Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-17

OYER into that corner. sir. gu, OF ear
hot: / have something OF dark i'm
portancc TO reveal
Kennedy suppressed his amusemcn;
and was too busy absorbing the
local color.
This IS Harris. county detective"
Introduced Drake. You may talk
Freely. Harris nave retained Air.
Kennedy to--to cooperate with you
IN tn" case. You are IN charge. you
understandable MIR. Kennedy is
doing come special work for me- ap-
proved BY the county comm!ttve--do
YOU follow me-"
Yes. sir" nodded Harris. with n
chameleon change from instant hos
;.l!ty TO cordially.
| could only admire Drake .or the
smooth way in which he broke down
loca! prd" ana professional prcju-
dee which have let more murders
20 UNPUBLISHED outside and inside
metropolitan areas than all tho c!ev-
.g'ncss OF criminals has evaded.
We'll sir" expanded Harris. In
deep Importance, as he glanced about
tho empty office To- make sure that
." spirit ears We're lurking in the
murky atmosphere. II been working
on line THAI my experience OF years
tells M is good. s'pose you know
that Truman Craft and Walt Towne
Cor years was close friends. sort o.
oronies? Well. got 20 thinking
about II ana ] concluded that. there
fore, Towue probably knew the true
story about this affair Of Graft aud
M-s Marvin. Sec"
HARRIS leaned forward eagerly and
TAPPED one forcfingcr with the other.
Vow. there's two deductions First
If they was innocent then Marvin
might have done ;h!s here shooting
20 cover uD cvidencc--hclp win his
suit That's number one" lie
tapped his middle ringer. Number
two. or. /: they had bcen-indis-
erect, eh?-,hcn did Craft himself
60 II 10 save his eputation-and Is
ne back OF this gossip that's throw
ing II onto Ham Marvin? Now
ITEMS my two theories. the two
lines I'm working on"
VERY logical" agreed Kennedy
politically. and In fact ! felt like
admitting myself that Harris had
reasoned II out very sanely.
Harris placed his finger on his
chin and fixed his keen eyes on us.
So" he continued. II begins with
the servants. always, yes. cir the
iervants just met with Jim Crafts
valet. can get a lot out of gentle
mems gentlemen - specially II
they're co!orcd. DO YOU know wha.
Him just told mo? Well. he tells me
tina; Craft has always kept photo
graph o! Audrey Marvin in his room.
right up dere over de fireplace.
sahr"
Did she give It TO hlm?"
Harris shrugged. Il don't know. !
It's been there for wears. imagine |
an old one taken when she was "A |
girl. I don't know. haven't seen /
1t. yet. But what /, shows me. gem
tlcmcn. is just this: Mr.. Craft is |
deeply in love with Audrey Lame |
yet Am ! right"
Very reasonable" nodded Ken
nedy. us that the afternoon paper |
under your ARM"
depot"
"Whew" whistled Kennedy as he
nntoidcd the big headline % the
home edition of the star" Graf,
mas engineered a combination of an
the enemies OF Marvin in the d. /
rec'o:ate OF the Export & Import
sank and they have forced Marvin.s
resiGnation as a result of the scan
1al The other directors could ncvcr
agree before; that's how Marvin held
control. BY Godfrey--but that's
Out OF his fathers
bank"
That's to counter the s.cp nv
chandler" exclaimed Drake. This
Things fight that involves the de-
scent Of the Marvin millions.'
CHAPTER II.
Stymfcd!
With the afternoon papcr still in
his hand. Kennedy paced over to-
ward the window and looked out rs
he turned over In his mind the va
fious angles of his legal inter
:hange between Graft and Chandler
suddenly his eyes seemed to focus
IN something going on in the court
house square below.
What's the excitement down
here. Walter?" he asked.