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Markham, district attorney for New York county are dining in Vance's apart ment when Vance receives an anonymous telephone message infc.-mlng him of a '‘dis turbing psychological tension at Professor Ephriam Garden’s apartment” advising that he read up on radio-active sodium, consult a passage in the Aeneid and coun seling that "Equanimity is essential." Pro- lessor Carden is famous In chemical re search. The message, decoded by Vance, reminds him that Professor Garden’s son Floyd and his puny cousin. Woods Swift, are addicted to horse-racing. CHAPTER I—Continued “You know this Floyd Garden well?” Vance nodded. “Fairly well. He's a member of the Far Meadows club and I’ve often played polo with him. He’s a flve-goaler and owns a couple of the best ponies in the country. I tried to buy one of them from him once—but that’s beside the point. The fact is, young Garden has in vited me on several occasions to join him and his little group at the apartment when the out-of-town races were on. It seems he has a direct loud-speaker service from all the tracks, like many of the horse fanatics. The professor disapproves, in a mild way, but he raises no serious objections because Mrs. Garden is rather inclined to sit in and take her chances on a horse now and then.” “Have you ever accepted his In vitation?” asked Markham. "No," Vance told him. Then he glanced up with a far-away look in his eyes. "But I think it might be an excellent idea.” "Come, come, Vance!” protested Markham. "Even if you see some cryptic relationship between the dis connected items of this message you’ve Just received, how, in the name of Heaven, can you take it seriously?” Vance drew deeply on his ciga rette and waited a moment before answering. “You have overlooked one phrase In the message: 'Equanimity is es sential.' he said at length. "One of the great race-horses of today hap pens to be named Equanimity. He belongs in the company of such im mortals of the turf as Man o’ War, Exterminator, Gallant Fox, and Reigh Count. Furthermore, Equa nimity is running in the Ri Vermont Handicap tomorrow." "Still I see no reason to take the matter seriously," Markham ob jected. Vance ignored the comment and added "Moreover, Doctor Miles Siefert told me at the club the other day that Mrs. Garden had been quite ill for some time with a mysterious malady.” Markham shifted in his chair and broke the ashes from his cigar. "The affair gets more muddled by the minute," he remarked irrita bly. "What’s the connection be tween all these commonplace data and that precious phone message of yours?” He waved his hand con temptuously toward the paper which Vance still held. "I happen to know,” Vance an swered slowly, "who sent me this message.” "Ah, yes?” Markham was obvi ously skeptical. "Quite. It was Doctor Siefert." Markham showed a sudden in terest. "Would you care to enlighten me as to how you arrived at this con clusion?” he asked in a satirical voice. "It was not difficult,” Vance an swered, rising and standing before the empty hearth, with one arm resting on the mantel. "To begin with, I was not called to the tele phone personally. Why? Because it was some one I know. To continue, the language of the message bears the earmarks of the medical pro fession. ‘Psychological tension’ and ‘resists diagnosis’ are not phrases ordinarily us id by the layman, al though they consist of commonplace enough words. To go another step; the message obviously assumes that I am more or less acquainted with the Garden household and the race track passion of young Garden. Therefore, we get the results that the sender of the message is a doc tor whom I know and one who is aware of my acquaintance with the Gardens. The only doctor who ful fills these conditions, snd who, inci dentally, is middle-aged and cul tured and highly judicial—Currie's description, y'know — is Miles Siefert. And, added to this simple deduction, I happen to know that Siefert is s Latin scholar—I once encountered him at the Latin so ciety club-rooms. Another point in my favor is the fact that he is the family physician of the Gardens snd would have ample opportunity to know about the galloping horses and perhapa about Equanimity in particular—in connection with the Garden household." "That being the case," Markham protested, "why don’t you phone him snd find out exactly what’s back of his cryptography?" “My dear Markham — oh, my dear Markham! Siefert would not only indignantly repudiata any knowledge of the message, but would automatically become the first obstacle in any bit of pryin’ I might decide to do. The ethics of the medical profession are most fantastic; and Siefert, as becomes his unique position, is a fanatic on the subject. From the fact that he communicated with me in this roundabout way I rathftr suspect that some grotesque poini of honor is involved. Perhaps