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ABOUT NEW YORK
By CiEoR(W TUCKER
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NEW YORK - BoLLing for Aviries in a bowl it
puneh kids do lot apples in a tub at Hallowe'en
t glom) l r01-teligg 'aloe celebrating the
:'onelusion of a convention by tinning on the steatn
tor a little fon Their hilarity exicnded well into the
iawn They litla foresworn hololi and taken to an
Icgant apartment on Riverside drive soi they could
Jo a little roof-lifting without fear of remonstra-
tion As the scene waxed merrier somebody surgest-
el they turn on the short wave and listen to pollee
calls This seemed an excellent thought und so they
did nut us k often the case in this cock-eyed town
they got more than they harpained for Smack out
Li f the ether and into their benidilled conetOlisness
Caine t Fi I official denouement:
"(to to No Riverside drive and quiet that
aitie of tilaniac before they shake down the house
nd Runty it into the river"
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A HERO AND A DAT
This Ink to nom! really unless you eonsidor
'lie fact that cops are human
Nka a bedlam Busos street ears taxis
aars ot all descriptione were swii atom' at a
ft-mint rate If there had been any shade and You
tood In it the heat 11UVc rektered a bon-
1red But there vanm tny lmudt atd so thv traffic
policeman iie i-monering in his own MICV lie WiS
horoughly oalhialed when the PrellY miss with thk'
red hat came cut of the hotel
Sonichole' a !it 1 of wind sew her hat dttt int()
vet You never :ta such iambi° &niers With
the dextcroy of ballot dancers the hist avalanche' of
t!amu tin o'd I: 'The pal had one of those cupid
bow'4 and a tittr of :'ray mttui eyes She didn't say
anvilidei bin the mute iippeal o her eyes said More
(111111111H stribbit ii a week
JJii-g11vini'ed our hero hill action and he blow
hiA it on his vihistlii 111) went both arms
and t itto iiui t ti screamdie halt Then with
the ft-n(111ot s ci a man savini child he plekA
no 110 Woe ti ut t Hiatt the brim stepped to
th twit and iII it it to I jilt look she ttave
k 0110 t thise -now could you be Ito I
0111- Mid :) 011 ant r he had dtparted he tuod
I It i In a tit radiant
c:Int to lion iiialeithly that horn etii honk-
0 and pi lon0Otli Crimson to his
tars he tiled to innotate a kluti titocity that iienne-
how didn't coce e hen It giddied and releasd
Hi tkittio 011 a wave ot his hand tie was fl
101we the livid changed
it !-etan picseive their senses
ct A 'anti a cute face Mat
in tiu Vio 'loom arti SCEVarlied he
111 h i Ir 114' W4 tiiauid to "ing
A it tat in :it Vie said sure he would listen
the Ito° song She trilled and
lii“t I -H d M torch song to tuneg of
Iii-tticr tote V later he WA- asdonisheet lira(
oov - ANV fit itA iuld sing so badly
the-- to the gni however All he
011 1k 3 isikr °tit ol 1111 tIk and hand a
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:1 ale trying to got the got tsi
1 li d i iit it L hopen thil allow iNorne
1)114 Vit I t !110 1114 11 eart Put ilier big feet at Ole
Pcitple are tometime told that they live tn a
i tovit hut piel)ably it 1-tn't a hiccup town Itit
ntffl tittle one hcar-t of in thck tug citUs
Oar presatents anti governors ghillie ban& with
I hotranrk of citizens but they have to shake the
plum I ree to nuike the politicia os happy
The American people are Fcared when they
4mg11t to be confident and confident when they
ought to be stwed
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Some people who are afraid to put their money
in the be4 banks will later ue t to buy the most
Wcrtilless securities —
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By HERBERT PLUMMER
aulASIIINGTON tiPt—The ileciston
IT of Senator Borah of idaho to take
the stump during the summer
months in opposition to those phases
tbe "new deal which he dislikes
Davit have been good news to repub
lican leaders
While Borah is not taking the trail
for the benefit or the reputill an par
ty what tie IlitS to say agaitojt
deal" policies tits itt perfectly with
i) P plans
That is to he the repuhli 'ar line
of attack in the congressional eiec
Rohs campaign
Borah has r!peatedly said he was
convinced the American people are
tiritting along In a dangerous dreo
Von and that unless they wole up
