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Show Il LEHI FREE TRESS, LEB2, UTAH i m iv 5 t JkJ tjr jT I m4 THIS FAR: atae- - iim W.HU. RELEASE right where he said th rv,.tJ stood. Doesn't that prove that 1 "fTied it oi lool a lsn t entirely tall tale'" pretested . , souse her. U their axe recoaclled. It Megan, resenting their casual that Amos was a complete mm wu eaUed neither " 7lW Lit watted aerlocsly stranger to the truth. t.ri them what had "Oh. now. see here. Bob-- be reasonable." Larry snapped. "If Amos pad. s k se iouuu had hidden the knife .. there, would u he exDlalned. ragSf peij" he have told about it? . Look, the detective, could lid fella, I know Amos. He would nevdoe to a heavy rata later. er jrrjrW voluntarily go near a place like ... tBterviewed again to tet me that, at with a .f9midon o the ilze oi murder on his mind. And if he had . .. ud the eiaet time he aaw father were if he had been so Mf, and her frightened by what he had done that that fear (tiler.' overrode any other-w- ild horses could never have made him tell a CHAPTER XIV living soul about it. Look at it from a sane standpoint If he had hidden "Effen je chuckledhim richly. it there, the object would have been come he Wen itad teed to keep anybody from ever Mist' dat house finding it. night. de into 2 -- aa would a'knowed right Why, then, would he turn right around insist on telling me J d wed plenty!" she assured about it, and and being perfectly willing to tell you? He even went with us tfli are not quite sure about this morning and pointed out the ghost with the pot where the 'ghost' bent down. Laurence wm fellow eyes, Use your head, man." 9 J. Ju t.lblna I "but iieynuiua Bob grinned. "Sure sure Of Lw, trying to see If he can't lay oil, I only said that I don't believe pal! down . Llo scale the ghost teat, so we can feel that it . mis-Mr- (1 (, night-espec- iaUy ; f 1 J man!" . . . a 1. J Megan a umie ynu-fay. "It was a knife," he an-- k I fte look of questioning In a, ana Megan caugut uer and went white as tne coi-- a trim morning frock. "Bob it is the knife." 4 did not speak, but her eyes and Laurence ed with bim V iirnefl W 1 1 rari fried halfway up the hilt, and later on that night, and of led PL the dews are very heavy I fcie of the year. It was just 1 binary kitchen knife, such as -- - " "" I 1 by the every Pleasant Grove has one in I it" exactly like was conscious that she was little more easily. She g iedly, lest Laurence should that, "Then you aren't much I on than you were before Have you 3 as identification. asnects?" FT E "You should Stuart at the in-- I 1 i 4" he said dryly. "According j, there wasn't a man, woman 4Id in Pleasant Grove who 1 have a motive for wanting ark ii Jevenson woman outof the ,..She mentioned a few of the yteerind as. Some of the people men-- I resented it quite a bit, and were barely avoided. The is 4 for alibis became quite inten-tl'- Jt except for two or three, ire eliminated as suspects. And STWEM Sidence against the two or srence grinned. It heard I I Ma lis slim." :ase dry lips with her steadied her voice to feiatly, "Who are the ones suldn't manage an alibi?" "ffl, the Teasley boy and his t md baby seemed to have ex-- 4 reason for disliking Mrs. sson," said Laurence reluc-"- It seems, according to Ma that Mrs. Stevenson made aark that tended to discredit Sfitimacy of the Teasley baby, fcat Will Teasley pubhcly P ter face in front of the fale a week ago." member that," said Megan. you?" asked Laurence quickie you remember how Mrs. on took it?" lan touched n )WN tors me Is 331 and it was pretty unpleasant, Wmsebut Will Teasley's a " Grove boy, and his wife the ed .that i our ;now here all her life, except worked in town, so "tody sided with Will," Megan toed aloud. "Alicia sort of tted, and her face got very "d then she laughed and what is the Y iiUt 8 hit dS always howls year she And walked away." "That checks Scarfs testimony," he ence '? led. nodded. ' the knife doesn't asked Megan. "Wnot." admitted Laurence ThouRh if we can get any desprintiM out of Amos, 3 the ghost" it might finding Gas-rea- r Pl Wined at her and said. E Sain . 