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Show ' Nqthlng had come of. thy laboriously .thought-ou- t suspicions. Nothing was cleared up. Mitchell had not. seemed much. Impressed when I had told him, but then; Mitchells manner was unrevealldg when he chime to 'muke It so. I wondered over his questions pbout the cigarettes. I wondered If he was trying to bring Letty's mind hack to that afternoon, to thn-tfeeling which had so overcome her. 1 wondered strangely, If he had found anything about the ' . brown crescent. I hated 'to be shut away with my own thoughts and when, at the top of the stairs, the gray cat ran past 'me I tried to capture It. It eluded me, but determinedly I turned back after It. liven a cat was better coin- Umcoaisaa C u- . Frrn,: '- - Lr' -A - - J ?n . . T-- : Bui Sri .SesM , - ary?M 5: Bradley V WMU t&ev'Qtih J), 4 . SERVICE. ' by- - Cn9, Ct CHAPTER XIII . ' hf Af ' Continued 11 . . two but wljy dishearten you? , By the Wny, how old are you?? ' . "Give me a little time, my dear," he 'was suylrig. Then, ''You know I've gat an Men it very luminous Idea,1 I waited, eagerly "Ilut not a word till I liuve put a. foundation ' . . ' tinder It." . "Itanclnl?". I hay.arded softly., "Itanclnl ?, He leaned' forward. "What are you Blinking about . Ran-ctni?- - : .. . Twenty-six- . . Id' " , -- . . giil-.lor- - tnit tonight It Was. about the cns It Wns'hocimso- he hart so 'touch on his mini!..' He wanted to .talk It over with me." ' . I hesitated, then thought there colild. he no harm In 'telling Monty Mitchell about Dock's letters as long as ! did not mention the ono which gave any motive for mhrder. Deck find not wanted 'Monty to know' about that, but Monty had already shown .his knowledge of 'their love affair,- . fkj I told Mm, "Hes 'a fra lithe's sure, reully that fiurrlden had found somo of his old letters to Mrs! Harriden letters written some time ag. He Pays that Harriden was quoting frqnr them yesHe. and Again today. terday thlpkg that Joalftusy will make Harriden 'dcternilned to saddle him ' . . with the murder," "He's, darned tooting It Will, TheySe sent for the district at-- , And then Mlt-torney .already." choll gave his sudden, Iron Ip chuckle. ' "lo right and fear no- man, Dont write and fear no .woman." I win chilling thought' of that district attorney,! ' "Ho you think, he'll lie Indicted T . ' .. "As sure as Ood made lovely You: - - at-th- woineu and Jealous hustft.mlu." "Then do semetidng." I be sought. "If you've any Idea If you can prove more than I can! about Itanclnl." At his Unrespdnslveness I flung out heatedly, ."You're Ms friend, and yet you sit 'here. Joking shout It, when- hes In such ' ' 1' . - said Monty Mitchell" equably. He' patted my hand, "Drtnt Znjk so. startled. ..lie must have thought. looked wan,- then, for he told me tim a' little fdod and drink wouldn't 'do me any harm. "They Pent up 'trays, Mil; there .must. 'be something lying about the 'dining room. Leis look." .At (he door 'he swuug' me lightly about' agiiln.. Hut hot. before I had sfien Deck within the room, hav- 'iqg a drink .with Letty Tan AHtyu, an nrpi .about her shonlders. "lie doesn't look warrlod," cheerfully. "What say we leave. then) and come biick to our couch? ,Lrtty Just .likes li' little: petting when she's.' low spirited.". "I thought she was nil for' I murmured as detaciiedly as I could. Within 1 was. resentfully wondering if Deck was telling Le.tty.- that. ho was putting hjmself ' in lier hands . j , . . . She Is,' Aad now's hef chance but much, good It will dd her. Dan' had p dofe. of the sex to last hjn a lifetime , . i to set .Letty,; Mltchey went on, thought fully.. "Well Just wait, here and .grab. her when she Couku out. That gives me pti excuse for .lingering In the light lovely eyes." "You leave my eyes out of. ft," . . paid cfOSMy. t "But I cant. They are Jn. It. !You dont suppose It was your to tell an Angelico from an Angelica that made me your shield and buckler, did you?" He bad been my shield and , and I said so, contritely. Ah gratitude 1" Mitchell deridWell nobody loves a bald-ed. headed man." I laughed. "Youre not bald," l roffed, eyeing his high unrulj crest of hair. "You've Just got 'a nice, high forehead." "High, yes." lie ran a handover At forty-!lw.It "And I'm thirty-two- . this will be a nice dome. An '.Intellectual dome, but yet a dome. fit Montys on the Square. At fifty- . JE - liar-.rldeii?