soon disaster was certain He is Par-
ticularly afraid of the policies tieing
pursued by the AAA
lie envis ons final dictation it the
life of the A ni rican farmer trom a
bureau in Washington unless some
thing Is done to halt present polides
a a a
Campaign Is An Offset
BORAillS enlistment ir the ran
of critics of the "new deal" is
particularly welcome to th repuh
!leans fur another reason it may do
much to offset the ifitillfice of other
reptiblkan senators who are openly
in vmpathy with Roosevelt's poll-
Hiram :ohnson of Calitornia has
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announced he will continue to sup
port Roosevelt and the new deal"
in his campaign for reelecthm to the
sonata this year George Norris of
Nebraska may be expected to go to
the defense of the "new deal" when-
ever lie is needed
Young Bob La Follette o Viacom
sin is fl ardent champion of much
t he present administration k at-
tempting to do dila 111 is campaign
for reelection he will say so
The same is true of Cutting of
New Mexico 8110 UM for reelection
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Snell Scot Ta At Patronage
THE 0 0 P rutnniAnd does
not like the plan of President
Roosevelt rio attract the progressive
epublians of the west permanent
ly to his polLical camp
Snell or New Yolk republican
leader or the house sco:Yed at the
president's statement made recently
hi New Haven that partisan politics
did not govern apnointmen of oft
vials In Wash1ngt1n Ills obser‘a
Hon was that if the President didn't
his Postmaster General "Jim" Far
iey
Borah s illticism of "new deal"
policies ‘vill therefore be dmiblY
weloome to republican leaders Esen
if be Is not campaigning for the par
ty JI presence In the Held will do
much they believe to take the edge
of the efforts of now deal" support-
ers like Johnson and Norris
Enforced Snobbery
Camp Life
y BROOKE PETERS rtAtipel-z
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By BROOKE PETERS CHURCH
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER
The Smiths weri het vet althy pee Kverything went smoothly after
till‘PrthtelY's this clot the (Stoics were thankful
ladeed that their parents had sent
iaiin °"1"1" 11" them to camp The grain slid seeds
fee was high but they pint hoit and 1 d heen brought over in payment
saved and ei nthally aide to fur their summer at Blue Lake and
fulfill their ntnbition
tot the following day the mdhers
Put James was not happy in
school anti at the end r tho st
begged to be lultot Irktid
allowed to go somem !tele 14"Vtt441-7" 7-3x
hoy Watt Mq tior Was )
litlintSltt It IS silliply that he felt - 4r
itt diSittiValltagC 1 Olt his s -
wales
They came for the Heist part of
wealthy families and had allow
ances commensurate IN ith their par- allil fill h"rii ail come to see
etas' means allowance in "'ft
it mica practiced and
coinp arison with theirs iti
was pfully t - '
small and he had a fring ' 1174 tiVH anti they all telt
palunIS Would hti prowl fir
nude' obligations hi the others
I hem No tenger dol thty tense each
It seems unfair for the sake t a
ollifT as S‘Illt had at first Knelt
whim to t a child tu the ir k wanted to show how tine he
deal of being constantly at a ilisior ohi they "ye a read and
vantage It is very well Ti say that Lqilettdid collection of m klings
money should not cinint Mit the tiny) Director Rig Duck and mt
1$1 eiay of making it omit and Ri them rave Ku ihe tun
eventually to assume 111141110 it111)01
they wanted oven to suggesting all
lance is to put a child into a pose s is 09 ogrues th duck
thin where he is constantly made '
UO11844)118 of it 'lois had tielet played before
Maiiy Nirs Quacher's ehildren were
("dr"' g" ttluntigh uI proud of their mother She liad been
and college with a wretched sense ne ot the first to hear of this camp
(Jr a" hl inadeunacY sindilY 'wean" It had been started tmly the Pre'
theY iii ITI all untironment Minh vlintS fall When for a short date Big
Is
heYolid their means and na mat Duck had tried it out with his own
ter bow democratic the rich boY ducklings and some of their Mende
may be the poor hoy is often forced Blue Lake was looking ita hest into the Position or snob and loadY the place was as neat and tidy atil
or obliged to keep to himself The could be everyone knew what to do
