The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15
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about Co catch up with you anG your wicked waysp
 Claire went to Eb and laid he hand on his arm to attract his at tentlcn. He was evidently in Q half frenzIed condition. "Eb", she sal, aTell us where you've been. Wha happened2"
 Again the menacing flnge pointed accusingly at Susie. "Asl her,s Eb said grimly. "she cal tell you how she brought me foos down in that room of Lyman Eos dicks. But all the time was tied hands and feet. All I could d. was kick against the wall in hop, someone would hear me. For { while I thought someone did heaI me, but I guess I was wrong. I the tree hadn't been struck T. been there yet. Sawed the rope of on . bit of sharp stone"
 Lyman Fosdick's rooml" began Clair. "Eb, was 1t under the pint tree? Sit down there and tell us.
 "Yes. Where Lyman FoSdicl used to keep his blasted jewels, the old man explained. T allerl said they'd bring him no good, nol Susie either"
 All eyes turned to Susie, but shc only tossed her head. He's ou of his mind. I've said 50 before and now you can see for yourselves He"
 Fps cracked voice rose almost to . scream as he sprang to hi1 feet. "Then ask himl" He pointed at Nick Baum. "Ask him what! between him and this wicked sis. ter O minel"
 Susie shrank back. No. Il amt sol Nicky never had noth- ing to do with 1t. I was the one wanted to find the jewel. r."
 "But he's the man who pushed me down the mine shaft broke i1 Pat. "When he offered to light my cigaret just now, I noticed the little finger of his hand is cut of at the second joint. And the guy who fought with me in the tun- mel was shy q joint of one of his little fingers"
 For a moment Nick Baum's hand some face held @ suspicion of fear Then he turned to Claire. "1s this the way you usually treat your guests? Of course 1t is perfectly ab- Surd-"
 Dan Dallas unexpectedly took command of the situation. Not 50 absurd as 1t seems, Baum, when they know that you're Susie's son." One hand was concealed in his pocket, and now that pocket showed 6 menacing bulge. "The time Susie spent in the city when she was young was long enough for her to have 6 son by some un- known father. It was not hard to discover that that son was still living, and now, of course, grown. That made 6 workable basis for tts theory that Baum and the son were the same person. Then when I discovered Susie was hunting for another treasure of Lyman Fos- dicks, what more natural than that she should enist her sons haip?"
 Tiercely Susie faced Dan Dalls.
 eff Nicky is my son, that doesn't prove he's done anything wrong, does it?" she demanded.
 "Nothing except attempting mur- der in the case of both these young men," Dallas told her. "Only luck and an unusual series of events foil- cd him each time. With the ap- premiership in crime he served in the underworld of an eastern city, it's hard to say what would have happened if he had succeeded in his plan to become master of this place."
 Claire Shuddered as she looked at Nick'S dark face which had lost all It's handsome charm. Now see how you've messed things upl" he snarled at Susie. You and your talk about the damned jewel. If 1t hadn't been for you, never would have come back, and"
 "Nicky" Susie's cry was dcS- perate. heart-broken. T only wanted 1t for you, Nicky."
 But he turned his back upon her and addressed Dan Dallas "All right, let's get going, since the games up. suppose you've got handcufIs and all the trim inings."
 He held out his hands, but as Dallas moved toward him there was . sudden brief skirmish, a sharp report and the confessed criminal dropped to the floor in & twisted heap. The gun he had tried to fire at Dallas fell between them.
 Dan bent over him while the echo of the shot seemed to circle upward with the smoke to the high ceiling.
 Dead Dams tone had the finaiity of & curtain line.
 Susie gave one agonized cry. Claire looked at her half curl ousiy. Of course Susie would scream like that. Claire herself was only conscious of a strange feeling of relief.
 Later, with the remembrance of Susie's agonlzed weeping still ring ing in her ears. Claire stood fin the library of the House of Long Sha- doWs where Pat and Bob and Dan Dallas were grouped about the iire- place that bore the sign of the broken arrow.
 Uncle Lyman must have known about Nick" Claire said in 6 low voice. Maybe that was why he suspected Susie would not be sat- isfied with the money he left her, and might try to find this last treasure. He knew, too, that she would never look in books. So he left them specifically to me"
 Dan Dallas walked to the book