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’ , Alalt Al 2l 1 " /IC1COScaay "And you thought the crisis had gome, and so, Mrs. Raynor, that afterâ€" meon you shot him so that he couldn‘t Cestroy that wili. Butâ€"he had already "How do you know?" "Because it camnot be found. And who else would make away with it? Burely you wouldn‘tâ€"nor his sisterâ€" mor could any one want that wil} destroyed. "Ah, you thought your little tiffs «ere not overheard, did you? But Miss Raynor happened to be passing your doorâ€"and as you had both raised your voicesâ€"or at any rate, Mr. Rayâ€" mnor hadâ€"she heard him sayâ€"*" "Passing the door! She was eavesâ€" «dropping, as usual. Very well, he did say that." "Not a quarrel, Mr. Dobbins, but my husband had been unusually angry at me." "I‘ve settled that will business to my own satisiaction," saim Dobbins sternly. "I believe, Mr#. Raynor, that the day your husband was killed you had a very unusually severe quarrel, had you not?"" "Now, now, Mr. Detective," the old man said, "this lady‘s all stirred up ever nothin‘, 1 don‘t know 2 thing about what she‘s speakin‘ of." "I give this man over to you, Mr. Dobbins," she said, excitedly; "he witâ€" nessed the will my husband made in my favor, and he has it nowâ€"conâ€" eealed somewhere. He stolo itâ€"I don‘t know whyâ€"but 1 want you to find out all about it." Sure enough the detective was comâ€" ing toward them, evidently in search of Mrs. Raynor. hat he threatened to destroy the will e had made in your favor." "How did.you know that?" and Nan ecked truly astounded. "Ah, you thought your little tiffs ere not overheard, did you? But Aiss Raynor hapvened to be pnassin@ 4 CHAPTER 1X.â€"(Con‘d.) * "Well, don‘t ever do it again‘" Nan frowned at him severely. "1 refuse to submit to your blackmailing schemeâ€" for that is what it is. But I shatl reâ€" peat your conversation to the detective and he will make further inquiries. 1 know, Grimshaw Gannon, 1 know that you witnessed that will and that you now know where it is. And you‘ll be made to give it up! Here comes Mr. Dobbins now!" I‘ve forgotten 1 ever had any nerves ® BEGIN HERE TODAY. Douglas Rayno: is found shot through the heart in the early evening on the floor of the sun room of Flower Acres, his Long island home. Standâ€" ing over the (ead man, pistol in hand, is Malcolm Finley, former sweetheart of Raynotr‘s wife, Nancy. Eva Turner, Raynor‘s nurse, stands by the light switch. In a moment Naney .»nn,] whiteâ€"faced and terrified. _ Orville Kent, Naney‘s brother, comes in from the south side of the room. And then EFzra Goddard, friend of Finley; Miss Mattie, Raynor‘s sister, and others, enter upon the scene. Detective Dobâ€" bins heads the police invelti‘:fion. Lionel Raynor, son of Douglas Raynor by first marriage, comes to claim his futher‘s estate. Now Nancy accuses CGrimshaw Gannon, a hired man, of ! witnessing another will her husband| made out in her favor. l NOW GO ON wWITH THE STORY ‘But on that day he was so angry ISSUE No. 29â€"‘29 99 U <JAPAN TEA > You wiil derive far more satisfaction from SALADA T ’i"m ‘iu em’.ui police invuti‘:fion. on of Douglas Raynor e, comes to claim his Now Nancy accuses on, a hired man, of ier will her husband ‘Fresh from the gardens‘ _ "Proof nothing! You pick up a measly parcel of rubbish and you Jump to a conclusion! Has any one ever seen Mrs. Raynor ever so slightly under the influence of a drug?" "Never!" said Orville Kent. "Where‘s that nurse person?" asked "1 don‘t blame you for getting wrathy, Mr. Finley," Dobbins said, looking at him almost benignly, "and I‘m mighty sorry myself to say anyâ€" thing against the lady, but here‘s the _ "It may do nothing of the sort!" Maleolm Finley exploded. "How dare you aceuse Mrs. Raynor of that?" "What have you to say?" demanded Dobbins. But no one had anything to say.‘ CHAPTER X. "You see," Dobbins said, "it exâ€" plaings a good deal to know that Mrs. Raynor was a viectim of the druq habit. Why, it may go far toward getting her off easyâ€"" 1 He opened the parce!l and showed four vials, ;two empty; one full and on partly full of a white powder. And a‘l were labelled morphine. ously upset. She is a drug addict!" j "What?" shouted Kent, jumping up and glaring at Dobbins. _ ‘Yesâ€"I‘ve proof right here," and Dobbins produced a damp looking paâ€" per parcel. "Mrs. Raynor;, accompanâ€" 1ed by the little Fay girl, went down to the brookâ€"._long the Falls road, and she hrew this package into the fails 1 waded in and fished it outâ€" and here it is." "No wonder the lady fainted," he said, "no wonder she is i}l