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jfggtrr»Jt't*MriTirrr r . feLt •, •. A STIRRING TALE OF MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE. "Slowly, remorselessly, he bent her heed backward until she feared her neck would snap. Into her terror-stricken mind leaped the sadden conclusion that resistance to this beast was futile; she must outwit him with her brains. Suddenly relaxing herself, she slipped to the granite floor on her knees. * " 'Please, please' she begged. 'I give in senor, I fire In.* "But as she spoke her right hand closed about a square jagged bit of rock." ' This is Stella Donovan, New York newspaper woman, sent to Colorado to unravel a strange murder mystery. A very capable young woman indeed--and as lovable as capable. Of course there's a hero worthy of such a girl. He's Jim Weat« eott, a Colorado miner, partner of the New Yorker believed to have been piurdered. And he needs all his nerve and backbone and Western efficiency to save the girl and himself from their many perils at the hands of a band of city crooks and wilderness bad men. In short, this story is one of Randall Parrish's best--end that's saying a good deal. fled back Into the halt, crashing the door behind him. Ten minutes later he returned, not nlone, however. This time his com patched a casual, courteous note to John Cavendish requesting that he call, Mr. Patrick Enright, of Enright und Dougherty, sat lh his private office panio'n was John Cavendish but par- >*i the top tioor of the Coilnnder bulld- MiA'-.S' r , CHAPTER I Th# Reaching of a Decision. * For the second time that night Frederick Cavendish, sitting at a small table in a busy cafe where the night life of the city streamed continually <dn and out regarded the telegram spread out upon the white napery. It read: "Bear Creek, Colorado, 4-2-5. "Frederick Cavendish, College Club, New York City. "Found big lead; lost It again. Need you badly. Westcott. For the second time that night, too, a picture rose before him. a picture of great plains, towering mountains, and open spaces that spoke of the freedom j and health of outdoor living. He had known that life once before, when he and Jim Westcott had prospected and ' hit the trail together, and its appeal to him now after three years of shallow sightseeing In the city was deeper than ever. "Good old Jim," he murmured, "struck pay-dirt fit last only.to lose It and he needs me. By George, I think ' ril go." And why should he not? Only twenty-nine, he could still afTord to spend a few years in search of living. His fortune left him at the death of his father was safely Invested, and he had no close friends in the city and no relatives, except a cousin, John Cavendish, for whom he held no love, and little regard. • He had almost determined upon going to Bear Creek to meet Westcott, and was jailing for his check when his attention was arrested by a noisy party of four that boisterously took seats at a near-by. table. Cavendish recognized the two women as members of the chorus of Ihe prevailing Revue, ' one of them Celeste La Rue, an aggressive blonde with thin lips and a ; metallic voice, whose name Was synonymous with midnight escapades and flowing wine. His contemptuous smile at the sight of them deepened into a disgusted sneer when he saw that one of the men was John Cavendish, his cousin. The two men's eyes met, and the younger, a slight, mild-eyed youth with a listless chin, excused himself and presented himself at the elder's table. "Won't you Join us?" he said nervously. Frederick Cavendish's trim, bearded Jaw tightened and he shook h?s head. "They are not my people," he said shortly, then retreating, begged, "John, 'when are you going to cut that sort outr "You make me weary!" the boy mapped. "It's easy enough for you to talk when you've got all the money ---that gives you an excuse to read me moral homilies every time I ask you for a dollar, but Miss La Rue is as good as any one of your friends any day." The other controlled himself. "What Is It you want?" he demanded directly. "Money? If so, how much? "A hundred will do," the younger <Mn said eagerly. "I lost a little on cards lately, and have to borrow. Tonight I met the girl " Frederick Cavendish silenced him and tendered him the bills. "Now," he said gravely, "this is the last, unless you cut out such people as Celeste La Rue and others that you train with. I'm tired of paying bills for your inane extravagance and parties. I can curtail your income and what's more, I *111 unless you change." For a moment the dissipated youth surveyed fits cousin, then an angry .flush mounted into his pasty face. "You--you--" he stuttered, "--you j, go to hell." Without another word . the elder C*v endish summoned the waiter, paid the bill, and \Valked toward the door. John started after him, a