Thursday, July 19.1931
LA GRANDE EVEN IMG OBSERVER LA GRANDE. ORE.
Pa (ro Seven
1 '"SG
MOCKING HOUSE
SYNOPSIS:, There are many tan
alcd tlveads about the balillnb
tnnrdv -ot a valtvemrm and a
Mtranucr In I'lerre Dufresne's huuse.
One of them, the disappearance ot
a mvateriQUf .41 calibre'revolver;
seems to tend to Dufresne himself,
Seroeant Harper ie thl more u
plctoue because Dufresne ie too an
aious to slop the investlnntion. and
oet the police out ol his house. f)il-'
fresne ha railed in Harper's supe
rlor officers." '
; Chapter 26 '
PEACEMAKERS
"CKRQEA'iy' the Director began
" In bit booming voice, "Mr. Da
fresne 'lias asked me to see what can
be done to expedite this Inquiry. Of
course," he contluitcu quickly. "It has
never been mv policy to Interfere ar-'
bltrarlly wllb' any 'man In "my De
irai'ljiieiit. as you kitow. Harper,' but,
Mr. Durrcsue Is an old friend of
mine and I wn,t to be as accommo
y. dating 03 f cou.'espeflally. 'Id !lciy
or (r,- Dufresne's mlsiiap.1'.,
"I ihlnk It would be Inadvisable to
moil, from the scene ot the crime
under present conditions," Harper
repjled, quietly but firmly
"Hut fthy. In Heaveus name?"
cried' Dufresne. "Am not I the one
most concerned? There will be no
niori threatening letters, no more
shots from hiding, f don't care who
he was or what be was. It is enough
to know that he will not trouble us
again, lie wus undoubtedly a( hputt-
V.-IUUI UlUllllli;.
"What makes you think so?" Mar.
per challenged.
Dufresne stared In surprise.
"JVhat else can we think? oa have
evert 'characteristic of. a vloleni
h'onilcldal mania." '' 1
' "Apparently, yes, and of the most
.vlruleiii type," agreed Harper. "Bui
you forgot, that' we have no proof
whatever that" the man who was
V- killed last night was the same one
who wrote the threatening letters
and shot at you yesterday."
Dufresne broke In excitedly. "Ser
geant, you are deliberately manu
facturing dlincullles. To call such
a train of evcnls a coincidence Is to
stretch a remote possibility until It
snars of Its own thinness." lie
suarted his scorn of such an idea.
Captain Macklln bad been taking
in this verbal tilt' iutently. From the
first ho had sensed some underlying
current of hostility between Du
fresne and the detective. He Injected
himself smoothly Into the conversa
tion. "Harper, have you any direct
evidence that this man was not the
one Wild wrote'tlio crank letters?"
: "Captain Macklln, l' would prerer
to'niakc my report privately." '
Come, now. Sergeant." Connors
boomed, "there's no need to take
that line. There seems to bo a little
friction between you and Mr. Du
fresne. We don't want anything like
Hint." '
' "Gentlemen," said Dufresne with
) great dignity, "my wire needs peace
aid qulet.,aKew the shock she had
last night. .Site is the innocent vic
tim of bungling methods "
' "Mr. Dufresne," Harper snapped,
his temper rising, "you will please
remember that 1 had 'nothing to do
with Mrs. Dufresne's mishap."
"I nm not blaming you. Harper.
There was nothing personal In my
'complaint, but the fact still re
mains." '
"Let's not get side-tracked," Mack
lln resumed. "Is there any such evi
dence. Harper?"
' "Not direct evidence, sir."
"Of course there Isn't," Dufresne
Interrupted again. "What happened
in this room last night is plain'to be
seen. Thero Is no need to twist It
Into still more fantastic shapes nor
in trying to rationalize a madman's
actions."
DlltKCTOIl CONNORS waved his
hlit. ti I ii nt cigar in the air. "Ye.-i,
HtttlK'i-, if you've got' anything Hub'
stnutlnl to build on. jet's hear about
II." '".-'
'.Harper drew himself up sillily.
"Very well. Director. I have been re
lucluiit to pai l with this information
for lent- It would hamper my further
work In tills case. Maniac or not."
he answered Impressively, "this man
was murdered, not by Officer liamlil,
but by a third person who was here
In this room! This same unknown
person also killed ' Hamlll! The
scene was iUed. the evidence tam
pered with so that it would look as
if the two men had killed each other.
At first this was only a theory, a
suspicion of mine, but now I posi
tively know It to be a tact."
' "You have the proof?" Captain
.Macklln asked with restrained ten
sity. For reply the detective briefly re
counted the doubts he and Carlin
hnd shared concerning the wound
In the murdered man's bead and
how II had led to the recovery ot the
orlglna' 45 bullet and the roll or
enrpet with the telltale bullet hole.
