On Murder's Skirts
By TERRY ADLER
( Chant r 35
Fenton clapped his hands ner
vously. "In view of these horri'-le
events you're entitled to an explan
ation. It's true that I have a key
to Professor Hubbard office. On
Thursday morning when we were
Informed of the death of Profes
sor Hubbard, I obtained a key from
Mr. Vail, the Janitor. I had a dupli
tate made at a hardware store down
town and then returned Mr. Vall's
key. Early this afternoon i usett
the key to enter the olfice."
There was a long pause during
which Fenton kept rubbing his
hands together. No one spoke. Fi
nally Fenton went on:
'"I went Into Professor Hubbard's
olfice looking for a letter or mine
which has been in his possession
for live years. It was a letter writ
ten by the mother of one of my
students. At that time. Professor
tfubbnrd had Just accepted the
chairmanship. The student was a
yaung girl, very Impressionable and
very prone to hero-worship. Unfor
tunately, the girl developed a sort
of Infatuation for me.
4"It was not, I realised, a very
healthy mental attitude for a young
girl. And yet I felt that a rebuke
from me at that time would have
been cruel. And to I arranged to
have a talk with the mother. When
I saw her I told her the best pos
sible thing for her to do would
be to move from the city and take
her daughter out of this school
I told her I could arrange through
tome friends to find her a job In a
small Midwestern college where the
Hrl omilH mntinn hr at.nrliM Torn
days later she sent me a note say
ing arrangements had been made
for them to leave the city, and since
I had shown such Interest and
kindness would I please see to the
necessary details for obtaining an
honorable discharge for the girl.
"Of course. I was happy to do
It. I took the note Into our then
tiew department chairman and ex
plained the whole situation and
requested a recommendation for
the girl. He was most kind about
It and the matter was arranged
and apparently forgotten.
"A month or so later, I was In
vited to head the department at
.Western Methodist. I obtained a
release from this department and
went there with the good wishes
of Professor Hubbard.
"A little over three years ago
Professor Hubbard paid me a visit
In my lab at Western Methodist.
He told me he was having a diffi
cult time staffing the department
here and would I come back? I
told him we, my wife and family,
were too well satisfied where we
Were to consider It."
VProfewor Hubbard." he con
tinued, "then said he felt he could
probably persuade me. He handed
me a photostatic copy of that note
Apparently I had left It with him,
or somehow he had obtained It from
my desk. At any rate, he explained
to me that should I persist in re
fusing to return to this university,
te would be forced to publish the
itter."
"Then you decided to give in to
this blackmail?" Raff asked.
"I told him that my colleagues
vera essentially fair - minded peo-
Ble. that If he carried out his
ireat I had no recourse but to wait
Upon their Judgement. Thereupon
he left. I
"But you did come back," Raff
aid.
"Yei, I came back." Fenton nod
ded wearily. "Two days nfter this
visit from Professor Hubbard he
ailed me on the telephone, He
told me he had the present ad
dress of the young lady this for
mer student. That she was living
In a small community in Nebraska.
That she was engaged to be mar
ried that coming June and that
bt, Hubbard, was about to release
the story to the newspapers. I
had no choice. I talked it over
with Martha and she an reed. We
had to come back." Fenton stopped
talking and stared off into space.
Then this afternoon was the first
Mme that you made an unauthoriz
ed visit to that office?"
"Yes, I couldn't get in there on
Thursday because professor Brav
was In there during the day. And
In the evening I was giving an
extension class in West Bend.-
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West Bend? That, over a nun
dred miles from here. Pretty far
to travel lor one class, isn t it?"
"It meets Just once a month.
Dean Elliott has a class there, too,
and he drives me out in his car."
"I see. Incidentally, about what
time did you come back last night?"
"Dear me. I don't know exactly
It's usually about 1 o'clock In the
morning. The class Is over at
10 o'clock and It's about a three
hour drive."
The doubt which had been spread
ing In Raff's mind now gave way
to certainty. Bray had already been
dead when Fenton had come back
to the city.
"Well, you've been very kind,
both of you. Do you happen to
know the address of Al Vail? At
the look of consternation on the
faces of both Dr. and Mrs. Fenton
Raff hastened to explain, "No. he
isn i a suspect, not yet anyway
I Just want to get a list of all
the people In the department who
nave borrowed his key."
Fenton gave the address to Raff
Raff thanked him and bade them
both good night. The door closed
behind him as he crossed the snow
covered porch. It was opened im
mediately. "Dr. Rafferty. just a minute." Fen
ton called to him. "I had complete
ly forgotten something. When I
was going through Dr. Hubbard's
oiiice this afternoon I came across
a bulky envelope. It had your name
on it. I believe It was in Profes
sor Bray's handwriting. Perhaps it
may contain something relevant to
an in is
"Where? Where Is It now?" Raff
demanded.
"Why, I put It In the lntra-mu-
ral man," Fenton said. "You'll prob
ably get It on Monday morning."
(To Be Continued)
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Dallas Imperial Apartments Sold
Dallas Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Rosenkranz of Forsyth, Monta
na, have purchased the Imper
ial apartments from Mr. and
Mrs. Alva Johnston and came
here recently to operate the
I business.
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Mr. and Mrs. Johnson havt
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they purchased a service station,
hotel and garage. The Imperial
Apartments are located In down
town Dallas, across from the
courthouse square.
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