his conscience overcame him for the moment, and he temporarily relaxed his adher ence to what he considers his code of honor . , . No, no, that course wouldn’t do at all. I must ferret out the matter for myself—as he undoubtedly wishes me to do.” “But what is this matter that you feel called upon to ferret out?” per sisted Markham. “Granting all you say, I still don’t sfce how you can regard the situation as in any way serious.” “One never knows, does one?" drawled Vance. “Still, I’m rather fond of, the horses myself, don’t y’know.” Markham seemed to relax and fitted his manner to Vance’s change of mood. “And what do you propose to do?" he asked good naturedly. Vance looked up whimsically. "The public prosecutor of New York—that noble defender of the rights of the common people—to wit: the Honorable John F-X. Mark ham—must grant me immunity and protection before I’ll consent to an swer." Markham’s eyelids drooped a lit tle as he studied Vance. He was familiar with the serious import that often lay beneath the other’s most frivolous remarks. “Are you planning to break the law?” he asked. "Oh, yes—quite,” he admitted nonchalantly. “Jailable offense, I believe.” Markham studied him for another moment. “All right," he said, without the slightest trace of lightness. “I’ll do what I can for you. What’s it to be?" Vsnce took another sip of the Napoleon. “Well, Markham old dear," he announced with a half smile, “I’m going to the Gardens’ penthouse to morrow afternoon and play the horses with the younger set.” As soon as Markham had left us that night, Vance’s mood changed. A troubled look came into his eyes, snd ha walked up and down the room pensively. “I don’t like it. Van,’’ ha mur mured, %s if talking to himself. “I don’t at all like it Siefert isn't the type to make a mysterious phone call like that, unless he has a very good reason for doing so. It's quite out of character, don’t y'know. He’s a dashed conservative chap, and no end ethical. There must be something worrying him deeply. But why the Gardens’ apartment? The domestic atmosphere there has al ways struck me as at least super ficially normal—and now a man as dependable as Siefert gets jittery about it to the extent of indulging in shillin’-shocker technique. It's deuced queer.” He stopped pacing the floor and looked at the clock. "I think I’ll make the arrange ments. A bit of snoopin’ is highly indicated.” He went into the anteroom, and a moment later I heard him dialing a number on the telephone. When he returned to the library he seemed to have thrown off his de pression. His manner was almost flippant. “We’re in for an abominable lunch tomorrow, Van,” he announced, pouring himself another pony of cognac. “And we must torture our selves with the viands at a most ungodly hour—noon. What a time to ingest even good food!” He sighed. "We’re lunching ^th young Garden at his home. Woode Swift will be there and also an insuffer able creature named Lowe Hamm^ a horsy gentleman from some obscure estate on Long Island. Lat er we’ll be joined by various mcm^ bers of the sporting set, and togeth er we’ll indulge in that ancient and fascinatin’ pastime of laying wag ers on the thoroughbreds.” He rang for Currie and sent him out to fetch a copy of the Morning Telegraph. "One should be prepared. Oh, quite. It’s been years since I handi capped the horses.” Although I was well aware that Vance had some serious object in lunching with young Garden the fol lowing day and in participating in the gambling on the races, I had not the slightest suspicion, at the time, of the horrors that were to follow. On the afternoon of April 14 occurred the first grim act of one of the most atrocious multiple crimes of this generation. And to Doctor Siefert must go, in a large measure, the credit for the identifi cation of the criminal, for had he not sent his cryptic and would-be anonymous message to Vance, the truth would probably never have been known. I shall never forget that fatal Sat urday afternoon. And atidt from the brutal Garden murder, that aft ernoon will always remain memor able for me because R marked the first mature sentimental episode, so far as I had ever observed, in Vance’s life. For once, the cold im personal attitude of his analytical mind melted before the appeal of an attractive woman. CHAPTER D Shortly before noon the next day we arrived at Professor Garden’s beautiful skyscraper apartment, and were cordially, and a little ex uberantly, greeted by young Gar den. Floyd Garden was s man in his early thirties, erect and athletically built. He was about six feet tall, with powerful shoulders and a slen der waist. His hair was almost black, and his complexion swarthy. His manner, while easy and casual, and with a suggestion of swagger, was in no way offensive. He was not a handsome man: his features were too rugged, his eyes set too close together, his ears protruded