orensional child who etiClleS 1111' itt order to show the parents tamp
scathed is so notch the exception life was it success They had even
that he Is apt to t an object I hearsed a play and the diving and
comluetit swimming contests were tnagnitd
-Mete aid schools !and ilotlefios cent The Ilarnti were overjoyed
aiiikaroups or ail -kinds and ta send when they tiltiVet
a boy lo one in Web he Ms seenit The lit tie ClIttkiltiKS enjoyed show
only reasioiable and dia: : hoz the clover le 11 I ftLro
Four large tents were ereeted
at the tamigrave racing plant near
Seattle Wash to accommodate
the overflow of horse shipped it
to'race LU the second legali7ed
meeting of the track Stable :pace
was exhausted when approximate
ty 700 thoroughbreds were ullttI'
ed in the meet
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Mil faillerA all Willhl CillIM to see
their dm klings
f ! It thick practiced drilling and
bis rood) at tivn les and they all telt
t heir pal cilia would be proud fir
I hem No lotiei- did they tense each
oilier as tt‘one had at first End'
dot k wanted to show how tine he
e as uh they a erf4 a Proud and
plpitd141 collection of dm klings
Camp Director Rig Dimk and We
Big thick let them have all the fun
they wanted oven to suggesting all
sorta of jolly duck games the duck-
lings had never plasved before
Nirs Quacher'n children were
proud of their mother She had been
one of the first to hear of this camp
It had been started tmly the pre' ius fall When for a short time Rik
Duck had tried it out with his ow a
ducklings and some of their Mende
Blue Lake was looking ita hest
the place was as neat and Rd? a
could be everyone knew what to (id
itt order to show the parents (Amp
life was it 811eSA They had even
rehearsed a play and the diving and
SW imming contesta were magniti
cent Tile parenta were overjoyed
a hen they til r ivet
The little ducklings enjoyed show
ing the clover new Iticks they bad
learned and even Little Yellow Beak
Will vet y happv
And liak in Puddle l'audd0 all
wero happy toa Hut Jelly bear had
4 kriging I) tAveL
al jelly Bears Trig"
There were 1026 dogs keroreled
at ihe Bayshere greyhound track
I ear San Piluwisco during the
varly tiununer meeting
BRISTOW DAILY RECORD
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crvorsts! A lthouqh he 0 OM
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welicrman teas killed
touiresne's hok9s tie at
te Eis 'Irods" one is Mgt
t the time Elfro ttreker a serrani
t t the lesirslers' employ Sir
Ii porisho Eget a ilitierra An-
te' 1 r n emit thirs tugs something
ur Ellen's tearing and
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Murder at 7Nlockitig- House
BY WALTER C BROWN
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magic or someone's been dragetne
red herrings across the snow"
red herrings across the snow"
"You mean some of tAr clues Lan)
been planted?"
'Tzactly Py the way you
haven't told me hew you made out
at Mrs Nierlock's"
'Well Mrs Dufresne's al:b! Is
Just as strong as her unsupported
word Here hs the Situation Steve
Dufresne culled up his wife about
4:341 and told her about the ambush
lie said ki Wati ife wu staying
in the Austerlitz for the night and
that there was a police guard
"She seemed greatly upset by the
news complained of a nervous head-
ache begged of attendance at Mrs
Nlorlock's dinner party and imme-
diately retired to her room
"Mena live o'clock the maid left
a tray outside her door Vi Mt ilia)
passed a little later it had been
taken in The poiet is that no one
actually saw Mrs Dufresne from
live o'clock until dm maid went up
to announce that Doyle Is as asking
to see her
'Dinner Was Serrett at seven and
W bile they WV10 dining one of the
chauffeurs gave the alarm about (be
tire in the :irage 'rho telephone
wires were strung at the back of the
garage and the 'phones went dead
right :after they'd called the Fire
Department Naturally the whole
house was in an uproar hilt what
Mrs Dufresne did no one hi the
house seeins to know"
"ritAT wouldn't take an prize as
I au alibi would it? Ilarper
asked quietly "I always thought
that when a murder was planned
the murderer usually turned up
armed with the best alibi—not the
worst Its almost a law of criminal
nature Now who would you say
had the very best alibi in this case?"
