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Martha declared that Tom did not know his wife's true condition, believing her to be KeilliiR better. "Hut she Is violent at times," Martha Insisted, as Ibe told how I city had attacked her with the knife one night. "That night you said you fell and hurt wmr ankle?" Meg asked. Martha denied It. knew I had to crime nnd tell you about It, since telling you couldn't cause my poor Letty any trouble now." Bob nodded, sitting on the edge of the desk, his eyes fastened on Miss Martha's face. "Amos, who saw the knife boinu hidden, spoke of a 'thing fn white, about eight feet tall'" he men-tioned. There was the faintest possible trace of a smile In Miss Martha's tired eyes. "I know," she told him quietly. "It was a bright moonlight night and you never know who may be roaming around late at night in these parts," and for just the barest instant her glance flickered towards Megan and away. "I didn't want anyone to see me you can under-stand that, of course. And it oc-curred to me that that old place would be an Ideal place to hide something you didn't ever want found. But If somebody saw me and recognized me you see?" Bob nodded. "Of course," he an-swered quickly. "Well, Torn was with Letty," Miss Martha went on. "I slipped out into who couldn't possibly have had any thing to do with the murder." "But you did see someone that night" began Bub. She met his eyes gtraightly and said coolly, "Did I?" Megan drew a deep breath and said levelly, "You saw me, didn't you, Miss Martha?" Bob flung her a startled glance, but Laurence's mouth only tightened a little. Miss Martha looked straight at Megan and then she sighed and nod-ded. "Yes, I saw you," she admit-ted. Bob said quickly, "Look here, Miss MacTavish, you haven't told me anything about being up there that night" "You didn't ask me!" Megan re-minded him. "I said that if you were in bed and asleep, you couldn't have heerd a scream " Megan nodded. "And I said, no, I couldn't but you didn't ask me if I had been in my bed asleep," she reminded him again. "Who was with you?" he asked sternly. "Don't tell me you went out alone at that time of night." CHAPTER XV Miss Martha said huskily, "Only I didn't fall she pushed me down the steps." Bob waited, and after a little, she went on huskily, "Tom and I saw to It that there was never any any In-strument around that she could use to hurt herself or anybody else. Tom thought she was bedridden; I hadn't told him that she was grow-ing stronger, that she could walk-- not very far, but at least she was no longer helpless. I knew, of Megan said quietly, "No, I wasn't alone. I was when I left the house But when I readied the Ridge Mr. Fallon was there and we talked a little while." Bob asked abruptly, "Your father was Involved with Mrs. Stevenson, wasn't he?" Megan gasped as though he had struck her, and Laurence said sharply, "Hi, lay off, Bob. You have no right to ask her such a question." Bob met his eyes squarely and said coolly, "Haven't I?" "A her counsel" began Lau-rence heatedly, but Bob's grin was cool, amused, and it silenced him. Bob lit a cigarette, first securing permission from Megan. And then he looked at Miss Mar- - tha and said very gently, "Miss Evani, Just why did you kill Mrs. Stevenson?" It was so unexpected, and the tone of his quiet, even voice was in such contrast to the thing he said that for a moment everybody in the room went rigid; and outside the door, In the shadowy hall, there was a smothered gasp (mm the unseen, but listening, Annie. Miss Martha sat very quiet for a moment, her body held upright by her grip on the arms of her chair. Without raising her face she lifted her eyes and looked straight at Bob. He was watching her quietly, steadily, and In complete silence. After a moment. Miss Martha course, the danger that was growing around her danger that she might Blip away from me and- - do some horrible thing" Bob said swiftly, "Then you mean that she managed to get away and kill Mrs. Stevenson." Miss Martha flung up her head. Her eyer blazed. "She did nothing of the sortl Use your head, young man. It'a a mile from our house to Mrs. Stevenson's place she couldn't travel that far. And she hasn't been out of my Ight one single minute since the night she attacked me," she blazed t him hotly. Bob said gently, "We nave only your word for that. Miss Evans." Miss Manila's stocky body lumped a little and she said weari-ly, "Yes, of course you have only my word for It" "And the knife. Mist Evans?" asked Bob very quietly. She seemed to wince as though he had struck her. She drew a deep breath and lifted