space had been kept clear for him &@ pretty, low-roofed bunga- gnuggied between two more lentious ones in the heart of the iy, for @ milling crowd of men women were surging about it @ score or more of cars were Parked along the boulevard. “Get the furs and the diamonds! Hoey remarked in an undertone. “Looks like a society crush.” “Well, it ain't,” his companion re- torted. \ the movie world, tho, Come on.” e ‘The front door at the left of the | Veranda opehed as they elbowed | Atbeir way thru the crowd and a dis tinguished looking man with iron gray hair appeared on the threshold. Captain Hoey whistled softly. “That's Paul Benedict, the trac + tion king! What is he doing here?” “Backing the new film; his first @heatrical venture, 1 understand.” The chief added as they mounted the steps: “Glad you received my Message, Mr. Benedict. This is a Mighty bad business.” “It is horrible, almost unbellev. able!’ the magnate replied in a low, @hocked tone, “Young Brooks has Been waiting with me in the dining Foom; in accordance with your or. ders we have not entered the study Where poor Fowler was killed and the three ladies of the company who @ined here last night are upstairs, I belteve.” “All right, Mr. Benedict. Wel Join you and Mr, Brooks shortly.” “Go in and have a Hoey.” OPENS DOOR AND ENTERS He handed the other a key, mo. Yioning toward a door at the right, and the detective entered, A chair hhad been overturned, a sinister stain dotted the rug between it and the desk and just at His feet the rug itself had been doubled back. A ehimmer of white showed beneath it and Hoey stopped for a moment be fore advancing into the room. Some 29 minutes later he emerged and Quietly letting himself out by the look around, Reentering the house once more he ame upon a negro man-servant who Started violently “You are Hiram ‘Timmons, ut preamble “Yasauh, an’ cook, too, He lives: I mean, he lived—real simple out here ceptin’ when he gave a dinner Asst night and then the caterers ‘The chief turned to his subordinate. | front door he skirted the house, ex-; emining the ground with each ntep.! Mr.) Fowler's valet?" he demanded with. | forged his name to a couple of | anything of a sentimental nature be | YU Grepped half of one of your ms. Fowler forgave the first tween them. but when the second check | return to her home? Beach's arrest. Looks like an{culine voice sounded from telow and | of the tion when she heard the|!*d tragedy bade him was the backfire of |* Couch. “They're the top-notchers of | ne in and T thought Isabel Ostrander, the world-famed author | | someone cise cat of detective stories, has written especially [ Former Fiancee oh etry od va per ge re ‘ for The Star a novelet based on the Taylor Ji could bee only the fect of the in movie murder, in which she uses her de- |truder, bat they were net, Fow ler tective ability to work out in fiction her and without a word the shot wa “solution” of the mystery! | fired and he fell, The—the other This story was written by Isabel Ostrander | jose val yer Mg! be ee after careful study of all reports of develop-| courage enough to go, t ments in the Taylor investigation, It is the ae a by gee sll ah 4 did not even hwe a revolver with me ODD COINCIDENCE | IS MENTIONED | | Is Isabel Ostrander’s solution right? Has BRITS Tir gh ore rerapp egies . ppt our name and that of the man| uthor 0 ¢ Law, e who watched outside should have} the author of “The Primal L The} Clue in the Air,” “The Step on the Stairs” commen d — the ~— a ry and other mystery stories, worked out the| cong er opener 2 csaygyod correct answer? Watch and see! latter, “Be careful, Mr, Renedlc ‘| stim ef that when you put that handker come, but I done got ‘me all out befo' | chief back in your pocket it ren nm | by The Seattle Stary |X Went home myself.” | there and does not fall to the} “The guests had all gone, too? | j floor as another one did last nights) | Hoey persisted. “Tell me the order} another with an initial identical! jin which they left. Who went first?" | with that on the handkerchief you | “The two gentlemen, «ub. ‘Then jare holding now?" wy | Mix’ Reverre and then little Mis'| As he spoke he whipped from Willis, Po’ Mistuh Fowler was just escortin’ the last one, Mis’ Howard, | to her cyar when I started for home }aftuh puttin’ the study to rights,” “Did you see anyone outside? FA ; i |hia own pocket the square of white Neva Gerber, movie actress,| iinen which he had plieked up gael has told Los Angeles officials|vencath the edge of the rug | that she was once engaged to|\» study and the chief lunged marry Wm. D. Taylor and|orwart with a hoarme cry of warn in “Noosuh, nobody but Mr. Oren jing as the financier reeled Beach, who used to visit Mr.| hat he gave her many pres-| jocovering himself, he extended | | Fowler?’ ents, among them three auto-| nw pands avith a slight smile and! “Then you know him?” }mobiles, Their engagement | disclosed tn the folds of the hand-| “Reckon I does.” Hiram's tone! kerchlef which he himself held a| / : |was broken by mutual agree- . prneers Red. AF |was scathing. “Spent mos’ of my 2 tw y 9 \tiny, gleaming instrument like a] jtime pickin’ up his clgaret butts all | ment two years ago. miniature hypodermic needle j orgh the place! ——__—____—__—__———_ in one wae not empty, you! “Then you ought to know what neo,” he remarked quietly. ; 4 tloner that she had looked upon Mr. no remarked quietly, “I came wore he aan Hoey laughed | powier as the master who had re| Prepared and when you entered the} nang | vealed her genius to the world when |feom Just now I knew from your} “Done roll his own, Jn brown Paper!’ The cook-valet sniffed and then cocked an anxious ear upward. “Spec’ one of the ladies havin’ hysteriest* An unmistakable soud of fem!- nine weeping had drifted down to them and in another moment Hoey had sprung lightly up the stairs and knocked upon the door from behind |which it came. A soft, reluctant | vapid face upon which an expression | — the lot, stunned horror waa stamped, | Courne; you deduced that from] Gale Update Aoeevenn 4 dunce oot (aelcn eraeke vanes’ doen Fowler, |the angle at which the bullet was tle blonde with teardrenched eyes. poor chap, very well, but he admired "Ped. 1 do not regret.” His voice Silane wo him immensely, No, he had not been {had weakened all at ones and he poagee eo invited to the dinner, but had spent | fl biteaty for & chair Into which x » ening at the club, aa the door. | the chief assisted hy BRB on Rae me go homer she ie ane ea ts oe taal -Atiée @ maeneeat Habediel went on E ful place will riends could testify | “tam going now, I think, It | _ ‘In just a minute, Mine Wittis,”| “And you, Mr. Renedict? You| wan Mis thet we should have |Hoey replied gently. “You dined | ‘id not dine here, either™ Hoey) Tome nm nt to be one fhere last night, Did Mr. Fowler en-|turned to the trection king. | threer* : : cort you to your car?” “No. I remained in my own) “Yes. The-—the very last thing he | rooms as my man will tell you.” | suid to mo was that he was going to|Menedict replied, taking a handker chief from his pocket and rubbing tion! Ob, I can’t bear to talk about |\t nervously between his hands as| it! He—he was almost like a father) he spoke. “I had some important! to mem |papers to look over—r j She broke Into tumultons sobbing) “Very good, sir. Chief, Mm, Max once more and the detective could | wel! and the other witness were get nothing further from her but) right." Hoey tyrned to his superior he had seen enough to satisfy him.|“Oren Reach was here last night.” pring upon the door across the) 7 told you it was an openand 1 he found himself confronted by * Chief Newton begun’ jahe had all but given up hope of | face that the game was up, but 1) recognition, It was evident that she | hardly expected you work 10 | meant to talk of nothing if} fast. Never mind why 1 did it, nor| and Hoey at length withdrew and|Why © man of my years who has} | descended to the dining-room, | never known love for a woman be-| | HADN'T KNOWN |fore should wander into the field) FOWLER WELL Jot the flima to find it after all the! ‘There th lef presented him to a tinseled sham which it is! Young} ‘ Brooks here could not have fired yw shoullered outh th tl, Raspewebeaitered YON WES S| vs | chet beneath the desk, | to it Nerse j | ‘Screen Star Sells | Goods for Veterans jadys Walton, screen star, played auctioneer Tuesday at the Bon Marche Northwest Products exhibit selling articles made by disabled Later Mise Walton spoke! before 500 members of Rainier-Nobie Post, American Legion, and their! veterans friends at an entertainment in the shut. the ‘wide-cired; ‘peauant "2 2 thel but) Armory. Others the American Pome! pt Pissing me paueed = something in the other's!) cian included “4 . . There | expremsion. | JouJery nd Dean Bite ce; at least he was seen sneak-) were traces of tears upon it but she| coon - ae out of the back door by Mrs. Max-! replied to his Pismrce Hoang in a ‘oun! za see bere Sut berm the win-|en I. Miller of the college of businena f © has the next bungalow—|steady tone. She had teen the lant |(°™ Of thie room, looking thru administration, University of Wash jy after the shot was fired jof the guests to leave on the preced-|tras, Wor Which leads into the) ington, | minutes later another nelgh-| ing evening, had remained for a few|oyn’ perutine clgarate which he P > him three blocks nearer the |moments to talk over her part. The Guahek thite While te watebed: & Decision on Fare ‘The chief's tone was|tragedy was naturally a frightful Se a “Both of them recognized | shock to her, for she and Afr. rowier /"cen® 19 which be had no part! Wote Next Monday | Mr. Brooks, you have loyal friends had been the best of pals for ages. ut| Providing for the No, certainly there had never | who will swear to your alibi but] bd the question to popu ciiman C. B. for a five-ce mination of *, Coun Fitageraid’s ordinance t fare will come before | Monday for final cufflinks as you crouched beneath Was she at liberty to| the desk tn that room { last night the council next As she asked the question a mas. |!t# monogram ts identical with that deciaion. old-fashioned seal you aro|°" hut case to me when Wejshe shrank back, shutting the door| eerie on your watch chain.” i dye,» Ab Dg j : Tuesday and referred to the utilities | almost in the detective's face. He! Brooks cowered back, his ashen | and finance committees, A majority | of the council im believed to be in shrugeed slightly and turned to a/|face suddenly gray. | favor of letting the people decide the | | door at the end of the hall. “IT @wear—I swear I didn't kit! A contralto voice in tones of stnd./him!* he gasped. “I was jealous, | octare problem, enter and the |foolishly and without cause, and I ibawiabaie } j famous star, | came to have it out with him but 1] QN HIS WAY to Peking, China, |Justine Revelie, arose slowly from|didn't fire the shot—I don't for a conference of the World Sta Her classic but somewhat | know who did! 1 silpped in while|dent Christian federation, Austin mature features were as immobile as|he and Miss Howard were talking | Case, treasurer of the University of tho carved in marble and they did|in the dining room and hid under| Washington Y. M. C. 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