HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1928.
PAGE THREE
(L Edison Marshall
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WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
Dr. Long Is visiting Southley Downs,
to which he is conducted by Ahmad
Das, an Oriental. There he meets Mr.
Boutruey, whom a detective friend, Al
exander Pierce, had told him to watch,
and his son Ernest Southley, Mr. Hay-
ward and his son Vilas, and then Jose
phine Southley, whom he had Been faint
on the train. Josephine tells him the
story 01 oouiniey Downs and us ghost,
which is not the ghost of a human Deing
but of a tiger.
Dr. Long has a quarrrel with Vilas
Hayward over Josephine, and finds that
the Haywards have a strange authority
over the Southleys. He Is ordered to
leave Southley Dewns. The rain pre
vents him leaving at once. Dr. Long
and Ernest go out on the road In the
rain moKing ior tne tracks 01 a tiger
that Ernest says are there.
They find the tracks. Later Ernest
and Dr. Long see a prowling creature
In the hall of Southley Downs. This
frightens the elder Hayward, who also
sees it. Ernest begins to feel that Ah
mad Das is perpetrating some deviltry.
The elder Hayward is later found
dead, his neck broken as if by a giant's
uiuw.
The coroner and police arrive In or
der to Investigate.
Because of the murder, Dr. Long must
remain at Southley Downs. All the
persons there are questioned by Inspec
tor Freeman.
Dr. Long becomes jealous of the love
ne believes to exist between vllas Hay
ward and Josephine. During the course
01 investigations 01 tne crime Dr. L,ong
becomes suspicious of a man named
Robin. He determines to watch him.
Robin turns out to be Alexander
Pierce, the detective.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
"But It seems you trusted every
one else." I glanced toward South
ley and his daughter.
"Naturally Mr. Southley knew It.
I came at his Invitation and your
own, of course, too, Long. Miss
Southley learned the truth just UiIb
evening, and I consider It a distinct
reflection on the ability of her fa
ther and myself to judge character
that we waited so long In making
her an ally. But I will say Itsl
more her father s fault than mine.
"You must remember that my ac
quaintance wlht my daughter was
somewhat slight," Southley ex
plained "She has been away to
school so much only here a few
weeks. Besides she did know a
few things. I'm sorry I didn't tell
her more."
Father and daughter exchanged
smiles. Josephine herself seemed
changed. It was curious that I had
not noticed It the moment I stepped
Into the room. There was a new
light in her eyes, a rising of the
delicious color that played ever In
her cheeks. Again I saw the smile
that I had marveled at that night
in the drawing-room long ago. Evi
dently there had been developments
In the mystery of which I was not
aware.
"Remember, we will need your
son, too," Alexander told my host.
Alexander and I walked together
Into the drawing-room, and we had
a minute's talk at the foot of the
stairs.
"I'm going to my room now," he
explained. "It's a maid's room on
the third floor, but it fits my pur
pose perfectly. I have a few chemi
cal experiments to make."
"Of course It was you who de
stroyed the evidence on the white
stone."
"Not destroyed It. Merely gath
ered It up. I wanted to make some
blood tests. And it pained me to
cause you and the Inspector so
much disappointment "
"I imagined It would!"
Then we had a little laugh to
gether. It was all too plain that a
deep professional jealousy existed
between such free-lance experts as
Alexander and staff detectives like
Inspector Freeman.
"But why in the world did you
tear the piece from Ahmad's shirt?"
I asked.
Alexander laughed again a boy
ish, joyous sound that died quickly
In the silence of the room.
"I'm afraid that is evidence of
my quixotic nature," he said. "But
I had to have a sample of the blood
stains; and I knew it would break
Freeman's heart If I took the whole
shirt So I just tore out the piece."
He sobered and became very bus
inesslike. That was one of the mar
vels of the man. One minute he
was the best of comradefi boyish,
laughing, irresponsible. The next,
he was the cool-headed, tireless
sleuth with every nerve and muscle
alert. '
"There's work for tomorrow," he
went on swiftly, "You'll have your
part to do. So will Southley have
his part, and his two children. To
morrow I'm going to take the boat
on a little expedition over to the
plateau. You can have the Inspec
tor with you If you like. Southley
and his daughter will be close about,
and they will know their parts. The
hour to strike Is almost here
"And Vilas? What about him?
And Ahmad?"
"Ahmad Is the suspected mur
derer. I'm afraid Vllas won't do."
"But Josephine Southley would
think otherwise," I told him with
some bitterness. "You must know
that they are allies. You couldn't
have missed that point"
"Allies " he echoed coldly. "What
do you mean?
"She's going to marry him that's
what I mean. And she s bitterly
against me. Thinking that her lover
might be accused of the murder of
his father, she told the detective
things that Implicated me and got
him to hold me here."
