Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-07-06
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much rs a hello He has on a differ
enr suit of clothes and there is a
bundle under his arm He beats It out
TO bis car. which Is parked in the
yard. heaves this bundle In the back
AMI goes down the hill at about forty,
turning In the general direction of
this hank. Later I'll tell you some
more about that bundle he had. Don't
forget it,
Il won't promised Harvey
Fifteen minutes later Farnum and
Gleason find out they're still mol I'm
mune 10 shocks when another guy
ONE down the hill to the fraternity
hnnse and inquiries for Pat Thayer."
@s6a asf - murmnred Jim. -they must
have thought he was a popular guy.
IN vas this new Teller
a professor"
"A WHAT
"A professor. And a whale of q
fine Teller. too. He only graduated last
June and before that he was the best
athlete this college ever had. His
nan is Welch-Larry WeIch-and,
while / hate to land 1t on him, he's
| got u pretty rotten tIe-up with Thayer."
How
In the first place. this Miss Peyton
who had just been to Thayer's room
Is supposed to be WeIch's girl Every
body at the college says they're nuts
about each other. In the second
| place. WEIGH liz the brother OF the girl
that TAT Thayer and Max Vernon are
supposed TO have qaarreled about
Harvey gave not the slightest in
d~ieation of interest In Reagan'a story
but both the detective and the bank
er we're satisfied that he was missing
nothing.
Larry Welch remained upstairs
only a few minutes continued Rea-
gan The boys Eay he looked kind
OF worked up and queer when he
came out and he hustled back up the
hill to the college Fire or ten min
utes after Larry WEIGH left, the two
boys on the porch hear nil hi bust
loose inside. Yelling and screaming
and all. and they hear q Teller com
Ing down The steps so fast that he's
limos falling Ont or the porch
comes the ianifor-a wop named Car
micino- He's darn near cuckoo, but
they finally get ont of him that he
saw Thayer's dear partly open and
could e Thayer's legs Thought
Thayer was most probably drunken
maybe sick Went In to s%traighten
him out-and discovered that he was
dead
~Nho called your
Either Farnum or Gleason l don't
know which,"
Everything there about an 1t was7's
"Yeh-aIl but Thayer,s body. Cor
oner has that and they want to ship 1t
to his home tomorrow His sister IL
here TO take charge"
And you think that Max Vernon
killed him7~
Il almost think he did,
1But q minute ago you said
That's the rotten part of this case.
Harvey. I've got too much dope
against too MAN. folks i could con-
Wet Vernon In . minute IL 1t wasn't
for two other people"
@WhO are they
Miss Peyton and Larry WEIGH
Tha3 er's other visitors
AT uun W TFmnwar ~rnu nhmo~Scd
In hi4 toothpick. where are they.
john"
Reagan looked NJ brightly"
They're under arrest, too he an
nounced pridefully.
The huge detective nodded approval.
It'll hand you one thing. John-you
sur have made d complete job OF IT.
Reagan mopped his forehead with a
lavender bordered handkerchief. II
had to. Jim. I've got those three, and
I know I'm right on n of 'em-"
(which onegr
That's what puzzles me. One time
/ think II was Vernon Their i come
to believe ii was Miss Peyton. And
just when I'm sure Of that / get q
bunch that It must have been Welch.
OF the three, I'd rather 1t be Vernon
-WhyT inquired FIske sharply.
would you pick Max Vernon ~ !
murderer
Out OF this bunch-yes- That Is,
maybe I'm burned III / know"
Harvey was slumped In his chair.
absorbedly regarding his huge hands.
He spoke without bothering to look up.
-What does Miss Peyton say. Rea-
EAnT~
Nothing She admits visiting Pal
ThayeS, but that is ALL
-Of course she denies killing him,
doesn't she7r
Sure She says they had d talk
and she came away, leaving him per-
fectIy happy and healthy But that
Amt the point. Jim: There's some
thing queer between her and Thayer.
i asked her about IL and she got right
white-but she wouldn't say boo /
accused her Of holding something back.
and she allowed she didn't care to dis
cnns the cns< n further
~And this chap. WelchT'
III don't look 4 bit healthy for him.
Ftn< u aIl, Thnytr Wa running