Evening star., 1923-06-08

perfectly familiar with all the be-
quests But where is the will? 1t must
be foundi 1t can't have been burnt"
We've no right to assume that those
paper ashes are the will, but I confess
fear it, Crimmins announced, his
face drawn with anxiety. Il should
be deeply sorry, II it Is SO. for the
cousin I speak of is a ne'er do we'll
young man, and not at all favorite
of his late relative. His name is Maui
rice Trask and he lives in St Louis
l suppose he must be notified in any
case"
"Yes." said Cray, that must be
room, for the fingerprint experts and
the photographers are coming soon.
and every moment you people stay here
you help to cloud or destroy possible
clues"
Impressed by his sternness. they
filed out and gathered in the living
room.
There they found a neighbor, Sal
tonstall Adams. awaiting them.
preliminary greetings. because I
have something to tell. You in charge.
Mr.. Cray?''
Yes. Salt. what do you know?"
This | was awake late night
died. and was looking out my win
dow. and IL was pretty light. with the
snow and the moonlight and all. and
/ saw a man. a small man, creeping
along sly like. And / watched him.
He went along past my house down
toward the railroad tracks. He had
bag with him and a bundle beside.
wouldn't have noticed him, probably
SO fearful that somebody'd see him.
"Nogi?" said Gordon Lockwood,
calmly looking at the speaker.
Don't say II was. and don't say 1t
wasn't. But l went down to the sta
ton and the station master told me
that that Jap of Warnings went off
on the milk train"
He did, cried Morton. What time
does that train go through?"
passed my nafpsst hopss long sbeu he felGw hsT
past IL. l should say. though l didn't
look. and he must have waited around
the, station all that time till the milk
train came along"
| rs the station master sure IL was
Nogi?" asked Mrs. Peyton. greatly
said he was. and there's mighty
few Japs in Corinth, all told
| "Of course II was Nogi." said Lock
wood, and Morton snapped him up
| with. Why are you so sure?"
| Lockwood treated the detective 10
one of his most disconcerting stares
and said:
You, a detective, and ask such a
! simple question! Why. since there
are but very few japanese In this
| town. and since one of them left on
| that milk train, and since all the rest
| are accounted for. and only Nogi is
j miSsing-it doesn't seem TO me to re-
quire superhuman intelligence to in
| fer that it was Nogi who took his de-
| parture."
| And who was mixed up in the
murder of DIR. John Waring g?" cried
| Morton. eXasperated beyond all eau
| tion by the ironic tone of Lockwood
| And unless you can explain some mat =
| ters, sir, you may be considered mixed
| up in the same despicable deed"
What matters?" Gordon Lockwood
asked. but his already pale face
| turned a shade whittier
First. sir. you have a large num-
Der of unpaid bills in your posses
SION
The secretary's face was no longer
white. The angry blood flew TO II.
and he fairly clenched his hands in
an effort to preserve his usual calm,
| nor even then could he entirely sue
ceed.
What if 1 have?" he cried. and
how do you know? You've searched
| my rooms"
| Certainly" said Morton. Il warned
you I should do So"
| But in my ABSENCE
The law is not always overcere-
| nooniouS'