- " lUit-l-wa- i nt, of-yo- 1 abll-ilt- buck-tier- I , l . patty-caking- s, double-talk-ip- . - s Iniporttmt. .You' will,' won't you agree- ably.' Only.why 'didnt Dan for, a snfoke? .Hes. Just behind . . you." s "Lawyer!" said Letty, In .her ill Id, iinmseil tone.' ywl iuust mow I 'dont like Dans- klnil," ' '. "What kjnd q that?" Sh knew that. JMncedonlas But what difference does It make? Do . go up. now nnd make him epmo." ' . All right, all right." .Ilo, looked back, at Me as If he we'reabdut to sa'y something, then yent on np the steps. Deck,1 without a backward look, was following Mitchell and. I moved on after, them. At the landing Deck turned to the branch leading towards his room, and Mitchell took the right with .'me behind him. At the Recond floor he turned directly to Ukrrlden'a door and after a soft knock, apparently unresponded to, moved ou to Mrs. Ilarrtden's room. Just as I started up the next flight, I looked back and saw him enter. I hadn't the slightest Inclination to go on up to my room. Nothing there Invited me. The moment I was left alone, without the excitement of Decks presence, without the companionship of Mitchell, 1 felt myself in the grip of the old uncertainties and gloomy liarassments. 1 . left-han- d material requirements.: To obtain this pattern send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) ' to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts 'Dept., 259 W. Fourteenth. St., New York, .N. Y, Write ..plainly pattern number,, your name;and address., . Golden Anniversary According.to. an insurance company, the chances of celebrating a golden .'anniversary, depend entirely upon' ones age and that of the consort at. the time of the marriage. Taking an average case in which 'the bride is twenty-tw- o years' of age" and' the bridegroom. twenty-fivyears of age, the chances that they will bo;h survive and' celebrate their golden anniversary 'is 168 out of e.very 1,000, or about one in six, . . . e' - ' ' BOYS! GIRLSL ad in another . Head, the Grape-Nutcolumn of this paper and learn how to join the Dlizy. Dean Winners and .Win valuable free prizes. Adv. s ii . - red-hot the rest. 1 terly nnreluied to aiiy-oWould flot put It past I.Iu'rrlden to bolster the esse he thought he had .against Dock by planting .that pendant in his case, lie might hnve found it. about the room, thnt night a ml.rtR.nl veil to make It clinch the evidence he was So sure of, In. ' his (iwn mliu'l. ,' ' found the chain lie might .Itself, 'for that' matter. He. might have, planted that chain on me. IJe ' hated' me enough for having told about the eeene at the'.w'lmlow; But chain' was wrapped the stained handkerchief the handkerchief froiu which Nora Harrldens bhhjd had been washed. It Was thought, wlwhad tiptoed ii'p the stairs lu the' night to my room ' ' with that! . I thought of gi'Ing t'o Dotinhey and 'trying to talk tilings over with, blip. I wanted to do anything that would take me:out of that lonely room. .So ! went, downs., nits again. 1 had- been up only flfleeri er twenty minutes, and some 'one, Deck or Monty, must he about. it was t ton. 