Marble Hill press., 1921-09-15

| NNAA ~ NNH aNAA ahA RAAN l lhfH
suadci myself that the man mus, have
attacked you, and that you struck In
srlfdefrusr, ! would not believe you
guilty of deliberate murder. meant
20 give you chance. so I took the
weapon away whh me-"
She drew a long breath.
"No one saw youf
"Not soul. the street was ahso,
lutrly deserted wiped oiT tho bloai.
aud hli the knife mAy pocket un,il
! rrachrd the hotel then I concealed
Il at the bolton ~ nay yalls.,"
1T il stIll lhcrr
"No, something led Harris 10
snslsct vas not naly. and hr set
out tu Investigate. II, had my tel-
phone number and easily located both
hotel and room Waiting until I left
the key. De entered. aud went through
N" Nal.sr In search II anything b,
/ could ind lie came upon the dagrcf
haipn, remembered that you had iust
such our Ia your hat that night
and Instantly Jumped 10 "a. conclusion
uS he had srvu she wound. that thl,
was the weapon ~ murder. ne ~,
loves We N'rv working together. ans
'hI, was Why I had concealed the
au.fe"
And yup' you believed thaty
u believed .n you | said earnestly
AZ first Thought n must te YOU:
chem saw that u.u IN your ha, agn'
when kuev I boa one Just llkr 70
hidden "a, ib, h0rgI This gave me
new hryc uufl returned ant f.s.
covered u.y wallis, s'lt up-n. and 'as
fass,r gone sHrw ~ 90 ouc vic
would 10 such au actor had oeea.
SION 'r='Ncsp' yua IN an erur' 'r
destroy r,.f,gnr
Then LATER when that was elsaf,'
up hy Harris acknowledging that 10
vHs a." oao Who so 'hr pin. | told tI,r
about yaaf having your own IN yur'
haf a. r'roui's llr ur'y laughed ar
saHi YOU Ne7r smart ruDash % Nu1
another ~ soon ~ the nrg vas
fHuH3 missing. nat doubtless 'is-s
were p',niy 'a hc had"
Hes rsa,. thrrr are Al lcas; /
Snow - uar sAug yn lower BruadWay
al'r. .hvy are 'ur sale She stopped
suddenly W.'a p~yullaF gv.iuf,
Why, upa ! 'i.Hk - u. sarah We.
lrra has ngc exactly like mine.
hngsh; 10 'u- lrr"
"l,an WaIIrus wife,
~uf cDursr that's rather odd isn't
ity'
IT oious uY a l.nc o., thought ary.
why CDg.d you nud out. do sou
SUPPOSE. u she has O, -iil, What
does she know about her lushaniY
The sirl laughed softly
Know less even than I DO /
Imagine he doesn't show % her,
of''uct than once IN III months. ans
sarah grts nothing from him. So
wouldn't knou-whyfr
Because after an. 9, mI sh, be- r.s
Russian II u was De- would have 90
lIr o. Harris. ari pretend % kuow
nothing You heard raR those two
talked az Tcrurf's What t.i you
make 0f -"
She drew her eyes 'rs.'a,r leaving
'hc marks u 'rrwu ~ hr- FORE
bead
That thcy had planned tnsr 1rr 20
rob Ava that Wa.3rau Vas fa h.
hidden somewhere outside. ar. va.
90 wait 'or Harris 20 signal a.u mat
N" money had hr,n pals over
Exactly; Harris failed fp learn
that The money changed haufs and
consequently dl uu, sigma. R4,
WaItruu. Hryorihg.css. uu, outside
waiting had uo doubt spauai Ava.
machine and uas rrady 20 act The
one thing wr DO not know ls-lli
Aiva start home alone ~ 4l cas
- The men accompany him. II the
latter superstition is 'ru, then 'tat
fellow must have committed he
murder. With WaIIruu possible
accpmp'lce after the crime II not
true then The only other solution 10
that Alva picked Waliron up for com.
rnniouship Were they acquainted az
ally
Il think 50. but am not sure voc
said WaIdrnn first reported this
chance 20 Harris"
$50 he dId then II Is quite possible
the two knew each other That would
make II easy for the Russian 10 ask a
ride. Whoever struck the blow was In
the rear seat. This theory cts in all
right with his actions toward Harris"
What DO you mean 10 aor'
Shadow Waldron he is sure 10
expose himself s"onor or later We
must get away from here, out o, the
hands Of these fellows Could you
find your way 10 the stairs In the
darki"
Yes. hnve been here often"
Then | am going to turn out this
light before opening the door"
She led the way confidently enough.
moving silently along the wall. I
keeping close So as 10 touch her. A
few steps brought US forth into the
hall at the head Of ficht ot stairs
leading downward Ny fingers grlpped