The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-19
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every day to Hal Hume's; they'd so
there, come upon Sandy. They
might be entering Halls fiat now
! this moment.
He held the paper before him,
his eyes burning. They would take
Sandy into custody, discover from
the finger prints it was she who
crept along the f1oor-and her eyes
in that little gold frame-and her
| blood in the corner. They would
put the death of Ramon on Sandy's
shoulders-charge her with murder.
lie was aware that Sandy's pres
ence doomed them both, but he
could no longef' analyze this clearly.
He glanced about the restaurant,
vaguely astonished to find himself
sitting here, apparently reading a
aper-apparently eating his din
ner. No one watching him-yet it
cost him an effort to turn his head;
to look up at the waiter and order
| his coffee.
How absurd this was! Suppose
it was his name on the blotter-even
if the name Of Douglas Keith were
traced here ten thousand times,
would he be Swallowed on so utterly
flimsy a clew as this? Why, Ramon
might merely have noticed his name
on a drawing and idly-because
of his abysmal despondence-have
copied it. The police don't shadow
man because his name is on
blotter.
The most they would dare would
be to call at his home-perhaps
take him to the Hall Of Justice and
question him. He could show that
he knew nothing Of Ramon-had
never met him. lie could deny abso-
lutely that he had been near Third
and Market on Monday night
-
What would they have to prove
otherwise? That handkerchief? But
he had looked in the telephone book
and found there were twelve whole
pages Of people with the initial "K.
his? And Judith thought she gave
| his laundry that one time in her
| name
Unless they found Sandy they
J would have nothing to link him
with Ramon's death. If they found
Sandy they would have all.
He suddenly remembered what
Newton said about the cranks and
the woman who reported that a man
answering the description given by
the elevator operator had a woman
in hiding.
Suppose they pressed the invesu-
cation Of his movements since Mon
day night? People had seen him
going to Halls flat. The woman
downstairs knew him-knew he was
Halls chum. The police running
down every clew might visit Halls
quarters
He slumped in his chair, making
minute folds in the tablecloth-tiny
tucks with his fingers. If they
traced him to Halls fat-if Sandy
were still there then they would
/ have both Of them--have them cold.
1t now became of agoDizing i'm.
/ port that Sandy be hidden away.
Take her tonight-drive her down
to the hunting shack. She could be
moved now.
What risk there might be was lit
tie compared to the tragedy her dis
covery would be. He would be de-
livering her into their hands, turn
ing her over to infamous torture
He pushed the table jerkily- Get
out Of here noW-quick-before they
or any one knew where he might be
At the counter 10 paused. Should
he go down and get his machine?
If they were investigating him they
might have located it-might nab
him as he started to drive away
lie clinched his jaws-his eyes
blasting at a gray, haggard boy star
ing at him from the bury mirror
himself Leave the d old car
down there.
Friday night-go up to Halls Of
| fce-Ridiculous to imagine anyone
shadowing him. They would dis
cover that he was a decent person
Even the police can't slap murder
charge willy-nilly,
He told Hal Hume all that Newton
had reported-showed him the eve
ming extra.
I'm going to take her away to-
night"
Halls rich, dark eyes looked
squarely and anxiously into his. So
he went on quickly: Because if
they come here and get her, they'll
kill her anyway. You don't know
what the third degree is. viii they
care that she's not equal to it? Hal,
Sandy may even have fired that
shot In the scuffle she may have
fired it"
To his CONSERVATION Hume
answered quietly: Eyes I've