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Show "Whatever they u-r- quarreling a'"ut." Mit, lie!) went on, "I don't the motive for killing her. He nay have been cooling to tier and Koing after some other girl, and she was threatening to tell the girl but that's not motive enough for murder. "All that they have against you now is that you had the opportunity to pick up the chain and that It was found, this morning, secret-t'in your dress. It was secreted in a handkerchief whose identifying marks were torn out, that had been recently washed and driej without the benefit of ironing, and the Implication from that is that the handkerchief might have been bloodstained. Now, could Deck have passed yon the chain at dinner in that very handkerchief? doing into the horrid details we have to imagine Deck thrusting Nora Into the closet, wiping his hands on bis hanky, or wiping off the point of whatever he jabbed her with, and then promptly washing out the aforesaid hanky and drying It on the radiator. Then lie put Nora out the window, snatched his hanky off the radiator, and came down to dinner. . . . Yes, it just could have been done. . . . Or he could have done the hanky washing and the consignment of the. gems to you later in thp evening, while all the bustle was going on." "I hardly saw "Who's to prove that? What I'm examining Is the strength of the possible case against you. How can you prove that you didn't know him in New York? You should never have let yourself meet him d !'f Mary Hasting !'.' 1 1 StaVlCE- - fy. yM u. SYNOPSIS I St ton, young and beautiful I expert on paintings, is com-le- d to go over the collection folintrs in H'e hme of the -- - " gy KeiK'io mi her From in progress. is jy she witnesses a man In strike a woman. Shortly I.Mrs Keller sends up word, din-Li- ia her to join the party at t 4 t fix t:V& ii Bradley J; , i 3 hastily dresses and goes is seated between Mr. critic, and Monty Mitchell, Id lawyer. Introductions fol- miss hf.re are Mr. liarriaen, '$Tan A'.styn, Mrs. Crane, Mrs. lis and Prince and Princess guests. Leila finds she Is the place of Nora Harriden. J arriden leaves the table, and 111 explains lie has gone up to Is. He Ujjw his wife's headache r Deck, saying he shortly. iut in a call, leaves. Upon his he heg Leila to secretly take I Ufje urn to taivo 10 atvjja see you." Leila consents, nds the Harriden rooms empty informs Deck, Coming out Kisses i.ouy. narriuen uhks to run up and see 3 Kancini Ife. The princess reports the I She la i of Nora. Harriden admits had a row, and believes she ..ftiilv hitlinir. Lettv tells of Leila come from the room. 1 (accuses Harriden of having m I his wife. This Harriden e e il the Ilarridens' window what proves to be Nora's s b body. A ghastly head wound death. Dan says she was ly-h- tr bed when he went to din- md when he ran up later the mas dark, lhinking she was he left without seeing her. Keller comes upon a pool of n the closet. A diamond chain ling. Donahey, police Inspector, bns the guests. Harriden falls brt the row he had with Nora, b nds Leila's story of seeing a Irike a woman a lie. Anson, a tells of seeing Deck outside arriden door. Deck ' says he by in seeking a lost handker-Elkin- s, a servant, tells of faring Derk threaten Mrs. Har. fearlier in the day. Deck ex-- I he was intoxicated and does Jtmember. That night Leila with the Impression of some jping in her room and then Ijfteps in the hall. Believing she does not report It. f Waken, she Donahey sends for Leila. She pes the dress he has as hers. I to it is a handkerchief con the missing chain. Leila tells intruder. Mitchell tries to ear her. lHAPTER Continued VI -- 6 rv 't KM hi Mitnholl the tniil getting too hot. ..:ut yon don't know that the fio hid thom was the one who Be nnirdcr." " Silid l)on,'lipy. ium .Miichpll, very flrnily. one niiiy very well have 0,1 Si ' ma them int r,i afterwards ....v nnd JH.'t IIVI Anil flw.n t,o n.,f I'Qed it. I'r ...n fear of l.oing suspected of i'lraur ami so irot rid r.f n urn niditiK place." buds far fete hed," was Dona i comment. rirk iI. k r1'" a "What's . rir . . ont In the r . lll. said Mitchell rnal.!p tone. "One f"n In n thm 1 Isn't that sort of person ahmit hiilinc r1lnr,,,..i F"C'S -- nsppctnr runted. "Somebody ..... SOtllCluMlu F1- i onen at last thn :i the mat ... m,t u Pi's etn