The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-15

without further speech he shed
l.. COAT and hat and began to clam
h,, up as agiiciy as monkey while
NY rty watched from below I'm a
s.su.itudc that was almost ludicrous-
* maternal. At length he reached
-, tnIrd floor and perchiug him
..lf uu a broad window ledge, peer
,I over the high wall into the bind
alley at the rear of the Creveling
house
.N nat do you scc?' MCCarty de-
maadcd in q huarsc whisper.
'%utniuE." responded Dennis la
,urI.Uy I'll, as bright as day,
f.r Oh, light is streaming ont from
tl. windows at the back and the
,u,. or whatever it is, is as bare
81, tu, palm ut your hand
"nu you sec no sign of an open
ias , 49,, -. ,,...,
lg, o.. closed tight" Dennis leaned
over and crancd his neck downward.
"IC it's ~ the wall you mean, there's
ro, su much as Il loos" brick. Is
that all YOU wanted To know"
liu prepared to descend, but Nc
Clny halted him.
.Nut by a long shot. It isn't! You'll
STAY where YOU are. Denny, my lad,
nurl somcthing happens or we're
sure that 1t won't. and You best be
making yourself comfortable, for it's
u4Ny thcre'n be "A long wait ahead
rf YOU 'Tis barely o'clock now"
And a long wait it proved to be.
unr'. -hit,ed about from time TO
time. hut stuck faithfully at his post
and McCarty paced back and forth
upon the narrow strip of sod which
lined the fence. An hour passed, then
another. and the lights in the rear
ot the ueighboring houses began to
go uut one by one, but still there
came no muffled honk from the
horn which MSCdrty had given to
Martin and no sign from the Watch
cr above.
The back of the Creveling house
had long since been DARK and no
sound issued from it, McCarty be-
gan to feel an inward misgiving.
Had his train of reasoning been at
fault. There was go much 10 lie
done. so many loose threads - be
gathered up in this strange tonGle
of events. Was he wasting precious
time? Had he allowed himself TO
be turned aside from the main issue
By the chance hit of Il gossiping
servant while the real slayer Of Eu-
gene Crevcling escaped?
lie told himself miscrably that he
whole lot of them Mrs. Waverly
and Mrs. Creveling were out of 1t,
and Che O ROurkes were not even
to be considered, but anything could
be expected from the rest OF them,
Even that alihi of the FOrds might
have ho<l cooked up between them
and Cutter, though what common in
torc,t they all had in blocking tho
lUyos'igation-
Whist" A sibilant command
from Dennis broke in upon McCar-
TVS pcssimistic mediation and
brought him UP standing. There :
|. light Just flashed up for min
Mute in tIs~- third floor window near
A.rt the farther wall! You'd have
Ysccn It yourself If you'd not been
sleep walking! Look up! There 1t is
Igaini"
McCdrty was already straining his
eyes UP into the darkness and now
ne saw tiny pinpoint OF light CLEAN
out over the wall from the direction
If the window indicated, sweep
acrnss space like Il strcaH Of dis
tirt lightning and vanish.
Pocket electric torch.' he ejacu'
lated softly, prancing in the sudden
wt,mcnt of renewed hope
whats going on, Denny? | cant
see through a brick WALL.
For the love of God, stop your
haycringv came from above in q
fierce. far-carrying whisper, and Nc
Carty subsidized, mentally cursing the
Increasing girth and lack of phys
irai practice which prevented hin
from reaching the point of vantag,
he.d hy his companion. He had moi
long to remain in suspense, how
ever, for almost Immediately the
silence Of the night was broken 10y
lhc sound of "A window being stealth
!.y raised.
Dennis resticulated violently and
then shrank back into the conceal
ment Of the overhanging Intel while
M'Cauy gazed broathly but impo
ten'ly upward.
There came a curious scratching