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CHAPTER XIV—Continued Zaiia Graem glared defiantly at Vance. “I asked Mrs. Garden what I could do for her, and she requested me to fill the water glass on the lit tle table beside her bed. I went into the bathroom and filled it; then I arranged her pillows and v asked her if there was anything else she wanted. She thanked me and shook her head; and I returned to the drawing-room.” "Thank you,” murmured Vance, nodding to Miss Graem and turn ing to the nurse. “Miss Beeton,” he asked, “when you returned last night, was the bedroom window which opens on the balcony bolted?” The nurse seemed surprised at the question. But when she an swered. it was in a calm, profes sional tone 'T didn't notice. But I know it was bolted when I went out—” He turned leisurely to Floyd Garden. ‘1 say. Garden when you left the drawing-room yesterday aft ernoon. to follow Swift on your er rand at tneiT}. as M were, after he had given you his bet on Equanimi ty. where did you go with htfn?” ' I led hi-n mu aggveeaire *! went gown the h*H J mT sUwe I HhjnC I aug* TjhL ^ *** *1* «* w-« * ’ t I • ewaaBSSM as Us eewrywaw See weerh twMwew* •**7 euusi — she hew •ew*** #wasy There U»«« Seen ee aeeesmg awws- lie tee* iwl— ti ewe sf these «W let i we M mm m the rwiorM Sy severe! Mrs Cerden lest rughi directly ac cused her son In feet, there has | been e general tendency to involve various people m the criminal activ ities here From the human and psychological point of view the la res has been both deliberately and unconsciously clouded, until the con fusion was such that no clear-cut outline remained. And this created an atmosphere which perfectly suited the murderer's machinations, for it made detection extremely dif ficult and positive proof almost im possible . . . And yet,” Vance added, "some one in this room is guilty." He rose dejectedly. I could not understand his manner: it was so unlike the man as I had always known him. All of his assurance seemed gone. Then he swung round quickly, and his eyes swept angrily about the room, resting for a brief moment on e^ch one present. "Furthermore,” he said with a staccato stress on his words, "I know who the guilty person is!” There was an uneasy stir in the room and a short tense silence which was broken by Doctor Sie- fert’s cultured voice. "If that is the case, Mr. Vance— > and I do not doubt the sincerity of your statement—I think it your duty to name that person.” Vance regarded the doctor thoughtfully for several moments before answering Then he said in a low voice: "I think you arengKt; sir " Again he paused and. * taw wae split by a woman's and terrifying cry lor help, from somewhere upstairs. As we reached the hallway the nurse came stum bling down the stairs, holding with both hands to the bronze railing. Her face was ghastly pals. "Mr. Markham! Mr. Markhamt" aha called hysterically. "Oh, my God I The moat terribla thing has happened I" She had Just reached the foot of the stairs when Markham came up to her. She stood clutching the railing for support. "It’s Mr. Vance!" she panted ex citedly. "He's—gone 1" A chill of horror passed over me, and everyone in the hall seemed stunned. In broken phrases, interspersed with gasping sobs, the nurse was explaining to Markham. "He went over—Oh, God, it was terrible! He said he wanted to ask me something, and led me out into the garden. He began questioning me about Doctor Siefert, and Pro fessor Garden, and Miss Graem. And while he talked he moved over to the parapet — you remember where ha stood last night. He got up there again, and looked down. I was frightened—the way I was yes terday. And then—and then—while I did To inf wtili a *1 was inclined to Beeton almset from the first, for. although everyone here had, through soma act, drawn suspicion upon himself, only the nurse had tha time and tha unhampered opportu nity to commit the initial crime. She was Entirely unobserved when the put her plan into execution; and so thoroughly familiar was she with every arrangement of the household, that she had no difficulty in timing her every step to as to insure this essentisi privacy. "Subsequent events and circum stances added irresistibly, to my suspicion of her. For instance, when Mr. Floyd Garden informed me where the key to the vault was kept, I sent her to see if it was in its place, without indicating to her where its place was, in order to ascertain if she knew where the key hung. Only someone who knew ex actly how to get into the vault at a moment’s notice could have been guily of killing Swift. "Incidentally, one of my great dif ficulties in the case has been to act in such a way, at all times, that her suspicions would not be aroused at any point." "Her motive was not clear at first," Vance explained, "and, un fortunately, I thought that by Swift’s death alone the had accomplished her purpose. But after my talk with Doctor Siefert this morning, I was able to understand fully her whole hideous plot. Doctor Siefert pointed out definitely her Interest in Floyd Garden, although I had had hinta of It before. For Instance. Floyd Garden was the only person here shout whom aha spoke to mo with admiration. Her motive waa STAR j DUST | 2 Movie • Radio 2 * * VIRGINIA VAU*** A LWAYS • dauntless trsl blazer, Sam Goldwyn haa just announced that in future all of his productions will be filmed in Technicolor. 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You were about to take everything —everything—away from me.” She turned quickly and ran up the stairs. Almost simultaneously Vance dashed forward. "Quick, quick!” he called out. "Stop her before she gets to the gar den.” But before any of us realized the significance of his words, Vance was himself on the stairs. Heath and Snitkin were just behind him, and the rest of us, stupefied, followed. As I came out on the roof, I could see Miss Beeton running toward the far end of the garden, with Vance immediately behind her. Twilight had nearly passed, and a deep dusk had settled over the city. As the girl leaped up on the parapet at the same point where Vance had stood the night before, she was like a spectral silhouette against the faintly glowing sky. And then she disappeared down into the deep shadowy abyss, just before Vance could reach her. CHATTER XV m g*f I e*wi MS rW#» tome tori* ftom mm tom ■» «dto tdria tw a Um* «f M * tm and Mm Oam ddma kadL to* •rmm MM km mtoartmeatri wMh n Um ■odium, and had oftvn the apartment here for tha of typing notes and attending to oth er duties which could art lenlly be performed at tha univer sity. Doctor Siefert also informed me that ah# had actually entered the household here about taro months ago, to take personal charge of Mrs. Garden's case. She had, however, continued to assist Pro fessor Garden occasionally in his work and naturally had access to the radio-active sodium he had bo- gun to produce.” Vance turned his eyes to Profes sor Garden. "And you too, sir," he said, "were, as I see it, one of her in tended victims. When she planned to shoot Swift I believe she planned a double murder—that is, you and Swift were to be shot at the same time. 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