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PAGE TWELVE WEDFOTID MAIL TRTBITNE, MEDFOTID, QREflOy, THTJKSDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1935. The Character Hugo Stern, handsome author, living on the French Riviera. Archie Lumtdcn, mvselt. Hu oo'l riend. Rene Gelu, man behind a mur der plot, tcho it trying to get rid of me. Yesterday: Venner Is murdered, and a wrench and wallet plant ed In my room. I hide the evi dence under a tile In the halL ChaDter32 Many Curious Facts Venner and I spoke of 11 London." I told the examin ing magistrate. "Ha was s very homesick man." The iuge d'instruction pursed his Hps, looking at me aharply from under lowered brows, startlingly like a eat about to pounce. "And no incident occurred during this Interesting conversation?" he In quired. "Nothing that struck you as out of the ordinary? You en tered this room, you sat and con versed, you took your leave?" A warning bell rang In my brain. Something I couldn't tell what whispered that a lot depended on my answer to that question, that some carefully laid trap was about to be sprung if I didn't watch my step. They were all eyeing me, silent, wary, expectant, and I hesi tated, racking my brains; and then, as I looked from one to the other, I caught the eye of the stout, cheerful-looking fellow on the commissaire's right, Fleuriot the man from Marseille, and saw him give a slight, reassuring nod a nod that said: "Carry on. I'm on your side." I did a minute's quick thinking. There was something he wanted to say, but obviously he could have no Knowledge of what I had dis cussed with Venner. And then, suddenly, I guessed. "There was one incident," I said, speaking slowly and picking my words. "Mr. Venner had a heart attack just before I left I think speaking of London had been a trifle agitating, and I understand his heart was weak. He asked me to get him ome drops from the table beside his bed. and lust after I had brought them, he thought he heard a sound on the balcony out side his bedroom window and told me to go and have a look." "You actually went out on the balcony?" said M. Fleuriot en couragingly. "Yes," I answered. "I had a good look at the balcony, but there was no one there." "That proves nothing except that he Is clever," the jiipe re marked, and then to me: "Now we come to the rest of the evening You say you spent it with Monsieur Stern? You have other witnesses. I suppose?" "Naturally," I retorted. "Miss Afla htern, and Mr. Dunning, an American friend." "And after dinner you came back to the hotel? At what time?" "At five minutes to ten," I said. "But the hotel gates were already shut" I had already decided that s far as my use of the key went there mitt be no attempt at con- The jtios raised his eyebrows. "The gate was locked: then how did you get in. proy7" "Oh," said I airily, "I had a key. I got it from the late chasseur, two days ago the housekeeper will tell vou all about that and it unf lost but it turned up again. Here u is. i inrew it on me tame. He glanced at It indifferently "Then, he snid gently, "vou have no wnness as to what time you came in?" "Do you want one?" I asked dryly. I want more from you than that Mr. Lumsden," he retorted "I want an explanation for many curious facts. First the fact that your llngcrprints. and yours alone nave been found inside and out side the shutters of this window: second, the fact that your finger prints are the only ones on the medicine-Bottle, the water-carafe, and the glass: third, the fnct that apart from the man Amedee. who is an honest fellow and has a good record, you were the last person to see Monsieur Venner alive. "Vowing Vengeance' TIE STOOD up suddenly, his eyes, sharp and keen as gim lets, boring into mine. "Shall I tell you the truth?" he said softly. "You came here, an unexpected guest because vou were in need of money, because you knew some guilty secret of Monsieur Venner'a past life, some secret that he would pay well to nave you silent atiout You dis closed vour knowledge to him in the morning and gave him until night to make his rlrcinion He sent for you and there took place an interview so stormv that he was afllicted . ith a heart-attack. He refused your exorbitant demands ami vou departed, vowinc ven gennce. Then. In the silent hours of the night, you returned to vour wretched victim and brulnllv mur dered him. taking what money vou could find. You are not aware. I suppose, that his wallet is miss ing?" Now that the storm hud hroken. I conscious only of a queer renci at strain relaxed, and an im mense thankfulness that I had mentioned the medicine I had Biven the old man and the excur sion to the balcony, for if I had not DENY DISMISSAL CITY RUM DEATH 8AN PRANCIRC1X. Oct. (AP Municipal Judge Hugh L- Smith to tffcj refused drfrn motion to dl- X SALIMARSH those damnable fingerprints woulu have been doubly incriminating. "just a minute, i saia quietly. 