Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-14
II The | blC-TOWN
ROUNDUP
Continued from page 81

49, - a : 40UV W KOL TO
make open confession, clary."
The ex-puEilist. chewed his cigar
and locked ct her.
"What wehld he contest That the
man with him murdered Collins -.
quickly. -:
80 L4ndsay's your friend, Ell Dit
ferent here, miss" Jerry pieced to-
gether what the clubmap had told him
m b he had since learned about
her. He knew that this must be the
girl to whom his host was engaged.
How about you. Bfomasld 7"$7 he
sneered.
The clubman stinened. "I'ye moth
ing against Mr.. Lindsey
Thought. you had"
O couree he hasn't. Why should
endqn.
Darand looked at her. With a bold
~insolence that was an Insult. MS
eyes moved up and> down the long.
slim curves Of her figure. 81 expect
he could find handsome reason If
he looked around for At, n1ss."
The girI'sy father clenched his fst.
A flush Of anger swept. his rudy
checks. He held himself however,
to the subject.
you forget. Mr.. purand. that Lind
SSs%v "oS LID SASNL, 14SIt Ilt&ALst- --.H-a
Jerry's. laugh was q contemptuous
5eer. That's right, ia forgot that.
feld?"
whats the good Of discussing !,
here asked the tortured host.
Not a bit,' admitted Whltford.
ACTIONS talk, net words. Have you
seen the poiiee yet. Bromneld?"
"whatis. he gonna see tn. pslies
about?' Jerry wanted to knov. lii
chin jutting Duh.
ITO tell them thai he saw Collins
retorted taeA hnins es man i inssant a5so.
Not what he's been tellin, ma.
He'll not pull any such s~tory-.~not
unless he wants to put himself in a
cell for life" III!
Does hep" The crock turned de-
r'sive eyes on the victim he was tor
turing.
Certainly the society MAJ did not
leok a picture OF conAdence. Thu
shadow of heavy fear hung over
him. 80
The telephone rans. Bromnela'.
trembling fingers picked up the trans.
AS A0SC4ASu LIOAaS4k1 AN
turned 1t over to Batrice,
Her part 81 the conversation wa.
limited. It consisted Of the word
Yes" repeated at intervals and q
concluding. "oh, I'm SO glad. Thank
you" Her eyes were sparkling wher
ten ESD % ,s asT. dad" she said. 'r'l
Durand laughed bruta1ly as hi
rose. Good news. ehi Get all yey
can. You'll need 1t. Take that from,
me. It's straight. Your TRENDS IL
trouble up to the neck" He swas.
. gered to the door and turned. Don
forget, Bromneld, Keep onta this o,
your be sorry" His Voice WIS nks
the crack Of . tF1lnar's whip to ami.
mails in q circus y
For once Bromnela aid not 1umI
devil he said In irritation. flushing
angrily. TT
sBetter not get gay with me" ad
yised, Durand. sourly.
After the door, had closed on hin
there was a mqmentary pause. tn
younger man spoke aWkwardly. "Yol
can tell me now VIVA. It VA Mr.
Lindsay told you"
We'd like to know for sure wheth,
4 "a SON1o NAIA Up W ~AEA A>AA
sold Wrhitford mildly. 'Of course v,
f.nov the answer to that You'ry
til us, But we want to hear yot
=: it, hat-foot-"
Of course I'm with you. That is
Il. like to be. But I don't want II
ge: into trouble, NJ. whitford. Car
you blame me for that!"
You wouldn't get into trouble.
argued the nine owner impatiently
H1 kAan fo11fnO VIM that 't ~
Beatrice. watching the younger mel
closely, aw - In a dash the sofu
ton Of this myEtery-the explanatio,
p, of the tangia to which yarious, scat
tered threads had heen leading her.
Are you ure Of that dad@"
1'tHow could he be hurt, Bses"
The girl LET. Bromaeld have
Clay didn't kill that man Collin
Clarendon did it,
asnen.ta ed' sae t aaa yeu.n - e'so
mo, he didn't tell US Fur Dom'
-eason he's protecting you. But
know it just the anne You did It."
1T was in self-dsfense." he plead
ed.
Then why didn't ycu say 50? VIII!
did YOU let clay be accused insteai
of coming forward at once
II was waiting to see if he couldn'
show he was innocent without"
without getting you into it. 70.
wanted to be ahielded 1T any cod,
The scern that tntolerant youth ha
for moral turpitude ranE in her clea
voice
get out of it that way" he explains
weakly. 4
saw this morntnE's paper YOU oogh
to have hurried, to the police statas
I and given yourself up"
4 II was i'll, I keep telling ym-"
IL Your man could Telephone, couldn'
he? He was III, tea, was hep"
whitford tnterfarsd. Hold OF
was 4 bit rattlaas! That's natural III
saEquestion il what's he going to d
now?""
S Their host eruna4d. Durand'u %
n I, go to the chatF-and ! oap st1ucl
the mar to save my own nfe- / wAan'
I trying to hill the fellow. He va
shooting at ma, and I had to do u
"of course" a<Teeed Nhltfnrl
We've got proof 81 that- L1n4Nl
is one witness He must have SOC
it all I've got N nay PICKET one Q
evidence. Then
Beatrice broke IN excfted1y.. -Da1
Mr.. Muldoon just told ms over tn
nhone that thAy'va rot the, e1raa
wagon The plank with the bal
let was in it. And thu ,drtpsr -
confessed that he and a. carpenter
whose name he had given, change
the partition for Durand'
1--WE win. inst lets you q clarsn
lon. The question now IL no whethe
,,o,, Ar CLAY will go to the pSnttea