Show 0 AM tho appy tied aft ark own roun ui 0 M I 1 d r 1 il I 1 by WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE uld copyright by william mc leod paine y ate you CHAPTER continued DA 12 the must be according to lind Ys story the tho fellow vius ins alining straight at it IN well ell they re not riot here see for yourself an ettory eel f I 1 a she site was nas right there ins as no eu deme ene wha whitener wh teer teNer that an am bullets had passed through the p they net every inch of the cross wall tn in daiy diy IOTA their heir search linden lindra must have been mistaken 1116 exidee whitford Vh ltford hiding ills fits been leen Us appointment I 1 this his ninn man collins ax ulan t fin lime e bee aig in this dirac ph ion of coatse everything mas eon con him i no doubt they shifted round r the a the tile dark and lit he ile stopped struck by nn tin odd ex session on the face of his ills daughtie daugh tir tr rasta she had sto stooped and picked up tip a small fragment of shaung from the tile floor ller iler ees went from it to a plank in L U imn the he partition and then back to the thin me calp of wood arill vant Is it hone bonev naked whit ill ord vis the girl turned to muldoon alert in nery iery siu quivering kering muscle that express i ene agon the one leaving the house as born r le e dro broo droo e up all you notice icv it I 1 number ier 11 ansu answered ered tim YO o 0 t tan promptly ahe can aou ou have it stopped and the batian an arrested dont don t 3 ou oil see athly thieve ve built till i partition they bere tak ink cang ig away in that tile planks ith the bullet holes muldoon anns ns out of the room and dou doai n the tile atall before slie she lind had 0 cl speaking it hns a quarter af f an hour inter later when he beatrice veatrice and her tier father bere not to he be VII ima itom brom back of the partition came nn an 4 Q ediger iger vibrant voice Is 1 that you mr ul doon como come here her quick woe we e und one of the bullets in the all till 1 no ta the lie policeman passed out of the or through which had ade ado ills escape and uund another avail door opening from the passage 1 took blin him into the cubbyhole of a in in bere ere iere the vires sires and in athir unie tits to recene of the par con whet what about the express wagon aked ked hit tord well get it word Is out for thoe duty to keep an e eie e open for it t lai heres the bullet I 1 p beatrice pointed it out to him lit m it tart there lore it was safely embedded in lit the aster 8 about he flie leet froni from the grouws grou grol wl livi di darand i aan t thorough enough 50 e quit too goon soon gald said the officer afta ft ath JA erin grin crooks most elmaya do flip slip cur 4 1 somewhere nuil leave evidence be ma id d them think jerry would mould re e remembered the bullet aa well y the bullet hole ants hey found the mark of the second ballet ill I 1 let too it had struck a telephone twelver 1 ir welver and taken a chip out of it they hey measured with a ne the tance from the floor and the elle mile ills to the place where each bullet uck tim dug out the bullet they id d found hey were back in the fiant room in when a huge figure appended appen red in flew ro are I 1 lattif I 1 every 16 tm 1 lre ah T f at it ordered gorilla dave hie his ead thrust forward in a threat aule got no Dual ricas herat doorway rind stood there blocking hatta youse doln here deded it husky bolec 1 ulsoon nodded a atlo 10 lo e just lookin around tu to sr e the e of he the scrap how ilow about yuhl eat at it ordered gorilla dave his 1 thrust forward in i 1 threat floise ise got no business ber fiends av mine mhd officer in i ted the young woman and her tier fa they wanted to see here slim knocked out mot so 80 I 1 showed em arm done ve moved to one aide side beat it again d the he f pocket of muldoon ft as a rei ret c of the district at attorney torner for or ad the ilon ion to the bouse house for the party with K br the captain of police to the ire precinct but tim did dot not shu it lie prefer rW to kt ao 10 da e think that he lie had been breaking the rules of the force for tho the sake of a little private graft there aits no reason tr for warning durand that they mire an anre of the cle cleer er trick he lie hud had pulled oft oil in regard to the partition CHAPTER two and two make four arom maddocks Mad docka km the 1 whitford drove straight to the apartment house of clarendon Bromil vcr for the third time that morning the club mans alet found himself hini gelf by the insistence si ia t f visitors inhere innere ere coming in ou know the owner of the bird cage told hlin him in nu an au er to big explanation of 1 l 1 hta nine mas tir for could not riot be seen tills this Is important business and 00 got to ate bromfield I 1 lea I 1 es sir air but he sold filkill lie 11 change his fits mini when he lie knows why were here NN whitford pushed in and beatrice fol followed loed him from tho adjoining room came lie the sovid of biccs 1 I thought ou told us sir mr lad lone to sleep and the botar do tor said at lie m aan t to be awakened am wakened bald hild beatrice with mitts a broad boyish emile smile at the tile man a discomfiture the person inside mouldan wouldn t take no for an answer I 1 he ile IMIS its ille us m he did he gl gle e ills tits name asked the oung w dinan I 0 no