The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-02

Ito proffered them TO Inspector
r,.,,et who cut gravely, and as he
s,.rfed 70 deal the argument died
sNyn az swiftly as 1t had arisen. Mrs.
o. stlffsned suddenly and TNrhune.
,gIng across at her. followed her
20 10 the man at his side. Wav-
sri,Js head had fallen forward on his
,b,Ck neck and his chin lay in folds
over his collar.
, "your cards. MIR waverly." Ter
'nune touched his arm. ,,
Pardon" Waverly mumblcd.
,,,ltrg his head back. "Contouud-
,1lv rot in here, Cutter, old man.
,.'u neodnt be afraid of ray of
Tgbt or "a breath OF air now VIZ have
t6e majesty of the law on our side
Jir grinned lopsidodly up at In
-pc,t1r Druet az McCarty picked IN
~. land and scrutinizcd It, lie held
,6o seven. eight, nine and ten Of
clubs and the cight OF hedfts.
who opens?'
.rm by" O'Rourke regarded his
hand critically and Dennis reluct-
aT,v threw down his cards
"lll open It." Gutter pushed thrco
hips into the center OF the table.
Anybody with me-"
81 will'-er--trail" Derhune fol-
lowed suit.
same here" Wavorly drew O ster-
torous breath.
Nothing stirring" Inspector
Druot rclinquiehed HIS hand and sat
,a. back.
y Raise you five. Mr.. Cutter" Me
Cartv remarked.
IL know when I've had enough, "
OBourke dropped his cards upon
tho table,
LATHE action al last, oh ," Cutter
smiled and showed ten chips forward.
Right back at you, Mr.. McCarty''
II will drop" said Terhune. The
psychology of success in cards as In
al things"
I'm staying right with--you-
both" Waverly breathed rapidly.
only we-three---in IT,"
McCarty nodded.
How many cards?" he asked.
Before Cutter could reply Wav-
srly's head fell forward again and
hls great body seemed to slump in
MS chair. He had thrown one card
aside and tho pudgy hand holding
the remaining -FOUR dropped lnertly
on the table.
mot any. thanks; I'll play these. "
Cutter spoke with cold annoyance
and his eyes turned once more "a
Waverly, who, he was now con-
WINGED, had been indulging toe
copiously in stimulants, just as the
latter crumpled forward in his chair
and his head, with the flabby, twist
I'd face turned sidewise, toward tho
inspector and McCarty, and rested
upon the table.
For an instant they ali sat spell
bound and McCarty dartod a swift
keen glance at the strangely re-
laXed form and the unClouded sur
face OF the mirror-linod tray which
, those gross, half f-parted lips all but
touched.
No breath issued from them Nc
CArty held his own as tho startling
fact surged through his conscious
ness, and watched the surface of the
tray with straining eyes. IL re
maincd undimmed. and there wa
no slightest stir of that hulky mounC
of inert flesh.
Great God in Heaven A reverent
ial awe went up with that silent cry
from McCarty's heart and a pean o.
thankfulness and swift-rtsing exulta
tion. That which but a moment be
fore had been a man WIS now but Z
thing, an inanimate substance inca
pable forever more Of betrayal, 70
out of his body with the passing o
life had gone the secret which woulC
always have imperiled McCarty'
plan, II had not been accident. no
the normal result or his own cNi
passions and dissipation which ha'
stilled the hearft In that gross body
but the hand Of God Himself tha
had been laid upon IL, and miracu
lousy the way lay clear before Nc
Carly to a solution Of which he hat
not even dreamed.
Alive, Waverly had been men
ance, but dead he was priceless
The others did not yet realize tn
Situation and McCarty gathered hi
a forces for the greatest coup OF hi
4 career.
"One card, Mr.. Waverlyl" he cried
and at the ringing quality Of hi
II tone an electrified start ran aroun
J the table. There is your card. you
lucky card, but you lose with 1t now
IL Is stained with the blood of tn
man you killed! ! arrest you, in tn
tame of the law. for the murder @
Eugene Creveling!"
As he thundered the accusation {
dead ears, to clay, he had slippe
quickly from the bottom OF the dec
the nine OF diamonds which, tor
and blood d-stained, he had foun
beneath the strip OF tapestry on IN
table beside the body of Crevelinl
and now he flung 1t down oefor