The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 11, 1924, Page 13

The Step on the Stairs By Isabel Ostrander (Continued From Our Last Issue) CHAPTER IX Sergeant Barry watted until the racking, tearless sobs had ceased and then ho asked quietly: “What had Miriam Vane to do with your wife, Mr, Griswold?" Griswold raised his head and the} Wetective had the shock of his ca; reer, He had thought that the men- ton of the dog's foolish pet name had recalled tho man's dead wife, and that it was genuine grief which m had opened the crusty financier’s long-closed heart, whatever his rela- my life forever, I thought she would drift the way of all such women if tho opportunity to rehabilitate her sel by marriagg with another in fatuated fool was denied her. “Ho and sho were in some outor: the-way holo in the South, leading &! to his law partner, Scully.’ catand-dog's life, when somehow ho learned of his wife's madness and death, and in remorse he blew his brains out!" So that was tho explanation of the empty cartridge shell treasured all these years like the symbol of a ghost that could not be laid! Barry ciled herself beneath the same ro ARS = you'd find it, out sooner or) ang { at oY wi hed r- first broken o stop. gery Ls ix years our niarridge lasted—| ping her allowance me| six years thdt brought disillusion: gown to her at once for a permonal ment to me in spite of her beauty interview: And he was 22, in the full tide of her} «; went and then began a series stisfactory, devilish fascination and knowledge of persecutions which did not cease of how to use it when I accepted «| until last night. Sho not o clerkship in Cleveland with the law! manded an outrageous Income but firm of Venner & Scully"—he broke | forced me to call upon her at reg mt at 2 off to add: lar Intervals, on pain of anne E sults B rs) “Venner had a son, a good-looking} herself as my wife and 4 Weakling with a delicate wife who! that whole wretched scandal I had adored him. The chances are that| so carefully lived down | he would never have amounted to} “1 thought when that young fool et a Yacht anything, anyway, but the minute he| Gordon Ladd appeared on the scene |“! purus were laid eyes on Miriam {t was all up/|jt might make a difference but she| wery detail. { with him. was too infernally clever. Yeater t {| He pased his bony | she demanded a further Increas. ( hands clen Barry ventured: r allowance and it was the last | “Do you mean that she broke up| straw. je does the thelr home and yours?” “Early tn the evening I went down | “I mean thdt ran away to. tel]! her that I had reached the \ gether and his sickly wife went mad!/ end and would do no more, but she! unassisted sega in a sanitarium within o« a Bre oo : Ms egg vie, eee “But why didn't you divorce her,|to my own apartments here I d Mr. Griswold?” asked Barry tinctly saw ng Ladd mounting| The other groaned. Itrom Understand, sergeant, 1 “Because I __“Because I thought sh e was out of!am not trying to cast suspicion on ma you take —— _ ba sie Your Grocer Sells —) e@ pl Dianket. |. than ai es Aatcers GREEN TEA two stores shop will t Bidg. ero dinner of “Twas le as much No ona { & 4 4 d models, ' je, removes | 9 Peoples | {| i t Ave. Cie iich Ty flouriai rw silk and Bidg. Cropp BMA in wilt materials fn shaggy ing at the table sing tion to the other woman and his} share In tho mystery, But it was not resurrected sorrow which mot his nazed eyes; Griswold’s thin, acidu- lous face had been transformed into that of an exultant fiend and per) sonal fear seemed to be wholly for-) gotten in the sundering of tho hold which he had held over himself, “Miriam Vane!" the repetition of! enough.” the namo. came with a raucous) Griswold rose and commenced to laugh, “Miriam Vane was my Wife, | pace the floor. “When Venner slipped my lawful wife to the hour of her) thru her fingers she remembered death, and she was too clever to/ thar sho still had a legal hold on mo five me an opportunity to free my- Jand all her calculating shrewdness Self from her, at least without the| came to her ald. When sho found Notoriety that she knew I could not} me—I was lying ill with typhold in afford, It took someone cleverer Chicago hotel. Men do strange than she, less cautious than I, to fire} things in delirlum and I