o nils just said he lie was from he file club and hia ills daughter exchanged glances I 1 same business we me re on announce us and well go right in they warp on his ills heels u when lien he lie we gae their names name bromfield started up too late to pre ent their entrance he lie stood silent for a moment uncertain what to do disregarding ills tits francees flan cees glance of hos ho 16 tile inquiry lifted bovard tov ard the other guest the raining mining man forced his ills hand wont you introduce us clarendon ho he asked bluntly reluctantly their host went through the formula he ile was mas extremely uneasy there was mug material for an explosion present in tills this room that would blow him eky sky high if a watch should be applied to it let durand get got to telling inam what hut he knew about clarendon and the Whit fords would never speak to him again they might een spread a true atory that would mould bar every house and club in new york to him iceie ee beard heard of mr durand said beatrice her iler tone challenged the attention of the gang gan leader the brave eyes flashed flag lied defiance straight nt at him A pulse of anger was mas throbbing in the soft round throat inscrutably he watched ched her it was lus ilia habit to look hard at attractive women most people have be he admit ted mr lindsay Is our friend ehe she said weve just come from seeing him 11 the man to whom she was engaged had been put through so many flutter of fear during the last twelve hours that a new one more or less did not matter but he was as still not shockproof ills fingers clutched tighter tile arm of the chair W what did he tell youl you beatrice Ilen trice looked into his tits eyes and lend in them once more emark fear again she had a feel ig that there was nos something about the hole affair stio silo had not let fathomed somo secret that clay and clarendon and perhaps this captain of thugs knew f 1 e ried to read hat he m as hiding billing groped in her tier mind for the tile key to his ilia terror issitt could it be that lie he was sing afraid cla clai find told her tier hat was as it they nil all knew except friends and buhy fly since Claro was trembling lest lent it be ile discovered should the arizonan Arl too join the con of silence at any rate ehe she would mould cot not her tier hand lie ile told us its several things ehe she eald enid 1 I you e got to make open confession clary llio ex pugilist rho wed bis his cigar and looked at her tier what would lie confess that the man with him murdered colllns collins not true said the girl quickly so Und Lind sais bour our friend eh ell different here jerry pieced together ahat the clubman had told him and what he lie had lind since learned about her tier he ile knew that this must be the girl to whom his host was engaged how about you he lie sneered The ali clubman stiffened t e nothing against mr lindsay thought you had of courso course he lins nt why should he her asked beatrice bucking backing up clar cation durand looked at her with a bold insolence that was wa an insult ills eyes moved up and down the long allm curve curves of tier figure 1 I expect tie fie could find a handson fe reason if ho he looked around for it miss the girl a catho clenched hie his fist A flush of anger singer swept hie his ruddy checks cheeks he ile held himself ho however mever to the out eject toil you forget mr durand that und land say was wn his guest last night jarr jt ari t e laugh was it ler 1 d forgot that he ile nos your agnest t it lie IN flints flats the good of it in rth lie tile tor borlund host not ot a lilt bit admitted IN hatford hit ford I 1 ac lions talk not words nordi have ion oil sami tile police yet N not lint 3 et 11 he lie gonna ice see the tile police pollee about jerry jerr to know kami his chin jutting out to tell them that lie saw collins draw a gun and heard el ill it is fired rc ported the mining matt not ot what ht tua a been tellin die me I 1 hell to not pull tiny any such story not unit unless as he lie ani Is at te to to put himself in a cell for life I 1 talk nae you cant frighten bromfield ho ile knows thatis foolish tool luli ness ne does liot hot ahe turned de dp ees on the victim ho he its torturing certainly tile man did not look a picture of confidence the of it hemy fear hung over him lihn the telephone rang bromall ads trembling lingers fingers up till the truna r 46 J R the tb girl lt let bra m field have it straight from th the e shoulder miller he ile listened a moment then turned it over to beatrice for you her iler part of the conversation was limited it consisted of the word yes repeated at antem Inte nala als and a concluding cl I 1 oh I 1 m eo lie glad ond thank you 11 her iler eye eyes were sparkling when she hung up good news nes dad ehe she said ill 1 tell ou later durand laughed brutally as he rose good newe nex eh get nil all you can boull need it take that from me its straight your friend a in trouble up to the neck ile swag gerd to the door and turned I 1 dout don t forget bromfield keep outa thia this or you 11 be lorry his ills voice waa was like the chark of a tra trainers 0 ahia hip to animals la in a circus for once Bromfi cId did not jump through the hoop oh go to the devil he bald said in 1 11 citation lushing flushing angrily better not get gay with me ad durand