smile of derision on his face. He had heard Cavendish threaten before. When Frederick Cavendish reached the street and the fresh night air raced through his lungs he came to a . midden realization and then a resolution. The realization was that since / further pleading would avail nothing with John Cavendish, he needfed a lesson. The resolution was to give it to him. He turned the matter over in his jplnd as he walked along until reflection was ended by the doors of the College club which appeared abruptly " Slid took him in their swinging circle. Be went immediately to the writing- . room, laid aside his things and sat down. The first thing to do. he decided, was to obtain an attorney and consult him regarding the proper steps. J"or no other reason than that they had met occasionally In the corridor "'lie thought of Patrick Enright fniiiny a page boy, he asked that Enright be located if possible. Fifteen minutes passed before Enright appeared. 1 take it yon are Mr. Cavendish," he said, advancing, "and that you are In Immediate need of an attorney's counsel." Cavendish nodded, shook hands, and motioned him into a chair. "I have been called suddenly out of town, Mr. Enright," he explained, "and for certain reasons which need not be disclosed I deem it necessary to execute a will. I am the only son of the late William Huntington Cavendish; also his sole heir, and in the event of my death without a will, the property would descend to my only known relative, a cousin, John Cavendish." The lawyer nodded. Of young Cavendish he evidently knew. "Because of his dissolute habits I have decided to dispose of a large portion of my estate elsewhere In case of my early death. I have here a rough draft of what I want done." He showed the paper. "All that I require Is that it be transposed into legal form." Enright took the paper and read it carefully. The bulk of the $1,000,000 Cavendish estate was willed to charitable organizations, and a small allowance, a mere pittance, was provided for John Cavendish. Afte§" a few inquiries the attorney said: "You do not mind waiting a moment?" Cavendish shook his head, and rising, the attorney disappeared In the direction of the office. Cavendish heaved a sign of relief; now he was free, absolutely free, to do as he chose. His disappearance would mean nothing to his small circle of casual friends, and when he was settled elsewhere he could notify the only two men who were concerned with his whereabouts--his valet, Valols, and the agent handling the estate. Enright returning found him with pen In hand. "A trifling task," the attorney smiled easily. "All ready for your signature, too. You sign there, the second line. But wait--we must have witnesses,' Simms, the butler, and the doorman were called In and wrote their names to the document and then withdrew, after which Enright began folding it up carefully. "I presume you leave this in my care?" he asked shortly. Cavendish shook his head: "I think not. I prefer holding It myself in case it Is needed suddenly. I shall keep my rooms, and my man Yalois will remain there Indefinitely." The attorney watched him disappear. Suddenly he struck the' table with one hand. "By God!" he muttered, "Fll have to see this thing a little further." Wheeling suddenly, he walked to a telephone booth, called a number and waited impatiently several moments before he said In Intense subdued tones: "Is this Carlton's cafe? Give me Jackson, the head-waiter. Jackson, Is Mr. Cavendish -- John Cavendish--there? Good! Call him to the phpne, will you, Jackson? It's Important." tially dressed, his features white and haggard. With nervous hands he pushed open the door. At the sight of the body he trembled a moment, then, mastering himself, strode over and touched the dead face, the other meanwhile edging into the room. "Dead, sir, really dead?" the late comer asked. , Cavendish nodded: "For several hours," he answered te an unnatural voice. "He must have been struck from behind. Robbery evidently was the object--cold-blooded robbery. You heard nothing during the night?" "Nothing, sir. I swear I knew nothing until I opened the door and saw the body a few moments ago." "You'd better stick to your story, Valols," the other said sternly. "The police will be here shortly. I'm going to call them, now." He was calm, efficient, self-contained now as he got central station upon the wire and began talking. "Hello, lieutenant? Yes. This is John Cavendish of the Waldron apartments speaking. My cousin, Frederick Cavendish, has been found dead in his room and his safe rifled. Nothing has been disturbed. Please hurry." Perhaps half an hour later the police came--two bull-necked plain-clothes men and a flannel-mouthed "cop." With them came three reporters, one of them a woman. She was a young woman, plainly dressed