'Am I to understand. Monsieur te iuge, that you accuse me of mur dering Mr. Venner?" tie snook nis nead. I make no accusations as yet," said he. "I reconstruct the crime, as I am at liberty to do." "It seems to me," I said "that in your precious reconstruction you ve omitted two important points: first that the door to these rooms was locked from the inside, and second, that the bedroom next door was also locked and the key in its place in the office, as Amedee can tell you." "The key?" he said dryly. "What more easy than for you to possess yourself of the other key, a key of an unoccupied room mat would never be missed?" I shrugged. "All rieht." I said wearily, "let's leave the question of the key. Where's the weapon that committed the crime, and the wallet that was stolen? You can see for yourself it isn't on me, and l gainer, from the look of my room, that you're satisfied yourself it isn't there either." He smiled gently at me. "Your wits are slow today, my young friend," he retorted. "Have you not told us yourself that vou took a bathe this morning and that no one saw you leave the house? What more easy than for you to carry the evidences of your crime out with ysu and conceal them, in the flarden on the beach where you ike? No, nol You cannot escape as easily as that!" He glanced round him, at the si lent, watchful ring of police, at the commissaire, plump and uneasy, at the man from Marseille, studi ously aloof, and took a quick step forward. "Take him over there!" he said sharply. "Let hjm see what he has done! And befpre I real ized what was happening, a couple of brawny fellows had seized me by the arms and propelled me to the bed. The Dog Lulu THE jufle had followed round the table in our wake, and now he suddenly ripped back the bed clothes. "Miserablo one, ' behold thy victim!" he said quietly, and for a long instant I stood staring down at the dreadful thing which lay revealed. A wave of nausea swept over me, followed by a surge of blind, ungovernable rage. I could have taken the heads of the men who held me and crashed them to gether: but before the last rags of sanity slipped from me, salvation came. A voice spoke from my rear, a calm, unhurried voice, but with the unmistakable ring of authority.- i nai s enougn. it said, and next mlnuto the man from Marseille had pushed my captors aside and quietly pulled the coverings back in place. You may go now, young man, but understand, you must not leave the hotel." "I understand," I told him grate fully. I dressed, and made my way rather dismally down the stairs, wondering how 1 was going to get through the interminable hours that lay before me. and still more how I could get In touch with Hugo. But as my foot touched the bottom step, I heard his voice call ing my name. "Archie!" he shouted. "What the devil have you been up to, and what's all this going on here?" I caught him by the shoulders and swung him round in the di rection of Amedce's pantry. I shut the door, and told him my story. As I finished he heaved a sign. "Well." said he, "that finishes it. You pack your traps, my lad, and come straight home with me." "You foraet" I suggested mild ly, "that as a suspected murderer I m not allowed to leave this hotel." Well, at least I'm going right away to the Vice-Consul to get the name of a good criminal lawyer." "You'll do nothing of the sort." I retorted. "It'll be time enough for that when thev accuse me. Let's take it that I lie low for awhile and you carry on without me. After all I can always let vou know if I'm in any sort of a iam." "And how will you do that?" he demanded sourly. I thought for a minute. "There's Amedee," I said. "I could trust him to take a message without tipping off the police." I broke off short, for the object of my commendation had poked his head cautiously round the door. "Monsieur," he snid in a rusty whisper, "a word if you please about the dog, Lulu!" "He's not dead?" I asked, startled, for the poor brute had for the moment slipped from my memory. "No, no," said he, "but the Mart has just called me to give me or ders to have him destroyed imme diately, without delay. "The dcure she hns!" said I, and whistled softly. "Now. I wonder why." Hugo looked at me mennlngly. "You say the dog was present at the murder?" he queried drvlv. "He was. in effect, knocked on the head by the murderer? Isn't it con ceivable that he might, if he recov ers, rcrognire the man who did it?" "I helirre vou're right." I swune round on Amedee "Listen, friend. I said "Tell the Miss that vou are carrying out her orders. The dog will be destroyed tonight and buried in the garden if necessary; vou can dig a grave to add a touch of local color hut instead gel him carried up to the ton of the lane some time after dark say about nine thirty." I turned to Hugo. "Will that suit you?" "Admirably," snid he. fCorvltfM. III!, Hue SnltmaraaJ Tomorrow: The third degree. mlAt man Hugh tor charg agnliift Tliomiu WHito, 34. on ol two men ncouwl of thr myMTtoim drutn of W niter C. Vllwrt, 40. fJHVut.v of the ffxientl homing ntt ministration for northern California. Vlbert. Km of Phillip Vlbwt of Vie torla. B, C-, wm found dead In hU hotel room here liwt August 13. Walter Dunn, attorney for White, made the motion for dtsmlwml aftr Jtvwe P. Carr, city paiholOKiat, toMt flrxl Vltwrt could have auffrnxt ft vrebial hrmorrhnge In ft fall. Dr Carr aald Vitw-rt m born with unusually thln-wallM blood vewrla at the bae of hla brain and added STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For tether proof address the anther. Inclosing stamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. 8. PaS. 3Q. COMPOSITION 0rWr VflllfcMoRttUeoTtWHftlK. American compose PISD HHll WRITING J mi yW? LoulMfinn Purchase Greatest act of Thomaa Jefferson, first President of the United States to M Inaugurated In Washington City, was the purchase of the extens ive Louisiana Territory from Prance for the sum of 16,000,000. Two foremost objectives were In wind when this huge land deal was contemplated to give the United States control of the Mississippi River and the port of New Orleans, and to keep thta country unhampered by European countries In the develop ment of a republican form of gov ernment. they were ruptured by some force outside the body and not the result of natural causes. The witness said It was "quite possible" a blow could have cAiised Vlbert's death but agreed with Duane an ordinary fall could have done so. "I want to hear what happened tn that room," said Judge Smith In re fusing the motion for dlsmlsNal. 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