and neryâ€" ‘You want to check up that Dobâ€" bins person," he aid; "he‘s a brute, and if Mrs. Raynor is guilty, that‘s no reason she should be tortured by him." _Look after her!" he said curtly to Miss Raynor, who bustled in, and then Gannon strode into the library where the men now were. aside the great, gaunt man lifted the drooping figure before kim, and carâ€" ried an swiftly into the house and piaced her on a couch in the living room. "Good lord, man," cried «d Ganâ€" non, "the lady‘ fainting. How could you blurt out ail that! Get out of my way !" "dh ‘ ' "He wasn‘t here," said Dobbins sternly. "You can‘t drag him in. The lease is clear. You Jeared the destrucâ€" tion of that will, you had betome newâ€" ly interested in your returned suitor, you had reached the point of Cesperaâ€" lt.ion wi‘h your husbard‘s crueltyâ€"you concluded to end it all. The pistol, your husband‘s own, was ‘convenient in the drawer of the table. Every one else had left the tea cable and gone to dress for divner. Perhaps acting impulsively, because of such a good ?chmce, you stepped into the sun parâ€" lor, shot your victim, dropped the weapon and ran, out again just as Mr. Finley, arriving at once from the east side, saw your disappearing figâ€" ure hurrying through the door oppoâ€" gite. Miss Turner, snapping on the Wghts, also saw you going out, and a few moments later, Mr. Kent, comâ€" ing on the seene, saw you returningâ€" but apparently appearing for the first time upon the scene. It‘s all explained. Mrs. Raynorâ€"I‘m telling you what I know in order to presare you a little for the trial you must face." "Except Lionel Rayrorâ€"" Nan be gan. She‘s gone A‘ndAInirly bru'shing the detective Look after her Kent informed him "Mama, is papa going to Heaven when he dies?" ~"Why, son, who put such an absurd idea into your headt "Are you a clock watcher?" asked the employer of the candidate for a job. "Nc, I don‘t like inside work," replied the applicant, without heat. "I‘m a whistle lHstener." "Oho," Goddard said, "that‘s fine! If they each confess to shield the other, that lets them both out!" *(To be continued.) "Do!" he cried, "that‘s what I‘ve been waiting for! You confess to shield Mrs. Raynorâ€"and then she‘ll confess to shield youâ€"" * Minard‘s Liniment for Neuralgla "Suppose I confess to ithe shootâ€" ingâ€"" began Malcolm Finley, and Dobbins quickly turned to him.. "No use discussing imaginary crimâ€" inals," Dobbins said, briskly, "we‘ve quite enough real suspects." "I didn‘t," Kent said tersely; "I wish to goodness I hadâ€"but I can‘t invent such a person! Yet there may have been oneâ€"" "I wish we could hear of some outâ€" sider," Dobbins said; "if now, Mr. Kent, as you came up the hill you had seen any one skulking offâ€"" "Oh, haven‘t we? I hate to do it, Mr. Kent, but justice demands acâ€" tionâ€"and I haven‘t an idea any jury would ever conviect herâ€"" "No!" Orville Kent gave a start. ""You wont‘ arrest my sister! Why, man, you haven‘t a shred of real eviâ€" dence!" "But arrested! â€" Nan! In ail! Neverâ€"" o "I never saw a case with so many angles to it," Dobbin sighed. "Here‘s Lionel Raynor impatient to take posâ€" session cf his inheritance and, as noâ€" body can find a later will, he‘ll have to have it, for all I can see, and what is Mrs. Raynor going to do for a heme? Not only that, but she‘ll be arrested soon now, unless something turns up in some other direction." "We don‘t know that it was a gift," Kent said; "perhaps it represented her accumulation of savings which Raynor had invested for her." ‘"Maybe he was holding out on her for some reason," mused the detecâ€" tive. "There must have been some secret alliance or some important inâ€" terest between the two for a man like Raynor to give a transient nurse such "She never shot Raynor," said Ezra Goddard. "Why in the world would she? Especially if he was kind enough to give her a bundle of valuable se curities." "She didn‘t shoot him to get those," Kent added, "for they were all propâ€" erly endorsed over to her, and the parcel, all ready for her, was in the safe with her suame on it." door, at which was Miss Turner, and later, Miss Raynor. We can‘t suspect Miss Raymor of her brother‘s death, but I‘ve always rather had my mind on Miss Turner. I don‘t at all like the idea of her going away." CONDENSED "Why, look here," Dobbins said. "There are threeâ€"nmo, four doors to that room where Mr. Raynor was killed. Now, there is a possibility that the crimfnal was at any one of the four. If east or west, it must have been Mrs. Raynor or Mr. Finâ€" ley. If south, it was some