LA GRANDE EVENING ORkERVER. LA GRANDE. ORE.
More Marriages
Oyer Nation,
Report Shows
veyed increased 4.3 per cent In 1933
over 1032. Indications were that this
Increase continued In the early
months of 1934.
Love Leaves Nest
Of Tarzan Today
NTJW YORK (ff) More people are
Betting married these days, and It's
an Indication of Improved economical
conditions.-. . ,
This la a finding of the Metropoli
tan Life Insurance company's statis
tical bureau, after a survey In 21
states.
"It would appear," the bureau re
ported, "that a sizeable proportion of
ttje two million young men and
women who postponed marriage dur
ing the difficult days of the depres
sion are plucking up courage and
getting married, as young people
should."
Th rnjurlage rate in the area sur
EOS ANOELES, July 11 m Love
fled Tarzan 's nest today as dark- j
eyed Lupe Velez, Mexican pepperpot
of the films, filed suit for divorce In
superior court, charging her husband,
Johnny Weismuller, screen actor and i
Olympic swimming champion, with
cruelty.
Irian Free Stat emigration is more
than counterbalanced by the Inflow
of persons of Irish nationality, the
balance during 1931-33 showing a
population Increase of 6,925 persons.
Valueful Days Of Supreme Importance To Every Customer
Quality Merchandise Marked to New Low Levels
'Wednesday, July 11, 1931
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MOCKING HOUSE
BY WALTER C. BROWN
' 8YNOPBIB: Apparently a po
Uccman and a stranger have shot
' each tiher dead in the breakfast
' tootn ) Pierre Dufreene'e house.
.Vet. Sergeant Harper does not be
lieve it is 80, although the only v(
'dence eo tar that ha ie right eeeme
to-connect the beautiful aire. Du
'treene with the deed. With Detec
tlve Lafferty, Harper ie careully
.rpoonstructing the murdered
' stranger's actions on the total
Might.
J-jiJ. Chapter 21
HELP AT LAST
"THB man seemed to be quite fa
- ' miliar with the house," Harper
continued, "for be disturbed noth
ing. He started a Are In that hearth,
very likely as soon as be arrived,
for It was chilly. The logs were pret
ty well burned when we arrived on
the scene."
'.." Wouldn't some one have noticed
the smoke from the chimney when
be started It?" Latterly questioned.
"The Whltmores, for Instance?"
"We can Inquire, but 1 think the
chances were against It. It was a
gray, lowering sky, and with the
snow coming down so thickly 1 doubt
If It would have been noticed. Our
man set out a decanter of whiskey
and one of brandy, took a glass from
the cabinet yonder, and sat down at
' the head of the table, as comforta
' ble as you please. He lit a cigarette,
threw the match In the fireplace, and
relaxed. Doesn't that suggest that
he was there to meet some one?
. "He smoked five cigarettes,' for
there are four stubs In the grate
, uul five matchstlcks. The fifth clg
' alette burned Itself to ashes be-
tttflAn hi AnnA ' fln.nr. da ha
smoked, he carelessly flipped the
ashes toward the fireplace. Some
tell a little short. He Is still sitting
there when Officer Hamlll enters
the room and the shooting begins."
c Latterly made a wry face. "That
brings us right back to the mystery
of (why they did it What made thorn
'go for each other simultaneously?"
" " Hamer said. "It's all verv nuz-
illng. if our unknown man had been
trailing Dufresne, be must certainly
have realized that Dufresne would
guard himself In the Austerlltz, last
night of all nights at least. What
made htra come up bere and dress
himself like Dufresne? The mvsterv
of this man's clothing Is going to
glye us plenty to think about. The
outfit must be part of his mas
querade, his own clothing must be
hidden somewhere In this house."
. Harper turned out the Inner
broast pocket of the jacket. An em
bossed silk labol furnished the mak
er's name Barr, Tompkins & Barr.
one of the exclusive tailoring firms
of the city.
, "Look here, Jack, this fellow was
no customer of that firm. There Is
too much discrepancy between the
quality of his under and outer cloth
ing. Nor did his bands exactly Indi
cate the gentleman of leisure. These
nose-glasses were put on. along with
the false beard, to make bis resem
blance to Dufresne more striking.
The pincers of the glasses made
deep red marks on the sides of bis
nose.
' "Was he so anxious to conceal his
Identity that he removed a ring
worn so long that he had to skin
bis knuckle to get It off ? There are
some leading questions for you."
"Well, Barr. Tompkins & Barr
should be able to give us some In
formation about the dress suit."
v "I-think we can get the same In
formation much nearer borne." Har
per replied, rising and pressing the
service bell.
"CTEVE," Lafferty began, "I'vo
been mulling over what you
said about that man having shaved
here In the house. That suggests
Just one thing to me he was going
to;meet some one and that some
one was a woman. You can't escape
the deduction."
Harper nodded. "Yes, but you
can't be so positive about a woman
being mixed up In it. Every time
you see a man shaving it doesn't
mean that he's going to a ren
dezvous." "Steve, you're certainly bent on
throwing a screen around Mrs.
