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Show f BLACK SOMBRERO BI w)H Madi-Mexic- ias Cbesebro. Now Continue. killed CHAPTER XVIII presence of Senor Lom-,j- g realizing the implication i that you killed Cbesebro? fat only a fraction of a second she hesitate, then she answered the a nd to. Yes. Otilio Lombardo, jefe del lad-- lia, came up the Orizabas the next day but one, followed X Miguel Cruz. On the heels ioor iev came the barefooted, mariachis, Felipe and Pan- - doctor he ied clt i. have puzzled 1 a. rot i suit me ces a to do. hint smile lest ties atio twitched at Rogers he looked away across the to the shore where the coco seemed to shoot like bursting and c oloi unit ath: into the sky. are many confusing things hit affair, senor, he remarked, ley have puzzled me too, but I ve that I can explain them all rockets There oul atiri )le dr do i. sist I e 01 :k. id. 1 cause she feared her husbands love was being stolen from her. She, also, made a visit that night. However, Mrs. Nichols says she got only as far as the entrance hall when someone dashed out of the house in panic, someone who, she says, did not see her concealed behind some That person admittedly drapery. the confession of Senorita that she killed Senor Chese-- i I do not understand it, and I I bad come that a do action. ding persuaded that it was bet-despite your promise, that I in jail for the p Senor Barton Eer of Senor Rumble. But when rita Cbatfleld speak I am con-- l tenor, and do not know what .Le -l- gentle- - death- -a suicide-c- an ,8t toe dead womans door. A little leniency shown in a time would have saved his critical for him. Did Reed Barton property kill her? James Chesebro arrived and departed that night; we do not know w y, the reason for his visit never having been explained before his Did he have some motive to i R the woman? Next came Dwight Nichols. Rogers nodded in Dwights direction. The latter merely sat and smoked calmly, listening without offering to interrupt Dwight Nichols profited by some two hundred thousand dollars at the daath of Katherine Chatfield, because of some jointly owned property, Dwight has stated that he was summoned, for some reason unknown to him, to advise with Miss Chatfield. Margaret Nichols was jealous of Katherine Chatfield, be- eld I h much, j, remarked Lombardo in Eng-- i after cigarettes bad been light-"abo- ut jatic or m nd eat. cs, a his fathers would be very glad if you persons have died, Senor ibardo Katherine Chatfield in iomia; James Chesebro, Sam deld and George Rumble, in cco. The explanation must in-- it all four. It must be logical there must be proof. ?es, of course, said Rogers. Sam Chatfield and his d wife, in California for their 1 visit a year ago last winter. Hopped at a hotel in Pasa-i- , and, uninvited, went to spend night with his sister, Kather-Elsa- s Aunt Kitty. That night lerine Chatfield was murdered, method used was an overdose orphine, to which drug she was iddict, taking it hypodermically, faint odor of chloroform e next morning by only one iigator furnishes the single clue rtat happened. A few drops of reform on a handkerchief, I be-- !. suddenly held to the unsus-ta- g victim's nose, and kept in during the brief and violent &le which probably followed, the victim was unconscious. was necessary only to load hypodermic with an overdose orphine and shoot it into the asclous victim, wipe away all ifprints from the syringe and aipply bottle, and press the h of the victim on these things. Tour ads- - Ber-irrive- de-th- i Es? most simple, Senor Lombardo, a serious ex- round, brown face. or a woman could done that, sengr, Rogers Now, consider these r Present in the house, besides wants, who do not figure In It I was Sam Chatfield. He knew hia sister was the mother of a He knew that she not only mised to acknowledge the fact, d permitted Ms daughter. El-1- 1 be cruelly slandered, and not had done nothing to quiet the ft but most likely had been in circulating it. the house that night was openly and frankly at all M you heard the other night, emitted that she hated her Besides these two there was Berta Chatfield, who ever married Sam had resent-- , j treatment given her by and who, as a mew how her husbantj felt ferine Chatfield. Senor Lombardo, "I have named three th motives to kill and r1 the opportunity to do t there were others that ho came and went. George h had done some pub-or- k for Katherine Chatfield, receive his pay, which was him. There was an argu- kt and Rumble words, t he remained in the neigh-- h .certain whether or not he go back upon his &er a man be-gai- n. I I in-?t- al Rog-tinue- d, ob-wi- th h logi-- , in that first slaying, hardo followed his words Doctor Cruz sat ll ras develoPin8 very facts smoking cigarettes endlessly, his making mere slits for his "Cither spoke. also, Rogers went Reed Barton was at l Chatfield s home to give L. ,ent by Chesebro. Reed Ver7 frank to admit that jA And finally, there Is Elsa, Rogers thonghtfally. said was her husband. Dwight Nichols says that he arrived only to find Katherine Chatfield dead. Is he telling the truth? Is his wife telling the truth; did either, or both, of them kill the woman? Rogers halted to sip from his frosty glass. It is all very strange, Senor Rogers, said Lombardo, stirring uneasily in his chair. How can you discover the truth in so complicated a case? Rogers smiled faintly, and I thought that there was the merest twinkle in his mild blue eyes. If, he began again, we exclude from