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"After office Hours--half past five, 'quarter to six, Came up in the sub-| © 7 Shoal fngonent ; of the of et Odell and that h closet while a strarie, Markiam ridicules' of being out! Ee ong out! in for Miss CHAPTER 3 XXXI1v., Mannix took his time. It was a full minute before he spoke, and then it was to put anothe question. "Haven't I got a right to call on a lady--haven't 1?" "Certainly, Therefore, why should 'a question about so obviously correct and irreproachable an episod: make you uneasy?" "Me uneasy?" Maniix, with con- « siderable effort, produced a grin, "I'm Just wondering what you got in your mind, asking me about my private affairs." "I'll tell you, Miss Odell was mur- dered at about midnight Monday. No one came or went through the front door of the house, and the side door was locked. The only way any one coald have entered her apartment was by way of Apartment 2; and nobody who knew Miss Odell ever visited Apartment 2 except yourself." At these words Marnix leasad over the table, grasping the edge of it with both hands for support. His eyes were wide and his scnsua: lips hung open. But it was nit fear that one read in his attitude; it was sheer amaze- ment. He sat for a moment staring at Vance, stunned and incredulous. 'That's what you think, is it? No one could've got in -: out except by Apartment 2, because the side door was locked?" He gave a short, vicious laugh. "If that side door didn't hap- pen to be locked Monday night, where'd I stand then--huh? Where'd I stand?" "I rather thing you'd stand with us --with the district attorney." Vance was watching him like a cat. "Sure I would!" spat Mannix." And let me tell you something, my friend: that's just where I stand--absolute- Iy!" He swung heavily about and faced Markham. "I'm a good fellow, ¥' understand, but I've kept my mouth shut long enough, . . . That side door wasn't locked Monday night. And I know who sneaked out of it five min- utes to twelve!" "Ca marche!" murmured Vance, re- seating himself and calmly lighting a cigaret. Markham was too astonished to speak at once; and Heath sat stock- still, his cigar half-way to his mouth. At length Markhum leaned back and folded his arms. "I think you'd better tell us the whole story, Mr, Mannix." His voice held a quality which made the request an imperative. Mannix, too, settled back in his chair, 'Oh, I'm going to tell it--beliete me, I'm going to tell it. You had the right idea. I spent the evening with Miss Frisbee. No harm in that, though." "What time did you go there?" way, got off at 72nd, and walked over." "And you entered the house through the front door?" "No. I walked down the alleyway and went in che side door, like I gen- erally do. It's nobody's business who I call on, and what the telephone operator in the front hall don't know don't hurt him." i i sigh tiouble wi ar hei king "That's all right so far," observed | Odell. Heath. "The janitor didm't bolt the side door until after six." "And did you stay the entire eve- ning, Mr. Mannix?" asked Markham. #"Sare--till just before midnight. Miss Frisbee cooked the dinmer, and I'd brought along a bottle of wine. Social little party--just the two of us, And I didn't go outside the apartment, understand, until five minutes to twelve. You can get the lady down here and ask her. I'll call her up now land tell her to explain the exact situa- tion about Monday night. I'm not asking you to, take my word for it-- positively nof Markham made a gesture dismiss- ing the suggestion. "What took place at five minutes to twelve?" Mannix hesitated, as if loath to come to the point, "I'm a good fellow, y' understand. And a friend's a friend, But--I ask you--is that any reason why I should get in wrong for something 1 didn't have absolutely nothing to do with?" He waited for an answer, but re- ceiving none, continued. "Sure, I'm right. Anyway, here's what happened. As I said, I was call- ing on the lady. But I had another date for later that night; so a few 9 ' minutes before midnight 1 said good- bye and started to go. "Just as I opened the door I saw some one sneaking away from the Canary's apartment down the little back hall to the side door. There was a light in the hall, and the door of Apartment 2 faces that side door. I saw the fellow as plain as I see you-- positively