'only about I took the eat. In tny artiia tor company, tt was purring. In deceptive qntet, but the moment we were .an the qecotid floor It- made .a clear Spring; and raced away dpwa tho Ira-v- itiv-rt- Me J .half-pas- . - ' . hull. . . As I looked after tt I saw tt vanish about the edge of the door that .was ajar Into .Sirs. Ilarrtdens room. I watte, dt nothing happened, liar-ridievl.dentiy .wasn't there. A perfect panto of fflar possessed me; t u shared all Ilnrrtflena feeling about having the cat In that 'room for 1' had be&n brought Up never to. let a. cat be alone with the .dead. ; This was all my. fault,. I thought let' the creature unhappily; l.h.wl ' escape. t I 'waited a moment more, then hurried to'the coor of the room, said "Kitty, kitty, kitty,: yery softly and coaxtngly but with no result 'Then I Idoked In. ' . The room was falntjy lighted 'by one or two rose shaded lamps. No one was. there but that still figure under the white sheet on the bed. , 1 remembered the rose silk sheet.s that had been turned down for Nora Harriden two nights before. No silk now; for tlje dead the so- briety of white linen. looked Into throat filling with which death evokes, I 'the room, m.v that emotion saw the over hanging cloth quiver and stir then 1 Poleman AIR-PRESSU- tila title '' . As , - - Letty Ju&t Likes a Little Petting ; When. Shts. Low Spirited; Ban-clnl.'- Significant Period not- believe it is simply the bias of a contemporary which makes me feel that the last fifty years have been of. unusual significance.' Oliver Wendell ' ' Holmqs, I do - - . - ..... g , . "f and send f6r this pattern, started oft your set. Tho seven simple motifs. wo-rup very, quickly in a combination of cros9 stitch, single and outline stitches. Use colored floss. Ih pattern 5572 you will find a transfer pattern of seven motifs 5 by 8 inches (one for each day of the week); color suggestions; illustrations of all stitches needed; arid get . ' '"LucklcS," said Deck troateall'y. saw ' his (laud touch I.cttys arm, amir. she said quickly, "Aionfy, do 60ietfiln'g .for nuv tHats a darling. NeYer .mind . about the' pld cjgarette. case. I want you to nin lip and.' get- Dan. toco.me flown you-as- Pattern 5572 flttpply of tea towels. they-were- hare-arms- Why "not?" quid Mltdie-- ... . er . . . nui-kln- ' 1 here.1 . '; mad. ,;ail Nhe addod,' ."lleID'-gnlo'nw In that awful room. 1 simply' must. .seo Vint. TvH him-Jt'- - '! : . " k il' "As It hnppens, he doesn't 'Smoke at ul.l, 'but yaw didnt :know thnt. Yonwere 'just pure lie asked Deck .for .his Case. Aml'infek you why?" shrugged. ."But I don't saying that . ; . I've Just been telling Lanity how simply sick .1 feel to have asked for a Smoke then.. That did brthg It on, didnt It? It 'wnd 'Ixensfly lpek." . "Lelty coutdnt help It," said Dick, shortly, 'lie spuke defensively 'and, guve her arm a rcasstirlng sipieeze. Slia had 'Changed, .I. noticed, Into a dinner dress of rust calpred crepe,' with fuf , banded' . sleeves falling, from her lind her found ami. Deckp fingers 1 havent got It In for you, bid dear," Deck told her lightly. ".All right You fall, Letty, Slay-he- . you, know the answer, iVo.k?. What kind of lgaretfej :do you j Baer-Braddoc- . rible.'. Smoke? ... Cards Tumble Sign d high-necke- like yon when you're mail;"' - . them--mana- ger . - . . . rjga-rqtt- . A dull moment's unthinkabl with .these seven, mischievous kit, tens aboutl In fact, theyvu thought up enough cute tricks to give you decoration- for a week - hold-them- . . said-Mitchel- - . - that-Ton- . . - hlgh-cla- si pro-amate- - me-r-- " Spirited Kittens on ; Cross Stitch Towels - JOHNNY COONEY sings draping sheet. I was desperately MRS. the mansame afraid that It. would Make a sudthose snares husband her that ner den spring on the bed, so I stole outfield In the drives line Brooklyn In softly and tried to catch It but It . . . Fat Malone aays evaded me and ran towards the fire Lazzerl is the smartest player with ' . pined, whom he ever has teamed . . . "Kitty, kitty, kitty," I said, my Johnny Evers once stole third base hushed tones appealing, and I with a broken leg. Ho doubled to thoughtthq creature hesitated, left, slid Into the bag and came up then, os I made another Move, It limping. After that he went down to leaped the low screen Into the firethird and shortly thereafter dlscov-ere- d place where the white