The evening world., 1920-05-24
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XIV.
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kkK KOw the man had been killed
believed then you wer,
with him alone; hao

with him alone; hau
reason to, for I over
/ heard his invitation and your answer
recognized the weapon as one you
had in your possession. MY hrst
thought was that it would utterly
condemn you II ever found"
And. even then, you sought to
protect me7 You cared enough for
thatT
| Il hardly know; but 1t must have
/ been true enough. ! scarcely doubted
| but what 1t was your act-only kept
( faith in the cause. l persuaded my
self that the man must have attacked
you, and that you struck in selI-
/ defense. This did not look probable,
| yet l would not believe you guilty Of
deliberate murder. 1 meant to give
you a chance; so l took the weapon
away with me-"
She drew "a long breath.
NO one saw your
mot a soul; the street was obso-
| lutely deserted. l wiped of the blood
and hid the knife in my pocket until
reached the hotel; then concealed II
at the bottom of my valise.
TT is still there?"
NO: that Is where Harris found his
other evidence, which he claims con-
meets you with the crime. Something
led him to suspect was not Daily, ana
he set out to investigate. He had my
telephone number and easily located
both hotel and room. Waiting uhtll
left the key, he entered and went
through the valise in search OF any
thing he could find. He came upon
the dagger hatpin, remembered that
Won had lust such a one In your nat
that night and instantly jumped 10
the conclusion, as he had seen the
wound. that this was the weapon OF
murder. He believes we were Work
ing together, and this was why hao
concealed the knife o.
And you? You believed that
II believed in you," SAID earnest l,.,
ly. "In spite OF all believed IN you;
yet / confess my faith mad had itt'1 y
test. l couldn't explain the sltuatIoii
even to myself. At first l thought II
must be you; then l saw that pin IN
p YOUR hat again, when / knew l. hau
} one lust like 1t hidden a. the motel
This gave me new hope, until re-
, turned and discovered my Vallse sllt
omen and the dagger gone. i knew OF
. no one who would do such an acI-o.
r had occasion to-except you, III az
e effort to destroy evidence Iou nSo ,
], confessed having traced me 10 tht
: ascertained the very number OF my
: room, II looked terribly bad then'
i you know" ,. ,,,aitino
for me to go on. O,oored
mThan late,. when that was cleared
lin nv Harris acknowledging Ihdt ne
was the one who got the pm, 'oiu T.,
hir: about your having yours On ln
your hat at Perond's. thought thd'
yD,Sjabt convince him he had made a
mistake; but it didn't. He only
LAUGHED and said you were Snarl
4 enongh 10 buy another, as soon as tht
n Srst was found missing; that DOUBT
q less there were plenty to be hao;
Hes right; there are. AZ leas'
e know Of one shop on lower broea-
Z way where they are for saAe, ,SIne 1ne
stopped suddenly, wlih ,birt "a 'i- og it.
gesture ''Why, now thlhh VI ~
: Sarah Waldron has one eXactly like
II mine: l bought it for her..
r. ..iTbe woman here? Ivan Wal
: dron's wifeT ..,or odd ism
l. II ut opens UP line OF thought, any
e way. Could Sou fnd out; 90 ny. go'
n suDpose, II she has 1t still! VIVA n.,
It does she know about her HusO"hu'
d The girl laughed softly.
/ "Knowl Less even than do I'm
= apine He doesn't show up her
70 oftener than once in six months, an
sarah gets nothing from him. Sh'
r Uolldn't know-whyr -.
o "Because, after all, IT might De t!
c. Russian; not that l think ne ac'u
d ally did the JOB, but ne nlshL ~
II mixed I'D in 1t in connection WIZ
" some other crook. II he was he Woul'
= have TO lie to Harris, and preten,
v tn knoV nothing. You heard nov
i those two talked at Perond's. VIVA
II did you make OF itY' ,i,,,
,r she drew her eyes together, leaVlnl
the marks OF a frown on her lore
- head. . .o,-,.ha
- 10 rob Alva. that Waldron was TO b
y hidden somewhere outside, and wa
10 wait for Harris to signal him ina
the money had been paid over.
EXACTLY: Harris failed to lear
that the money changed hands, an
N consequently did not signal Bu Bu
Waldron, nevertheless was ouIslu
waiting; had no doubt spotted AVA
machine. and was ready to act. Tn
one thing we do not know is-dl
n, Alva start home alone; or did one 4
81 the men accompany him? II Tn
- latter supposition is true then tina
fellow must have committed the muir
der, with Waldron a possible accom-
n DliCe after the CRIME II NO. - w
then the only other solution IS tha
n Elva picked Waldron up for com
=, panionship. Were they acquainte
ia at all?"
70 said Waldron first reported thi
chance TO Harris"
NJ 80 he did; then 1t Is quite possibl
} the two knew each other. Tha
would make It easy for the Russia
or 10 ask a ride. Whoever struck th
Ly blow was in the rear seat. Thi
ri theory fits In all right with his aC
CT tions toward Harris"
OF II am not sure I understand"
nc "Why, Harris hadn't signalled there
fore he had every reason to suppos
= Waldron knew nothing about AlvH
re having the money. Whether the mul
5e der and robbery was accomplishe
or alone or with assistance OF some on
as else, Waldron is sufficiently a Jew I
want all he can get out OF the io'
he He wouldn't divide unless he had 4
he He was afraid OF Harris that night
e. he had been keeping away from hiI
er all day, and he never got back h
Cd nerve until after he discovered thi
Mt Harris possessed no knowledge of VIII