The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-11
The Men on the
Dead Mans Chest
by
Clifford Raymond
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Copyright. The Bobbs-Merrill Co.
CHAPTER Xl-Continued
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OIl, my IOIu, uO. III ANSW AOA n.
We knew Dunn was here. II was
Bucks excuse that be had to see
some men here and then we'd go
to Miami. He knew Brown fished
and hunted from the Lac VieuX Des-
ert lodge"
''The other thres were in Eu-
rope?"
They were not. They had been,
but they had come back to New
York. That's what started the
panic"
IN September?"
Lord, no. Back in August"
I'm too credulous," said the lieu
tenant. I'm childlike"
Maybe" said the lady. ANY one
who believed any of them, except
Dunn, on anything. would be. Buck
had me completely deceived in COM
ing out here. You can see plainly
afterward. but | didn't know then
that the panic was on. Dunn of
course, didn't know that ii was, but
the others were always afraid Of
MIN. suppose the plot in their
minds was this-if Dunn Clayton
saw that it was winners take all
and coffins for the losers, they were
all gone. Blair and Ashley must
have had the same idea. They fol
lowed US out here. We weren't hard
TO find. We were registered at the
Sherman. What was the night Dunn
was killed? Saturday, wasn't it?"
September 90" said the lieuten-
ant.
well. call it Saturday or Sunday
morning. 1t was about one O'clock
when the telephone in my room
rang, and t was Blair calling. He
asked if ne could come up. said
certainly Lot He said ii was i'm
portant. I'd better see him at the
door anyway. 1t was about Dunn.
he said. Something scared me. You
know how a quality gets into the
voice. ] told him to come up. When
| opened the door he stood in the
hall and said that Dunn had been
killed in the Dutch Mill. He didn't
need then to tell me Buck had been
there. He said Buck had been held
by the police for a while and then
had gone away"
h0 10 tv-h I Nal
hand without knowing what was
doing" said the lieutenant. ''Well.
/ guess 1t didn't make much differ
ence, except mix the sequences a
little"
blair said that Buck had killed
Dunn and wanted to know where
he had gone. He'd made a getaway.
Blair said, and he wanted TO know
where was to join Buck. Well. he
had killed Dunn didn't know
then that what Dunn thought was
letter from me had brought him
there. guess that wasn't neces-
sary. Blair was looking eagerly at
me. didn't really know if Buck
had gone anywhere, but | thought
of Preston Brown at Lac Vieux Des-
ert. Try Lac Vieux Desert. | told
him. Browns there, | said. and
Buck may go there.
That's what wanted to tell
you." she continued. You may have
known something of it, but | sent
Blair TO Lac Vieux Desert, and
wanted him. If he could, to kill Buck.
| didn't know that he would find
him. If the panic was on | knew
the one | wanted killed after what
had happened at the Dutch Mill.
You'll ask why I'm telling this now
That's what you're thinking"
Not primarily" said Stanton. Il
wouldn't ask you because I'd be
fairly sure you would tell without
being asked. In my way do lot
of guessing. My guess would be
that Blair succeeded Trembly with
you. and that he has tried to break
with you"
Il suppose that would be simple
TO understand" she said bitterly.
land guess you are right. ! sat
in the hotel looking at myself and
there wasn't much to see. Not ex-
actly broke but the next thing to
it. Buck on his way. alive or dead
so far as | was concerned. I Ger
tainly never would live with a man
after | had put killer on his track
I'm not that low Dunn was dead.
My prospects weren't CHEEKY. Blair
came back. He looked like pal TO
me. was that respondent. There's a
great deal of attraction about Blair.
For some women he's irresistible.
I've got some self-control. maybe.
He has manners when he wants 70
use them. He said Brown was dead.
He smiled when | asked him about
Buck. You know Bucks finish.
Il went with Blair We went back
TO New York. thought maybe the
panic would be oyer. There was
only Roberts, Ashley and Blair left
Roberts wouldn't hurt anyone. Ash
ley and Blair seemed to like each
other. The three of them had sixty
thousand each. That was TOO mnch