The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-07-30
The House
Of Whispers
n
WILLIAM
JOHNSTON
Oopy11gAt b. ktsle. Brown 1 CO.
CHAPTER xtv-Continued.
m1Gernl1o0s ~
IRWIN MYERS

MIN SteAu1Iy IN tue eye, Dull speaking
with q slight tremor In her tones.
wondered to what 1t might be due.
Was It because she feared the conse-
Quences Of the revelation as to her
identity or was 1t that she feared she
might be trapped by his questions?
Nov tell me, Mrs. Moore" he shot
at her expIosively, "who really MUIR
dered Daisy Lutan?"
Henry Kent" she answered quick
~. before the district attorney had
time to stop her.
whats this?" exclaimed the Judge. |
What did you sayT'
"Object objectw vociferated the |
district attorney, striving in vain to |
catch the attention of the Judge pre-
siding. McGregor. apparently well
satisfied with the results of his ques-
ton, stood there, smiling assurance
at me.
young woman" directed the Judge
twill you kindly repeat your last
statement--louder. Who did you say
killed Daisy LutanT
The girl turned to face the judge.
Her lips were set ms II she had deter
mined to carry out some fixed plan,
cost what 1t might.
''Daisy Lutan." she repeated, twas
murdered by Henry Kent. who owns
the Granddeck. He's really Orville
Granders, the bank president who got
away with eight hundred thousand
dollars and was sent up for seventeen
years."
There was a commotion in the rear
Of the courtroom. A dapper little old
gentleman with neatly trimmed white
whiskers rose hastily and made a
dash for the door. German, who had
been sitting behind him, sprang after
him and pinioned him by the arms:
Nothing doing, Granders. I've got
you"
Wick, sitting up near the counsel
table, at the same time showed evil
dence that he, too, was contemplating
hasty Night, but husky chap whom
I suspected Of being one Of Germans
aides, seized him. too.
"Your honor" cried my counsel, 81
demand the issuance OF warrants ut
once for Orville Granders, alias Henry
Kent, and his confederate, James VIII
son, alias James Wick and 'Stufry
JIM on the charge of having MUIR
dered Daisy Lutan and Rufus CASTOR.
further urge the immediate release
OF my client, Mr.. Spalding Nelson, in
my custody. Testimony that we al
ready have obtained Will establish
that he was an Innocent victim Of the
dastardly plots of these two ex-con-
victs."
The reaction that came from this
sudden clearing of my name left me
in a puzzled daze from which l hard
~ recovered until late that evening
when, once more free, l found myself
In the CASTOR apartment Granders
his TOOL Wick, and practically every
employee OF the Granddeck were un
der arrest, and warrants were out fol-
other members Of the band whose
identity had been revealed by the for
mer telephone girl.
And there in the apartment with M
were my mother, German, McGregor-
and to my surprise and delight, Bar
bara Bradford. After her sister,
wedding. 1t appeared, Barbara's moth
err had gone away for a brief rest
leaving her alone in the apartment
with the servants. She had welcomes
the opportunity to work undisturbe'
OIL the mystery that had landed me be
hind tire bars Thinking that at Ruff
Gaston's funeral she might pick u
some clue that would be Of service Il
unravellng the tangled skein that hel
her and me together, she had gOn
thither. and seeing my mother there
and suspecting at once who she nigh
be, had introduced herself. Quick
they had become good friends and sh
it was who had informed my mothe
Of my plight.
Present also with us, despite tn
lateness OF the hour, was the distrit
attorney and two OF his aides, an
Nellie Kelly, or as she much preferre
to be called, Mrs. Moore. The girl We
technically prisoner, but her service
In bringing the real criminals to boo
had been so exceptional that she ha
been released on her own recogni
ance. Hither she had been brougl
that the district attorney might chez
up with her the marvellous tale
criminal conspiracy that she had u
folded to my counsel in the brief r
cess of the court t,A~. day.
OrviIle Granders, 1t appeared. hi
been the master-mind that had dlret
ed all the plotting. A score OF yea
before he had been president OF Of
of the metropolis biggest banks. I
had been discovered to have embe
Fled nearly a million dollars. He III
been tried and sentenced to sevente
years Imprisonment, but no one ev
had been able to find what he n
done with the money, so safely had
hidden II away.
In his long years in prison. asso
sting daily with criminals OF the VOL
xcrt, and listening to their plans