Lafferty g r I) a n e d "Sherlock
FlOimes)s in again"
that upstairs Try badgering them Harper continued with a sly
atid see what you get!" smile as thong! he had been an-
swered "You're quite right Steve
Dopaghy went on unheeding
Dufreene anti Andrews And what
"There are lots of things you don't
know about lir sergeant et Deter portions of our evidence have been
or all your snooping Ill most troublesome to place?"
tives -f'
give you a couple of hot tips and "Personally" Lafferty said "I
dare you le do something about it could get along better if I knew
"You can't question Mrs Du- nothing of the'case-that dated prior
fresne because her face is all to sundown yesterday That fellow
wrapped up in bandages Question buying the disguise months ago the
her hell you can't even get tnto crank letters the ambush those
the room Well she can talk be damned things make everytbing
cause I heard her talking to the dizzier"
doctor and talking plenty eRight again Jack Aneewhy? Be-
Here's another! Mr Dufresne cause those three events should be
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hasn't been near her since she came links in a sequence the logicaout-
back to this house last night is he come of which would have been
Dufresne's death! That's tOly I've
staying oet or is be being kept out?
If you can spare a little time from felt so uneasy about the letters—
the butler the chauffeur and the something tells me they were not
rook you might look into a few written by our deakman"
things like that going on right Lafferty nodded see The let-
under your nose" ters furnished Dufresne with his
Harper got down from tne table alibi if the letters are 'phoney'
"Donaghy I'm running this case in then the alibi—I get your drift
nip Own way Right now we're dis- Where's our next step the Auster-
cssing your part and I'm going to litz?"
tell you what I think in Main words "Not yet First we have to pay
It's for your own good a little social call on the mysterious
el am convinced you hold the housemaid Ellen Becker" Harper
key evidence in this case because took a slip of paper from his vest
you know who diet dead man was pocket 'Ellen live at 1221 West
and why he came here If you have Magnolia Street I don't think we're
accepted a bribe for your silence expected alid dOtibt if we'll be
or levied blackmail on the strength welcome
of that knowledge I warn you that "lierris faun her in a little over
you're playing with dynamite an hour" he told Lafferty "That
'Toth those murders were treacle youngster will make his mark He's
erous come-flooded affairs There got a nose for the seent as sharp
eittY have been a strong reason be as a heag:Ce"
hind the lirst killing hut Officer "Do you ex Pert her to cut and
Hamill was murdered tor one rea ran?"
son and only one—he knew the elf she knows something that's
killer's identity Any one who vie very Neely I'll be interested to see
kill and kid again to cover the first her reaction Ivhen Flie finds out who
crime can keep right on killing en we are"
long as I here is danger of discov- The police car threaded its way
through the city lanes until the
driver pulled up at the opening of
milE dark blue limousine with the a narrow street "Here you are
1 blue and gold seat r the city Sergeant" he announced The ee-
'damned on the door slipped swift ly tectires got mit and Harris etnerge4
past the snow banks that lined the : zit once from a tobacco shop on thei
emiatry road : eorner and Joined them
Harper and Lafferty had gone "Ane sign Of activilY?": Barper
over lle scene of Dufresne's am ked ' 't
bush of the day before eel' extreni 1 think so" Harris reportett
care and with the help of 011ie 'iss Hecker has been called to the
eVatson to v hom Dufresne had fir eine in that store tWiee There'
reported the knits And they hi emth so I couldn't hear What she
foam' exactly nothing whatever d but she looked excited" '
No ears had been seen no trtft Good enough Wait here for us"
had passed that could have sort 'Per directed and he and Litt-
the Meilen gunman and all trai Y turned intn the narrow street
of his hiding place had been hidd ' illy lined with neat but small
It they existed at ale by the stiov story houses They mounted -
'It looks as if were up agae tow steps at 1221 anti pulled the
an invisible man' Lafferty eishioned bell
marked hey had a wait before the door
"Make it plural" returned l' led about a foot and a middle-
per with a sharp look !Ile st I woman with Iron-gray hair
vanishes in a few minutes in A out at them suspiciously
midet of a bare fiat country But irper greeted her politely "We
must have been back in the d like to see 'Miss Ellen
almost as seem as Dufteenee vi
drove liee mad elie's Lot at home" the Woman