too muth, and his lips were too thin. But he had an undeniable charm, and there was a quiet sub merged competency in the way he moved and in the rapidity of his mental reactions. "There are only five of us for lunch, Vance,” he remarked breezi ly. "The old gentleman is fussing with his test-tubes and Bunsen burn ers at the university; the mater is having a grand time playing sick. But Pop Hammle is coming—rum old bird, but a good sport; and we’ll also be burdened with beloved cous in Woode. You know Swift, I be lieve, Vance. Queer crab. Woody.” He pondered a moment with a wry face. "Can’t figure out just how he fits into this household. Dad and the mater seem inordinately fond of him—sorry for him, perhaps; or maybe he's the kind of serious, sensitive guy they wish I’d turned out to be. I don’t dislike Woode, but we have little in common ex cept the horses. Only, he’ takes his betting too seriously tc suit me —he hasn’t much money, and his wins or losses mean a lot to him. Of course, he’ll go broke in the end.” Vance had been watching Garden covertly during this rambling re cital of domestic intimacies. “I know you hate mysteries, and there's apt to be some funny things happening here this afternoon," Garden continued. “Woode has been acting queer for the past cou ple of weeks, as if some secret sorrow was gnawing at his mind.” "Any specific psychopathic symp toms?” Vance asked lightly. "No-o.” Garden pursed his lips and frowned thoughtfully. “But he's developed a curious habit of going upstairs to the roof-garden as soon as he’s placed a large bet, and he remains there alone until the re sult of the race has come through." "Nothing very unusual about that.” Vance made a deprecatory motion with his hand. “Many gam blers,- d’ ye see. are like that.” "You're probably right,” Garden admitted reluctantly. "But I wish he’d bet moderately, instead of plunging like a fool whenever he's hot for a horse." "By the by," asked Vance, "why do you particularly look for strange occurrences this afternoon?” Garden shrugged. "The fact is,” he replied, after a short pause, "Woody’s been losing heavily of late, and today’s the day of the big Rivermont Handicap. I have a feeling he's going to put every dollar he’s got on Equanimity, who’ll undoubtedly be the favorite ... Equanimity!” He snorted with undisguised contempt. "That rail- lugger! Probably the second great est horse of modern times — but what’s the use?” He looked up solemnly. "And that, Vance, means trouble If Equanimity doesn’t come in. It means a blow-up of some kind. I’ve felt it coming for over a week. It’s got me worried. To tell you the truth. I’m glad you picked this day to sit in with us.” "Very interestin’ situation,” com mented Vance. “I agree in the main with what you say regarding Equanimity. But I think you’re too harsh, and I'm not convinced that he’s a rail-lugger because of any innate passion for wood . . . But as you were sayin’, the psychologi cal situation hereabout has you wor ried. I gather there’s a super charged atmosphere round this charmin’ aerie.” "That’s it, exactly,” Garden an swered almost eagerly. "Super charged is right. Nearly every day the mater asks, ‘How’s Woody?’ And when the old gentleman comes home from his lab at night he greets me with a left-handed ’Well, my boy, have you seen Woody to day?’ ” Vance made no comment on these remarks. Instead he asked in a pe culiarly flat voice: “Do you consid er this recent hyper-tension in the household due entirely to your cousin’s financial predicament and his determination to risk all he has on t’.e horses?” Garden started slightly and then settled baek in his chair. “No, damn it!” he answered a lit tle vehemently. “And that’s anoth er thing that bothers me. A lot of the golliwogs we’re harboring are due to Woode’s cuckoo state of mind, but there are other queer in visible animals springing up and down the corridors. I can’t figure it out. The mater’s illness doesn’t make sense either. And there’s fun ny business of some kind going on among the gang that drifts in here nearly every afternoon to play the races.” (TO Bi CONTINUED* You Will Delight a Child With These! This sturdy pair, dressed in their “Sunday best,” are sure to walk right into the heart of some wee tof. You’ll have fun, too, mak ing both the dolls and their bright finery, ’specially if your scrap bag furnishes you with gay odds and ends. Hair and features are done with a few siniple embroidery stitches. Grand indeed for gifts Pattern 5247 are Sambo of the checkered over alls, and Mammy, in apron and kerchief. In pattern 5247 you will find a transfer pattern for a doll about 14 inches high; patterns for making the clothes; directions for making doll and clothes; materi al requirements. To obtain this pattern send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept., 259 W. 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