her head a little though her shoulders sagged. "Yes, the knife," she repeated. "That was night before last. Aa I aid, Tom didn't know that Letty could get out of bed, or walk; he thought It was a little foolish of me to keep every sharp-pointe- d instru-ment in the house under lock and key. He thought as long as we kept them out of her room, out of her reach" She shrugged tiredly and then she went on In that heavy, ex-hausted voice, "so he left a knife out on the kitchen sink night before last. I'd had a good deal of trouble with Letty and I was very tired I slept In her room, and I thought that she was sleeping soundly, and ao I let myself go to sleep. When I woke up I don't know what woke me, but suddenly I was wide-awake, and there was Letty stand-ing beside my bed, bending over me, the moonlight on that knife in her hand" She set her teeth hard In her lower lip, and her hands crushed each other, and in spite of her efforts at l, two swollen tears slipped from her eyes and down her white cheeks, leaving little marks In the thick powder spread ao inexpertly there. Megan went to her and put an arm about her, and for a moment, Miss Martha resisted; then she turned and hid her face against Me-gan, while the two men waited. Laurence was sick with pity for this tired, harassed woman who had car-ried her heartbreaking burden for so long with such indomitable cour-age; Bob's expression was intent, watchful waiting. sagged back in her chair, limp and beaten, all her defenses down. "All right," she said, her voice a mere thread of sound. "I did It. ' Megan caught her breath on a strangled sob and swayed a little. And Laurence, without taking his eyes off Miss Martha's white, rav-aged face, put his arm about Megan and drew her close. "Why, Miss Martha?" asked Bob, very gently, with pity in his voice. Miss Martha drew a hard breath and lifted her hands in a little ges-ture of helplessness before she gripped them once more about the arms of her chair. "I hated her She was a wicked woman. She made so much trouble for every-body. She had started spreading lies and slander about Tom. I was afraid that Letty might hear in one of her periods of lucidity. Tom told me about the things she was saying. He had been foolish enough to go to her house one evening and face her with a story she was spreading about him and Miss MacTavish" Then she turned and hid her face against Megan, while the men waited. the kitchen, got the knife, and a sheet out of the linen closet. I also took a good stout walking stick that I sometimes use when I go to the grocery there are so many half-savag- e dogs around and I put one of Tom's hats on the end of the stick, and held the stick above my head, under the sheet. I Imagine I must have looked pretty fearsome. But, you see, I wanted anybody who saw me to think he was seeing a ghost and if such things as ghosts exist, surely their favorite place would be something like that old overgrown garden. I never dreamed that anybody seeing me would stop long enough to see what I was d-oingor, if he did, that he would re-port it to anybody." "You didn't see Amos?" asked Bob quickly. "No," answered Miss Martha, and hesitated so oddly that Bob's atten-tion was caught and it grew strong-er. "Whom did you see then?" de-manded Bob. "No one," answered Miss Martha The tired voice died and she opened her eyes and looked at Me-gan and said faintly, "I'm sorry, but I might as well tell you the whole story." "So Mrs. Stevenson was broad-casting the fact that Miss MacTav-ish and Mr. Fallon were friends, and hinting that there was more to it than that, and you decided to have a talk with her was that it?" Bob's gentle voice asked Miss Mar-tha. She rubbed her hands together as though the palms were damp and her voice steadied a little. "Yes, that was it," she said evenly. "And Mrs. Stevenson was curious about Letty's illness and she came prying and snooping. Tom and 1 knew that il the people here in Pleasant Grove knew that Letty was of unsound mind, they might be afraid of her, for all that she was completely help-- less, and that Tom might lose his job, or worse still, that he might be forced to put Letty away in an institution. We couldn't bear the thought of that." Once more thei voice died away, and without a sound Annie materialized beside Miss Martha's chair, offering her a Miss Martha went on, 'I acreamed, and that roused Tom, and well, between us we managed to get the knife away from her. She fought hard, and then suddenly she went to pieces, just slumped be-tween us like a ragdoll that's lost all its sawdust. We got her to bed. We knew there was