as plain." "Who was it?" : "Well, if you got to know, it was Pop Cleaver." Markham"s head jerked slightly. "What did you do then?" "Nothing, Mr. Markham--nothing at all, I didn't think much about it, y understand. I knew Pop was chas- ing after the Canary, and I just sup- posed he'd been calling on her. But I didn't want Pop to see me--none of his business where I spend my time. So I waited quietly till he went out--" 'By the side door?" "Sure, Then I went out the same way. I was going to leave by the front door, because I knew the side door was always locked at night. But when I saw Pop go out that way, I gaid to myself I'd do the same." No sense giving your business away to a telephone operator if you haven't got to--no sense at all. So I went out the same way I came in. Picked up a taxi on Broadway, and went--" "That's enough!' Again Vance's command cut him short. "Oh, all hight--all right." Mannix seemed content to end his statement = you know that is the ideal place to spend the winter--you may not Eiie snd Gre Canyon Livin know the best way to get there California ted or on the Navajo, Scout and Feed Harvey diving Servis fs another distinge #6 coyemihe dndiansdetour and OO Grand Canyon National Park Escorted all-expense toura on certain et Petra ond March #:T. Hendry, . Pass. Dept., Santa Fe Ry. pa i A I wanted to do the right --giving you a valuable tip "Did you see any one else that night in the halls or alleyway?" 'Nobody--absolutely nobody." "Did you hear any one in the Odell apartment--any one speaking or mov- ing about, perhaps?" - "Didn't hear a thing" Mannix shook his head emphatically. "And you're certain of {:e time you saw Cleaver go out--five minutes to twelve?" "Positively. I looked at my watch, and 1 sald to the lady: 'I'm leaving the same day I came; it won't be to- morrow for five minutes yet," Markham went over his story point by point, attempting by various means to make him admit more than he had already told. But Mannix neither added to his statement nor modified it in any detail; and after half an hour's cross-examination he was permitted to "We've found one missing piece of the puzzle at any rate," commented Vance. "I don't see mow just how it fits into the complete pattern, but it's helpful and suggestive. And I say, how beautifully my intuition about Mannix was verified, don't y' know!" "Yes, of course--your precious in- tuition," Markham looked at his scep- tically. "Why did you shut him up twice when he was trying to tell me something?" "I simply can't tell you, old dear. Awfully sorry, and all that." His was whimsical, but Markham knew that at such times Vance was at heart most serious, and he did not press the question: I could not help wondering if Miss La Fosse realized just how secure she had been in putting her faith in Vance's in- tegrity. Heath had been considerably. shaken by Mannix's story. "I don't savvy that side door being locked," he ¢ 1. "How the hell 'did it get bolted aglin on the inside after Mannix went out? And who unbolted it after six o'clock?" "In good time, my sergeant, all things will be revealed," said Vance. "Maybe--and maybe not. But if we do find out, you can take it from me that the answer'll be Skeel. He's the bird we gotta get the goods on. Clea- ver is mo expert jimmy artist; and neither is Mannix." "Just the same, there was a very capable technician on hand that night, and it wasn't your friend the Dude-- though he was probably the Donatello who sculptured open the jewel-case." "A pair of em was there? That's your theory, is it, Mr. Vance? You said that once before; and I'm not saying you're wrong. But if we can hang any part of it on Skeel, we'll make him come across as to who his pal was." 5 "It wasn't a pal, Sergeant," said Vance. "It was move likely a stran- ger." (To be continued.) ----------p-------- LIFE AND LOVE One of the very fundamental prin- ciples of life is so much love, 8p much love in return; so much love, $0 much growth; so much love, so much power; so much love, so much life-- strong, healthy, rich, exulting, and abounding lite, The world is begin- ning to realize the fact that love, in- stead of being a mere indefinite some- thing, is a vital and living force, the same as electricity is a force, though perhaps of a different nature. 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