The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-06
Chapter 20 DANGER FOR LoRN
WHAT have you told the hotel
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 e"Only that l was waiting for my brother to come" Sue answered.
 "I know 1t -unusuai-tha l should tell them nothing and you --so muck" she said. But you-you are" She stopped as If seeking words. and said:
 Tt shows that you must have had some faint distrust of them. You haven't wanted to admit 1t. perhaps. but it's there."
 NO. mo-" she said. "The Lov. schiems are my friends"
 You haven't given this-token- into the Lovschiems' carer"
 "Oh. no. They know nothing about 1t at all. l will show 1t to no one until 1 see my brother Francis and match his own with It. He must be convinced"
 And that abduction last night. don't like dragging up the subject. but it's very serious matter."
 q know" she said. Ut frightened me awfully. It frightens me to think of 1t now. You need not tell me 1t is serious" She paused and looked at me meditatively. her slim fingers across one black velvet knee. 'l won. der what you thought of me last night. You must have thought was quite mad" t..
 Do you want to know what l thought?" 1 said slowly. T thought you were very sweet"
 had spoken gravely. and she had listened as gravely, For an instant the air between us was alive and trembling and aware. and our glances clung together. Then there was a knock on the door. tnJ
 It was Lorn. of course. He was un. excited. matter-of-fact: he entered, gave one look at Sue, said. Good evening"" and took the chair Of; fered. 1I
 I've been telling MT. Sundean why I fear that my affairs have had some connection with the murder last night" Sue told him thought, fully. "l felt 1t only fair to do so, since he was unfortunate enough to become rather involved in the affair. I'm sorry to go against my brother's wishes in the matter. but felt obliged to do so in this case" i
 Lorn made an inexpensive gesl lure. lits ttstt
 Your brother merely expressed his wishes. as understand it, Miss Tally. 1 don't know that you are obliged to comply with them"
 q prefer to do so." she said rather stiff1y. .ts
 Lorn went on more pleasantly: {: Well. at any rate. we managed to get MT, Sundean out of jail"
 "What about the poison, Lorn?" asked.
 "Poison!" cried Sue.
 "The man there in the corridor last night actually died of poison" ;" said Lorn.
 But" I interrupted, "how on earth was the man poisoned? And if poisoned why was he also stabbed? ?" THEY are having the traces an.
 ! alyzed." Lorn said precisely. "l don't know just what kind of poison it was-not definitely. that Is, But the point is that he wasn't shot al all. And as to the little clock sword" Lorn's curiously hay gaze seemed to be fastened on the clock -"they are inclined to think that death had actually occurred before the clock sword was driven into his heart"
 1 Sue cried out something. and Lorr continued dryly: "They are rather uncertain about the poison and how | 1t could have been administered- | the man might even have been { suicide. you know. It will take som, time to prove all this. and some ex pert opinion. Which is why yo, were released for the time being MT. Sundean."
 did not like his expression "foI the time being" But since he'd don, me a very good turn indeed ig nored it and said:
 Curious that you should hay hit upon the method but not tn means"
 Well" he said with an undue el feet of modesty, "it struck me tha the little clock sword was an od weapon to use. It argued an anoun of impulse in the matter that wa out of the ordinary. But didn'i e, pect 1t to be poison" %e4
 "Poison-that implies deliker; tion. doesn't it?" said Sue