The evening world., 1910-12-09

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PLANTATION, but I did not let II out of my
Iand one moment waile we were talk
ag. NJ hand was cramped from hold
r. 1t, when she gave up In despair at
asst. and went back to the city"
what did you do with the letters she
WsntedT"
Il kept them with me that night and
she next morning hid them In the secret
closet. That was when l dropped my
-ountain PEN"
And the pearls" Margery asked sud-
ienly. When did you get them.
barry"
To my Surprise his face did not
shange. He appeared to be thinking.
1.-TWO days before | left" no said.
We were using every method to get
Money. and your father said to sacrifice
t5em. IL necessary"
My father"
wheeled on US both.
Did you think l stole them" he de-
manded. And l confess tina. 1 was
Lshamed 10 say | had thought precisely
that.
Your father gave me nine unmounted
pearls TO SELL" lie reiterated. Il got
about a thousand dollars for them
o.even hundred and something. / be-
iieve.-
'Tt en- l said. to bring Wardrop back
to his story, you found you had been
1853 led OF the money, and you went in
20 tell Mr. Fleming. You had some
~.rds. didn't you?"
"He thought what you thought" War
drop said bitterly. "lie accused me OF
stealing the money. ! felt worse h q
tlief. He was desperate. and i took his
.'evolver from him.
81 came back here to Bellwood. and
y first thins l learned was about Miss
H.ne. When i saw the blood print on
a. stair rail. | thought she was muir
cred. ana / had more than | could
tand. | took the letters out OF the Sc
ct closet. before ] could show it TO You
md Hunter. and later | put them in the
- her bag | gave you, and locked 1t.
AS for that night at the CLUB, l told
de truth then, but not all the truth. l
tJppose 1 am a coward. but 1 was
..frald 10. II You knew Schwartz. you
>N,Ould understand.
Il went TO that room at the White
Cat tina: night, because | was afraid
not to so. Fleming might Kill hlmsel'
y: some one else. 1 wont up the stair:
LowIy, and | heard no saot. At the
door | hes!tated. then opened It quietly
The door iato the built-.n staircaso was
.ust closing. 1t must have taken re
only an instant to realize what hac
-Iappened. Fleming was swaying Cor,
ward as / caught him / jumped to III,
staircase and looked down, but l VA
TOO late. The door below had closed.
anew in another minute who had beei
there, and escaped IL was raining
you remember. and Schwartz had ior
gotten TO take his umbrella vita hi
name on the handle"
Schwartz
Now do you understand why ! wa
being followed?" he demanded. II hay,
been under surveillance every m.nut
since that hight. There's. prohabl,
some tle hanging around the gate 0
.>ayhow. ! was frantic. ! saw how 1
Locked for me, and !f | had broash
.ichwar,z into 1t. l would have bee
.,liced In forty-cight hours. / hardl,
-,memhcr what / did. ! know ! raI
Or a doctor, and / took the umbrell
With me and left It In tho vest'buie o
IL hAs - q =" ''Nf'
sisn. rang the bel Ike a crazy man
nd then Hunter came along and sal
1, 20 back, Doctor Gray was at tn
club.
That Is all I knOT. I'm not prou
81 it, Marsery. but 1t might have bee
worse, and It's the truth. 1t clears u
somethlng, but not all. 1t doesn't te
where Aunt Jane Is, or who has N
hundred thousand. But 1t does shot
who killed our father. And II 80
know what is good for you, Knox, yo
wuI let It go at that. You ean'i hsl
lhe police and the courts single-hande'
..ok how the whole thing was droppeS
,nd the most cold FLOODED kind OF mul
der turned into suicide. Suicide withol
Il weapon! BAN
- am not 80 sure about schwartz
said thoughtfully. we haven't ~
learned about eleven Twenty-Five ~
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