The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-30

confess ! should have liked to come
home and find you here with Perry
chair!"
but I had no reason to bind and
gag hin. He came to give helpful
intormation-",.
(Which you swallowed, bait, hook
and sinker! Oh, I don't say it may
not all be true, but, on the other
hand, it may not. Why, just suppose
Perry Heath was the murderer,
wouldn't he act just the same way
Suppose he wanted to free the little
girl from suspicion, wouldn't he lay
the blame on Larry lnman, the only
possible suspect except himself? It's
a moil, any way you look at it, but
I wish l could have talked to Heath,
even If he got away afterward."
II wish you could have, Sam. I'm
darncd sorry let him 60, but he
just vanished, yop scc."
Like the Boo Jun. Well. what
say, AL, shall we 60 over to head
quarters and acquaint the powers
that be with this tale, or shall we
sleep over it and give 1t to them in
the morning.
"Oh, let's leave it till morning.
Nobody Of importance will be there
this time Of night, and don't want
to 60 clear out to Motifs house.
should think morning would be time
enough"
"And let Heath put few hundred
more miles between himself and US!
Though don't suppose any search
party could pick him up now, the
trail is too cold. Well, so be it, then.
Come on out to the porch and have
q nightcap and smoke and tomor-
row we'll clectrify the police,-4.o no
good whatcver!"
"You scott at everything, Sam,
but what have you to offer as bet
ter plan Of pursuit! If you'd been
here, what would you have said to
Health"
"First of all. il you want the
truth, Cunny, I'd have marched him
straight to headquarters. II Mott
.swasnt there I'd have sent for him,
p. d. q. And then Id have made
) Heath tell his story under oath.
Then we'd have had something to 60
on, some sworn evidence. say, sup
pose we go over to Heath's house
and confront Inman with this tale. "
"You may 60, if you like, but I
shant. like lnman, and-oh, hang
it all, | don't think believe Heath's
story at all. The more l think of
it, the more fishy it seems"
"You mean you suspect"
Bunny Moore. can't sec any
way out for her. To begin with In
man doesn't act like guilty man.
And Bunny does"
Elbow does she 2"
SWELL, she bursts into tcafs when
ever she's questioned"
"What girl wouldn't, especially an
innocent ono p
"Wcll, then, there's a lot Of evil
dcpce about her being downstairs
late at night, and all that"
"What does that prove :"
Nothing much, l admit. But her
finger prints arc on the bottlc--un-
der Inman's."
"Oh, Lord, Cunny, we've mulled
over all those points hundred
times. Do get some new ones. Here,
have another cigar. And look out
where you sling your ashes. Why
use the whole floor"
Lord, Sam, what 4 fuss you are!
I guess ri 60 home, and try ia
sleep on this thing. Maybe tho night
will bring counsel, as the poet OF
some wise guy says"
"Well, try it out. But If the night
brings it to you, let me know early
in the morning. For. otherwise. I'm
going to Mott with this. story of the
appearance Of the missing man
Golly, to think was coAbtng New
York city Tor the wretch, and here
he was calmly sitting .cabtmy porch
talking to my detectivc!'. y
"Don't rub It In" Cunningham
. growlcd.
"Oh, it's MI right. AL Anderson
was already sorry for his harshness
to his friend "And you've Z done
| more than anybody on the case in
getting word from Heath. l tell you
that will be point in your favo,
with the law people! I say, let's re.
construct the casc,-I believe that,
what they term il"
"All right" Cunningham spoke
eagerly. "Say, Heath told the truth
then how did il all come about?"
Ito be Continuedl