birch logs that bone had been broken were' laid and fubbed against one In his ankle. of the tall brass andirons. Then What with Salaries,' the tracks It stopped riiMilng and began to .cut, etc.. It costs the average ring reach up and lick the andiron. book $1,200 a week to operate on It' llcked tiie edges f the' brass, New York courses! Because they flnst experimentally, then .enthusiaspay higher salaries, the clubhouse tically, 'and It seemed. to' me as If C Nw York Port. WNU SerrtcW, nobles have a- nut of close tt $350 a all the blood In uiy body rushed to day While the field hands need $63 tny heart and pounded there. This for expenses each afternoon andiron that tall, Practically the only big fight Arandiron , . , I made a swift rush, I thur Donovan has missed refereeing to the absorbed cat1 and caught.lt;. lfl New York during the past 30 UP upmonths was the 1 knew flow.' I knew something,' set Baers advance squawk kept at aqy rate. It was like, seeing dlss . When hlni eut of that one . Elconnected things by lightning.' Qne few viewed a from away yards Which aad fate ot two. scenes stood out with fierce HAS the tame is mer st Sunningdale,' Voight, pro our own Polo Grounds distinctness. Another flash and 1: Paul almost a for Runyan. ringer front runners for a pair of seasons would see more. All of which helps explain the alup with the' once proud Gas most caught I ought to hnve gone out of that hopeless confusion ot gallery-ite- s House Gangsters? room then, t ought, to have gone at the recent Westchester tJefinlteJy for all that they were straight to Donnhey anil told blip. I tourney. While playing in knew It I moved towards thd door, well aware of their pitching frail- the saihe foursome, Runyan, who the cat. In. my arms. And then m.v ties the Cards all along have been usually wears a haL went bareheadeyes fell on al ' small leather case ' vocally confident they were the ed and Voight wore the type of hat oh.' the table. Nora 'Iliurldens class of Jhe circuit When, now and Runyan usually affects. the'n, they labored through an undressing case. The Case w.hlCh, f bescries It did not seem to fortunate lieved, hn.d held her letters. The Sclimeling First Trained distress them. They merely shoutciiso' which might1 yet ..I make po defense for what' I ed that this coujd be charged upn for Advertising: Career to what Dizzy Dean terms "speri-mentiflld then,' It was utterly Indefensible. and then moved on to the Max Schm'ellng put in three years But I felt on rue the pressure of next .address. learning the advertising business in Deck's t desperate .treed; the savGermany before he In quieter moments all ef ageness of Harrldens hatq. I felt forgot U all and.be- confided that and batbdy that .Decks life might depend upon came a heavyweight of tils out. of they looked forward ie the waning gettlng.that last' letter ' boxer, tlis friends Ilarrtdens bands. days of the season. Then, when ' he would probsay had far gone, quite Ami here was opportunity. If I experimenting have bad big on turn to ably aq could get that letter b.iick If no enough, they expected success as an admuch heat that even Manhattan cli. real motive could be. shown ents would be panicked lute grudgvertising man for I went to that case, and,' griphe la a shrewd ... ping the cat firmly under my arm, ing applause; business maa , . , I opened It. If It. hadn't opetmd J great-4-anThey spoke with Such Malone' never Pat dont know whether 1 would 'have, apparently quite. honest unconcern base-bacashed. has been mad enough to try to rush about the future that there Is little check. salary away with It or not I Just dont' wonder' even the Giants believed .. Sends them home te -now Even ense them early.