outsider, who got away, Kent, before you came‘ on the scene. But, there‘s the north * "She left a which she said her. But you . anything to do you?? "Queer doings," muttered Dobbins. "Why should Raynor give them to her? _ Was he sweet on her?" "Not a bit of it!" Kent said; "Dougâ€" las wasn‘t that sortâ€"and, too, 1 think he positively disliked Miss Turner. But he was trying her out as a diet nurse. He was a faddist about his fo('d." "How‘d she come to go of in such a hurry?" asked Dobbins, looking amazed. "We hadn‘t finished quesâ€" tioning her. Where is she?" ‘ * "She left a New York address, "She‘s gone," Kent informed him. *"Went off last night, bag and bagâ€" gage. And, by the way, she took with her a nifty bunch of stocks and bonds." 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Nor had he been on his feet for any great period at a time during the whole of the trip. I understand that he was an expert curator, and ha dbeen seâ€" lected for this responsibility for his knowledge and capability when he set out from his own country, but few men are able to go from "prohbibition America" to the tropics without fall}â€" ing a victim to the conditions prevailâ€" ing there. in this instance it was a cargo of imprisoned animals that sufâ€" fered for his weakness, in the stiffing, neglected confinement of a prison ship.â€"Lorna‘Ryan in "Our Damb Aniâ€" male," As I went up the companionway later I happened to meet the man who was in charge of this living andâ€"in some casesâ€"priceless freighi. Here again there was dreadful silâ€" ence. This time it seemed even more striking because many of the birds were naturally songsters in their naâ€" tive forests, and even birds that do not sing are seldom completely dumb under > ordinary bearable circumâ€" stances. ‘They are always associated with a wealth of little twittering sounds and fluttering movement. In that cabin there was only stillness and the hush of life that has lost inâ€" terest in living. Every now and then the cageâ€"«doors were opencd and the dead removed from among the clusâ€" tered rows of feathers that crouched on the perches or littered the floors of the boxes with orange and gold and scarlet, with yellowâ€"and green and blue. _ The birds were separate from the animails. How many of them there had originally been in the tightly packed cages that filled the cabin» which had been converted to their use it was impossible to judge. Their number was greatly reduced by this time, although there still seemed to be several hunired too many of the brilliant little creatures in so inadeâ€" quate a space. Large Area Photognpl\ed or terrapinâ€"I don‘t know which), The whole of the barrel that contained them seemed alive with the swarming mass, crawling all over and under each other with complete unconcern, and a total infifference to the unâ€" pleasantness of their condition, The snakes lay motionless in their glass cases, and it is so difficult to tell when a snake is miserable, that I cou!d not make out how they were facing the situation mentally, Physiâ€" cally they had proved bardier than either the birds or the animais, and had"come through the voyage beter than anything else in the shipment, excepting the tortoises (tiny thrtles, In a corner a valuable and rare parâ€" rot, the last of an original six, clung, drooping and unhappy, to his perch. All the smaller animals of the Antiâ€" podes were huddled in the boxes that lined the walls, but many empty cages testified to the toll that death had taken among the more delicate speâ€" cles. A few wallabies, wombats and bandicoots still lay supine on their grubby doles of straw, but 1 did not see any koala bears. IIf there had been any, they had not borne the trials of that suffocating dungeon. The atmosphere was charged with such mute and hopeless misery that I could not help thinking of the slave ships of olden days. them in their confined quarters, abd partly to screen them from the activiâ€" ties of the ship,.there were awnings of sacking bung before the bars that imprisoned these panting captives. from the open plains of Australia and the fragrant jungles of India, The bulk of the animals were in a compartment that was below the deok and yet above the water line, I don‘t know what the technical term is for that part of a vessel, but as, 1 came down a long passageway and paused at the entrance to this place, 1 saw that a section of the ship‘s side was withdrawn to allow a flood of light and air to do what it could with a prison which had long .been in darkâ€" ness. 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