off Mrs neck. And you H,t ,sri foom can't deny "e oi'porninitv after nps-alr- as empty when din- I en- IlasllCd lit him I ;"' what yot. say.' must know that she made 'H before emu. v.,.c 'rn l;anei was op jlsf . It r round the room , ' 1 II O .1 'r t hp ii,, There wasn't Kilt, t'etwppt) "iir visits P'Uldn't Co on. its "N" n,)' thPre wasn't I'kiiMn""''""'1 ef,u,,b,y- . I'.ut there'd have K" I'",,,,,, hlniTH." e ill 'or you to he aihled. h'","'1 tl'"m said real f,"' pick You 'i''"S about." -- curtly, -- and you are . reasons of his own" the harsh voice grated over the w.rds then went indomitably on, "but certainly cupidity played a part afterwards. He took that chain. Stuffed it into his pocket and went down to dinner. Passed it to Miss Seton at the table. She went upstairs to hide them in her gown." "But why, then, would she po into your wife's room?" Mitchell wanted to know. "There's a diamond missing," said Harriden grimly. "The blj; one. He sent her up to look for it. She made up this story of a slapped cheek as an excuse." There was a dreadful silence. Harriden went on, "She may have found it, and she may not. Deck may have the diamond on him. lie may have been holding out on her." I said in a low voice, "This would all be funny if it wasn't so terrible," and Mr. Keller murmured uneasily, "You're going pretty far In your accusations, Dan . . ." "You were meeting Mr. Deck in the gallery just before dinner," Donahey reminded me. "Now how about that?" "I told you that was sheer accident." Mitqheli created a brisk diver sion. "Mr. ilarridens feelings are really not evidence. Now that cloth those diamonds were tied up iu is evidence. May I see it?" Jionaney iianaed it over, it was a piece of linon, a fine hemstitched handkerchief, with one corner torn out as if to remove a monogram. The cloth was crumpled and faintly stained. Mitchell examined It. then passed it to me. "What do you make of it, Miss Seton?" "It's been washed," I said, trying hard to speak normally. "Washed and dried, Those brown marks look-likradiator marks." "Washed, by Jimmy!" Mitchell was alert as u terrier. "Now what do you think was washed out, Mr. Inspector?" We all knew the answer to that cock-and-bu- e dln-!Mt- h Your man going ovpr the handkerchiefs in this house?" Mitchell rather sharply asked' of Donahey, and Donahey passed on his disrelish at the rebuke In the brusk-nes- s of his tone to his subordinate, as he gave the order. Harriden said, belligerently, that probably the man hadn't used his own. "Then why tear out the mon gram?" Mitchell retorted. His keen eyes, behind their glasses, studied Harriden almost lunteringly. "Trying to discredit the cine, in case the hankies don't match?" Harriden reddened. "I'm not makI think," be ing a secret of what said harshly. "Deck threatened my wife, and he carried out his threats. facts to it." He swung around to Donahey. "Let me know when you have that hanky report, and I'll he hack for It. Both of us will." and his arm on my arm turned me about with him and headed me toward the door. "Let's go and talk this over," he said to me. His tone was so friendly, so Intimate, that I was touched to the uulck; I had never needed a friend more In my life. Together we went out into the hall and he led the way to a deep cushioned Couch and proceeded to "Now light cigarettes for us both. thl3 Is very Interesting." he said cheerfully. "1 wonder if you have could any chemicals with you that handkeron that test those spots chief? Find out If they are rust or blood?" At my assent he said," flood:" heartily and then, "I'll get Donahey to give you the handkerchief. He'll with It. It's probably send a guard ni..ui eviuvm.e pretty Important all we have so far." n.irriiii.n'g down on Dock like hell." was "I ventured, "Was Dick-- ... t:-- n K. f ""Wpn v i 3 "mi . 