nothing we could do for her. The doctor warned us any sudden exertion, excitement would almost certainly result In a brain hemorrhage " She paused again and then went on, "I left her with Tom. I wanted to get rid of that awful knife, once and for all time. So I hid it where you found it" She was limp with exhaustion and nerve strain and Bob let her rest for a moment before he asked very gently, "And your sister, Miss Ev-ans- Miss Martha said in a voice that was a ghost of sound, "She died early this morning." It was an hour later, after Miss Martha had had a cup of coffee and a chance to rest a little, that Bob went over the story of the knife again. "It seems quite a coincidence. Miss Evans, that all this happened the same night that Mrs Steven-son was killed," he pointed out. "1 don't know anything about that, young man," said Miss Martha, with the faintest possible trace of her old brusqueness. "All I know ia that when I heard you'd found the knife, I was afraid some inno-cent person would be accused of do-ing away with the Stevenson wom-an by means of that knife And I firmly. Too firmly. Too emphat-ically. "I saw no one at all no one." Bob said sternly, "You're not tell-ing me the truth, Miss Evans. Up to now, I believe you. But if you start telling me lies now, don't you see you're likely to make me believe that all you've told me ia a lie!" Miss Martha said grimly, "You can believe anything you want to, young man. I've told you all I'm going to tell you. And I'd never have told you what 1 did If I had not felt so sure that you'd jump to the conclusion that the knife Amos helped you find was the one that killed Mrs. Stevenson and once you were convinced of that, you'd not stop until you'd hauled In some poor devil that was as innocent of that crime as my poor Letty." She got up and Bob said sternly. "I've not finished yet " Miss Martha eyed him as though he had been an importunate beg-gar, and said coolly, "Haven't you Well, I have. Good day to you all." She looked at Megan and said tonelessly, "Tom and I are taking Letty home. We're leaving today, so this will be good-b- y and thanks for all you've done." "Miss Martha, whom did you see that night?" Bob demanded sharp-ly. "I can forbid you to leave, you know I can hold you as a material witness " "A witness to what? I wasn't with-in a mile of the Stevenson place," Miss Martha pointed out. "Amos is my alibi, just as I am his. I'd say that he and I are the two peopla glass in which there was some pungent- -smelling, milky-colore- d fluid. Bob waited patiently until Annie had performed her act of kindliness and had once more vanished, as si-lently as she had come. "So you went to have a talk with Mrs. Stevenson," Bob prompted Miss Martha, his tone gentle and friendly. "Yes," said Miss Martha, and now she was pleating the crisp per-cale of her housedress over her knee with twitching fingers, hei eyes on the task. I (TO BE CONTINUED) WOMAN'S , WORLD ""mmmmmm Make Ready for Winter Now by Giving Windows New Drapery Long-Jacket- ed Suit lit IF YOU'RE one of those clever homcmakers who change drapes in spring and fall to make the house either cool or warm during the seasons, men it's time you were considering what draperies should go on the windows for winter. It may be that last year's drapes will give you another season of wear; if not. make your selections now with new fabrics coming out. and do your window beauty treat-ments before cooler weather really comes upon us. The heavier fabrics should be used for cooler weather, and it's preferable to have these draperies lined. You'd be surprised how much help it is to have heavy draperies which really can shut out drafts from windows. When making and choosing drap- - eries for your home, play up sim- - plicity as much as possible, both in line and design. The textile and weave of the fabric should be sim-ple, and of course the drapery treat-ment should be considered with the room as a whole. Study the room carefully and de-cide what would look best in it be-fore you do any purchasing or sew-ing. The lines of the windows, the size of room and windows, the color of the room and its other furnish-ings will all give you a guide as to what the drapery treatment should be. Skimpiness Is Worst Drapery Fault You've all seen draperies count-less numbers of times which look as though they were made from ma-terial that wasn't half enough for them. You also know the im-pression of skimpiness it gives to the room as well as to the occu-pants. For tailored smartness, here's a green gabardine suit with designated collar and pock-ets. Marguerite Chapman, now appearing