The Dolores star., 1922-07-07

I
MIS- sheriff." he said, that the last
,,trs, that Mr. Coryet did-the last
thnt YOU know of-was 10 warn you
aroIns; one Of your friends. VINO was
that?"
she flushed uneasily. 'You mustn't
attach any Importance TO that; diuh
moan you to. There was no reason Tor
what Mr.. Corvet said, except in Mr..
Coryet's own mind. He had quite
unreasonable aniinoslty-
Against Mr.. Spearman, you mean.
She did not answer.
His animosity was against Mr.
Spearman. Miss Sheriff., wasn't III
That is the only anImosity OF Mr. Cor
vets that anyone has told me about.
yes"
at was against Mr.. Spearman that
he warned you, thenf'
Yes"
"Thank YOU" He turned and. not
waiting for the man, let himself out.
| He should have known II when he hhu
| seen that Spearman, after announcing
himself as unable TO get back to the
/ office, was with Constance.
He went swiftly around the block 70
| his own house and let himself In ut the
| front door with his key. The house
was warm; a shaded lamp on the table
| in the larger library was lighted, hre
was burning in the open CRATE. and the
rooms had been swept and busted. Inc
Indian came into the hall to take his
coat and hat.
Dinner Is at seven," Wassaquam
announced. "lou want some change
| about thai?'
NO; seven is all right"
Alan went upstairs to the room next
! to Coryets which he had appropriated
for his own use the night before, and
| found 1t now prepared for his occu-
| pancy. When he came down again TO
the first floor, Wassaquam was no
where about. but he heard sounds In
the service rooms on the basement
floor. He went part way down the
service stairs and saw the Indian In
the kitchen, preparing dinner. Wassa-
guam had not heard his approach, and
Alan stood an instant watching the
Indians tall. thin figure and the quick
movements of his diSproportionately
small. well-shaped hands, almost like
a woman's; then he scuffcd his foot
upon the stair. and Wassaquam turned
swiftly about
Anybody been here today, Judah?''
Alan asked.
"No. Alan. | called tradesmen; they
came. There were young men from the
newspapers"
"what did you tell themI"
"Nothing"
"Why not?"
Henry telephoned was to tell
them nothing"
You mean Henry Spearman?'
yes"
'Do you take orders from him. Ju.
dah?"
81 took that order. Alan"
Alan hesitated you've been here
In the house all day.?
Yes, Alan"
Alan went back to the first floor and
Into the smaller library. The room
was dark with the early winter dusk
and he switched on the light; then he
knelt and pulled out one of the draw
ers he had seen Spearman searching
through the night before, and carefully
examined the papers in it one by one
but found them only ordinary papers
He pulled the drawer completely out
and sounded the wall behind it and the
partitions on both sides but they ap
peared solid. He put the drawer bach
in and went on TO examine the mex
one, and, after that, the others. Th,
clocks in the house had been wound
for presently the clock in the llbrar,
struck six, and another In the hal
chlmed slowly. An nour later, wher
the clocks chlmed again, Alan locke,
up and saw Wassaquam's small blacl
eyes. deep set in their large eye sock
cts, fixed on him intently through tn,
door. How long the Indian had beel
, there, Alan could not guess; he ha,
not heard his step.
What are you looking for, Alan 7
the Indian asked.
, Alan reflected moment. "Mr. Sher
rill thought that Mr. Corvet nigh
! have left record Of some sort her
/ for me, Judah. Do you know of any
{ thing like thatf"
! No. That is what you are lookin
: for?"
e Yes. Do you know of any plac
t where Mr.. Corvet would have bee
1 likely to PIT away anything like that ?
t ben put papers in all these draw
: ers; he put them upstairs, too-wher
: you have seen"
:, Nowhere else. JudahT
t IF he put things anywhere els,
n Alan, l have not seen. Dinner
e served. Alan"
Alan went to the lavatory on tn
r first floor and washed the dust fror
s his hands and face; then he went int
e the dining room. Wassaquam. hayin
n served the dinner, took his place b,
e hind Alan's chair, ready to pass hi,
il what he needed: but the Indian