Harper had been keeping a wary
eye on Dufresne during his recital.
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but the latter appeared as non
plussed as the others. '
"This Is uUer nonsense," he cried.
"It cannot be. The bullet thai killed
this m mi la 6 came from' (he police
man's gun. It was found right hero
In' the room."
The detective beld up the steel
Jacket. "Why wob thia bullet bidden
away so carefully?" He stood the'
roll of carpet by the tabled "Why
does this carpel have a bullet bole
tbrougb 11? We tested our. theory at
concealed murder by hunting for
concealed evldonce and we found
iu And we'ee going to And more of.
Ill" - v '
"Put (l)ese are nol precis," Du
tresne' continued. "A Mrj jbuHeL i
hole in ttome'oM carpef.V t ' . '
"There are traces. The substltu:
Hon of bulett is one. It ti true there
are no pgorprlnls but tins' criminal
was too astute for that No doubt he
wore gloves.- The murderer ai In
this room with his vlt(fml; They
even drank together and perhaps It
was at that moment the' killer chose
to Are. After the raurdejf the extra
glass was washed, dried. a,nd put
back In the cabinet Bv( we have
round the glass, with traces of Its
recent use still In the baom.
"The murderer's ilrst thought was
to melt down the bullet' by holding
It In the flames ot Ibe log Are wltb
these tongs. A systematic effort was
made to hide the victim's Identity
a ring was forced from hij finger,
an emblem from bis coat lapel, what
ever prfpers, keys or cither-articles
he had were rlfed from, his pockets.
Even the labels were ripped from
his own clothes. None' of these
things has coma to light In the
house we assume that the murder
er carried them away."' ( ' "" '
'""THAT Is all guess-work. Harper.",
I pitfresne ,reiniUV "If. 'there
was a third person, as you Insist
how did he asenpe from this bouse
after the crime? I'll admit finger
prints can be wiped away but you
can't wipe away tracks In the snow."
"I can't answer that question,
yet," the detective replied. "I don't
know how It was done, but I know
that It happened. We've had men
murdered In locked' and sealed
rooms and the solution turned but
l,o be quite simple. If the murderer
planned a way to escape without
leaving tracks In the snow I'll find
how " It was done before I'm
through!"
Harper looked directly at his com
manding ofllcers. "I have other evi
dence that cannot be divulged In ibis
house without serlotisly.lnjurlng our
Chances' of success."
Dufresna sneered openly. "It's for-
tiiunto I was under your own police
guard last night,' Harper, or you
would crown this brlllnni fantasy of
yours by accusing me ot being the
mnslor mind behind this affair." '
Harper's tao reddened at the In
sulting toijo , 'wjilqli. barbed these
words. He stopped, forward so that
he stood lac. to face with Dulrcsne.
"Those two men were murdered."
ho repealed, "and I am sure that at
least one person In tills house could
identify the man who masqueraded
in your likeness. I'll go even fun her.
1 believe- that you. Mr. Dufresne. are
helping to shield that person from
us and thai Is a dangerous game to
play."
The master of the house threw
back his head and laughed taunting
ly. "Now 1 know you're crazy!"
"Mr. Dufresne." Harper purred, "a
llttlo while ago you told me that you
had only one gun In your possession
an automatic."
"yes?"
"Perhaps you'd bo Interested to
know that you own another weapon,
a revolver of large caliber. This was
usually kept In Hie upper 'right-hand
drawer of tlto highboy in. your drrtss
i'ng rooni.' 12a r ly this morning thai
revolver was still in Its place, it has
since disappeared Can you tell us
anything nbou that?." ' ' '
Dufresne looked at lilm out of a
race suddenly sobered. "I own no
such revolver." ho stnlcri'lirmly.
"Your butler, Andrews, says that
you do."
"Ring for him. We'll soon get to
the bottom ot that." Dufresne re
plied', sharply.'
They waited In an uneasy silence
until the butler made his appear
ance. Andrews stood looking from
one to another Inquiringly under bis
tufted white eyebrows.
"Andrews, what In the devil have
you been saying to the police? Go
on. Harper, you started this."
Harper raced the old man. "A lit
tle while ago you told me that Mr.
Dulrcsne kept a revolver In a
drawer ot the highboy In his room.
Mr. Dufresne denies that."
Andrews lifted bis head. "I never
saw such a revolver," was bis calm
statement.
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Tomorrow. Sergeant Harper de
fies Dufresne. -
Her bid for fame with -a loaf ot
bread nearly 24 feet long reminds us
that Walla Walla. has.sAWnvs been a
Rood place for a long loar.
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