Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-20
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES

/" usd thinK' MISS Auare' II 'Nie'
= weeks today since poor Mrs. Hnrts- T.
horne was killed !" Sadie Mullen
glanced up at her new friend and then
swiftly back to the manicuring i'm
plements she was sterilizing. Her thin
face had rounded and the sullen de-
fiance in her eyes had given place to
trustful, candid light altogether she
was vastly improved young person
since the time, only fortnight before,
when the chief of police had handed her
over to the practical mercy Of Rose
Adare.
"I know. Sadie" the latter respond
ed. 81 was thinking of it just now
and / don't see what keeps him away
SO long"
"Keeps who?" asked Sadie.
But Miss Adare, with sudden
color in her checks, turned away abrupt
ly without reply and after a moment
Sadie went on:
"I should think they could find out
who killed her; they found me quick
enough when thought nobody was on
10 me. Maybe We'll never know the
truth of it!
I'm sure we will" Rose declared.
'He-the police won't quit until they
have got the one who did it and l
shouldn't wonder if the truth came out
sooner than we dream of.
As If in answer, the entrance door
bell rang and Rose, waving Sadie aside,
rushed to respond to it.
To the young man standing on the
threshold her face was the most heart
warming spectacle his tired eyes could
have gazed upon and as their hands
met he voiced his thought simply, with
out formal greeting.
''Oh, but it's good to see you! I
wanted to come before"
''Did you just get back to town,
Mr.. Harvey" There was a new and
strange note of shy self consciousness
in her tone.
Not an hour ago. l stopped in at
headquarters and then came straight to
s YOU; l promised you news on my re-
turn and I've brought it to you"
'Do yon mean that you've found the
murderer of Mrs. Hartshorne?" she
cried. Then as they entered the little
drawing room and the sunlight struck
his face she added: "Ob, but you
havel can see it in your eyes You
look tired, too; almost worn out. Sit
down, do, and let me get you a cup
of coffee or something!''
Thanks, no. ] am tired, but it's
the reaction suppose. I think we've
hoI tba - In A
although we haven't yet taken the
man into custody and until we do
won't mention his name. l did not
let the chief know in advance Of my
return and he's out of town, himself: {:
won't be back until this afternoon, but
/ think the case will be closed then.
only stopped in for moment to tell
You that without your help l should
never have succeeded, and to thank
you"
''Oh, Mr.. Harvey Rose, abashed
averted her face "What did / do, l
should like to know"
You gave me the first real clue,
on the very day after the murder was
discovered when l met you outside Mrs.
Cowles's home, do you remember? Only,
/ was too blind to see it then. Later
the last occasion on which / saw you,
in fact--you put me once more upon
the track"
II don't know what you are talking
aboutn' she declared in all sincerity
II wish you didn't have to stick to
riddles, for I'm almost dying of curl
osity! Would you--would you mind
coming back and telling me, when it.,
all over, mean, and you have rested
little?"
Indeed I will !" Paul said heartily
1T Is only your due, anyway, for thu
credit all belongs to you" He paused
and added michievously, "You spotted
the murderer first, although you didn't
know 1t"
''I-what?" Rose gasped.
'You sat within a yard Of him fol
an hour or more, and told me all about
it."
when? WhereY' she cried. ''Heav-
ems, if / had known"
ID Eat the funeral. Do you remember
when Doctor Perrine was reading tn,
service so impressively and some one
behind you laughed aloud in derision
Remember the dark young man with tn,
hard, bold, black eyes who stared al