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He laughed sneerinsly. "BeiEI mixed up in one murder" he said, it won't take the police long to figure that you're connected with the other one"
 There is absolutely no evil dence," she said, ito connect mo with Mir Drimgold's murder exceot certain circumstantial evidence that can be readily explained" Sure" he told her, ''and there's no evidence to connect you with Felding's murder except some cir- cumstantial evidence that can te explained. But, sister, you just try explaining away two sets of cir; cumstantial evidence and see what happens. You've been mixed up in too many murders to give me run around. want that book, and l want 1t
 The door burst open. Vera Duchene, her eyes glitterinK. pushed her way into the room. Si,s paid no attention whatever to Mill iicent, but turned savagely to Bob Caise.
 You poog deluded damn fool!'' she said. "I suppose you thought you were doing something smart"
 Don't butt in on this," Caise told her. I'm having 5 show down."
 She laughed bitterly and said, "A sweet time to have a showdown. She holds all the trump cards"
 "She doesn't hold anything" Caise told her. What are you beefing about ?'
 You" she said, went In and smashed that whiskey flask. sup pose you thought you were being 2 bright little boy. didn't you?"
 What If I did? The thing had finh erprints on it."
 And you thought they were mine!"
 He said nothing.
 "I told you they weren't mine!" she half-screamed. T told you didn't know anything about Feld- ing's murder. But you wouldn't be- lieve me; you thought was string ing you along. You thought those were my fingcrprints on that whis- key flask, and you busted in there and smashed the whiskey flask. Why, you poor, incompetent fool! Those were her flngerprlnts. She was the one who had been in there. With that evidence against her, wed have been out in the clear. It wouldn't have been necessary to do single thing. But you jumped at the conclusion that l had been lying to you when 1 told you I hadn't been there. You've destroyed the only real evidence there was against her"
 For a moment Bob Caise was jared. He stared at Vera Duchene with crestfallen countenance. Then slowly the stubborn light welled up in his eyes once more and hc whirled to face Milllcent.
 Never mind" he said to Vera Duchcene over his shoulder. I've got all want on this girl"
 What do you mean?"
 "I mean that she's going to do what 1 tell her to, and I'm telling her right now"
 Vera Duchcene spoke hastily.
 Listen" she said, that Set- geant Mahoney is after me. He's going to drag me over the coals. I don't care what else you're work. ing for, this comes first. You know what's going to happen If he starts getting inquisitive. We've got to shortcut that some way. want you to make her swear I was with her last night"
 Caise said to Millicent, "She was with you. DO you understand that?"
 T understand nothing of the sort. She was not with me-"
 "Okay," he said. "I'm tired of being strung along. You're all fin ished, baby"
 He turned on his heel and start ed for the door.
 Vera Duchene dragged him back, "No, no. she said. We've got to make her throw in with us. She's in key position"
 Millicent knew she should keep quiet, knew 1t even while she was speaking, but there was somethin: about this woman which irritated her beyond endurance. She said, very distinctly, "It happens that it's too late for me even to enter tain such proposition. Sergeant Mahoncy knows you are hcIdirS
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