The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-15

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feel lad about it=fcrsrt II all when
you can. Marry Finley, and LEI the
years 20 come make up for an you
have suffered I made a mistake-
ana Tor that mistake atone
A quick motion @, his hand, 80
quick that h even cludei Wise
who had been watching for ~, and
Kent had conveyed 20 his mouth a
capsule q deadly and instantaneous
poison.
After all il was better 80, lie
must have been eopylcted-his mo
tive. tho born % his affection Tor
his sister. would have seemed qutN'
otto IN the eyes Of tho law, and
even n no had escaped capital pun.
Lshmcnt. long imprisonment would
have been a worse fate for ORR
Kent,
Finley lea Nan away az once. and
wise ralied the household servants
20 assist him in tho necessary pro
cryiures-
How dld you size up the Fu5hers
50 quick Zizi asked him. II half
thought they were Gaunons"
Il knew from the very first Il
had TO 10 Kent" Wise said, slowly
But | didn't know hts real reason
In thought. or course, he Just 10
moved Rayuor 10 save his sister
from further unhapp,uesa, l Hec now
how that really hiEhmIndrd man
could bring himself 10 DO t., II was
parity hruthrrly devotion and partly
4 slight twist in his not quito nor
.taI mind. that gave him the horo'
xm needed A. 10 the rubhera
when found tiny apeek % gwen
paint on the print on tho floor, and
when learned that tho little bridge
had been painted not 20 very long
Agu. i couldn't help linking that up
with Kent. Then. we had no proof
that he was on the bridge az !
O'Clock. A. matter Of fact. no
wasn't. Dolly Fay's watch was ias,
ana Kent knew u He'd been watch
.ug las change. he took advantage
~ noly'a statement about the time.
and utilized " Tor his own ulibi,
lie came M to the house fully five
or 10 minutes before seven. entered
the sun room and shot Raynor and
dropped the pistol and went out
again. Then he removed the over
shoes"
Dolly said he didn't wear any
when ne was with her" ziEi oh
Iscted
40 did. tho Those siip-on az
fairs show - littls that she didn't
notice them. He removed them
ate. the shot was firsd. and ltd
them. probably in tho shrubbsry
Later. he hid them in gannon's
closet. which was capital place
II my nttls Zizi hadn't been clever
enough 10 look thcrr Ever since.
Kent has been waiting 10 see II his
sister should ba really accused, and
as coon as she was. be was ready.
when he did confess. ! know DO
rss really telling tho truth. but |
pretended 90 think no was making
up IN orier 90 test him out. lie
said NJ once that II Mrs. Rhynor was
freed from suspiclon he would no,
confess. but II Hhc wcro accused
he WINS ready 20 avow tho crime. \
strange being. kcni."
What made You first think Of
Kent asked zi4i ihoughtfully.
First. think. when no said "a
walked up from the bridge admiring
the sunset There was no sunset at
the time be pretended 10 como up
at :. looked up tho weather
records most carefully. ! knew he
He'd about tho sunset, or else no had
come about 10 minutes earlier ~
I every vestiRc Of sunset after.
effects had faded from tho sky. Then
next, Miss Turner said positively
that when Kent came In, a llttlc
after Z. he didn't look toward Ray.
nor ut all. but only az his sister. |
Now. however solicltous for Mrs.
Raynor he may have been. hc would
most certainly have glanced toward
the dead mnn-exeept that he had
seen him before. SO knew that the
sight OF the body on tho floor was
not a surprise TO him. From then
on. I've only been trying 10 prove
II up-or prove myself mistaken"
which you were not-which you
never are" aaid ZIzi. with an M.
fectionate smile for the chief she so
adored
Kent's hopes were fulfilled Al
year or 20 later. far from the beau
tiful but no longer desirable estate
of Flower Acres. Nancy Finley pu,
her hand in that OF her husband and
set forth in n happy and tranquil
life journey with him.
'Deary orry." she said. softly.
his maryrdom made possible my
present happiness"
AS your martyrdom was for the
happiness OF him and your father"
Yes, dear and now II Is all past,
and we owe 1t TO their memory as
well as 10 our own two happy selves
TO forget the past and live only in
the radiant present and the rosy
future"
Together-always together said
Finley. his voice fraught with n
happiness too great for further
words THE END.