The Jasper news., 1920-09-30

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followed me It'a ike epecter tves
rising % confront me- Even n nAva
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tie sister from following IN my ntepas
"where 10 Caston Maurice nowT 4
asked. ssHayo you Deeu him recentlyfs
She gasped and shuddered. looking
at me incredulously.
~You." she breathed excitedly, -whe
are your How DO you know his
namer
sNever mind how know it, ~
piled. "what want to know b
whore is he nowf When aid you SEQ
him lastr'
.Not for years-not since long be-.
fore my fathers death--not since the
marriage was anDulied."
"Nor heard from him." persisted.
mo. nor heard from him." she hegi
tated, unless
-Unless whatT' l Insisted, a. she
stopped abruptly.
II can't tell you" she said ftiniys'
Il don't know. They must have come
from him, from someone that knew
the letters
@what letters, Tell me about
them"
II can't tell what don't know. I
haven't the least idea where CASTOR
Maurice is. had hoped he was dead
In the war. Yet he can't be. have
had anonymous letters threatening
me. They must have come from him
or from someone whom he told of our
marriagei How else could they knowr
Her distress was so real and her
manner so convincing that I decided
that she must be telling the truth.
"well." said ], "lf you cannot tell
me where to find CASTOR Maurice
there Is one thing that you can tell
me-"
"what is thatf"
"why did you visit my apartment
late last nIghtf Why did you put that
revolver in my dresser1"
Revolver" she queried in puzzled
tone, "what revolver1"
"The revolver with which Miss Luz
tan was killed"
She eyed me in shocked surprise.
"Why do you say this to mel
never saw the revolver"
"You cannot deny that you were In
my apartment last night"
"But the revolver" she protested.
what do you mean by thatf know
nothing Of any revolver"
Last night, few minutes after
Miss Lutan was murdered" / said
sternly, "some man or woman entered
my rooms and placed revolver with
one chamber discharged in the dresser
in my bedroom. 1t was evidently
placed there for the purpose Of throw
ing suspicion on me, Of making me
out the murderer. The detectives
found II there and arrested me. II
you did not enter my apartment to
hide the revolver, why then were you
thereT
II knew nothing about the murder" !"
she answered lrrelevantly, "untll thla
mornlng-until read about II in the
papers"
"What about WIekr l hurled al
her. Didn't Wick tell your"
wick she repeated in puzzled
. way. "Oh, Mr.. Wick, the superlntend'
, ent. No, have not seen him for sew
: eral days"
} "Did you do nothing yesterday Al
: his directions"
! "How absurd OF course not"
! "why. then, did you &c into my
rooms?"
' She looked at me with frightened
: face, and her manner became more
: confused.
( II really believe you are trying tt
. implicate me In your crime." she ejac
Q ulated. TITS absurd for you to try
q to question me this way"
I lady" interrupted the keeper
{ "you'll have to be going now. Times
up"
a "Promise me-" she begged hastll,
o In an undertone. as she departed
y "whatever you think about me. you'll
keep my sister out OF It."
"Pll promise nothing. unless you con
I fess everything" l repeated. deter
n mined, II could. to drag her secre
( from her, even though ]. as well a
Q she, was eager to shield Barbara
!. name.
Claire Bradfords attitude. mus