suspicion all those persons who subsequently died by violence Chesebro, Sam Chatfield, George Rumble as victims of and not themselves the probable killer, whom have we left?" He glanced from Doctor Cruz to Lombardo, then named them: "Elsa Chatfield, Senora Berta Chat-fielMargaret Nichols, Dwight Nichols, and Reed Barton. Those five. Now, then, Rogers said, a crispness coming into his voice, we come to the death of James Chesebro. Of these five who could possibly wish him to die? Senora Berta Chatfield? I can think of no reason; I know of no motive, in fact. On the other hand, Reed Barton and Chesebro quarreled with each other over the love of Elsa Chatfield. Chesebro had discharged Barton from his employ. An excellent motive, he But Dwight Nichols commented. had been defrauded by Chesebro of fifty thousand dollars in a mining deal. That is a lot of money. Men have been murdered before now for much less, Senor Lombardo. And bow about Margaret Nichols, the wife? Again fifty thousand dollars is a lot of money to a woman. Yes, of course, much money, murmured Lombardo, absorbed in his own mental processes. "And, finally, there is Elsa, said Hers is a Rogers thoughtfully. stronger motive than all the others put together, senor. A young womans good name is her most valuable possession. You are Mexican, and can understand the word revenge, felsa was willing night before last to permit the inference that she had killed Chesebro. Senor, is Pedro, the pulque seller, a lying scoundrel who seeks to protect a woman, or does he tell the truth when be says that Dwight Nichols L the one who killed? Lombardos face was puzzled; he was now hopelessly at sea. A frown had gathered on the forehead between the slitted eyes of Doctor Cruz as he followed the Intricacies of the problem as set forth by Rogers. As for Rogers, I could not d, r. PROGRESS, CASTLE DALE. UTAH Kathleen Norris Says: His Wife Is a Flirt CLIFFORD KNIGHT ro disinherited by her overdose of o Hunt Rogers and Barry to solve what they be- On ar-- " be Aunt Kittys murder. ty find that Elsas party has James Chese-- j j((i them by plane. urdered, Elsas lather, Sam, tcath from the sword of a marlin him into yhii chair breaks, toppling end George Bumble Is murdered Ifirtwa into the sea near the dock. Questions Berta, Sams wile, and gjunnins the quirt with which Elsa Cbesebro discovers by twist-Iknob that it conceals the knife Is y titty emery county Bel Syndicate. WNU Features. escape the conviction that he was enjoying himself hugely at the expense of Lombardo. His face, however, was more solemn than that of a judge. Lombardo started slightly at Rogers question. yards (TO BE CONTINUED) long SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco Calif. Enclose 20 cents In coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No. Name Address Sire. Basic English In So? jacket, current war conditions, slightly more time is required in tilling orders for a lew o I the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: sion. I think, Senor Lombardo, said Rogers, dropping with a smile into Spanish, you will let Pedro out ol jail when I finish telling you who is the guilty person." Lombardo's only response was an involuntary lifting of the eyebrows. Reed Barton shifted his' feet and cleared his throat lightly, shouldnt be left out. Hunt. Rumble hinted very broadly to me Abat he knew who killed Chesebrp, then closed up like a clam whei I asked him about it. ' Rogers looked at him shirply, as if to determine whether tyie statement was made In a vein of bravado, or because be wished to be helpful Fora moment he, was silent and then appeared to shift his ap proach to the problem of Rumble! murder. material; yards. Due to an unusually large demand and Yo no se, senor. he admitted, reverting to Spanish in his confu- However, Rogers took up again English in a more serious vein, the name of the guilty one must wait a few minutes longer. I will come to it at the proper time. But now let us look for a moment at the death of Sam Chatfield. His is the most puzzling in the entire series. So much seems accident, so little may have been the handiwork of a A nut had come unmurderer. screwed from the swivel mechanism of the chair in which Sam sat in the launch. If the chair had not collapsed, there is little likelihood that he would have fallen overboard, probably none at all. Did somebody remove the nut? There was opportunity to do so for everybody who went on the fishing excursion, and even for George Rumble, who did not go. All of us, except the women members of the party, knew beforehand that Sam Chatfield would sit in that chair when we went after marlin. And, yet, I know of no motive upon the part of anyone for the death of Sam Chatfield. Of course, one never knows whats between b husband and a wife. Did Senora Chatfield have some motive unknown to us, and did she learn in some manner which seat her husband would occupy on that fatal excursion in the launch? But lets-droSam Chatflelds death for the moment, and go on to George Rumbles. I think that in it we will find something of interest perhaps the key we are seeking. Lombardo shifted in his chair and looked away for a moment to the tall towers of the church. Doctor Cruz crushed out the spark in his cigarette under his heel, and for a moment his hands were idle. The mariachis were growing restless, understanding nothing that had been said in English. Reed Barton sat easily with legs crossed, and Dwight continued calmly to smoke. There