0 hid hi. I'iC, 2 "''' overtook rn,'n "S ' "ar" n" Jr '"tervened. nnt "She he Bald. enouuh. lie did '"ay lave bccnfur "i " ''mte," his. there. y hi, 'if 14 3 1 1 t J Jf iu Ui , fa , AM ' 'Ia5 mt--.A-j it again those spasms of jealousy." "P.ut there were no signs of Jealousy downstairs. Murder seems to serious for a first explosion. , , . Of course, she might not have meant murder just meant ,to speak her mind about the prince's visit. And then, Nora, being In a state of nerves, tried to thrust her out and she caught up something handy they haven't been able to lind out yet what It was done with. It lit we'll take that up later, . . Now you'd say ttie Itiincinls, one or the other, might have been the one?" I couldn't imagine It of them. But then, I couldn't imagine it of. any one. To murder, I thought, one would have to be literally possessed by fury. I asked a really sensible question. "What time was Harriden down? Before or after Itancinis?'' "Ah, there they differ. He thinks before they think after. So think the Kellers. But people were drifting about so, that it's easy to overI look some one In the room. was next to the last. Or Deck was, we differ there. Letty Van Alstyn was the last. Now what about Letty?" "Well, what about her?" I echoed. "She's cuckoo over Harriden," he told me. "Harriden?" She might have dropped "Yep. In to see "Nora and Nora twitted her about something Nora knew all about Letty's push for Dan, and Letty got In a rage and caught up something that was handyi . , ." I flung out, "But a girl couldn't have killed her like that" "Somebody killed her like that." "And dragged her, first to a closet, then to a window" "You can do a lot when you have to. Letty went up right after dinner," he pointed out. "She wouldn't give a hoot In Hades what happened to any one so she got clear. Tagging the diamonds to you would be Just her line." "A sweet menagerie," I comment- ... ed. "I know all these people Involved except the Itancinis and you don't I'm not sure but that gives you the edge over me for you've no preconceptions. Except about Deck." he added, suddenly. "You think Deck is innocent, don't you?" Under the quizzical gleam of his eyes, I felt the weight of his look upon me, a shrewd, legal, estimating look, and' a sudden cold doubt of his, friendliness blew like a chill wind through my uncertain mind. I bad a horrid thought. . . . 'What was Ids own share in this Involved aiTair? At what time had he, himself, come down to dinner? About the same time as Deck. Just before He had never Letty Van Alstyn. liked Nora Harriden; he had ad mitted It with a frankness meant, perhaps, to disarm suspicion. My look twisted away from his but not quickly enough. He rose, laughing at me with a chiding note of raillery. "Shall we go see If my hankies match?" I looked again and laughed with him; I felt horribly ashamed of my self. and his CLANCY hada returned one. Heavy Stuff Butterflies of Filet (-2- We All Knew the Answer to Elood. That standing here. Elkins, the most recent addition, had Impeccable refAnd every one of them erences. was downstairs after eight o'clock, except the maids busy with the rooms. Then he dealt out the guests. It had to be some one who came along after eight o'clock when both Harriden and Anson had seen Mrs. Har riden on her bed. The thing was to discover In what order they had come down to dinner, and he bad been working on that, he told me The Kellers bat! been down first, then Mrs. Crane, and after that there had been a confusion of The Watklns said they had and sat out In the lounge down cr me behind the long entrance ball before they registered among the others. '"Jnsr Walklns might have some Harriden." he thing against Nora snd "She was crazy over ipck. nnro linon a time, but he couldn't see her for Nora. Hut that was the moment to put Nora out or Dusiness and not no v." 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Choker necklaces are staging a come-back- . Large frosty rings are frequently worn to match. To set o(T the rings, nails are adopting shades of smoky red polish. Massive couturier rings with stones are also smart, and require bright nail lacquer such as robin red or coral to give the hands the proper balance. For moments when the urge to be feminine has you in its grip, try yielding to the rage for flower jewelry. Fabric flowers, raffia flowers, carved flower motifs, -- re used even the real thing straight from the florist. Any flower goes, .from daisies to Some of the necklaces tie demurely at the back of the neck with a ribbon, Summer's rC, T1 vr.