The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27

forged notes, not knowing that they are
nisslns, Blakeley and an amateur de-
Istef. From a servant Blakeley learns
that Alison West had been there on a
k.st snG sullivan had been, attentive to
Per Of the murdered man. Blakeley's
louise is ransacked by the police. He
bic partner is off. Alison tells Blakeiey
eSout the attention paid her by Sullivan
CHAPTER xxvlH.-continued.
Married." she said finally, in a
small voice. why, 1 don't think It is
possible. Is it? IL was on my way
% Baltimore to marry him myself,
when the wreck came"
But you said you don't care for
Mimi" l protested, my heavy mascu-
1lne mind unable to jump the gaps in
= story. And then, without the
slightest warning, l realized that she
was crying. She shook of nv hand
and fumbled for her handkerchief.
and failing to find it, she accepted the
one l thrust into her wet fingers.
Then. little by little, she told me
from the handkerchief, a sordid story
81 . motor trip in the mountains with
cut Mrs. Curtis, of a lost road and a
broken car. and a rainy night when
.6ey-she and Sullivan, tramped eter-
Aally and did not get home. And of
Hrs. Curtis, when they got home at
dawn, suddenly grown conventional
And deeply shocked. OF her own
proud, half-disdainful consent to
make possible the hackneyed COM
promising situation by marrying the
rascal, and then-of his disappearance
o the train. It vas SO terrible to
her. such a Heaven-sent relief to me,
n spite OF my rage against Sullivan,
chat l laughed aloud. At which she
looked at me over the handkerchief.
I know It's funny" she said. with
. catch In her breath. when think
that I nearly married a murderer
and didn't cry for sheer joy" Then
che buried her face and cried again.
SPlease don't" / protested unstead.
~. II won't be responsible if you
keep on crying like that. l may for
get that ! have a capital charge hang
ing over my head. and that l may be
arrested at any moment"
That brought her out of the hand
E6erchief at once. II meant to be SO
hslpful." she said. land I've thought
81 nothing but myself! There were
some things I mean to tell you. II
1ennie was-what you say. then I un-
lerGtAnd why she came to me just be-
fore I left. She had been packing
my things and she must have seen
what condition was in. for she came
wraps on. to leave, and said, Don't
- It, Miss West, / beg you won't do
e: you'll be sorry ever after And
5ust then Mrs. Curtis came in and
Jennie slipped out"
THAT "a ALI"
mo. As we went through the sta
tlon the telegraph operator gave Har
Mr.. Sullivan, a message. He read it
On the platform, and it excited him
terribly. He took his sister aside and
they talked together. He YVES white
With either fear or anger don't
know which. Then, when we boarded
che train, q m in black, with
beautiful hair, who was standing on
the q platform, touched him on the
arm and then drew back. He looked
at her and glanced away again, but
che reeled as If he had struck her"
Then what?" The situation was
growing clearer.
Mrs. Curtis and ! had the drawing
room. I had q dreadful night, just
sleeping q little o and then. l
oaw his cigarette case in your hand.
had given it to him. You wore his
clothes. The murder was discovered
ana you were accused of 1t! What
oould I do? And then, afterward,
when raw him asleep at the farm
house IL was panic-stricken. 1
0ockod him IN and ran. l didn't know
~ - did IT. but-he had killed q
Sons one was calling Alison
fnrough Z megaphone. from the veran-
/ =. II sounded like Sam. "All-ee.'
he called. "All-ee! I'm going to have
oome onchovies on toast! Affect"
1olthoe OF US heard.
WONDER" I reflected. III you
weeel1 he willing to repeat q part of
ut otcry-just from the telegram on
60 = couple Of detectives, say on
Monday. X you would tell that, and
Aou ~ end Of your necklace got into
~ son1skin bag"
s11y necklacel" she repeated. "But
atnnhk mine. I picked it up In the
A11ool' Sam again. : . you
$3.50 fhose. I'm making ! julepls