bourl afler the door had closed on hiro film there was as a momentary pause the lounger lunn spoke awkwardly you can cali tell roe me now hat it was wits sir lind bay told you wed like to know fir f r buro whether youre with ith us or lilt durand said IN bifford mildly I 1 of codr coir co ir o wo we know the answer to that vure with us hut lint we ue want mant to hear yu eny any it nat flat foot of course I 1 in with ou that vint la Is rd id like to be kilt but I 1 don t want mant to get into trouble mr whitford can ou blame roe me for vint lou boult it get into trouble nr or gued the mini owner impatiently 1 I keep telling you that heatrice beatrice hatching tile younger man mail clo closey saw as in a flash the solution of this mister the explanation of ilie jie tangle to which various scatter scattered Ld threads had been leading her ale you eure sure of that dad how flow could he lie be hurt bee the girl let bromfield have it straight from the shoulder because ciny clay didn dian t k lilt 1111 that man colllns collins clarendon did it my G you know I 1 he lie cried ashen faced he lie told you 11 I 1 no he lie didn dian t tell Us some rea eon in lit s protecting prot eiting eting you hut but I 1 know it just the tile some lou did it 11 it waa N Us in self defense he lie pleaded then why didn dian t you say so IN hy did you let clay lie be accused instead of coming ton fors rd at once I 1 1 I waa mus waiting to see if he allow lie wa uns innocent without 1 tt hout gettine you into it you wanted to be shielded ehl elded at any cost the scorn that intolerant auth has for moral turpitude rang la in her tier clear voice 1 I thought maybe we could bath get out of it that way he explained weakly oh you thought I 1 As eoon soon as you saw this morning fi paper you ought to tto have hurried to the police elation station and given yourself up 1 I 1 ml ill 1 keel cellilli tell tel lilli iii liu OU your roii imin could it U it phone couldn t lie ilu lit abot t III too mui IH I 1 etui I miltford hold ca ti it 10 1 t rub it in li 11 it rattled flints natural 1 al 11 I lt apu ipu lion ilon Is m hut a 8 in lit alne going to il it I 1 aak i 7 1 luhr host hot hromi dui us ill K it I 1 wi tu to tile til thair and I 1 hlll titi III 1 tilt lilt to tle ill 11 lift I 1 aim it tr inato ink to lilithe kill tic fellow lie van sali mi i hooting looting nt fit in lo unil and I 1 hod had to do it of courm arnd 1 I IN hatford nt i ie e pot got proof of that I 1 inasa la Is one e mitt illness less lie ile insist hue mil it nil all I 1 v i cut got in til tn mw ono of the billt is collins shot more tin it I 1 brokup in lit excitedly did mr muldoon just jupt told me tile over oer the tile plinio tant thea the ie e hot ot thi the it iz in tho the plank with tha the bullit liol 1101 4 was lim in tt it and the driver hns that he nod a carpenter ir etli we nnnie name ho tie lind given changed the for durand mintford li ltford gae gane a subdued whoop 0 ine o win lit that lets ou out clarendon the th question now nou lent taut u whether lieth er you or clay will i ill go to the penitentiary bin bill bother hether durund durand will we con how flow 1 in 4 bali 11 trying g to stand in the way may of justice hat that he lie a e been cooking up tube e I 1 fence I 1 et ot s I 1 u urr I 1 lot let a 8 get to the police right the girl cried her tier eca shilling with lilt excitement IN 0 ought not lot li it lohe lose a 0 minute we can call get clay out in lit time to go homo home to dinner with ld smiled led wani matil lie ile came come to lint nn an gallantly ns as ho lie could all tit right I 1 in elected to take ills tits place I 1 at sto e only for n tiny or two clarendon sahl sald hie the older man aa As soon as am me e can git gt together a coroners jury well mell at ra killen e era thing hing I 1 out Y t is s 1 agreed the clubman lifelessly it vas ins running through lila lil mind alrea 1 I that if ho he should be freed if t the charge ho lie bould only hae lime escaped to go to wreck on cha cho ralls lor I 1 or it was uns a avent to one bet that jerry would mould gi g to with tile mot toi of ills at ampt 11 to hire the garik gang leader to smirch Lind saye reau tuti in 11 it must be admitted that when brom held field made up bis ills mind to clear lindsay he ill I 1 it thoroughly ills conat confusion sion to the police pollee was mas quit and busIn business ciss like he lie admitted responsibility for the presence pro senco of the ue westerner sterner nt at the club lie ile that his ills gill t had neither nelt lier gambled nor taken an tin liquors that he had come only as n spectator out of curiosity the stor stori of the killing nine ag told by him birnel and clearl alter after he lie had struck down domn the gunman he had done a bolt donn domn M gnirs and got assay by a back alley I 1 ills IN instinct had find been to escape from the laid and from the ot of allot he lie find done but of course lio lie could not let anybody ilse buffer in his ills platt so ho lie had come to give him alir ill like lia late into afternoon papers carried the story that clarendon well known man about town had con feax feam A d to having killed I 1 slim colllns collins and had completely exonerated lindea lindsa it was expected tant ahn the latter would be released immediately lift vae bias that |