The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
by Kay Cleaver Strahan !.
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"Well." he hesitated. "well-l know
a mite further than that I'll tell you
some time that isn't dinner time
maybe"
He went into the dining room, and
followed him
All during that dinner, and the same
had been true of every meal since the
first breakfast I've mentioned, John
hardly took his eyes off of Miss Mac
Donald. | made way to speak TO
him about 1t. alone, right after din
ner.
"John," said. 'for mercy's sakes,
what do you want to sit and stare at
Miss Macdonald for. during meals
like she was the place where you had
lost something's"
He blushed. Gosh, Mary haven't
been doing that. have IL"
"You certainly have. II doesn't
look nice, John. Why do you do itf"
81 didn't know that I did But. on
the square. did you ever see anything
as pretty-l mean. as clean and
well, kind of comforting iookingf She
changes so. too; like diamond. or a
desert, or sunrise. or-something.
Did you ever see anyone as interest.
ing TO look at, Maryp
"Never mind asking me-" l said.
Just you 20 and ask Danny some
of those questions"
Danny" he answered, "is-well.
Danny Is Danny, of course. She's
different"
"Better take to watching how diff
ferent she is" advised. and left him
to think 1t over. and went into the liv-
ing room.
Canneziano was Ioafing around In
there. "Mary." he said, "I'll make
dicker with you"
"Not with me-" | said. and started
up the stairs.
Curiosity like mine is curse. I'd
caught me. whats your old dickerT
I said.
eff you'll persuade Sam to give me
the ten thousand for producing the
murderer, I'll split II with you"
am tired of apologizing for myself
will state. merely, that | managed
to say the one thing, under those cir.
cumstances, that ! should not have
said. "Do you know who the MUIR
derer Isl" Thereby proving that
was possessed of about as much d.
plOmacy as an alarm clock.
Certainly not" he answered He
had not hesitated; he had looked
straight into my eyes. Bat knew
that he believed that ! thought he had
lied.
"See here" said. II take II that
one five thousand dollars is as good
to you as another. II you know VINO
committed the murder. and will pro
duce him. I'll give you the five thou.
sand dollars myself"
"Don't say that, Mary" Danny
stepped out from behind the long
curtains at the end o. the south win.
dows.
Calneziano jumped like a spurred
bronco Spying Ell, my lady?"
She spoke directly to me. Listen,
Mary; don't ever, for any reason, en-.
ter into any sort OF an agreement
with this man. If he knows or thinks
that he knows. who the murderer is.
he can be forced to fell without
bribe. If he had known for one day.
one hour, and had withheld the In
formation, he Is. In effect, an accom-
MI q q tpUQt form hnf
L have forgotten it. am going out.
now, to find Uncle Sam. and to bring
him here ana tell him that this man
says that he KNOWS who committed
the murder. Mary, you telephone to
the sheriff in Telko-"
"Just moment, please" Cannezi
ano spoke smoothly and smilingly 81
have said, definitely. that | do not
know who killed Gaby. And-l
do not know. am bored. unspeak-
ably bored. should like to try my
hand at detectt.g this-er, william
But" he shrugged his narrow shout
ders, with no impetus"
"The fact that she was your own
daughter" began. holly.
Don't, Mary" Danny interrupted,
with sigh. "There Is no use. You
and he do not speak the same Ian
guage."
"How is this?" Canneziano said. and
went on speaking. very rapidly, In
some foreign language.
Danny stood and stared at him with
nuf a nifo NJ avproccion ON har faeQ
He paused for breath. She said, ~
have forgotten my italian. do not
understand you. and | am glad do
not Come. Mary, shall we 60 up
stairs?'
In the upper hall she said that she
wanted me to go with her to Miss
Macdonald. because she wanted to
tell Miss Macdonald what had just
happened.
We knocked on her door. She
greeted US pleasantly enough, but
there was a quicker between her eye
brows.
"You have asked U.s." Danny began
at once, ito tell you nothing about
the case. Does that mean that you
do not wish to nave Us tell you of
day by day developments, which seem
to have a direct bearing on the caseT
"As, for instance?" Miss Macdonald
questioned.
Danny told her about what had hap
pened, from the time she had stepped
behind the curtains, until she and ]
had come upstairs together.
Miss MacDOnald's first question
was, why were you watching himf"
Because" Danny answ ere d,
straight, 81 think he came here with
some evil purpose. should like to
find out what that nurnnSe iSn