Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-03

eIaiW-fAl and oloAf!
Coast rosssured him with Q gesture.
IT'S Just Joy" he explained simply.
He put his head back against the
cushions, closed his eyes and drew q
long breath. How was to guess
how all this had been brought about7
I was afraid to ask, afraid to surmise,
even. Tel me. please"
at came-liks thunder out Of .
clear sky. Garrett: none more amazed
than l." Warburton reverted to the
habit Of clipped phrases that charac.
tsrized his moments Of excitement.
II suppose you know-you've seen tho
papers1"
'tOnly infrequently. was
. BIT cowardly about them, pre-.
sumo"
Then you hadn't heard about
Blackstock?" Coast shook hts head.
well, his eyes went back on him
were failing during the trial. II you'll
remember. heard he'd injured them
somehow-with his wireless expert.
meuts, you know. He went nearly
blind and took himself out Of the
country-to Germany, the papers said.
to consult Berlin specialist, perhaps
to undergo an operation"
"one moment" Coast took . deep
breath. did he 60 alone!"
$50 far as know. Why?''
mo matter. Call It idle curiosity
We'll, 50 much for Blackstock-
until the police get wind Of him. at all
events. They're trying to locate him
by cable now; haven't heard Of any
success that way. however. Naturally
!. But few days ago Dundas
came to the surface"
Coast started violently. Dundas!"
"Um-mm; full confession. exculpa&-
ing you, discriminating Blaekstock.
Corroborative details: letters from
Blackstock-all that sort OF thing.
Furthermore. Dundas told US why
Blackstock feared Van Tuyl: Van
knew something-some dirty business
Blackstock had cooked up in the west.
Immaterial now: tell you later. Also
Dundas took US to the shop where
Blackstock bought that gun-sales-
man recalled the transaction. You re.
member how We failed to prove the
gun hist"
"Of course. Go on about Dundas."
We'll II was Truax's do.
ing: nailed Dundas on the street one
day. somewhere east OF Third avenue.
The man had been in hiding ever
since Blackstock cleared out: hs wse
in . pretty bad way. broke and sesdy:
claimed Blackstock hadn't sent him .
dollar since he disappeared. SO Dun
das. thrown back upon his psn for .
mssns Of livelihood, went all to
pieces; couldn't work-had forgotten
the trick-or wouldn't: drank up al
he could raise by pawning things.
Truax staked him to . meal
and drinks, plenty of drinks; and all
that on an empty stomach made him
maudlin. Confessed he was keeping
conscience-remorse gnavtng ct his
vitals-whatever those are-every-
thing like that. Then Truax bundled
him into q taxi and brought him to
my rooms. 1t was near midnight
got me out Of bed: I caught cold.
However I own 1t without
compunction, W worked the poor
devil through the third degree; sim.
ply browbsat and bullyraggsd him I'M
til was aahamed Of myself. But the
truth oozed out finally, along with
tsars-whisky tears. We hadn't
stinted the bottle.
"As say. in the end Dundas owned
up to the whole filthy affair. Just a.
you told it-whimpered about selling
his soul to Blackstock. price not do
posed. We made him sign brief con-
fsssion. but I knew that wouldn't DO
sufncient, and It was then too late and
Dundas too far gone to do moro with
him. So called in . central once
man happened tc know. and turned
Dundas over to him to be taken to
. Turkish bath and licked into shape:
and It did the trick. with Q hearty
breakfast and plenty Of black coffee
for chaser. He was pretty shaky
next morning, but coaxed him into
Q taxi and had him at the district at.
torney's once before he knew what
was up. There he wanted to hedge,
but his signature to the overnight con.
fession took all the starch out Of him.
and he went al over 1t again. With .
stenographer taking 1t down-type-
written deposition-all that sort OF
thing.
Meanwhile my friend the detective
had ransscked Dundas' lodgins-soms
cheap room just OF tho Bowsry-and
found . bundle Of letters from Black.
stock-mostly written during the trial,
when they didn't dare be seen together
hints and orders 40 to the evidence
pundas was to give. That settled It
Dundas was rushed before . magic
trate and Jailed and the grand jury
was asked to indict him for perjury.
rae poor fool was scared silly, as soon
- he realized what he had done-de.
clared Blackstock would get him
sooner or later. So hs saved him the
tYouble-killed himself In his cell halt
An hour after being committed-had
q phial Of morphia secretsd in his
clothing
After pause Coast said slowly:
$50 Blaclutock did get him after all!
That makes two at least-two We
know Of"
YES" Warburton assented uneasily,
worried by the hard expression that
lined Coasts mouth; looked at that
way, yes. Well, We called your
trial 1nAsn> into rnnauIfo <fnn-thA Ate.