are motives recognizable in the death of George Rumble, For Rogers began once more. Margaret Nichols there was no opportunity. Senora Chatfield has admitted she went to the wharf that night to find someone to send for her husbands fishing equipment Felipe and Pancho went on that errand for her. She returned to the yacht She asserts, however, that she did not see Rumble, who was murdered on the wharf that night. There was a motive for the murder of Rumble on the part of Dwight Nichols; he and Rumble quarreled only a short time before Rumble died. Rumble knew that Dwight was the man who rushed in panic out of Katherine Chatfields house the night she was murdered; he held it over him, as it were, and Dwight believed it was for the purpose ol blackmail. After the two separated, Dwight, in the presence of Barry Madison, Sam Chatfield and me, made a remark which could be interpreted as a threat. He said that he would have to manage some way to quiet Rumble definitely. Dwight was unmoved by this recital; he tapped the ash from his cigarette and continued to gaze calmly at Rogers. The latter paused to sip his glass of limeade before he went on. "Another motive, not so strong, perhaps, is one that can be assigned to Reed Barton. George Rumble had fallen in love with Elsa. You knew that didnt you, Reed?" "Yes. "Again, Senor Lombardo," said Rogers, turning back to the chief, lovels a possible motive. How strong? How shall It be evaluated?" However, He paused only briefly. theres a very definite motive, and I think the real one, to account for Rumble knew Rumbles murder too much. He boasted that he knew who the killer was. What, in that case, will a murderer do? He will strike at the first opportunity, for he prizes his safety above all else. And thats what happened. Lombardo stirred uneasily In his chair, "Who, Senor Rogers," he asked, heard Senor Rumble boast that he knew the murderer? Barry Madison, Sam Chatfield, Dwight Nichols, and I. 2t sleeves, The word Basic in Basic English is not only an adjective describing this simplified vocabulary. 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W (W the end of the war. He has been married almost two years; he adores his wife. He loves the memory of their first little home, the happiness of sharing the new love and the new life together; he is 27, had never cared for any woman before. The wife, Patricia, is 21. In and I dont get a letter at all, If she writes Private Joe Carter. does write she writes, of things and places and people I dont know, or maybe dislike. She doesnt put any crosses in at the end, the way she did at first, or tell me that she misses me. Ive been pretty heartsick over it, for I havent any mother, or anyone else who writes to me, and I get awfully blue sometimes. Lots of the other fellows get letters with newspaper clippings pasted in, snapshots of their kids, descriptions of how Christmas was and whats going on at home. But Pat doesnt think of any of those things. Wife In Bad Company. Now, what gripes me is this, the letter goes on. Lately. Pat moved in and is sharing housekeeping expenses with a girl I hate, because shes just no good, and everyone knows it. This girl always had plenty of money, and she keeps a goodlooking fiat, with plenty of cocktails and old-f- a shioneds and all that Pat never was that sort, and I cant sleep nights worrying about how this older girl will get hold of her and influence her. All Pat ever said was that Dotty had decided to go straight and had a job next to her in a machine shop, but one of the fellows from our town who got out here lately told me he often saw them in the saloon together after hours, and that Pat and Dot were sharing the same flat. I dont like to write her a sour, mean letter from here and tell her that if she pulls any fast ones on me Ill drop her once and for all But gosh, says the letter youthfully, it certainly is the limit to be 'way out here, seeing what we see, eaten up by pests, longing to get home to cool rooms and showers and the old car again, and to have your wife suggest that shes having a swell time without you. Isnt there any way of getting it through the heads of the girls at home that they owe us something, too, and can help an awful lot Just by being loving and faithful and letting us know n Its lemon and water. Yes! something to him. There is news from all his old crowd; if he has a chum who is still at home, call that chum, and ask him for a detail or two. If there are children, include a story about each one, take camera shots of them, have those who can write scrawl a line or two to Daddy. And always always always paint a picture of the future that includes him, yourself, home again, love again, peace again. Dream dreams for him of your little farm, or your tiny cabin up in the mountains or near the lake, tell him his fishing line and his tennis racket are waiting, and end with a few fervent words that will let him know that you are sharing every moment of bis tre mendous sufferings and his tremem dous sacrifice. You dont know how eager Bud and I are to get home to all the plans! wrote one of the two sons of an Illinois woman, who sent me a copy of his joyous letter. "This cant last forever, and when you write us of whats waiting the new pups, the Sierra trip, the way youve fixed up our rooms well there isnt a man here doesnt envy us! Thank you. Mom. Today gives every wife an opportunity to be cruel or to be kind. 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