Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

The way lay ciaor before McCarty to
a solution Of which he had not even
dreamed.
Alive, Wavcrly had been menace.
but dead he was priceless! The others
did not vet realize the situation and
McCarty gathered hie forces for the
greatest coup of his career.
"One card, Mr.. Waycrly ~ he cried,
and at the ringing quality of his tonc
IN nm, electrified start ran around the table.
There " your card, your lucky card,
but you lose with II now! 1t is stained
with the blood Of the man you killed
! arrest you, IN the name IF the law,
for. the. murder Of Eugene Creveiing :"
As he Numbered the accusation to
dead ears, to clay. he had slipped
quickly from the bottom of the deck the
nine Of diamonds which, torn and
blood stained, he had found beneath the
strip vt tapestry on the table beside the
body " Crcveling, and now he flung Il
down before that which had been Doug
las Waverly.
a moment Of silence followed his de.
nunciation and then stihed Shrek
from Mrs. Kip broke the hideous ten
sion and O'Rcurke leaped to his feet.
.Waver'y:' he cried. "For Gods
sake. Waverly!'
|
game! ~ Cutter kicked his chair aside.
| doug, do you hear this maniaci Si,
up aud answer him, or by Heaven
n
"Waitl' Terhune had bent forward
even rs Inspector Druet placed hit
hands upon the shoulders Of that iner,
figuro, and together they raised it once
more to an erect position.
| The head fell back revealing q face
suffused with purplish blue, the close Sc,
eyes half-open and glazing in a fxet
stare, the chin dropped bideously. Mrs
Kip shrieked again and covered her owr
eyes. and Terhune exclaimed:
The man Is dead!'
The others crowded about and In.
spector Druet pressed his ear for q
moment against the. wide. expanse o
shirt bosom. When he raised his heat
before he spoke.
MIR. Terhune Is right" he said sol
emnly. 1--WE were Just . little to-
lateP
Mr.. Kip dropped her hands and he
those Of McCarty. The next momen
she fell back Imply in her chair.
1--WE just one thing to say to 20,
gentlemen, and decision I'm going
with the permission OF the inspector, T.
leave to you" McCarty stood on tn
hearth rug in the sumptuous librar,
where he had been received on his frs
visit to the house and surveyed Cutie
and O'Rourke, who, with Terhune. In
spector Druet and the still dazed Den
mis-, were grouped before him.
1t was an hour later. Mrs. Kip. hys
terical and fainting. had been sent t
her home in the capable care Of Cutter
buxom housekeeper, and back ip tha
dark, silent room where the last gam
had been played to a tragic finish Al
immovable figure lay stretched upon
fauteuil beneath pagan prayer rug.
"A dccision?' Cutter raised his eye
brows. LIT looks very much as thougl
you had taken things into your owl
hands. Waverly was my friend He
gone and he cannot answer your charges
but in his place should like to know
what grounds you have for them. That
at least, you owe me since you chos
to stage your farce In my house !"
at was hardly straight cricket. 20,
know. Timmie!' O'tourke spoke in
shocked. strained tone. II don't be
lieve, though, that you're the sort o
man to make an accusation like tha
unless you thought you could substan
tiate it.
THANK you. sir" McCartv shot