must have that shot last night, and because of | pabbled her name, it I owe avdebt for the first time In| “Some fool spects my life, a debt of gratitude which} presence would pull even my money can never repay!" | cris Despite the’ astounding revelation. | “When I awoke to consciousness Barry did not allow his expression | She was In full command and I was whistled softly and then a sudden question came to his mind. “Mr, Griswold, you told me a while ago that Mra—-Vance was too clever to give you an opportunity to free yourself legally without no- torlety which you could not affor Surely her elopement with young Venner provided you with evidence ist thought her me thru the to change, and his tones were suavely | too weak to do anything. In tho Persuasive as he suggested: eyes of the law I had condoved her “Suppose you tell the whole; “fense.” otha cotgypreent ban eer] ‘Tho sergeant nodded and Griswold | poy sie ® | resumed. | veces es thease eto Pre | “It was sheer blackmail, I met her avold, How long. were you married | terms: & quarterly allowance on con-| |dition that she change Ker name and called herself} }leave the country.’ to the woman who Miriam Vane?” “For 20.years, ever since she was/ a girl of 16 and I a law student of 22 down In a@ little town called) Springville, In Delaware. I've given out these many years that I was a widower because of the disgrace of the whole affair, but it ts evident that the truth must be known now and when he spoke again {t was with his face averted from the detective. a note up to me, and I found that she had had the tmpudence not only to break our agreement by returning America but had actually domi Ho halted in hig restless pacing | Temains only tho fire esc | Have you tried it? Finer than the |; best Japans. Try a package today, R. ah C. COOK, WE ‘st-4073, EL iot-0350, Distributors Protect Your Life and Property for only $1.00 The great crime wave that is sweeping the country is a menace to society. Every minute brings new dangers before you, and yet you are helpless to protect yourself from the bandit, the desperate criminal that lurks in the shadows, unless you arm yourself with a Nick Harris Official Police Whistle This whistle is used throughout the country by the Public and Police as the S-O-S signal for aid. One blast of this whistle is more feared than a whole army of policemen. The desperado knows that its shrill, far-sounding note broadcasts to everyone within a radius of several blocks that you need help. From all directions aid will rus towards you and the criminal will flee—he must or be arrested. Indorsed by Police Departments— Chambers of Commerce and Civic Organizations of Amer Ca. Get one today— for yourself, one for your home, your car and the members of your family. Sold by Hardware Stores, Drug, Stationery and Auto Accessory POLICE WHS Adal Size Stores, Price.. $1.00 | | | jothers show that you had plenty of | Somyonoy, him, Tam merely giving you facts and if sho has played fast and loose with.him, many other and more reek lous men than he appears to bo have lowt their heads over hor in Burope, as my foreign agents have kept me informed, since that old Venner af fuir in Cleveland,” Rarry exclaimed thought- Speaking of that case, Mr. did that misguided young man have Any relatives except his father?’ “No, wi hai old Venner died about five yours ago he left all his money “And young Mrs, Venner, the one who died insane; who were her peo ple? What was her maiden namo?” “I don't know, She had met young Venner while visiting some school friends, but on that point my memory fs vague, Nono of her own people me forward at tho time of the elopement and when her mind gave way it was old Venner who had her placed in the sanitarium.” ‘Mr, Griswold.” Barry leaned f6r- ward {mpreasively toward the man who stood before him. "You realize, of course, that any help you may be | ablo to give us will be helping your- | self as well, “You had the strongest motive for | killing her and the testimony of time after leaving her in a rage to! return here for a pistol, climb, down the fire escape, rush to that vacant | house next door, of which you pes- soss tho keys, and from one of its windows fire the deadly shot thru] 4! THE SEATTLE STAR ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS OT, Olive Roberts Barton NANCY RIDES A CIRCUS HORSE De; abe " Suddenly a telegram fell right at Daddy’s feet Well, everybody got back snfely to Daddy Gander Land—all except/der as he folded Mother Goose, who sald she would | Mother Goose be delayed an hour or so on account | th th jof having to call, on the weather | “Come on man. yet, It's. just about But even that didn't leave Daddy | gin,” Gander much time for all he had to o teleg had dropped out sky, and stuck it in his pocket, We can §o to the circus ready to | no hurry then,” said Daddy Gan- am ot ‘The big tent was nearly full when | one of her lighted windows.” \f Ho’ hadn't expected his wife|they got) there, There were the *Great heavens? gasped Griswold. |foms tor a week, : Tweedien—their faces scrubbed 0 “You know I'm tnitocent, sergeant, |. "49 igondn ss!’ ho exclaimed to|they shone like milk-pana, — An¢ for if I'd meant to put her out of the |‘2° Twins. “Its a very good thing mare (he. Fatar for. mines we ran into her when we did, st such a lecture on stinginess, way I could have done so long a. and saved the thousands upon thou sands that she has wrung from me, “That vacant house is out of the “Last October tho Janitor brought | Policeman Boyle, who stood just be jhe have « It has been proved that the roof offered no means of helter, I can vouch for Prot and Miss Shaw was her studio at the time mains only your a CHAPT: The venerable once held #o there re. x 1d law offices ¢ & Scully had long since }to a modern business biock Fourteen years was in¢ partne sean Ba | hina tt Pri r Ing him 2 " groomed young man who oby | ousty had The youn an affable hand. Mr. Barry? you, sir?’ Hoe paused as Barry shook his head. ate, ot reached the age of 20 man rose and extended What can I 4o for “I'm afraid I've made a mi I've come well recommended, {Was to another Mr. Scully, a law partner of the late Mr, Venner.” eed! I take it th . nger here, Mr, Rar g to my father, Dante © practice some I took his place 3 from whi 1922, GILT FEATHERS Gilded feathers are used effective y on large or small hats of velvet or GAY COLORE FROCK Bands of white crash, emt peasan tn gay colors, trim a frock of black satin crey 1 @ bo and a full skirt Miss Allen’s Tested Recipes <—, bide 2 82, Qe Mexican Rarebit (New and quite different from the | usual rarebit. Nice for luncheons, afternoon for euppera teas, night or Sunday an tomatoes h 2 eggs 1)4 teaspoonfuls salt pepper to suit Cut onion in small pieces and fry in Crisco until brown. Chop the add to the tomatoes, nd cayenne peppe ll ther slow! der. 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Ho meant the big slfn |and Dumplings and everybody office and tay clerk ean testify thar | Which said, “Mother Goose—Her| Daddy and the Twins and Tom na land,” when Mother one was at Tinker had to ait on th lowest they have remained undisturbed for | )0%6 tt on : Saad ieht tech” env her around aoe ih & strongbox under his/ wich Daddy had printed But it was loads of fun. The ek charge. If someone Rot. OM) Ganden—His Land,” whl id handsprings right in front cealed himself in her studio itself) avay ana that then: abAvall sorte ot Misny during her absence for dinner there |.) OM baat ¢ a gwar |teccanke, then anal: And NG tun tanin Neve fone a the {BP in the sky. And De hossed | monkeys came along, things with a bigh hand then. pigs, the Tw could almost have fire escape without being scen by |” ey have to turn the algn/touched them, thoy »./ around the way it belon: * sald But what do you think! jlow; that has been established.”"| nogdy anxiously, looking at the|cus-man camo‘ up and whispered to j Barry added, atill with deliberate tn-| ayy, ““sfother may de back any|Daddy Gander that one of the bare tent: “Suppose he had minute’? back riders was sick and they would the fire escape for som Awny went Daddy and the Twins me before Boyle appeardd on his| ana yom Tinker to fle ft, when rounds, he munt still after the crime den a have ascended instead of going down | Haaty's foot to the treet level and where could fn was | tar) Marking. «| depar from the | designed for additional usual United States ? y of eerien ntecattaian a of dates and deadly dry material, a modern language, re. 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