-Iknow; Bufthe July. opened. Max The he Missus With my heart hammering I stood as one who picked them at the start Schmelinff bank roll of average looklng down at the luxurious green ' and has abode with then. In happy a racetrack , bookie and gold toys of Nora Harrldens confidence ever since I Cannot be- Is $5,000 'to $?,500,' if . they ' ' operate ' lieve up to some of their In the .malh ring- - Since toilet. the law Thfrn swiftly I felt with 'niy Icy eld sly tricks on a .faithful follower. does. not permit bonding gamblers, fingers along (he green silk lining Now. that they have undoubtedly the satchel stingers do not have-twlrere t hnd seen Harrhlens' big, fulfilled the letter of their prophebe annoyed by red tape. They go blunt fingers stop suddenly n cies by turning pn' the heat and Into action as some 'reexploring.' When I hnd seen his causing previously timid men and sponsible person has okayed- them face change to. that still Attentivemaids of Manhattan to Indulge in with the authorities .. . . The pic" - ' ness. I Cannot be- ture of ' celebrated tennis star Is ecstatic But the lining was smooth, lieve .that, such miracle ' working displayed e4 an equally celebrated by papers. My finger tips, mortals were guilty ef transatlantic liner with the caption, went to the edge of it and there! ali the while. "HcIIen Mils Mody." Would anybody like to bet about 60 far as I am concerned they along the Bide Of the case, 'under the gold 'stoppled bottles In their could scarcely have known that Where you get the big news first? holders,' the lining liras loose. But their ' boisterous ' antics 'would so Six mbnths ago (and at' least four' there was nothing under IL' It was aorcly enrage the Boston and Pitts- times between that, date and the ' ' Hat. Kmpty.; . burgh peasants that' the heat would Schmeling:Braddock postimcment) I was so Intent that I heard noth'- - come from such directions.- Neither this writer definitely advised read.could they have had ahy Inkling that er? 'there would be no heavyweight Ing. My first Intimation of any approach was Hqrylden's harsh- voice the Manhattan merriment could! be chanqpionship bout this year . , Secbooming out; partly occasioned by the 'support retary of State (N. Y.) Eddie Flynn they' recently have been giving to and Mike Jacobs,-thpugilistic im' one of the most amazing teams of presario,- have one habit In comCHAPTER XIV . mon. When they make' notes and recent seasons. then slip the papers Into the sweat next few moments were frankie it that seertls Instead,' T.KS'K In on me with b&nds.of their hats. you know there Frisch and his followers .under-rate1 is no dhance of their forgetting J . never withthink of them Irons. their adversaries. out. feeling the burning agony of of. the faot that There Is very, little wonder that the fix their humlUatiofl, and the utter-paniseveral St Louts ambitious Dick Barbell.' loses so of their fear. pennants have, been mafly of those diamond spats. Even won by. mad drives .when sparring in the dugout the That-- triumphant-voterventing down' the. home Giants mite, forgets the first fight Its rage, shouting a summons . That heavy the others to come , stretch, they .principle and leads' with his right to feel ,' seemed Bullet Berkholtz, Ohio State soph. that hand gripping wy amt , tried to wrench myself- mvay but' they never could be Is being' tabbed as the new star ef so sadly overtaken, the. Big' Ten' football firmament. hold was like steel. .The as; were the Giants They say he Is. a triple threat ace of niy foolishness, And Cubs of other and oq.e ef the best ball carriers in filled. suffome to and foolhardiness ' .too. seasons. years '. '. recent Black Cat McCarty, i cation. . ' The room seemed to be crowded . frank Frisch So thpy were .caught the, urf historian, once ran a buck $25,009 score In 10 improperly arrayed bet bp tntq with' fat-eappearing .'almost at !o who .visitors Sneaked , ;. The U. S. Footmeeting racing me days a once. In They swm' before, ' Mur of f on fusion. Hostile 'faces, upon them Just as. upon the Giants ball association plans to be well ' of a season back. fixed for soccer players when tbs . , quickened with curiosity'. . The 19.40 Olympics corns along. 