Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
By MARVIN DANA from the
Play by BAYARD WELLER
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.

TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
You forget yourself, Inspector" he
said, icily. This is my wife. She
has the right to be with me-her hus-
band!"
The Inspector grinned skeptically
He was moved no more effectively by
Mary's almost hysterical effort to re-
spond to her husbands leading.
why shouldn't be here? Why?
Why? I"
Burke broke in on the girls pitiful
histrionics ruthlessly. He was not In
the least deceived. He was aware
that something untoward, as he
deemed II, had occurred. II seemed
to him, in fact, that his finical
mechanisms for the undoing OF Mary
Turner were in a fair way to be
thwarted. But he would not give up
the cause without a struggle. Again,
he addressed himself to Dick, disre-
garding completely the aloof manner
of the young man.
Where's your father7" he ques-
toned roughly.
I'm bed, naturally" was the an
swer. Il ask you again: What are
you doing here at this time OF night?"
ously in a movement of Impotence
over this prolonging Of the farce.
"Oh. call your father" he directed
disgustedly.
Dick demonstrated with an excellent
show Of dignity.
ITS late" he objected. I'D rather
not disturb him, II you don't mind
Really, the idea is absurd, you know
| Suddenly, he smiled very winningly
and spoke with a good assumption
Of righteousness.
| Inspector" he said briskly, II see
I'm have TO tell you the truth. It's
this: I've persuaded my wife to go
away with me. She's going TO give
| all that other sort of thing up. Yes,
we're going away together There
was genuine triumph in his voice
now. so, you see, we've got to talk
| IL over. Now. then, Inspector, II you'll
come back in the morning
Vanished From the Room.
The official grinned sardonically.
He could not in the least guess just
what had in very deed happened, but
| he was far too clever a man to be
bamboozled by Dicks mAunderings.
'Oh. that's it," he exclaimed with
obvious incredibly.
"Of course" Dick replied bravely,
| though he knew that the Inspector
disbelieved his pretenses. Still, for
| his own part, he was inclined as yet
to be angry rather than alarmed by
this failure to impress the officer.
You see, didn't know"
And even in the moment Of his
saying the white beam Of the flashing
searchlight from the Tower fell be-
| tween the undrawn draperies Of the
octagonai window. The light startled
| the Inspector again, as IL had done
once before that same night. His
gaze followed It instinctively. So.
within the second. he saw the still
form lying there on the fioor-lying
where had been shadows, where now,
for the passing of an instant, was
brilliant radiance.
There was no mistaking that awful,
notionless, crumpled posture. The In
spector knew IN this single instant of
view that murder had been done here
Even as the beam Of light from the
Tower shifted and vanished from the
room, he leaped to the switch by the
door. and turned on the lights Of the
chandelier. In the next moment, he
had reached the door Of the passage
across the room. and his whistle
sounded shrill. His voice beloved re-
enforcement 10 the blast.
Cassidy, Cassidy"
As Dick made a step toward his
wife, from whom he had withdrawn
a little in his colloquy with the off,
cial. Burke voiced his command vi
/ CiOusly.
stay where you are-bOth OF you!
Cassidy came rushing in, with the
other detectives. He was plainly sur
| prised to find the room so nearly
empty, where he had expected TO be
/ hold a gang Of robbers
why. what's II all mean, Chief?'
/ he questioned. His peering eyes fell
/ on Dick standing beside Mary, and
they rounded In Amusement
They've got Griggsi" Burke an
swered. There was exceeding rage
/ in his voice, as he spoke from his
kneeling posture beside the body, to
which he had hurried after the sum-
mons TO his aides. He glowered up
/ into the bewildered face Of the detec-
/ tive. IN break YOU for this, Cas-
| sidy," he declared fiercely. Why
didn't you get here on the run when
you heard the shot ,"
To BE Continued Tomorrow.