in Columbia's "The Walls Came Tumbling Down," wears accessories of pink and white candy striped pique, a felt casual hat of matching green and a sable scarf. be run across top or bottom on a long stitch, or basted, to be let out later. However, if there is just a little shrinkage, shrink fabric be-fore sewing or make the drapes a little longer or wider. If you are slightly short on ma-terial, then this will be taken care of by lining or by facing at the top rid the bottom. Allow for a two-inc- hemline at the bottom and more at the top so that there will be ample room for hooks or rods. The lining and interlining, if that too is used, is basted to the drapery material itself. When you start sewing, sew the top first, then the sides, always sewing from the top down. Make your stitches sure and even, mark-ing the lines with a chalk if you are apt to get confused sewing on 10 much material. If you are making pleats at the top, then measure carefully before putting them in. You can't get the spaces too even, so use a ruler and mark and pin generously. If your drapery material is on the light side, it may be necessary to sew weights in to make the drapes hang properly. Make sure that this is done securely, and that the weights are covered. To finish the hem properly, let the draperies hang for a day or so be-fore attempting to mark the hem-line. This will give the materia a chance to fall into the proper posi-tion and help the fabric straighten itself out. When this is done you may mark the hem, baste and press before stitching into place. If you want to hide the drapery and curtain fixtures, you may use a valance of the same material as the draperies, selecting whatever style is best suited to the fabric, as well as to your room. 17 you want to save heat Don't make draperies unless you can afford to have a luxurious full-ness to them. This is not quite as true for bedrooms especially grow-ing boys' and girls' rooms, but it definitely applies to living and din-ing rooms. Whether you gather the drapes or have them hanging in precise and tailored folds, make sure there is enough material available for such a purpose. How shall you decide whether to have full length draperies or win-dow sill length? You'll find that most windows require the full length type unless the house has windows far removed from the floor. In this latter case, short drapes will look better. It's not necessary to have drapes dragging the floor to look nice and to avoid skimpiness. In fact, you'll probably find that it makes for eas-ier cleaning if the drapes are about an inch or so from the floor. Hem-lines, of course, must be just as pre-cise as possible to prevent the drapes from looking sloppy and giv-ing the room a slightly askew Before you cut the drapes, look over the fabric carefully so that you know how the pattern should run and whether you should have val- - ' ances. Steps in Cutting, Sewing Drapes If you have tested the fabric for shrinkage or know that this par-ticular fabric which you are using does shrink, make any allowance for this in the sewing. A tuck may t t "1 rlCQ D ' t lE.E a Make lined draperies for your rooms. HOUSEHOLD QIESTIONS To prevent milk from boiling over while being heated, rub the rim of the saucepan with butter. When painting, wear an old sock over your shoe to wipe up drips on the floor without stooping. A nutpick is handy to turn under edges as one sews. Use lukewarm water and borax to wash out your refrigerator. It will keep it sweet and clean. Extra buttons kept in a glass jar are more easily seen than those scattered loosely in a box. Fabric Facts Fibers that are smooth and straight reflect light on their sur-faces and produce a lustrous ef-fect. This process is usually called mercerization, and is used often on cottons. Silk and rayon have naturally lustrous fibers. To deluster rayons, colorless pigments are used in the spin-ning solution. This is used fre-quently in rayon stockings, and prevents that shiny surface. Rough surfaces on fabrics catch dirt and hold dust more easily than smooth-surface- d fab- - ncs. Smooth-surface- fabrics however, will stain and spot more readily. Consider these points in selecting fabric for see-cia- l uses. Wool fabrics dye well and evenly, too. The ease with which a fiber absorbs dye has a bear-n-upon the appearance and du-rability of a fabric. Chrome dyes are used often on wool to give it incieased fast ness to light and washing Fash ion Faroe ast The three-eyele- t oxford featured by some should be very popular with the smart and mature business woman. 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