Marble Hill press., 1921-07-14

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against such danger of discovery.
Why. that cnrvlrssness alone might
ruin every hope ~ escape, might bring
her to the electric ehair-lt VAS
damnlug evidence
dare not rrma,n there IN ~.
presence ~ this grisly spectacle To
b. found would faslen the hilruus
Grim. uI,on ms while such u story 10
must tell would never be- believed !
did not know even who ,ls really was,
or wh.rc she might hs cnFei moth
lug for Altas death. horrible as II
vas was conscious ~ nu regret, hut
must net be mixed up In 'h' aTalr
Tie only thing fuF mo :" do vas TO
disappear. and leave the police 10
make their own dlseHSrFs And the
kulf.f N. weapon which had don"
the d.rdf What should DO with
thHtf
did not hesitate luns ! would
protect her from discovery u could
~ least until vas myself convinced
~ her guilt Thsr. vas n" longer
the !ightrs, doubt In ny mind hut
u hat this wns her act Everything
/ pointed straight toward her Vet
there might h~ reason. q worthy
caus-. and. In ans ease. size had done
= ssr,ic. 60 N. country IN" World
vus better ~ With this eonspirn'"r
dead nor would ! denpuncs the one
sho hai taken his life hid the
/ knife IN y packet ~ mE coat. and
/ FASTENED down a." side street toward
/ the nearest car iinT. ms uulS desire
being 10 csrnf-r that urlshhorh"od ss
swiftly - pu-sihls
ny quarter ~ three ! was safely
IN my reom at the hotel for the hr-f
I time feeling sens. - real security.
Yet II was not 70 sleep tii not
even undrrss except 80 remove my
/ ue, outer garments before Fing'nE my
self on the bod Ny brain wouldn't
rest and lay there staring Of 81 the
ceiling While nv mind reviewed over
and over sEHiu every incident ~ the
night. and planned for the morning
| Ilov would the murder ~ Alya AFFECT
I ihe plot I had started 'n overromeF
Would u continue under some other
/ tssfsrstip' who' And the money!
pha' would tsroms u that What
rrutlGgmeut ~ plans gnuli Harris
consider neeesssry1 once I knew his
conception - the situation. could
better regulate ms oun action Mean
While 'h. only safe clur~c Sss % ~
main gl,l sni profess ignorance
Then had the sugH cement at az l."
Comptr str.ct-=thst might reveal
something - Importance 90 help me
solve The problem
sp' az removed the dagger from
uly pocket aua examined u IN th"
electric lIshf T. was Toy weapon.
ys' surl-fsnfly dangerous fer all that.
anf I l.-Hkc,i ~ n With sense ~ hor.
rur How could . woman have rveT
thrust even that Aern blade wi'h one
blow through g. the hearth Yet the
evidence uas trfore me Those dsrt
stains up-v hio.N human Mood
i-tet now tut uuu -'akHtie IN their
pruuf = crime washed he steel
tssurs the hls's bright bul polished
then wrapped e opr.fuUy. and hld 10
away AZ ~. s,rt bottom ~ my has.
locking the latter against possible IN
sp.-rtlon ~ curious maid feIt ~.
fe,ed once had he weapon out -
sight
The mpuiuE papers contained no
reference O. tie trasrJy-ths tody -
The tcad man had not been found IN
time There would be Noise enough
when Il vns. no doubt. for Alva must
have been widely known an3 ranked
as ~ some Importance Even II his
Identity was never rstahl she'd II no
suspicion was aroused as 70 bis posi-.
tfnu and secret work IN this country
ytt the very mystery of The case voaii
create a sensation ilut perhaps he
had papers 90 his person ~ value |
regretted not having searched bis
pockets Then the conviction came
that possibly here might be the true
solution ~ the murder-a desire 20 -.
cure some documents the man carried
| vent down TO Cost .nn's place on
foot not being entirely certain Of the
exact location II was an ordinary
/ corner saloon. with stairway leading
to ruoms above IL the morning hours
The harroom was nearly deserted. but
the mnn nt the bar, looking me over
cautiously. said that Mr. Parker had
| already gone out. and had left no
word a. 10 when he would return I
was rather glad yet ! left tele-
phone number, with n request that |
be called whenever he came back I
waited impaticR'Iy for the call In my
room. but none came 1t dawned upon
me thst In all probability Harris was
frautlcally endeayoring to find the
whereabouts ~ Alva. as yet having no
suspicion Of his death. | telephoned
Costigan's. but Mr. Parker" had not
returned.
sent out for a noon edition, "a ger
ly scanning It's columns. but finding
nothing Surely the deserted car,
With It's grim burden, must have been
discovered before this The police
must have suppressed the news TO en.
able them to work In secret; they
might have found some evidence In
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