New Britain herald., 1924-10-30

1 out all he wanted to know. There was mystery about the parcel. It was a secret between the two. Dol ly had promised Mrs. Raynor not to tell about it-therefore. the parcel of morphine was of importance 1t was no ofd rubbish to be tossed away carefessly. He went away, and Dolly. torn and shaken by the experience. started to walk over the Flower Acres and talk to Nan about 1t.
 She had done her best to keep faith with Nan, and if that old de- | tective had discovered anything, 1t was not her fault, she unused.
 As she came to old Gannon's house, that worthy sat on his little porch, smoking his pipe. Dolly was friendly with the old man over his specimens" wsich always interested her. She didn't I like Gannon-didn't trust him. but she had natural bent toward the science he followed and had spent many hours listening to his dis courses on the habits of water beetles or the varieties of dragon flies.
 Did you get the new night moth?" she asked as she paused before him.
 Yep. It's in the case" He jerked his finger over his shoulder. a mo- ton meant as an invitation to go in and look at It If she chose, and curious to sec the new specimen, Dolly ran into Gannon's house.
 The old man remained on the porch, and, when a few moments later Lionel Raynor joined him there, he had quite forgotten Dol ly's existence.
 Cannon and his visitor fell into an absorbed conversation. Dolly, in- side the room, studying the new moth. heard the hum of their voices but paid no heed
 At last, satisfied with her, ex- animation of the specimen, she turned to-. leave the room, when a word or two from the man on the porch caught her ear. -.
 We're lucky to be rid of the nurse" Lionel was saying, "she could have made trouble. made her see it was best for her to go
 and go quickly"
 That's all right" Cannon said, grumblingly. But what about me When do l get mine?"
 What's your everlasting hurry" asked Lionel. You've enough to
 live on-havent Xou?"
 , "Yes; but l don't trust you, es. pecially, and besides I want to gel
 my poodle and go to South Amer lea. It's long been the dream of m, life to study tropical insects dowr ithere. You fixed off the Turne, woman, why can't you fix off me ?" "I will as soon as it's possible. 4I hate to seem fin too much of a hur' ry to take possession. And--1'n sorry for Mrs. Raynor-" Softly! If you get hit there Not at all it isn't that. Bu } I don't-I can't believe Mrs. Ray nor shot Oakland If she didn't If she didn't, who did? Tha . lover of hers-Finley. It has to, b
 one of the two--you know that !. Lionel"
 : What about Peters," l He's all right - gone to Cali s fornia."
 = Well - I'll fix up the financia d matters as soon as I can, Cannon T but don't hurry me. Where's tn
 --the-you know?"
 = It's all right" l Haven't you destroyed it yet? |. When you meet my demands I'll consider yours"
 V "Oh, you ShyIock. I tell you II
 fix things as soon as l can." a e Don't worry. its all safe-"' o And the other?"
 Safe, too"
 Well. so long. I'll go right nov B to see Lawyer Stratton. But l wis I knew who killed Dad"
 "You're mighty affcctionate to L. ward his memory-considering ho' e he treated you when he was alive. u q can forget that, If I have a . his property. And, I tell ydu fe' r. low can't see his father nurdere
 in cold blood without getting he . about it!' ,, l. Lionel Raynor went away, an
 Dolly Fay, scenting a new myster! n felt it would be better for her | r depart unnoticed.
 She accordingly slipped out 1T the back door of Gannon's httl
 house, and went a roundabout wa
 SO that the old man shouldn't SC her. u She didn't quite now herself wh l- she took these precautions, but
 was in the back of her head th' y the conversation she had just owe IS heard was of importance, in son
 way. 10 the Raynor case. n Moreover, she gathered that ns referred to the will of MT. Rayno s' and that there was some wrongd
 ing on the part of somebody d. connection with that will. eli She couldn't quite bring hersc Ill to think anything so terrible
 these two men planned to destr' will, yet the fragments of co
 versation she had caught point or that way.
 he Unyersed in the ~a:S Of wick
 men, Dolly was intuitiye by natn b. and sagacious beyond her years
 The. more she mulled over | to matter, the more she began to ft or sure that the missing Will that ga
 the Raynor property 10 Nan W 'e concealed in Grim Gannon's hou' She distrusted the man - althoul 'ei she admired his erudition, and "
 grateful for his kind instructio
 in the field she was deeply inte "l ested in that of natural histol
 Always an, outdoor girl, Do