Thursday,- August 2, 1934
LA GRANDE EVKNTtfO OftSTRRVER'. LA GRANDR. ORfc
Pag Sdveri
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GOLFERS
TO PLAY ALL
TEAM MATCHES
Aiiho'uhcement was mode today
that all members of the Blngner-Sie-grlst
golf teams who have not played
; their matches are expected to do bo
before Sunday night or default. Sev
eral of the matches have been' play
; ed. The losing team will furnish din
ner for1 the winners at the Blngner
cabin.
Sl'OAR ANT FLOUR
PORTLAND, Aug. 2 VP) Sugar
Berry or fruit, 100s, $5.45; bales, 5.55;
beet, 5.35.
Domestic flour Selling price, mill
delivery, 5 to 25-bbl. lots: family pat
ent 98s. W8S 7.75; bakers hard
wheat. M.85 w (7.80; blended flour.
MOCKING HOUSE
SYNOPSIS: Sergeant Harper
litis lound the weapon that killed
ont the two men found timr
dered in Pierre Dufresne's house.
It proves that the stranrier and tha
volicomiin did not kill each other,
but it does Aot indicate who the
murderer was. Harper nans the in
vestigation must not overlook tho
possibility that a servant may have
had a hand in the killing.
( Chapter 33
THE ACCUSATION
T AFFERTY lit a cigarette and
- blow the smoke) upward at a
sharp angle. "Quit your hemming
and hawing. Steve. You can make
the pinch any time you please. You
might as well make up your inlnd
about it and have it over."
Harper looked amused. "So you've
got It all figured out?"
"Sure. It you really want the
killer, just march up the stairs, walk
down the hall, and enter the first
door on the left."
' "Mrs. Dufresne?"
"Exactly. 1 know It. You know
It. Dufresne knows It, too. He tried
to! cover up for her by hiding the
gun. fhat's why he's been playing
cat and mouse with us, afraid we'd
turn up something that would up
set the apple-cart. Which Is just
what happened."
"You're wrong. Jack," Harper said
qulotly. "This thing is a lot more
intricato than that theory' of yours
allows for. In fact, I'm just begin
ning to realize what a Gordiau knot
we have on our hands."
"That's a very apt llguro of
speech. Maybe you remember
what happened to the Gordlan
knot?"
"Yes. Alexander couldn't unravel
It, as there were no ends showing,
so he sliced it with his sword."
"Correct. I'd advise you to take
tho tip from Alexander. You've got
your eight suspects, but l( you look
them over carefully you'll seo how
the number dwfhafci. I take It that
you are not trying to pin it on Mrs.
Croyden or her1 pianist husband?
Besides, they're really just visitors
here.
"Dufresne and Andrews weroshut
up in the Austerlitz under heavy
guard at the time, bonaghy was on
duty there, too, and it Isn't likely ho
had a chance to leave the place.
Anyway, his statements are easily
chocked. The Whitmoros were near
tho' spot, truo enough, but they
didn't leave their rooms after dark
last night. The snow proves that.
"What does that leave us? One
person and only one Mrs. Du
fresne, visiting at Mrs. Croighton
Morlock's.
" See what wo have there. She de
veloped a headache and didn't come
down to dinner. Headaches, you
know. retlnlre seclusion. A atarfdard
alibi. Then a mysterious outbreak
of lire in the Morlock garage". Wasn't
that a perfect opportunity lor get
ting away for a while, unseen, un
noticed? "By tho luckiest of flukes, wo have
Howard Doylo's evidence, otherwise
we'd bo completely In the dark. I
make tlio fiat assertion that Mrs.
Dufresne left Mrs. Morlock's,
walked the mito or so to this house
to keep her rendezvous and killed
the man she came here to meet! And
here's my bit of evidence for that."
Lafferty paused dramatically, then
brought forth a shapeless bundle,
swathed In crumpled tissue paper,
which he stripped away. A stained,
warped pair of high-heeled shoes
stood revealed. "Theso are the
shoes' Mrs. Dufresne wore' last
night," he explained. "They were
on their way to tho traMi-bln this
morning, via John Whitmorc, when
1 rescued them."
CERGEAN'T HARPER picked up
tlio once-dainty slippers, their'
narrow brocaded sides now soiled
beyond repair. They were still
soggy to the touch.
"I suppose," Lafferty jeered, as
Harper thoughtfully set them side
by side, "that she got them In that
condition Just stepping into the car
at Mrs. Morlock's with Doyle and
coming in here from the curb to the
front door, on a shoveled path. too.
That lady" went for'a Jaunt through
the enow last night and she camo
here!"
Harper paused in the charging of
his pipe, the battle-scarred com
panion of many a lonely vigil over
knotty problems. "Does Mrs. Du
fresne strike you as the sort of
woman who would carry on a clan
destine afTair. let alone sloop to
murder?" he demanded.
