The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-27

I AAeNAA lSeeob olA dIIU sever
 Friday night?" Samuels demanded
 Yes. It was about quarter O
 seven when I found him. hac
 come through the patio window
 Your alibiS are entirely false
 then?"
 Practically. MT. Annersley occu-
 pied the chair outside my window
 from about five minutes of seven
 until half-past."
 Instead of from half-past six
 until severn"
 Yes
 Wait a minute" Samuels dashed
 to the patio window. "Kirk!p he
 shouted Find Annersley. Get a
 move on! All right, Miss Jahries
 let's have the rest of it."
 T was going to my room about | half-past six Miss Jahries began. T went by way of the sun room door. happened to glance at that window Miss Jahries nodded to- ward the east window T saw some one lying on the floor in front of the patio window It looked like MT. Parados. I went around to the patio window. It was shut but the latch hadn't caught and I pushed the window open. MT. Parados was lying just as M. Flique found him. and MT Annersley was kneeling in front of the safe. He jumped to l his feet, pistol in one hand and ! a bundle of papers in the other. |
 Don't move or screamP he said. | Then he closed the window, keep ing me covered with the pistol" Wait minuter Samusls inter- rupted. Would you know that pis- tol if you saw it again?"
 T think so. It was a heavy auto matic and it had plpe-like con trivance on the end of the mug gle"
 SamuelS opened a drawer of the writing table with a exultant gleam in his eyes
 Was this it?s he demanded.
 To my astonishmeht he held up an automatic pistol, a forty-five over the muzzle was the 'plpa-like eontrivance' of which Miss Jahries had spoken. Evident ly 1t was a recent discovery and certainly it must be the final fact against Annersley.
 MT Allnersley asked me what I I intended to do. told him I should have to report what I had seen. He q enled killing MT Parados-he fi would, of course. He said he had entered the library with a crazy notion of frightening MT. Parados into leaving Miss Ferris and him alone. As if any one could have frightened MT Parados! MT. An nersley said he had found him dead. He hadn't touched him. The safe was open and he had helped himself to Certain papers | necessary to his financial security. 0f course l didn't believe him and told him so. When he saw my mind was made up he showed me a paper he had found in the safe. It Is lad my name and Parados' on it. He said if I gave evidence against 1im he would turn 1t over to the police"
 Miss Jahries' eyes searched Sam | lels' face.
 T suppose I must tell you about Is hat paper?" C
 If you don't, Annersley will" 5amuels' tone was considerate but c firm S
 I've nursed it so. long that every hing is distorted" Miss Jahries a vent on. Ten years ago I was [ cashier in roadhouse Parados I owned near Los Angeles. I had to nave money-$3,000 The liberty of he man I loved was at stake t never mind what he had done. I orged Parados' name to check md got the money. He caught me. supposed he would prosecute me, ut he offered me an alternative. is Mrs. Parados needed housekeeper. f I would accept the position he l would forget about the check"
 Miss Jahries laughed bitterly. T iidn't know Dan Parados then and thought he was being generous o give me a second chance. Gen Don't think I haven't paid lim back a thousand times! I've 'pent ten years watching him live \ ID to his wicked boasts that he got f pleasure by making people fear ] md hate him. Is
 Ten years of that!" Miss Jah- ,ies flung up her hands. T wonder I f l am still sane. If I had broken f rom him he would have prosecuted ( me and that would have meant