And then a stile' iniarter PI! red brusquely
murdered the' sniper: and eitsaee eerie111E034eti waiter C Brou'n)
from Dufresne's house without !el
Tee meiterieesoellen Becker
tug a track in the snow Either itF le
en the °spot temerrovv
Chupter
PUZZLING AMBUSH
nONAGHY stoldenly recaptured
F jaunty manner "Certainly
I yet a big roll of bills a regular
t-:ize stake
"What of It? There wasn't any
money missing was there? I didn't
lt on the horses That's just a
yarn I pitched to nosey John to
makes his eyes pop This Is money
I've saved up frem my wages and
rni not trusting it to any bank
Now it you went to count it or
wti! down the numhers or look for
tinarprints on it it all right whit
tee"
Harper waved aside the mocking-
ly offered wallet ''So you carry your
hard-earped savings around with
yott yet you borrow 1mall sums of
Dooley from your fellow aervants
to It you over to the next pay-
day? must say I like the horse
story bettel Doliaghy!''
This time the cbauffeur's temper
blew up "I don t give a damn what
you like or don't like" he sputtered
'it's my buliness If you think
youve got anything On me go ahead
and make the pinch You can't bluff
me and you're net going to hang
anything on 111( either by hanging
around the kitchen and wheedling
gossip out of the help
"Put the screws to the servants
make 'eni jump through hoops when
you crack the whip Ask anything
we've got to ar3wer But I haven't
heard you making any noises like
that upstairs Try badgering them
and see what you get!"
Donaghy went on unheeding
"There are lots of things you don't
know about Mr Sergeant of Detec-
tives - for all your snooping I'll
give you a couple of bot tips and
dare you to do something about it
"You can't question Mrs' Du-
fresne because her face is all
wrapped up in bandages Question
her hell you can't even get Into
the room Well site can talk be-
cause I heard her talking to the
doctor and talking plenty
lrere's another! Mr Dufresne
hasn't been near her since she came
back to this house last night is he
staYing trt or is he being kept out?
If you can spare a little lime from
the butler the chauffeur and the
rook you might look into a few
things like that going on right
ander your nose"
Harper got down from the table
"Donaghy I'm running this case In
nip own way Right now we're dis-
cussing your part and I'm going to
tell you what I think in plain words
It's for your own good
"I am convinced you hold the
key evidence in this ease because
you know who that dead man was
and why he came here If you have
accepted a bribe for your silence
or levied blackmail on the strength
of that knowledge I warn you that
you're playing with dynamite
'Toth those murders were treacle 3
emus cold-blooded affairs There t
may have been a strong reason be
hind the lirst killing hut Officer
Hamill was in tor one rea v
son and only one—he knew the
killer's identity Any one who twill
kill and kill again to cover the first I
crime can keep right on killing en v
long as I here is danger of discod
pry I
MN 9 1911
John W Wavis or West Vir-
ginia was nominated for the pres-
idency by the democratic conven-
tion on the 103rd ballot in Madi-
son Square Garden New York
-Witt lethe democrats were JuW-
lant overtheirsclection-of a par-
ty noniinee the White House wai
in mourning Funeral
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TALES OF 10 YEARS AGO
01A60VOmagesIaIdiVeaValaseiNsaleenVeamoiWodisealesernaVol
for Calvin Coolidge i si of
the president were held in Ver-
mont Oklahnina State league was
disbanded! Bristow's club of the
league folded up and local officials
were planning to sell the players
and try to get enough money to
square off all debts
Associated 'less dispan:h IrCrn
Reduced almost to
desocrolion Su 71 iv abalto to erardi
the Inlimterp of the murderer it ho
shtd a policentan Mitt 0 stranoer
1erre lIntresne's house t4e (wont
ildrocr suddenly finds the frail of
1:11r4 Beate the mop who lett tho
)) otresnes about the time 00 Serif
mom:Triomf events beonn which
preceded the troocdo Jlacper and
his assistant Lafferty are fulking
IL Ellen's wolf
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Chapter 42
BECKER TALKS
"WE'RE from Police Headquar-
tern" said Harper "Are you
Mrs Sutton? Well Mrs Sutton we
happen to know that Mies Decker
Is at home It would be much wiser
if site saw us Much wiser"
To assist Mrs Sutton make tbe
correct decision Lafferty casualiy
put a sturdy foot across the sill
"Oh all right come in She's
upstairs I thought you were bill
collectors There's some mistake
though Eitel' has been home for
months looking after me"
"If there has been a mistake we
can soon put It straight Will you
ask her to come down please?"