and, though she could not be called beautiful, there was a certain patrician prettiness In her small, oval, womanly face with Its gray kind eyes, its aquiline nose, Its firm lips and determined jaw, a certain charm In the manner In which her chestnut hair escaped occasionally from under her trim hat. Young, aggressive, keen of mind and tireless, Stella Donovan was one of the few good Woman reporters of the city and the only one the Star kept upon its pinched pay-roll. Though her customary assignments were "sob" stories, divorces, society events and the tracking down of succulent bits of general scandal, she nevertheless enjoyed being upon the scene of the murder even though she was not assigned to It. This casual duty was for Willis, the Star's "police" man, who dragged her along with him for momentary company. A flood of questions came down upon Valols and John Cavendish, while Miss Donovan, silent and watchful, stood back. Valols repeated his experience, which was corroborated In part by the testimony of John Cavendish's valet whom he had met and talked with In the hall. There was no flaw In the stories to which the Inquisitors could attach suspicion. One thing, alone seemed to Irritate Willis. "Are you sure," he said to Cavendish, "that the dead man Is your cousin? The face and chest are pretty badly burned, you know, and I thought perhap! A laugh from the detectives silenced him, while Cavendish ended any fleeting doubts with a contemptuous gar.e. "You can't fool a man on his own cousin, youngster," he said flatly. "The Idea is absurd." The same day, joung John, eager to be away from the scene, moved his belongings to the Falrmount hotel, andt ing in Cortlandt street waiting for the youth's appearance. Since young Cavendish had consulted, him before in minor matters, Mr. Enright had expected that he would call voluntarily soon after the murder*, but in this he was disappointed. Realizing that Broadway was very dear to the young tnan, Enright had made allowances, until, weary of waiting, he decided to get Into the game himself and to this end had dispatched the note, to which Cavendish had replied both by telephone and note. "He ought to be here now," murmured Mr. Enright sweetly, looking at his watcli, and soon the expected visitor was ushered in. Arising to his feet the attorney extended a moist, pudgy hand. "Quite prompt, John," he greeted. "Take the chair there--and pardon me for a moment." , As the youtfrcomplled Enright opened, the door, glanced Into the outer room, and gave orders not to be disturbed for the next half-hour. Then, drawing in his head, he closed the door and turned the key. "John," he resumed smoothly, "I' have been somewhat surprised that you failed to consult mte earlier regarding the will of your late cousin Frederick. "His--his will!" John leaned forward amazed, as he stared Into the other's expressionless face. "Did--did he leave one?" / . "Oh! that's it," tto Attorney, chuckled. "You didn't know about It, did you? How odd. On the night of his death I drew up his will. Incident ally, I am the only one living aware tha.t such a will was drawn. You see my position?" Young Cavendish didn't; this was all strange, confusing. "The will," resumed Mr. Enright, was drawn in proper form and duly witnessed." There can't be such a will. None was found." "Possibly not," said Enright with quiet, sinister gravity. "It was probably destroyed and It was to gain possession of the will that Frederick Cavendish was killed." Jotm^Jeaped to his feet, his face blooJpl: "My God!" he muttered ngliawC "do you mean to say " "Sit down, John; this Is no cause for quarrel. Now listen. I am not accusing you of crime; not intentional crime, at least If an accident happened, -that was your misfortune. I merely mention these tilings because I am your friend. Such friendship led me first to inform you what had happened over the phone. I realized that Frederick's hasty determination to devise his property elsewhere waB the result of a quarrel. I believed It my duty to give you opportunity to patch that quarrel up with the least possible delay. VI have, It Is true, performed an unprofessional act which, If known, would expose me to severe criticism, There is, however, no taint of criminal intent upon my conduct and, no doubt, my course would be fully vindicated, were I now to go directly before the us arrive ai a perfectly satisfactory understanding." "You mean that you will maintain silence as to the talll?" "Absolutely; as a client your Interests will always be ray first concern. Of course I shall expect to represent you in a legal capacity In settling up the estate, and consequently feel it only just that the compensation for such services shall be Jnutually agreed upon." „ f' v "And your fee?" 