The Madison journal., 1920-07-03
The House
Of Whispers
By
WILLIAM
JOHNSTON
I Couyrtght BY Little, Brown & Co.
CHAPTER xIV-continued.
Illustrations by
IRWIN MYERS

Nm steadily In the eye Dut speaking
-,tb A slight tremOr in her tones. |
"anasrad 70 what 1t might be due.
Vas II because she feared the conse-
.rences of the revelation as to her
Identify. or was 1t that she feared she
m,eht be trapped by his questions?
sNow tell me, Mrs. Moore" he shot
., her explosively, "who really MUIR
dered Daisy Lutanr
~Henry Kent" she answered quick
~ before the district attorney had
time to stop her.
awhat,. thisr exclaimed the judge.
.sWhat did you sayy
@Objectl object% vociferated the
d,str,ct attorney, striving in vain to
cstcb the attention of the judge pre-
sIdIps. McGregor, apparently well
satisfied with the results of his Ques-
t,ou. stood there, smiling assurance
Of me.
sYoung woman" directed the judge,
win you kindly repeat your last
statement-louder. Who did you say
killed Daisy Lutan?"
The girl turned TO face the Judge.
Her lips were set rs if she had deter
mined to carry out so>ne fixed plan,
cost what II might.
Daisy Lutan," she repeated, "was
murdered by Henry Kent, who owns
the Granddeck. He's really Orville
GRINDERS, the bank president who got
away with eight hundred thousand
dollars and was sent up for seventeen
pears"
There was cOmmotion in the rear
d the courtroom. A dapper little old
pntleman with neatly trimmed white
vhiskers rose hastily and made
dxh for the door. German, who had
lsu sitting behind him, sprang after
Nm and pinioned him by the arms:
Nothing doing, Granders. I've got
ms
Wick, sitting up near the counsel
hble at the same time showed evi-
duce that he. too, was contemplating
hsy fight, but a husky chap whom
Inspected Of being one Of Gorman's
ddes, seized him, too.
Tour honor" cried my counsel. 81
61nand the issuance of warrants at
nr for 0rville Granders, alias Henry
kat and his confederate, James VIII
n alias James Wick and 'Stufy
h on the charge of having mur-
md Daisy Lutan and Rufus CASTOR.
hrther urge the immediate release
ny client. Mr.. Spalding Nelson, in
y custody. Testimony that we al
ny have obtained will establish
- ne was an innocent victim of the
ea2r1ly plots of these two ex-con-
|tkh"
ne reaction that came from this
aanen clearing of my name left me
: : puzzled daze from which hard
Y recovered until late that evening.
Ven, once more free, / found myself
: ne CASTOR apartment. Granders,
~ tool Wick, AMI practically every
ployee Of the Granddeck were un-
- arrest, and warrants were out for
sner members of the band whose
natity had been revealed by the for
~ telephone girl.
A.
ana tnere In the apartment with me
were my mother, German, McGregor-
M % my surprise and delight, Bar
"a Bradford. After her sisters
seualng II appeared, Barbara's moth
q nad gone away for a brief rest.
sme her alone in the apartment |
.''n me servants. She had welcomed
~ opportunity to work undisturbed
~ us mystery that had landed me be-
s'lu me bars. Thinking that at Rufus
s funeral she might pick up
ne clue that would be of service IN
- sns the tangled skein that held
M ss. no me together, she had gone
and seeing my mother there.
aspecting at once who she might
!. mo introduced herself. Quickly
: nad become good friends and she
vas who had informed my mother
amy plight. Ao'
resent also with us. despite the
1ess OF the hour, was the district
r.~ ana two Of his aides. and
a nelly or as she much preferred
called Mrs. Moore. The girl was
{ 1 'eally prisoner, but her services
snglng the real criminals 70 boor
0een so exceptional that she had
- ,,eased on her own recogniz-
- nitner she had been brought
q ss,e u,strict attorney might check
y .n her the marvellous tale of
|nl1ss conspiracy that she had un-
k /" my counsel in the brief re-
q the court that dav
0randers, 1t appeared. had
.n !. master-mind that had direct.
/" tne plotting. A score of vaor,
n. "u oeen president of one
metropolis biggest banks. He
- discovered to have embez-
10y million dollars. He had
eu and sentenced to seventeen
Imprisonment, but no one ever
able TO find what he had $
IN !. tne money, so safely had he q
s.u oue years in prison. associ- e
s,s ~ with criminals of the worst d
listening to their plans for
sI'me on their release, his a
80 nal Instincts. already devel- a
1Hh srown stronger. and he had
ume planning a new system Il
. which he was to be the h
as his ccnfederates GER +
>,-s with whom he had be- /,
united in prison. When he r