The Washington times., 1923-02-16

He had said !. that, while he
had. been waiting. outside, Gar
land had come out. But why
had Spofford been, waiting out
side2 Why hadn't hea come right
up and rllng the door-beu? Could
this. delay have been because. he
knew that Garland was inside. the
house, and because he did not,
wish: to encounter HING But how
could he have. known that Gar
land was inside with Carey? Well.
that was easily answered. He.
might have arrived. Just as Gar
land was entering the house. -
But there were other pazzIing
matters. Why had -Spofford been
so long in recollecting that Don
Carey had reused the :. suspicious
Of the police because of the office
he had maintained in the Hebers
worth building? Apparently, 1t
had only occurred 20 him at. the
end Of his rather long converse
ton with Clancy 1s.s. ~ ..
Hadn't Spofford been a. little
ingenuous?. could it be- that he
had some slight suspicion Of Don.
Carey? tAs a matter. of fact,
looking at the matter as d1spAs-
sionateIy as she could, hadn't,
Spofford dropped a strong CIR
cumstantiaI case against Clancy
DIANE on rather slight cause?
Against the evidence of her pre-
sence in Beiner'sa office and her
flight from the Napoli. Spofford
had pitted his own alleged knowl-
edge OF human nature. Because,
Clancy; had. delayed flight until.
Wednesday, Spofford had decided
that.s she was innocent. She
didn't believe it. asY
It had all been convincing when
Spofford had said it. But, now
in view OF the fact that she had;
detected in his apparent sincerity !.
one untruth, she wondered, how
many others there might, be. :. !
Would fear of the Vandervent
and WaIbrough: Influence cause :.
him to drop the trail of woman s
whom he believed to be the muir j,
deress? No, she decided; it. would
not. Then why bad he, dropped
the belief in her. guilt that had
animated his actions yesterday.
The answer came clearly to her.
secause he felt that he had evil
Aence against some one else.
Against Carey? She wondered. If.
against fenwaewhy had he gone :
in seA5s1 q ciahd Ct sally Hem
But shkCxorid answer that. He
wanted to hear he's story. Find
ing that she was at the very mo-
ment in Don Carey's house. had
been chance. coincidence. He had
known that. Garland had not come
here to see her; he thad known
that Garland had come to see
Carey. How much did he know?
What was there to know?
Her brain became dizzy. Spot
ford had certainly not ceased to
question the Heberworth building.
elevator-man when the man had
identified Clancy. Spofford had
cunning, at the very lowest esti-
mate of his mental ability. He +,
would have cross-examined Gar
land. The man might have Drop
ped some hint tying up Carey to
the murder. She began to feel
that Spofford was not entirely
through With her. '..,
There was. a way, an almost
certain way, now, though, to end
her connection with the affair. II
she told Philip Vandervent or
Judge Walbrough the threat that
she had heard Garland utter, the
elevator-man would be under ex-
animation within a few hours.
Did she want that? Certainly
not, just yet. She knew what
scandal meant. She doubted if
even Sophie Carey, with her ap-
parently unchalIenged artistic
and social position, could live
down the scandal of being the
wife OF man accused of muir
der. She must be fair to Sophie.
Indeed, If she were to live up to
her own code-it was a code
that demanded much but gave
more-she must be r. more than
fair to her. Sophie had gotten
her work, had dressed her up.
She did not like being under obli-
CATION to Mrs. Carey. But. hav-
ing accepted 20 much, repayment
must be. made. It would be
shoddy requital OF Sophie's gen.
crosby for Clancy Deane to run
to the police and repeat the
threats of a. blackmailer.
How did she know that these
threats were founded upon any
TRUTH. She had heard Garland
say that Carey had possessed a
key to Beiner's office; she had
seen the expression OF fright
upon Carey's face as Garland
made the charge. But fear didn't
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