He turned and started up the
stairs.
"Sometimes, Dr. Long," he told
me slowly, "your mental grasp Is
quite astonishing for Its perfect
and abounding aptitude to make a
fool of yourself."
And he left me to ponder In the
hulls below.
Inspector Freeman who had
learned the truth at last and I
walked down to the shore with
Pierce at eleven o'clock the next
morning. The rowboat waited for
my friend, and In It were two strong
colored men to row. Alexander had
put on hip-boots and was armed
with a heavy rifle. And it was plain
to see that Freeman was entirely
contemptuous of the whole proceedings.
'You re a funny one, Pierce," he
spoke jokingly and at the same
time meant every word he said
In the first place, coming with all
that stage scenery on yourself It
takes one of you correspondence
school detectives to do stunts like
that. I suppose you thought that
the murderer would recognize your
determined face from your picture
in the newspapers and make him
self scarce before you could get out
the handcuffs."
Hauler a different reason, my
dear Inspector," Alexander an
swered him as he began to sl-ip the
great cartridges into the magazine
of the heavy rifle. "It wasn't the
murderer I was so frightened of.
In the first place, I didn't want you
to leave the scene in disgust, as you
might have done upon recognizing
me. You were doing too good work."
"You needn't have been afraid of
that The man was already in my
hands. And I'm glad you appre
ciate the work I have done."
"Perfectly, Freeman, perfectly.
It was particularly clever the way
you found the shirt"
Of course, you were in the hall
all the time."
'Of course. I wondered what you
and my good friend Long were go
ing to do."
I suppose you know that the
shirt Is going to put the noose about
Ahmad s neck?
"One can never tell, Inspector."
"Its a piece of evidence that can
not be questioned although I ad
mit the final tests as to the authen
ticity of the stains has not yet been
made."
And besides, Freeman there
are other reasons why I thought it
best that certain occupants of this
house didn't recognize me," Alex
ander went on seriously. "It would
help me out In the end. I confess I
don't care for disguises as a rule
And now I must bid you good day,
and go search yonder jungle for the
murderer of Hayward."
Freeman laughed uproariously.
"With a rifle, too!" he exulted.
"I'd think you were going elephant
hunting. Of all the quixotic enter-
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prises! Yon can't believe that the
murderer Is still at large, when I
have him under my constant super
vision In the house! Pirece, I have
every admiration for your qualities,
but I assure you you are making the
mistake of your career."
"Every one has to make mistakes
sometimes, Inspector," Alexander
returned quietly. "Besides I don't
suppose you remember about the
breaking of the levee how the
murderer would have time to cross
the isthums to the plateu, but
couldn't possibly go farther?"
"I remember that perfectly. But
the real murderer didn't try to cross
at all. He came back into the
house."
Then there's the matter of the
scratches and the legend, and the
rest of It. None of these things
must be overlooked, Freeman. And
I'll meet you both soon after dark."
we watcnea tne negroes row
away across the dark swmap water.
He was gone all afternoon. Once
it seemed to me that I heard the
fur-off echo of two rifle shots, but I
couldn't be sure. Freeman contin
ued his investigations. Vilas walk
ed about on the green hillsides like
a hunted man. The long afternoon
waxed hot, the shadows lengthened,
the sun cast its glamor over all the
waste of the marshes. Twilight
dropped like a white mist, and the
stars began to crop out of the skv
The night life of the marsh awaken
ed insoct and wind and bird had
their chorus.
I don't know where my thoughts
were that long afternoon. I tried
to read for a while. It wasn't a
success. I knew that my stay at
Southley Downs, so often threat
ened, was at its end at last. To
morrow we would all cross the
marsh to testify at the coroner's in
quest; and I would never return to
Southley Downs again. The mys
tery and the charm would go out
of my life to stay, as the swamp
water glided beneath the boat.
(Continued next week.)
ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH.
Rev. Thomas J. Brady, Pastor.
Next Sunday, July 22nd, will be
the eighth Sunday after Pentecost
and there will be mass in the Hepp
ner Catholic church at 10 o'clock,
with a first mass in lone at 8 sharp.
The mass in lone will be said in the
home of Mr. Paul O'Meara. Con
fessions will be heard before each
mass.
On Sunday, July 29th, the first
mass will be said in Heppner at 7:30
with confessions before the mass.
There will be a second mass this
same day in the Sands at 10 o'clock.
The pastor makes this concession
so as to permit parishoners to have
an outing in the country. Should
this involve any pretext to miss
mass, the pastor will forthwith re
turn to the established custom and
hour for Sunday service Whether
this will be extended depends upon
how attendance is affected; it is
the duty of the pastor to see that
Sunday does not degenerate into a
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All children of the parish who are
seven years of age or over will be
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