'uo'i ' ,:"-- , to town i m sort oi "No- unol-"Ma- I and the people." ne Bob-bec- ause f plater Bob came In. greetr P'easantly, and lifted his and spread his hands wrd in a gesture of and futility. t et anything out of "to gave m, me," he that ' dis-me- on say'n8 "hitwui ,al1' boss-- an' hit ! and les' floated 'long i 1 RlfKin yaUer atdaf8 all I knows'."eyes what Amos had been ii1. ett iZ J?" ,y at white mule' they ,l Frogtown would P,nk C0W "! ,.7' Tephantg." i'atd!Lrndest h c fnc ' u thln had drtn. kg.,him up'" MPioded Cou,d understand t hadn'1 irt,i..uu didnnd toh " the knlf, there il Ml Wcll--J When you line dresser drawers 'or cupboard shelves, cut at least Megan caught her breath and felt three layers of papers. Place them as though every drop of blood in her all at one. Then when the top body had congealed about her heart. .soiled, slip one paper off. Her were in rJCarne it Q inn n time "Now, see here, Miss MacTavish, you're not going to tell me you believe in ghosts?" he protested. And behind Annie, Megan saw, feeling of shock, Martha Fallon, short, stocky, commonplace looking. Her neat dark percale dress and the smoothness of her hair that was streaked with gray only emphasized the look of barely restrained terror in her eyes; Just as the Inexpert daubs of rouge and the powder that was not quite smooth only emphasized the pallor of her drawn face. with a "You're the detective-fellow?- " she asked Bob curtly. "Yes, Miss Fallon my name's Reynolds," answered Bob. Martha nodded and said, "WelL my name's not Fallon. I'm Tom Fallon's sister-in-lanot his sister. My name's Evans Martha Evans." Laurence unobtrusively turned a chair towards her and she nodded her thanks and sank into it with a movement that was almost of collapse, as though her knees were shaking violently, and she was very glad of the support the chair gave her. "So you found it," she said when she had drawn a deep hard breath and Megan, sick with pity and bewilderment, saw the work-roug- h ened hands gripped so tightly"' together that the knuckles were small white mounds. Bob said gently, "Found what, Miss Evans?" She looked up at him so sharply that the sunlight fell harshly on the round lenses of her spectacles and she made a sound that was half a snort, half a sniff of contempt. "The knife, of course," she answered curtly. Bob made a short, swiftly controlled movement, but his face was guarded, so that only if you had' been watching him closely could you have noticed that involuntary start of surprise. "Suppose you tell us about the knife, Miss Evans," Bob said gently. Miss Martha nodded. "What else do you think I came here for?" she sniffed, and abruptly she added, "Only the Stevenson woman wasn't killed with that knife, young man." "No?" asked Bob very swiftly, very politely, almost as though his interest had been too casual to make the statement of any importance. "No!" the word came explosively. "Then why was it necessary to hide it so er melodramatically?" wondered Bob aloud. Miss Martha breathed deeply and in ghosts, yet I can't picture a human being eight feet 'tall, wrapped in a white sheet and with glaring yellow eyes doing a murder and then picking that spot to hide the weapon. In fact, I can't picture a human being eight feet tall period! Maybe you can suggest something?" Laurence shook his head. "It's got me licked," he admitted. "Miss MacTavish?" suggested Bob and she had to steady herself and tell herself that she was a fool to be frightened of that question in his eyes. "I don't believe in ghosts but I do believe Amos' story," was all she could manage. Bob sighed, ran his fingers through his hair, leaving it standing "Well, on end, and said helplessly. I think we're licked, too. Though we'll keep slugging away at the case, of course, hoping that something will turn up" "You couldn't be persuaded, of course, to accept Ma Stuart's suggestion that you just drop the whole with difficulty. matter, with the thought that who"Because," she told him and Meever did it, did Pleasant Grove a gan's eyes were thick with tears for great service?" suggested Laurence the stark agony that shone so clearwryly. ly in the tired, faded eyes behind spectacles "beMegan gasped. "Oh, no, Larry-- did those