Dufresne. Why are you so sure she
bad nothing to do with 11?"
Harper answered patiently. "That
Inference will not be overlooked. 1
hold no brief for the lady, but I
hare an Instinctive feeling that she
Is entirely Innocent. Not, as Dcyle
suggested, because of her air of fra
gility or any chivalrous duty to beau
ty In distress."
"Mrs. Dufresne fainted when she
saw the dead man unmasked." Laf
ferty continued doggedly. "Perhaps
that was from shock or the sudden
relief from strain but I think she
knew that man! And I'm going to
take that as a working basis."
"That's quite all right." Harper
answered good-naturedly. "Mrs. Du
fresne't movements last night will be
looked Into thoroughly. Don't tor
get that this pow wow began with
tbe Idea that there may have been
a third person In this room last
night even." he pronounced slow
ly, "that these killings did not take
place as suggested by the evidence.
A dozen watchers beyond the gar
den wall wouldn't alter that, It they
didn't enter the house"
Harper broke off short as the door
opened and Andrews entered.
"Andrews, can yon tell an the
name of Mr. Dufresne's tailors?"
The butler showed no sign of sur
prise at the seemingly Irrelevant
question. "Barr, Tompkins & Barr."
Harper picked up the coat, trous
ers, and waistcoat. "I want you to
examine these carefully,' Andrews,
and tell us If these are part of Mr.
Dufresne's wardrobe."
Andrews looked closely at the
various articles, fingering tbe seams,
examining the linings, turning out
the Inner pocket for the label. "Yes,
sir, 1 am quite sure this Is one of
Mr. Dufresne's suits."
Harper handed over the nose
glasses, with their black silk cord.
"How about these?"
"1 think they are his. Mr. Du
fresne has all bis glasses made up
In duplicate pairs."
"Can you identify any others of
these clothes?"
Andrews obediently picked over
the shoes, socks, underwear, shirt,
collar and tie. He put the last three
articles aside. "I believe these came
from upstairs, sir. I am sure the
others did not."
"Has Mr. Dufresne awakened yet,
Andrews?"
"Oh, yes, sir. He Is having break
fast now."
"Have you been In Mr. Dufresne's
rooms since you came up from the
Austerlltz last night?"
"Naturally, sir, several times.
Both last night and this morning."
"Did you notice any sign of dis
turbance, anything to Indicate that
this man had been In! those rooms:?
Or did Mr. Dufresne mention any
thing of that nature?"
"No, sir. So far aa I could see
nothing had been disturbed. I can
not answer for Mr. Dufresne, but
doubtlessly he would bave men
tioned it to me." ,
Harper put the clothing back on a
chair. "It this man changed Into
some of Mr. Dufresne's clothes he'd
do It right there In the room, An
drews, take Lafferty here up to the
dressing-room and help him look
through the closets."
T AFFERTY went out In the wake
of the butler, and Harper, left
alone, began to walk up and down
the room, his eyes turning again
and again to that armchair In which
the baffling Intruder bad met his
death.
He came to a stop before the
wainscoting at the vertical panel
that bore the bullet mark. Tbe bul
let had not wedged Itself Into the
wood, but had been found on the
floor, whence ft bad dropped after
the Impact. The detective used his
magnifying lens on the scarred
place.
Carlln's puzzled suggestion that
the bullet wound bore all the mark
ings of a heavy caliber steel-Jacket
bad stuck In bis mind. The lens af
forded a much clearer view of the
Jagged dent in tbe wood, from which
tiny particles bad fallen to the floor.
This enlarged scope of tbe eye
gave the detective a sudden and
startling Insight Into the matter. He
fitted the bullet Into the rough-edged
cavity. It matched very badly. He
tried the bullet from various angles
but with no better success.
Harper squatted back on his
heels, the light of discovery dawning
on blm. The center depth of tbe bul
let mark In th3 wainscoting was un
doubtedly deeper than Officer Ham
ill's bullet could account for. Fur
thermore, the mark In the wood ran
to a distinct conical pit, while the
nose of the policeman's bullet was
distinctly blujt! Here was the first
tangible bit of evidence to give col
or to his suspicions.
It looked as If the sharp-eyed Car
lln's hesitancy over acceptance of
the caliber of the fatal bullet as a
.38 was going to be justified. If this
unidentified masquerader had not
died by this particular .38 bullet
then Officer Hamlll bad not killed
him. The attendant corollaries of
this thought leaped into Harper's
grasp, full-armed and clamoring for
attention. .
It meant tbjt the bullet which had
really killed the man In tbe cbalr
was definitely missing! It had been
carried away. Some phantom third
presence had dislodged It from tbe
wall and substituted a bullet fired
from the policeman's gun.
Officer Hamill bad not killed the
unknown man. Then the dead man
In tbe armchair could not bave killed
Hamlll!
ICopyrlohl. 1351. b't Walter C. flroicnl
Harper, tk-.ii.rrow.
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