-- ft re Donahey sat glowering over that bit of news. Mitchell urged the Immediate examination of the handkerchief and Donahey agreed, sending Clancy up with it to the picture gallery. But before 1 could Join him with my case of. materials I had to be subjected to a search both of my belongings and of my person, I was told that this was a routine matter that everyone was undergoing. In the effort to discover the missing pendant. After having seen that glittering chain brought out of the hanky Inside my dres I was really afraid they'd conjure the famous pendant out of my powder box or the toe That demon thief of a slipper. might have tucked it anywhere. I breathed a good deal easier when the ordeal was over. I was glad to be In the gallery again, where Clancy was wnltlng beside a card table that Elkins had set up. I was grateful to have the work on the handkerchief, grateful to Mitchell for trying to range me on trie side of the Investigators. particle of matter being used to Jt WK$ multi-colore- Deck. of The neutron, the infinitesimal Crochet Featured curious There had been three separate finds of handkerchiefs exactly similar to that stained and crumpled piece of linen In Donahey's hand ; they had been found among the possessions of Harriden, and of Keller and of "A European past! That needs He might have been the .crutinv. man could lose IHS "Oh. In the room with Nora about cent over jlprI)cck did, apparently He might have slipped thirv. .even but I don't lose my bead the young jn hefore Dan came op. and they ip wasn't saw." lnwver Informed me. had that fraras that you likable." "Wit be couldn't have , . I objected ' n was seen And I thought of ,:lUed her then-s- he us with m,jip, dead mouth, at eight." edges. . N-- r.i In Dan had gone down. The princess admitted they didn't go down together. She says he was late." "It might have been the princess herself," I said. "She might have found out that he'd been in Mrs. Harrlden's room and had one of CHAPTER VII And, by God, I'll bring It home to him! As for this girl, who was his accomplice " "Don't let your feelings get the better of your Judgment," the lawyer advised drily. "You've every reason to be sore as hell, but don't get a complex, and try to tit the C, hr J accidentally In that gallery! . . . I'm not saying, mind you, that you couldn't get a jury to believe that the chain was planted op you, as you say, but you don't want to get into all that if you can be kept out. And the best way to keep you out is to find who did the planting." I nodded, rather helplessly. "If the jury believes It was Alan Deck, they will at least look into the case against you as an accomplice. If the jury Is shown that it Is Deck, there Isn't any accomplice case against you." "Yes, but suppose they do find the murderer and he doesn't conHowfess to stealing the diamonds. am I going to prove that I didn't find the chain In the room when I came up and hide it myself?" "Yon wouldn't have the blood stained hanky to hide it in, silly if those stains prove to be blood." This was our chance, be said to look Into the situation. Rapidly, incisively, he spread that hnnse-partout like a pack of cards about me. The servants be swept away with He had one conclusive gesture. been going Into that all morning; every one was a retainer tried and true, some Inherited from the elder Kellers, and almost all of long blood. riminal." P'ck np looking me his , Pxporicnced eyes. n I, , wul'l they be left Mrs. Harriden-- ?" was notorl- ,fJ'In desI,er-- I to be ,''!,"" "Oh,. .her Infatuation (no mo U'"T 1 " -and OlltS; would any 011S. (ion i Rllv k, 1"' I I wasn't one of their intimates. "arrlden for t, awaJ nnd leave them never liked her." re- ?! "I don't know how l. you enuia ami r,i.f o... saw I '",ve iione.M., klIIt,l ''"for tilst her," e!o , .... .i rr jll'flil Pointed out. thought of her darn. Bina.u, .jJon and did (he her slim, seductive lovelinfs. hen'! lidn"'1' him" "He might have popped after Kt" ' r 5" rr - forget-me-not- , "" . Prints continue to hold sway in the world of fashion. The lure of them is stronger than ever. Shown in the picture is one of the very interesting and unique "pax" (pax being the Latin word for peace) silk prints designed by a member of the board of directors of the international league for peace. These really handsome silk prints are available to women who are interfashested in adopting the peace-iions movement The dress pictured is of a blue and white silk sheer with the word pax so skilfully used as a motif it becomes a part of d the patterning. 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