The detectives were ushered into
a dark stuffy parlor OM probably
had its twilight atmosphere even
ell the brightest days They heard
the elderly woman's slow tread as
she mounted the stairs
"There's something' In it"
ferty whispered "Did you notice her
face when she found out who we
were?"
Harper nodded A lighter step
was coming down the staircase
Then the curtains rustled and Miss
Elien Becker faced them
"Miss Pecker?"
"Yes What do you want please?"
''We are from Police Headquar-
ters I am Sergeant Harper of the
Demicide Bureau J am in charge
of the murder case at Mr Pierre
Dufresne's house You've heard
about that?"
"Yes" echoed Miss Becker "I
read about it in the papers today"
We came to ask you some ques-
tions about your period of sertice
there Why did you leave Mr Du-
fresne's employment last Novem-
ber?" '
"My aunt was very sick and need-
ed constant loolti:z after so I gave
notice and came home I haven't
been near Mr Dufresne's house
since"
Harper looked at ben "Still tale
lug care of your aunt?"
Elleusface darkened "SIN'S well
now but jobs are hard to get"
"If you left Mr' Dufresu'i's of
your own avcord why dön't you ap-
ply for your old job? They haven't
hired any one In your plate'
"I'd rather get a lob Where I can
live 'at home"
"Miss Becker" Harper continued
"you'deny then that you have been
advised to go Into biding for a
while?"
The detective's chance shot based
on Harris' report of the telephone
messages certainly struck home
"'Why er—of course" she stam-
mered with apparent effort
"You were not by any chance
packing to go away when we ar-
rived?" "No! Where would I be going? I
live here" But her voice was tell
unsteady
"In that case you won't mind if
we just take a quick look at your
room Jack see to it!"
AFFERTY was off like a shot
In a moment there Issued loud
veices filen upslairs awl Lafferty
came hurrying down again
"She was packed to go all right"
he accused "When I rustled up the
old lady was stuffing things hack
in the bureaus and closets as last
as she could"
"Ilai" exclaimed Harper "now
the cat's out of the bag I give you
your choice of two things You CH n
talk to 118 or you can come along
to Headquarters There's a car
waiting on the corner"
Ellen broke down quick fright
PIP-d sohm shaking her body "I
didn't do anything wrong" she
walled
Harper answered stonily "hut
you are holding hack information
Why did you :leave the Dutreenes?
Because some one found It worth
while to get you out of the house?"
Ellen Becker reeigned herself to
the Inevitable aud nodded
Harper leaned forward tense and
eager "Who has been paYing you
the bush-tnoney?"-
"Mrs Dufresne!"
' Harper leaned Inset "Tell us es-
actly what happened"
Ellen Beater daubed ber fin-
gers "At was right after the house
was opened last aitumn" she be-
gan "The family were at the apart
meat while we got things ready
1 wee cleaning the hearth In the
breakfast-room There was a brass
era standing by the tireplace tilled
with white tend
Cal—Charles
a negro charged with a statittoly
crime fought his case but he got
tired of waiting for the Jury to
return a verdict After the Jury
had been out fourteen hours and
while it was still delitaTating he
pleaded guilty
City councilmen were much con-
cerned over a report of the state
dairy officer after an impection
here that showed Bchtow milk
was below standard They weie
scratching their heads and trylog
to fini e out a way to get a clean
MONDAY JULY 9 1934
01 saw a bit of paper sticking up
and when I picked at it 1 stw that
it Wag part of a cigarette stub I
pushed the sand around and found
u lot of them hurled there I thought
that was strange because we'd only
opened the house a few days hefore
and hadn't used the breakfast-room
at all
"1 poked a little deeper In the
sand and found a slip of paper
buried down one side I read it"
"Was the writing that of a man
or a woman?" Lafferty asked
'1 couldn't tell All the words
were printed and there was no date
and no signature It said: Will ex-
pect you at the usual time That
was all I took it upstairs and showed
It to Mrs Dufresne She turned
white when she read it She kept
me there nearly an hoar while she
walked op and down the room Pi
nails she suggested that if my aunt
was in need of nursing I could go
home for a while and sho would
continue to send ine IH wes I did
and she has" was 1:11en ileckers
terse conclusion
-Do you realize that was prac-
tically blackmail?"