Lafferty snorted. "Stevie. old
boy. years and years ago I gave up
trying to figure out women by look
ing at them. Sister Aline and Sister
Sylvia may be very sedate and dig
nified wives, but lu their debutante
days, as tbe Bartcl! girls, they were
a pair of pretty high steppers. I can
tell you" Old Kan Bartell led each
of them more money than was good
i Tor them and they had a free head
6.50(a 7.30: bakers' Muestem, (6.65
IS 6.75.
IMPROVEMM?'
ISSUES WILL
BE EXTeMDED
(Continued xtom rg One)
plan will bo satisfactory, . ,
With the refunding completed, the
city financially will bo in better con
dition than for several years, It was
said at the commission meeting last
night. Only the improvement bonds
have been In a serious condition, and
retirement of general obligation
bonds has gone ahead during the last
few years without curtailment.
A sixteenth century Saxon suit of
tilting armor brought (1,700 in Lon
don.
BY WALTER C. BROWN , , -
and no one to answer to, ..I've heard
plenty about them." J,'-
"Been doing some tabloit nrcheol
ogy on the side?" mocked Harper.'
"No, but I was talking., to Bob
Johnson. That lad covered . the so
cial whirl when he fliat-. broke In
with the Dally Lodger and" he's got
a memory like a filing cabinet. Ac
cording to him. the Bartelllrls had
the polite circles ot theif tij stand
ing on their collective ears. -
"Incidentally,, it mlghtr Interest
you to know that In thoQ days our
good host, Mr. Pierr. Dufresne, was
rushing little Aline. Thevsngage
ment was rumored unoflicially sev
eral times and there was plenty of
buzzing and whispering, when he
up and married Sister Sylvia in
stead." "To hear you talking, one would
think that Mrs. Dufresne and Mrs.
Croyden were now a couple ot daw-,
agers."
"That was all ot fen years ago,"
Lafferty answered, "and ten years
can ma.'te a lot of chnuges, but you
never can tell when the old Are will
flare up again. That happens often
enough. Remember Mat Sylvia Bar
tell married a nlan considerably
older than herself, while her" sister
well, I take Croyden for one of
those artistic chaps, all nerves and
temperament, charming as an ac
quaintance, but damn hard to live
with. Certainly Mrs. Dufrosne is
still far removed from nh age where
one could say, "This woman is past
the time for love afTalrs."
HARPER looked amused as he
held a match to his pipe. "Very
well put," he acknowledged, "al
though the Implications' are some
what libelous. But listen, , you old
social philosopher, ' does Mr. Du
fresne strike you as being tlio' sort
of man who would connive at hiding
Stove, nnd it takes -some queer
turns. Many a mnn has - brazened
down the world In a case like that
and taken his own measures in pri
vate later." ;j ;' '
"No, 1 don't beliovo you're on tho
right track at all. There are plenty
of gaps in your structure. What of
this alleged lover, for Iniffimco? He
was here in the city, buying his dis
guise, while Mrs. Dufresne was still
at her summer home. That doesn't
sound much like a clandestine af
fair." "Granted, but remember that the
Dufresne summer home Is on an
Island. Not much clmncejforjsocret
meetings there unless thp third
party camo as a guest. 1 think those
two conceived the Idea ot writing
crank letters' to Dufresne.- After a
due Interval' he was to be.;bumped
off. Then Mrs. Dufresiio' would be
free and the police wouJd he busily
hunting around for soniedown-at-theheels
homicidal maniac who
never really existed. I's a clever,
scheme." f
"I see.. Having decided "to-disencumber
herself of the husband she
no longer wanted, Mrs. Dufresne, In
a fit ot absent-mindedness, killed
her lover instead. Very clcveJack,
very clever."
Lafferty smiled sourly. "Just the
same, old boy, I'm holding to my
theory till you con produce a better
one," he slated. "Everybody but
Mrs. Dufresne has an alibi for the
time' in question. Why don't you
challenge her with It?"
Harper shrugged. "You know the
situation. Dr. Ulrlch has forbidden
her to talk. What would be the use
of trying to hold a vital interview
like that when she can stop and
think and write down tho answers
at her leisure? "Since you're so set
on your theory. I'll delegate to you
the job ot visiting the Morlock
house. You can check up al' you
want, but don't let the cat out of the
bag. Mrs. Morlock Is a relative of
.Mrs. Dufresne and if she finds out
that we suspect anything it won't
take long for it to get bapk to this
house. Go to it! Here's your chance
to show mo up."
"That's not tho Idea, Steve, and
you know It. Of course, there's an
alternate theory, built on' the same
base. Has that occurred. to you?"
Harper took a long bull at his
pipe. "I'm full of theories," he re
plied. "With little encouragement I
could build up a case against almost
any of the eight you picked out. But
who is Involved In your alternate
theory?" ;
"Pierre Dufresne hitiiself. Per
haps he discovered this affair and
killed his rival. I'm convinced the
elementary motives In ,my theory
are right, whatever the individual
moves may have been."
The Sergeant's glance sharpened.
"I've been toying 'Wltlf jtome such
idea," he stated slowlj-j'-" -
(Copyright. t9Ji, bv IValttr C. BrotenJ
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