Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-27
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
The Search is Rewarded.

The Search is Rewarded.
Il may witness this outrage"
Bobby asked.
I'D rather you didn't speak of it
in such harsh terms Robinson
smiled.
Bobby didn't know what to ex-
pect. The whole thing might be a
trick of Parades', i'll line with his
hints the night of Howells' death,
to involve katherine. The quiet
confidence of the two officials was
disturbing. What had Rawlins seen?
After a long time Graham de-
soended the private staircase carry
ing lighted candle. He beckoned
and they followed him back
through the private hall into the
wide and mournful bedroom, 1t en-
couragcd Bobby to see the district
attorney and the detective hurry
across it. After all, they were really
without confidence of solving its
ghostly riddle. What they were
about to do. he argued, was last
chance They would acknowledge
themselves beaten.
When they entered the farther
wing he noticed that KaMerine's
door stood wide.
when | called her Graham eN-
planned, she thought something had
happened to her grandfather. She
ran out"
And forgot all about the door,"
Robinson grinned, That's lucky
Now, Rawlins."
Bobby couldn't bring himself to
cross the threshold, but from t~%
corridor he could see the interior of
the room and all that went on there
during the next few moments. A
candle burned on the bureau, expos
ing the feminine neatness and deli
cacy of the furnishings. The pres
ence of the three men was desc
Grafton; what they were about to do
all unforgivable act of vandalism.
Rawlins went to work table
while Robinson rummaged in the
closet. Graham. meantime, bent
against the footboard of the bed,
watching with anxious eyes. Bobby S
anger was increased by this picture.
He resisted an impulse to run to the
stairs and call Katherine up. That
would simply increase Robinson's
suspicious. There was nothing she
could DO nothing he could do.
| Rawins had clearly been unsuc-
cessful at the work table. He glided
to the bureau. One after the other
he opened the drawers, fumbling
within, lifting the contents out, re-
placing them with rough haste
while Bobby's futile rage increased,
Suddenly he saw Graham's atti-
| tude alter. Rawlins' back stiffened.
Come here, Mr.. Robinson" he
said softly.
| Robinson left the closet and
stopped beside the detective. Me
exclaimed Graham went closer,
looking over their backs.
You'd better see, Bobby" he said,
without turning.
Yes" Robinson said, Let me
show you how wrong you were, Mr..
Blackburn. Let me ask if you knew
you were/wrong."
Bobby entered with quicker
pulse. He, stopped and looked i'll
the opening. Abruptly everything
altered for him. He wondered that
| his physical surroundings should re-
main the same, that the eager faces
beside him should retain their IA
miliar lines.
Against the back board of the bu-
reau. where it would fit neatly When
the drawer was in place, lay phs-
ter cast of footmark. Near by
Twas a rumblcd handkerchief that
Bobby recognized as his own, and
/ the envelope containing Howeus' re-
port which they had told jenkins It
hide.
"Well?" Robinson grinned,
Il swear ! didn't know they were
there" Bobby answered. You'll
never make me believe that Kath-
| crime knows il"
1--WE guessed" Rawlins said, tina
the stuff was hidden here ever since
this afternoon when | saw small
bundle sneaked in"
| who brought it:?' Bobby took
him up,
7 Robinson's grin expanded.
| Leave us one OF two surprises tc
spring in court"
Then" Bobby said, ''my eousil
wasn't in the room when this evi
dence was brought here"
"l'll admit that" Rawlins an
sw rcd, "but she wasn't far + away
and she got here before | could III
vestigate, and she's kept the doc
locked ever since until Just now.
| Hc lifted the exhibits out. The
shape of the cast, the monogram Of
the handkerchief cried out thcl
testimony.
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