The daily Alaskan., 1922-04-08

Some Hand Had Thrust a Small Roll
 of Paper
 states evidence m me. urSU pIace uau been carried with him down into death.
 As Dan stood wondering, he thought he heard a Iwie crack on the uyrl be- hind him. and he wondered what for. est creature was s,lI lingering on the ridges at the eye of the snOws.
 
 The snow began to fall tu earnest al midnight-great. white flakes that al- mos; in an instant covered the leaves. It was the real beginning of winter. and all living creatures knew it. The wolf pack sang to il from the ridge wild and plaiurive song that made Bert CruuSlou. sleeping in lean-to on rhe UmpGuu side of the Divide, swear and muJJcr iu his sleep. But he didn't really wakcn until Jim Gibbs, one Of his gang, returned from his secret mission.
 They wasted no words. Bert flung ,asidr the hlanErtS lighted a candle and plncpd iJ out of The reach of the night wind. Ills face looked swarthy and deep-Iiucd in it's light.
 "wpu?" he demanded. What did you fndT
 "Norhin'." Jim Gibbs answered gut uraIIy. "Ir you ask me what found out, might have somethiu' to an swrr."
 Then" and Bert, after the man. ncr Of his kind hreaJhed an oath What did you find outY
 His tone, except for an added rOte of suyugery, remained the same, Yer his heart was uhumpiug a great deal louder than he liked Co have it. Realiz- ing that the SHOWS were at hand, he had sent Gibbs for a last search of the body. 10 find and recover The evil dence that Hildre'h had against him and which had not been revealed either on HndrephS person or m his cabin. He had become increasingly appre- heusive about those letters he had written UildreJh. and certain other documents that h0l been in his pos session. He didn't understand why they hadn't turned up. And now t'e snows had started. and Jim Gibbs had returned empty. handed. buJ evidently not empty-miuded
 i've found that the hody's been un- covered-and men are already search in for clues. And moreover-l think they've found them" Re paused weighing the efYecr of his words. His eyes gliucrpd with cunning Raj that he was, he was wondering whether the lime hud arrived Co leave the ship. He had no intention Of continuing Co give his services to a man with a rope moose closing about him. And Grams ron. Knowing this fact. hated him as he hated the huzzard that would claim him in lhe end and tried to hide his apprehension
 "Go on. Blat It our," Cranstou or dered. "Or else go away and let me sleep"
 It was a bluff; but It worked If Gibbs had gone without speaking, Cranston would have known no sleep thai night. Bul the man became more fawnIna.
 I'm tellin' you, fast as can" he went on. almost whining. "l went 10 the cabin. just as you said. But I didnr get a chance 10 search it-T
 'Why not?' CronS,on thundered. His voice re-echoed among the snow wet pines.
 "In tell you why, Because some one else-eyidrntg a cop--was si- ready seurchiu lt Both Of us know there's nothtn. there anyway. We've gone over It too many times. After while he went away-but ! didn't turn back yet That wouldn't be Jim Gibbs. ! Shadowed him, just as you'd want me 10. And he went straight back to the body"
 "Yes| CrauSton had hard work curbing his lmpauunCe. Again Gibbs eyes were full oi omiuous specula- tons
 He stopped at the body, and It was plain he'd been there before. He went crawling through the rhickets, lUokin' for clues. He done what you and me never thought Co do-lookin' all the way between the trail and the body, He'd already found the brass shell you told me to get At least it wasn't there when I looked. after he'd gone. You should've thought of 1t before. But he found sOmeIhin' else a whole lot more Imporrant-a roll Of papers that Hndreth had chuCked into an old pine stump when he was dyin'. IL was your fault. Cranston, Tor not gettin' them that night This detective stood and read 'em on the uaH And you kRQw-lust ss well as l do-whRt