11EN shook her head "It was
Mrs Deresne's idea I didn't
ask her for anything Why shouldn't
avitept it? it ‘vas the first time
ill my it ever got something tor
nothing Noliody"s gointl: to die anti
leave me a million" she said bit
terY
Harper stirred himself "I think
you'd better come along with us to
Dufresne's house We'll have to get
to the bottom a this story"
'No—no—please! I can't go hark
there!"
"So there's more to the story?
Out with it—all of it this time!"
Ellen's next statement came only
after a visible struggle "Two days
later" she continued "I found an-
other note In the sante plaee It was
printed just like the tither it said:
The ante place and you'd borer
come this time' The last 'tart was
underlined While I Vias looking at
this note with the sand spread out
cn a paper Mr Dufresne walked in
' 'He wanted to know what I was
doing there and I had to show htin
the note lie carried on verse :ban
Mrs Dufresne Ile asked me all
kinds of questions and talked so
wild I was afraid of him
"I told him I was leaving to take
care of tfty aunt Then he calmed
down all at once but be made me
swear to say nothing about the note
to any one Be promised that I
wouldn't lose by it"
Berner leaped up "Well I'll be
datimed" he cried "you've got the
nerve to sit there and calmly admit
you've been taking money from both
of them?"
Ellen turned sullen before his an-
ger "But what could I do? Band
back his money and tell him I was
already being paid to keep quiet?
What good would that have done?
Besides I was afraid of him I was
afraid to tell hint anything"
"Can't you see that you were
spreading dynamite around in that
house?' Harper burst out "For a
few paltry dollars You were
to see a whole household brow en 11P
No svontkr youre afraid to go hack
there and repeat your story Who
warned you to run away—Mr Du-
fresne or Mitt Ihifrener
1 won't tell It not going to saY
another word" Ellen's voice grew
shrill ''l want to see a lawyer"
"Come on" said 1nfferty "let's
trot twit down to Headquarters
Shell tali there twitter she NVat14
10 or not ity that 'lino tweJ
a lawyer!"
The sinister tone pried the girl
loome from tho Io4 hold on lier ret
icence "Neither tote' she adoot
led sullenly "It tAas Joe Ditmcj1Y
ho called mc"
Harper's eyes glittered with re-
newed interest "So Jou was in on
this? lie knows all about those
deals?"
''Only about 'Mrs thitrelow'
COtt lesseil
guess you call yourselves sweet-
hearts" Lafferty sneered "A tine
pair of losers you are"
"Never mind that now Jaek"
Harper interrupted then turning
to the girl "What Old he tell Yoa
over the 'phone?"
''He said it looked like things
might break ss'ide open up there at
the house and that if they did it
would be a good idea for nie to be
missing"
"You're holding out on its again
You two have itetm tit kilo this
game together! We keoN thotasity'S
been bleeding these peeple too be-
cause be's sou ung a big roll et
(Cowigit vo 4 be ivat:cr C Brown)
But whore asks ar per tamer
row dote Elien's videnoe lead
er simply of milk
It bear the Pirie acid was
ivied by noire (Ilan 25000 farm-
ers in 28 iitates to clear 250000
avre!i iif land and to retnove
itutops from 4b1ut 86000 acres
according to the Anwrivan Chernt-
cal 1odetY
Farmers throughout the North-
east ilitrict of Oklahoma were
having it most prosperous fruit
season and expeeted to offer de-
ciddly good crops to the in arkot
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