1 are reasons There Sev.er'al why guests of that house party, thought In spite ol the advance furor be' the still in fortunate Cards like a may hysterically,-wersupers-IBillLyrich,.Prineetons soph show, always, gathering In f.puu; the pennant chase. One ,tf them Is fhat .the Qiants .started their spurt fuijback,' teammates claim that Larunjb krone. They must- get a early and from very far back aqd ry Taylor) his sub, wifi be the real kick out of . . so may. be halted by the law ef Tiger staT.. They say Lynch Is weak Loh king wifes' my throughon. pass defense and other such dressing 'cuseafter more Jewelry'," averages. Ano.ther is that there are items even though he Is a Whal.e at whocad men, pltcherd, especially Ilarrldcu flung curt for their beneIn ' the' be from lugging thq.ball , . , Horse players ' brought' quickly fit. ; are notthe only persons who get deand farms, lf.Breadou Rickey I tried aaln to shake off (he Im' bid oil from owners. Many the minor cide a risk to, .league prisoning hand. 'I gasped: "I came trainers 'feed' olive pil to their ' sucfor the sake of a In after the eat . , It 'ran In the ' ' . . cess. The and . third, probably best, dodr. Jim Btaddock te hoi the enly "Yon Jtttte liar! .1 slu'rt . that reason' is that 'the Cards are a act of the firm, ef Braddock of member, athletes. Only husky, floor when I went .jout: I saw to Gould' to. pull up lame. Gould and out the formed of 'a vrery Yankees, that" He gave', my arm is a tore left knee as the .similar mold; bursiug haye' previously shake. "You- meake'd.'tn' here fhe to recover 'qa quickly result, of unwisely sliding into secy able deemed Instant this room was left ftlont. onfi base while trying te .achieve .from adversity That ability Yo.u 'were, watching fqr the'ch'anco ts iflore Important n a greater glory for good old Evans defeat above -niiiybe you planned (o got '.It.', Lock Sheldrake,. . . chase. Iq fact, no Jeam iqu were 'aftef this dressing case, flag this quality ever-fcoa pennant. league ball clubs are planning te. the .key to the- Je'vM hox. This'.fin-Ishe- s dt .their .spring training outside the lp baseball often is , Success Arrest her, lupe'ctoh ybjir. IJnited . States' '. , V The Athletics entirely a matter of .1 demand her Arrest!" will establish' their, base at Mexico the Bjaves'came from the Dortahey had- materialized out of the Cincinnati Reds in Porto City,to bottom .accomplish their' 1914 Rico,- - and the Cardinals tle bluei th cfirpoon .of Ian otllclal. miracle, ' and Giants they scarcely believed in Havana . . . off dirty, In' his shirt sleeves, vest The last thoroughwhat was happening until almost at finbuttyned,. a thick cigar In thn the finishl Then, wheq the going bred George Phillips saddled recorner of his heavy mouth. t His cently before be was Indefinitely might have' been tough, they were ruled hard- eyes too"k In all of the scene. off the turf at Saratoga was the convictioo that sustained .Has she got' anyjhlng, Mr. Har- no matter by' bow named Go Home. - . Jerry Conroy good .opponents . . of Jimmy Braddocks pubriden ? '. . seem to be) their own luck member might "How .do I know"? Is said to be the best l" havent staff, licity was tons ider ably better. So they baseball player In the fig!., business; looked yet I just got hre and felt they had nothing to worry about Is a plays first base caught' her at It." and devoted their best efforts to Jerrycan hitsouthpaw, ' a la Babe Ruth . , pop and (TO, BE COSTISVED ) playing basebalL -- . Ryan, who used to manage fighter? the same thing hap- more than a decade ago, owns Somewhat a Origin of- Namo "Chautauqua" pened to the Cabs last fall and restaurant and grill on Eighth ave. The name' "Chautauqua. first apto the. Cards In 1934, although In nue In the fifties Billy Hogan, plied to the lake In western New both cases the short space of re- Gus Wilson's lightweight protege! York, Is from hhe Seneca language of isnt going to rely on his ring earnmaining