The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-16

act which would complete my chain
Of evidence against him."
You mean you deliberately invited
him to murder you?" Henry shouted.
Something Of the Sort" I con-
fessed.
Lucy was staring at me with fas-
cinated, Mortified eyes. She seemed
beyond speech. Jerry's mouth hung
open. Hyde had forgotten his sar.
donic grin. Furie, whom Jerry's flask
had brought to himself looked Saner
than I had ever e him.
1T was to be q duel Of wits, you
see, and I was pretty sure Skull VAL
ley would be the field Of honor. Mac
Nair telephoned me this afternoon
that he was going down to Skull VAL
ley to arrest Furie for the murder Of
Andrew. Did I want to be In at the
finish? If so. ! was to come alone.
I knew what he meant-and he knew
that I did. Well, I came"
I then recounted what had hap.
pened up to the moment when I had
knocked Furie out.
AYE. that's I'll" Furie suddenly
shrilled. 1.-The white bellied coyote
telled me you wuz a-goin' to break
me neck fer me. IT'S q good thing We
bust me under the chin. Git on with
1t, will ye!"
This was encouragement indeed.
and I proceeded.
"You see, II MacNair had won. his
story Of the shooting would have been
true. AS I swept up my pistol I looked
for MacNair to cone pouring in. But
he was still waiting. My eye fell on
the dummies and I thought Of that
psychological trick Andrew used 80
years ago.
"MacNair was familiar with Furie's
astonishing hat and shirt. As you see,
I put both on Napoleon. pretending
that Furie was IN the point of shoot
ing me. Then I fired my pistol twice.
MacNair rushed in, saw Furie's hat,
and fired at the dummy three times
before he took a second glance. Then
he whirled upon me, bringing up his
pistol to kill me That was the overt
act I had been waiting for"
They were standing around me like
mourners at a burying.
I ran q quizzical eye from Nathan
Hyde to Roy Hammond.
1T seems to me-" ! observed
shrewdly, that Hammond once pros
pected these parts as q young man.
rs it possible that he was down
here recently and discovered the new
entrance to the Two Brothers? Is it
possible that he went to Nathan Hyde
and that between them they dug up
the story Of that incredible poker
game?"
Hyde chuckled. I'VE haven't found
the mine transfer yet. Have your"
mo-" and I laughed. Il suppose
you were going to sell 1t to Andrew
or Lundy's heirs for q tidy sum.
well, Lundy did q good job when
he hid it -. You car give Hyde his
snuff-b box Henry"
Lucy had dried her tears and now
she managed to get in q word.
1.-THE most wonderful part of 1t Is
that my Uncle John should turn out
to be Mr.. Holmes instead of DR.. Wat
son!" she exclaimed.
Henry burst forth, and I knew It
was coming out at last. "Your Uncle
John always played a lone hand. And
he believes in keeping things to him
self. When he retired ten years ago
he was one of the best men Uncle
Sans secret service ever had. And
he doesn't seem to have lost the old
knack."
Copyright, 1929, VIM. Morrow Co..
The mystery Of Andrew Ogden's
murder Is s0lved-but there stiIl
10 an important point to be
cleared up In tomorrow's-the
final chapter.
Neptune's satellite Is supposed to be
about as large as our moon and Il