The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-10-14

ATTACKED you. and that you struck n
se.f-defense. ] would nor believe yOs
guilty q deliberate murder meant
70 give yoe a chance; . ts@k Us
Eeap6n away with ne
she dreN g hong breath
40 one sar your
40, q soul; the street was also
lutsly deserted wiped OF To blood.
and hie the knife Ia ny pocket untl /
I reached the hotel then / concealed !
il ct the bottom Of ny vaiise-"
1T IL still there's?
-so: something Jed Harris 70
suspect ! was not Daily. and he set
out 70 investigate. he had my teie-
uhope number, and easily located both
hotel and room. Waiting until | left
the KEY. be entered. and went through
/ the vallse in search Of anything be
could find. He came upon the dagger
hatpin, remembered that you had just
such a one in your hat that night,
and instantly jumped 10 the conclusion.
as be had seen the wound, that this
was the weapon Of murder. He be
neves We were working together. and
this was why / had concealed the
knife"
And your you believed thatr
II believed In you" said earnestly.
AT first / thought It must be you;
then / saw that pin in your hat again,
when I knew / had one just Ike IL
hidden at the hotel This gave me
new hope. until / returned and dis
covered my vallse slit open, and the
dagger gone. / knew Of no one who
would do such an actor had occa-
sion to-except you, In an effort to
destroy evidence.
Then later. when that was cleared
up by Harris acknowledging that he
was the one who got the pin, told him
about your having your own In your
. hat at Perond's. He only laughed. and
said you were smart enough to buy
another. as soon as the first was
found missing; that doubtless there
, were plenty to be had"
Hes right; there are. At least
know of one shop on lower Broadway
where they are for sale" She stopped
{ suddenly, with a peculiar gesture
"Why, now / think of 1t, Sarah Wal
: dron has one exactly like mine;
bought IL for her"
"Iyan Waldron's wifer'
"Of course; that's rather odd, ism
! itT
"It opens up line Of thought, any
: way. Could you find out, do yo'
! suppose, II she has 1t stillf Wha
does she know about her husbandY
The girl laughed softly.
know! Less even than l do,
imagine. He doesn't show up her
oftener than once in six months, an
Sarah gets nothing from him. Sh
wouldn't know-whyT
Because, after all, II might be tn
Russian; II 1t was he would have
lie to Harris, and pretend to kno
| nothing. You heard how those tw
I talked at Perond's. What did ye
make of it,"
/ She drew her eyes together, leaviI
the marks of a frown on her for
! head.
i THAT they had planned together
d rob Alva; that Waldron was to
8 hidden somewhere outside, and "
N to wait for Harris to signal him tn
n the money had been paid over"
4 Exactly; Harris failed to lea
FL that the money changed hands, a
= consequently did not signal. Z
y Waldron. nevertheless. was outsi
n waiting; had no doubt spotted Alv
"a machine, and was ready to act. ]
"a one thing we do not know is
~ Alva start home alone; or did
~ Of the men accompany himf II
I'M latter supposition is true then d
" fellow must have committed
II murder, with Waldron posi-
accomplice after the crime. II
true, then the only other solution
r that Alva picked Waldron up for CO
partnership. Were they acquainted
80 ALI"
II think SO, but am not sure;
said Waldron first reported
lore chance to Harris"
$50 he did: then It is quite possl
was the two knew each other. That wo
orts make II easy for the Russian to as
ride. Whoever struck the blow wa,
The the rear seat. This theory f,ts In
'ver right with his actions toward Harr
my What do you mean to dor
all Shadow Waldron; he 10 sure
aust expose himself sooner or later.
our. must get away from here. out Of
wing hands Of these fellows. Could
own find your way to the stairs In
ONE dark?"
Ipon Eyes. l have been here often.
urb, ''Then I am going to turn out
rear light before opening the door,"
ip. She led the way confidently eno'
rom moving silently along the wall
'me- keeping close SO as to touch her.
'hen few steps brought us forth into
the hall at the head Of flight Of st
dis leading downward. My fingers griI
dis the banlsters, while she stood q
to let me pass.
"You better go ahead now; the
fight Is directly beyond this.
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