time and ntter and Is said to signify "here one has a rival had much to docollapse with the ings In the future. Billy opened a caught fish." It became the name result. Indeed, several Cub stars beer pub In Sparkill, N. Y and Is of the supimer educational assemadmitted all that a bit of all right doin quite frankly along Irish bly first held on the shores of that felt It merely was a beautiful Eddie Brink. Scranton battery, is an they In lake 1S74, nnd then of the edur dream and only woke np when they orchestra In his cational and entertainment system found the town when there are no fights merhome the Tigers whaling patterned after ttie Lake Chautau ry blue blazes out of them In the to be had Crooning is an easier qua gatherings. World Scries. way to make a living, Eddie. Possibly Gang Has Underrated Rivals Impll-entton- - NOT IN THE BOX .SCORE: 'sharp-pointe- d d ... simple mind of yon'ro.- . tT.ut wimt Is. It you khuw-- r? If ' ; .. y'oul tell If ho had told pie .then! But J.etty Van A'lstyn, with Deck In her wake, appeared at the dining room entrance and' he hurrjeil to ' rise to meet them., . .Letty darling,'1 said Mitchell quickly, "wlmt kind of cigarettes does our Alan smoke? Not a word out f you, Deckl Its an Intelligence test," he told tier, his keen eyes hard .on .her. "You have to be right the first- time." The girl smiled vaguely, "But I linyen't the least Idea." "Then why did you..any to the officer when you qpketl 'for a 'Ask Mr. .Deck. for. Ids I like Ids kind ?"-. ' There was a'qubor stllln'eps about us. Le.tty Van Alst'yn looked mere ' I ly. 'perplexed.' "Did I say that? dont remember. 'I,.' supp'o's'o I thought the mans .would be ter- out from under the bed came (he cat, archltlg .its.' back against the - think?, . tain Mm?" ..." pony tfinn myself. 'But If wus down the stairs' ahead of me, and I heard Harrlden's voice saying angrily, "Damn thn't beas.t Its always frying to get In here! He and Mitchell bad come out of the rhoin, I saw, and I heard the door went downstairs s,it'n., The two-metogether, and I turned and, went up my flight again. The cat came,, too, nnd .this time I got hold of It. Snuggling tny cheek against Its warm fur I carrled. it Into my room., But hot even a cat nnd cream silk Walls '.nnd .rose-recushions' could make the room bearable that night. It "whs a 'wet,' windy- - night October turned dismal, and n tall tree kept ' tapping at n pane like fingers. 1 thought of writing to friends hut I didnt want to tell anybody anything till- I was so far out of I could, laugh ot the scrape-that so much further In that I needed help.' The telephone In the rooms had been cut off. The police- wore using a downstairs wire. I wondered what fho evening papers were saying, hut that. world outside seemed tiiln'k It'a- Itanclnl?". R.oinethlng-remotand unreal, '. "And you Z tried to marshal the facts In tny I don't Jhlnk-ry- et.' I Just know mind and study them. And I thought' s of smoothing tlint had not occurred something, something wjbose I can't quite fathom.. Ahd to me before thnt the findlng of In Decks case might tip ut- yet, If you If you you know Ive a .good deal of .confidence .In that . do (And. - fine-an- . I twenty-three-- . ' - . . the' proof." . I thought I wrts going to. get .that;" I said lamely. I went, mi to say, "I've Just been peeing. Deck. Weve been talking up .In the ' ' . together." ' lie- raised1 ills head . nnd blazed ' .out,-- "You pair of fools I" ."Deck needed some one' .to talk to," 1 retorted, defensively. Ye's; and he needed, some one yesterday afternoon. ' , . Hasnt the mnn .got enough on tits mind .without havllig to have you enter- danger Id 'thought: . , . 1 thought I .'looked .twenty!) Well six .years Is Just. a nice difference." .' . "Isn't, it?"' J agreed cordially. a merry. "'And I ln.ve a goad Jokes hut Is' tills quite the moment ' ' for It?.' . 'Joking?" Hq looked rather oddDo yop think. 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