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One morning In a Nevada desert I sat watching a moving mirage show its scenes--picture after picture. Occasionally one to right or left In front of or behind the preceding one. Some were retained In place much longer than others; they were brought closer and shown or rcshown farther back. Oue scene wa3 of two covered wagons with three or four loose horses. They moved along two dim wheel court and testify to the existence of a I tracks, round an nrroyo and across The early light of dawn stealing in faintly through the spider-web of the fire escape ladder, found a partially open window on the third floor of the Waldron apartments, and began slowly to brighten the walls of the room within. It was a large apartment, furnished soberly and in excellent taste. Wealth and comfort were everywhere manifesto Yet, as the light lengthened, the surroundings evidenced disorder. One chair lay overturned, a porcelain vase had fallen from off the table-top to the floor and scattered into fragments. Back of the table a small safe embedded in the wall stood with, its door wide open, its inner drawer spiptered as with a knife blade and hanging half out, and below It a riffle of papers, many of them apparently legal documents. But the one object across which the golden beams of light felt as though In soft caress was the motionless figure of a man lying upon his back beside the table near the drapeless window. A blow from behind had evidently crushed his skull and though the face was seared and burned, though the curtain's - partial ashes covered more than a half of It, though the eye-lashes above the sightless eyes were singed and the trim beard burned to black stubs, the face gave mute evidence of being that of Frederick Cavendish. The door at the end of the bookcase opened noiselessly and a man, smooth faced, his hair brushed low across hit forehead, stepped quietly In. As hif eyef surveyed the grewsome object by the table, they dilated with horror; then his whole body stiffened and he 1 "You'd Batter 8tick to - Valols." Yout Story, since no will was found In the dead man's papers, the entire estate came to him as the next of kin. A day* or two later the body was interred In the family lot beside the father's grave, and the night of the funeral young John Cavendish dined at an out-of-theway road-house with a blonde with a hard metallic voice. Her name was Miss Celeste La Rue. ' And the day following he discharged Francois Valols without apparent cause, In a sudden burst of temper. So seemingly, the curtain fell on the last act of the play. CHAPTER H, Mr! Enright Declare*' Himself. One month after the Cavendish murder and two days after he had dl»- wlll." "But that could not be proved. It has never been found." "Quite true--or rather, It may have been found and destroyed. It chances, however, that I took the precaution to make a curbon copy." "Unsigned?" "Yes, but along with this unsigned copy I also retain the original memo, randa furnished me In Frederick Cavendish's own handwriting. I believe, from a legal standpoint, by the aid of my evidence, the court would be very apt to hold such a will proved." He leaned suddenly forward, facing the shrinking Cavendish and bringing his hand down hard upon the desk. "Do you perceive now what thia will means? Do you realize Where such testimony would place you? Undfcr the law, providing he d>«d without a will, you were the sole heir to the property of Frederick Cavendish. It was widely known you were not on friendly terms. The evening of his death you quarreled openly in a public restaurant. Later, in a spirit of friendship, I called you up and said he had made a will practically disinheriting you. Between that time and the next morning he Is tnurdered In his own apartments, his safe rifled, and yet the only paper missing Is this will, to the existence of which I can testify. If suspicion Is once cast upon you, how can you clear yourself? Can you prove that you were In your own apartments, asleep In your own bed from one o'clock until eight? Answer that." Cavendish tried, but although his lips moved, they gave utterance to no sound. Enright scarcely gave him opportunity. "So, the words won't opme. I thought not. Now, listen. No living person--not even my partner--has been informed of what has occurred. The witnesses,T am sure, did not know the nature of the paper they signed. Frederick Cavendish had this will executed lh a moment of anger and devised his estate to a number of charities. He had no thought of Immediate death, but merely desired to teach you a lesson. He proposed to disappear--or at least, that Is my theory--In order that he might test you on a slender Income. I am able to look upon the whole matter from this standpoint, and base my conduct accordingly. 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