The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-07

| knows 1t. But otherwise 1t Is sup | posed to be kept secret" 1 remembered her words at once. And you said the man who fol. lowed you last night knew the way into the hotel? That limits it further. then. if the way is supposed to be kept secret. If we can dis. cover just who knows of that way providing of course 1t has actually been kept secret-" Sue nodded vigorously. though thought ;t un- likely-"then among those people must be-"
 checked myself. as I saw I was getting nowhere. and LorH said little maliciouslyj: Must be, whom. MT. Sundean? The murderer or the murdered man?"
 That depends on the identity of the murdered man." 1 said rather glumly. At any rate. 1t proves that the man who tried to abduct Miss Tally had some connection with the hotel--or with the LovschIems. The fact that. after driving about for so long a time. he finally brought her back to the immediate vicinity of the hotel indicates that. too."
 Lorn nodded. Possibly" he said.
 Then" l said. there's the car she was carried of in. If the mur. dered man was her abductor, then the car must be standing about near the hotel"
 True" said Lorn. giving me a faintly respectful look. "Ill see what can find out about that. Fortunately, as l said. the police here are inclined to be friendly to me. l wonder how soon we'll know the exact poison: we can't consider It's hypothetical relation to the few facts we have until we know what the poison was. how 1t might be administered. and when. However. the abductor may have had ac. complices."
 "THERE was only one man,"
 \ said Sue with small shudder. I glanced at her white face and said quickly:
 /! Well. there seem to be several things that will bear investigation. l want to know. first, about this business of the dagger; who took It off the dead man and washed it and then put 1t back on the clock?
 Then want to know why the lights went out Just as they did while was In the court. It was a most opportune accident-if acci. dent 1t was-for the man in the court with me; otherwise 1 should certainly have caught a glimpse of him.
 My only surmise about that is that. If it was Lovschiem in the court. then Madame Lovschiem could easily have pulled the main switch. She might have been watch. ing the affair and have come to her husbands assistance. in that way. Where were you. Miss Tally. when the lights in the hotel went out?"
 T was still in my room." she said at once.
 That was." I asked. hating my. self but remembering too vividly the face in the third-floor window. your own room nineteen? On this fioor?"
 Why, yes, of course" she said.
 Do you mind if I ask how you knew of the murder?"
 Not at all. l was opening my window; could not sec through the shutters. and unlatched one in order to glance out Into the court. l saw light streaming from your room and several figures-yours. thought. and Marcel's-and 1 could see Father Robart bending as If he were kneeling.
 "lt was clear. of course. that something unusual had happened, and l was-curious. 1 suppose. felt apprehensive and alarmed and couldn't possibly have gone to sleep without knowing. Finally 1 closed the shutter and started to dress again. While was dressing the light in my room went out.
 That has happened before, so I just waited till 1t came on again and thought nothing of 1t. As soon as got my coat on came out into the corridor and hurried along 1t and into the north corridor and saw Marcel. You and the priest weren't there any more. Marcel told me what had happened. and then you came"
 You met no one in the cor. ridors?"
 "No." she said promptly. "No one"
 couldn't say: But 1 saw you looking from a third-foor window and you looked white and terrible. 1 couldn't say: Why was your story about the key so strangely apt? I couldn't say: Why did you replace the dagger? 1 couldn't say: Why. oh. why didn't you tell me the truth about the time when you left my room?
 copprtoht isss Mionon G. Eberhort,