American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-08-19

ply cannot raise the amount today
II is too late"
at does not have TO be raised to-
day, but before the closing Of bank
ing hours tomorrow"
81 can have ii by then" desperately.
II IA sure you could, II l only ex-
planned the necessity
She arose as though her purpose
had been accomplished, but appar-
emily the man was uneasy, and de-
sired TO know more.
But l fail to understand your in
~terest; why should you take the trou-
BILE TO come here and tell me thls?"
She laughed lightly.
"Whyf really !. is easily enough In
derstood. We are together, are we
notf Now that Captain AlvR is dead,
1t is generally believed you will be
selected to lead In this work. Oh,
yes 1t is; I have already been so in
formed. And in that case II is alb
solutely necessary that your bank
connections be excellent. There are
other funds already In this country"
'Other fundsl / supposed this last
payment was to be ALL"
"Assuredly not; the cause canno
stop for an instant merely because OF
this loss. Moreover, that will doubt
hess be recovered"
do you think so7 Have the po-
lice found any cluesT"
1.-THE policel Hardly, but there are
others searching, not so easily turned
aside. We believe we know already
who got the money"
"You-you think you-you know"
he could not keep the tremble out of
his voice. "Was-was it one Of us?'
sit could scarcely be an outsider.
for the secret was guarded well. Only
those of that circle knew the money
was here even, while not more than
two or three were aware of its hav-
ing been passed over to Alva. l can't
say any more at present. Mr.. Wine.
; You knew Captain Alva very well, did
you notY'
!. "Y-yes; that is, we were good
, friends. We had much in common"
! "Are you a German7"
: "By biood-yes, but born In Pc
land Captain Ava's mother was also
!. a Pole; this brought us closer to-
gether."
"And you have no suspicion OF any
one who could have known, and been
guilty of this murder and robbery?'
4 -Why should l? Why you ask me
:. thatl" excitedly. There were many
, there; perhaps all know except me
You not suppose l know he-he dieT
~Oh, no; I merely thought yoy
might have some suspicion, that was
: an. 1t was a strange weapon he was
Killed with"
: "A strange weaponi What yov
mean, a strange weapons Do the!
> know what 1t was that killed him."
: Certainly it was picked up in tbs
; bottom of the autO-a dagger hat
pin, such as wome wear. See, 4
was just like this of mine"
a She must have plucked the orna
ment from out her own hat and lai'
a 1t on the desk, for I heard the fain
4 click of its fall. There was a mo
ment OF intense silence, and ] coul'
vision the intense horror with whicl
he was staring at the instrument, un
,able to command words.
THAT thing" he burst forth hnal
ly. KILLED with thatl"
e mo, NOT that; but u exactly iik
; it."
e ""Who says sO-the police2 Gott
G 1t could not kill a man. Why you te
. me this-whyY"
T. "Oh, only because / thought yo
L might be interested. However, let
Z not talk about Ii any more You wi
g settle that account before the clos
of banking hours tomorrow
~? Yes, l will settle"
'e There was the. sound of a foot @
u the cement floor of the corridor Wild
r. ,out, and, almost ut the same instar
n the electric light, which had bee
n turned on, revealed a mans shade
4 on the glass of the closed door. II
y seemed to stand there hesitatingi!
n then he raped with his knuckles c
T the glass.
aattened myself cut against IL
inner wall Of the closet, aware th'
a the two In the second Office were col
Z MlQ OINdI AbEElitl So
q vent to a startled oath In his excl
m ment. He strobe straight to the doc
r and opened II with a jerk.
L s'Nou, hey! What the devil do "
p' Hant heref'
"A word with you, and d.
u quick
III was WaldrOn's voice, hut b
st speech ended abruptly, as his ey'
caught sight Of the IN -
II wasted no time.
m Il WAS just going" she said ca'r
Iy, ignoring him, but speaking direct
II 10 Wine. II will see you tOmorf"
n then
She PASSED between the two. wit
out 81 much as favOring the Russia
e, with a glance, and he stared aft
her with open mouth, then stepp'
'e- back To watch her progress down Il
corridor. Wine drew him haEti
C. aside, closing the door tightly al
shooting the night-latch.