she really say that?" cause my sister is a a mental "She did!" said Bob laughing. case," she managed at last. Bob waited. "Boy, what a character! She gave Laurence was very still, watching the department a going over that it hasn't had since they drafted our Miss Martha, his arms folded across the big captain for a job in the Marine his chest, leaning against desk where to like I would rolltop Training Camp! of Megan kept her accounts and books. know that lady better-und- er, circumstances." course, pleasanter Megan was on the very edge of "She's really a grand person." her chair, her body tense and still, Megan said eagerly. "Everybody almost rigid, as she watched Miss Martha; and so deep, so Intense loves her." was her pity and her sympathy that colored. and own body felt some of the sufhesitated her Megan "Well Alicia liked to to stir things fering that stood forth so starkly In "I Miss Martha's tired eyes. up," she admitted reluctantly. and bored here, "You mean," said Bob, after a mowas very think she ment designed to give Miss Martha she admitted frankly that she only ina respite so that she could breathe came here to live because her her because and again, "that your sister was not accome had shrunk, And to countable for her actions- -" money went farther here. her "I mean, young man, that my sikeep things stirred up gave boreweU something to relieve her sterhad periods of lucidity." she not lie. said harshly. "But Tom. her husdom. I suppose. She did She band, didn't know that those periods extent. to great not any that is. of digging out were coming less frequently and simply had a way truths that people wanted hidden lasting for shorter periods of time. o tell him; be and dropped them publicly where I couldn't bear certain to stir thought, poor soul, that she was getmost be would they ting better that there was hope for up trouble." was who a her. But I didn't deceive myself. like lady "She sounds Even 'if I had wanted to her attack candidate for a murd a on me one night" Her voice broke der, at that," Bob commented. and ner face worked convulsively, DeAnni anneared at the door but she did not lower her head, nor obviousyet hind him. unobtrusive, make any effort to hide her face and were rolling ly excited. Her eyes them. from answered her voice was high as she Megan said quietly, "That night s a look. "Dey Megan's questioning you fell and hurt your ankle?" wi lady hyah. Miss Meggie-(TO BE CONTINUED) Fallon's sisteh." self-electe- WBk izeS a5ij to eyes wide and frightened, and she was suddenly conscious that j A noted fashion authority ad- Bob Reynolds was watching her nar- vises buymg a hat last when rowly, an odd light in his eyes. 'planning a new ensemble. It is "Of course. Annie. Til see her." then simpler to make a better seshe made herself say swiftly, then lection in regard to color, material steadying her voice with aa effort. 'and style. "If you'll excuse me-- ?" But Bob Reynolds said casually, ' To remove dost from wall pawith a look in his eyes that was not per, wipe with a soft wall brush or at all casual, "Why not see her in soft cloth. Hard rubbing will streak here. Miss MacTavish?" and roughen the paper. . Megan looked sharply at him and said instantly. "But why? It's no To help restore the original lusdoubt a personal matter I mean it tre of gilt picture frames rub with can't possibly have any connection a sponge moistened slightly with " But beneath the look in his turpentine. o eyes her voice broke. "Of course not." Bob agreed amiTip on painting: Don't overload its length, ably, but still with that wary look brush, dip it one-thir-d in his eyes. "But just the same" and keep the can about half full. look. hardware store sells fevery year probably - h 40 gan knew subconsciously that Annie had only slipped back a little into the shadows and that she was listening with almost visibly distended ears. Miss Martha nodded to Megan and addressed herself to Bob, after giving Laurence a steady, straight fingerprints. The knife ility of in . t FLAVORS " AT GROCERS -- .' . ' - : s, eV i, J? ,a - r CALOX Sandpaper Is nsefnl in cleaning suede shoes. 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