The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-07

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-Tn Grim Cannon baHe Go flut
uut what hold hr had over nuusRs
Rtyugr ar REyupr had over him
Coins to ask him outright
. "luu
. Oumrnavr Cannon @ht on tha lufIr
rorrh 90 DIS uu8itprriyr old house
what dH Sou wgutT' be- grovIgI
4 don't know anyIhlus about ibe
Douglas murder
'srHen sou surely need leyl uu uu
rfslures Lao sight uf detective Hstj
Wise. gh1suF
Two drlrelNrs amended EIr.
seating herself on thr porch rBilin
Yves, Im "a detective she added
"lJ likr nothing better THAN 90 have
you show me your collection and eN.
plain O. all Go me
do you-i1 you iiEg that SOFT uf
thins Cannon recovered hts poiss
somewhat a8 hts thoughts were
sVayyd GO bH beloved work
'Adary Iu uul mo- Time just nov
As yoU 8y Mr. Cannon SOU know
nothing Eaut thg E8ygar murder.
and that just wins we want little
talk with YOU Wr can't set
anything ugf ur people who du know
about the crime thHy won't ten
you know who tuUy ur
'Mgyuy mas Boz not Ea was Boo
her most npr8ut m1oi Anyway
you can toll u other things ami
don't you refuse now ur IN have
the law on YOU
As ahe had uuIg expected, Grim
Gann5n's face palrd at ths threat.
made fearful hy the low tense yuiev
and the piercing Elaam from tHg
black eyes
what DO you want TO know
Cannon blurted ont
Al glance lrom Elzi Wise took
up tho questioning
About the WILL Dee said. In "a low.
even yo.cg ''NNhcrr b ltr-'
You had the 1py-fha little Fay
girl found g."
"Nes-but haven't tho viii i'sel'
-tbe tigusd will
IAN riEht. then know who has,
Now. see here Cannon what do you
know o. Douglas Rhynorg plstF n
you'll como across with that. l1I lrl
up ON tbe VIII busluc FOR the
present
"Wha, DO SOU msan-bls paair He
never dlJ anything wrong
-oh. didn't hsf WgI I fJy Er
lii And nFth+rmurr. I -ay sou
know all about b Bnl you used ID.
buowlsdsa for
Don't say tn Cannon put up
hi hand 1a n Go ward off blow
Don't say that word ,t isn't true
Wise saw 90 once the sid man wa
afraid Of being accused ~ hackmail.
lie believed that Cannon had been
persuaded 90 steal tho wiu By "a
stronger nature than hits own Lionel
Kaynor'a Of courrr and that Can.
non even now regretted n.
but Il had TO be proved. aud Wise
set 10 work 70 verify hts opinions
~ the dint Of cureful aud adruit
questioning. by Judlcious hints "
"tho law" and ~ means 81 some
help here and there from Zlsi Wise
finally drew from him The dsRmcctuI
story Of Raynors ufc in 90 FAR as DO
affected The dead mans widow.
Yes Old Cannon rsapltulltrd.
Il knew De lied 70 Miss Kent. a. she
was then. I knew Dc made up that
yarn ab0g, her father being Grim
inal-l forEer-i knew he made her
marry him because ~ she didn't he'd
split on her father. and she'd b.
dlsgucei and her fathCr'd b. pa, Ia
Iall. and her brotbcr'd die OF shame
and. well. Raynor put q 60 TINT
girl In such q way that she couldn't
grt out Of marrying him unless she
brought her whole family down 60
drogs o. disgrace. Aud % wasn't
true-lt wasn't jruc- Tho old man
wuzed furious now II know tine
TRUTH Douglas Rayuor committed
that forgery himself know it'
I've always know 10. and R1yuor
knaw knew 90 That's why he guvc
me this house-gave me mouey-lct
me have my own way, That's why
he was afraid Of mc-and he was
afraid % me- He used 20 beg me
not to tell hts wife Of his fraud on
tcr-"
Did you threaten 20 do sou
Yes. I did. To see him cringc
nd crawl and beg for mercy oh.
had no intention 81 telling her
'ut loved 20 scare him.
Tho old man shook with hyBtcrical
motion. that was between laughter
nd anger Then Dc B1bcrcd down.
udjenly.
But she found out he said al
most In n whisper "Shc found out
not thru me-but she overheard some
words We said ono night. and she
gathered that he had deceived her
tbout her father"
what did she dor Zizl asked. /.
breathiessly.
she went straight 10 Raynor uud /
taxed him with u. He denied n. Of
course shn couldn't prove it-so she /
could do nothing. But-aficr she !
knew for one don't blame her for
Killing him
Hush. Wise said. stcrnIy. "wo /
don't know that she did ldl him.
Tell me exactly OF what no accused I
her father"
why. he told her that her father
had committed n forgery-long ago.
you known his young days He (
said that he, Raynor. was tho only
ono who knew the truth. that unless
she married him he would expose her
fathers guilt, and that n she would
marry him, it could remain hustled
up forever"
Didn't she ask her father about
it,"
no; he was an invalid-really very /
H. The shock might kin him Ray
nor told her. Also. he said. tho dis.
grace would kill Orvlllc Kent, who /
is Of a proud, sensitive nature. and
delicate as well. SO. TO save the
bunch, she married that devil"
without proving his story cried
Iii.
'Iiew could she? She had no one