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BABjnrtLL.se w . ■ I •* ispers ^William . viuAr+uo** Johnston t£^TiS: Irwirv Myeri CHAPTER X—Continued. —13— “It looks like you were guilty from reading the morning papers,” he an swered with a grin. “But I don’t be lieve all I read. They’ve made out a strong case against you, though.” "I didn’t do It!” I cried passion ately. “If you didn’t, who did?” “It must have been Mr. Wick.” “There you go. Jumping at conclus ions. Why not Claire Bradford?" “Why do you mention her? Do you suspect her?” “If she didn’t do It. why did she come down here to see you?” “How did you know she was here?” “I was watching you all the time you were talking to her.” “But how did you know who she ur»a?“ “1 saw the et^r one this m**rulnd The* kH* alike.” “But how did y«*u know which aleiee N was?” “T«u dkdu't seoui tu get stood uetl eMuu<h is )our talk foe m Mi ho thse* hur% ho a^ewoewd trtfh suufhor grMs si hud dug iowu esy HMcwtwu iu mo •uu * eeedk ha him * *Wa#w Brudfwe# • aauuud •mm au ass ameHUusaa. awe I «uo Mow hawflMB M fMWfld ho «d ww hs eehMuuu as g*>w*«o eg ha « % %•*+• i eot iWMawweawws fiwoi ou*% e Ma^woW •o* w' whwwa auw* owo mm u wm dhe eat SMOM UOWW rn^mmwrntmm a# OOWOW ow adgeduud dhad kud awduodow eaeuu I hud twow knu mm oBMaowMow kud^w I «Mkt •# 40# M tm « . * .m «u* «n»<l plan them. This whole thing is a big affair, carefully planned out. It takes more brains than Wick ever dreamed of having to plant anony mous notes and terrify people nearly out of their senses *wlth mysterious whispers and then to steal tfte Brad ford papers and the Gaston pearls and then when things get hot to have you already framed as the gout to blame things on.” “Then you think my discharge from the office was part of the plot?” “Sure It was. You butt4fd In on their blackmail plans, and they want ed to get square with you. and a young fellow out of work and discharged In disgrace is always an easy murk for suspicion.** “And was It part of the plot U> blame klisa Luton's murder on me?*’ “I don't'think so. The Lutaa mur der was »o arrtdeut. K*en the big- geut erwuka erlduai ifettheratrly plan murder. TW} re nil n fra id tb** rkuftr PK# mane Mi nnd •wrvd»e*t mwne um# uf IB# fund In * Me l • pun nwnt. He Mud in ifeuuf Man in uuike ken dr«ewwf It nnu 1 thuntud m w iw« <41 • |wn nflee tftn mum^e I Mi pAnne tkn* dam m fune em isu* Th*« [ aunt ad seMeweAwd Bukeu kenmn end IB % Mean 1 d**® * Mews * 'SBhe nine H ihmr* n 0 *0 dad kn kind * wBkd 4wnnueA *UwnUAWd wmwis •mm uwiM wwwnwenM i 'ake Md *unnd akwe ka an**k ad mm mm I •■■■ edn enanaaneHMM ” “Vhe •mmmmm—'* I w^annm iImp *mww mm m Ida nnn nut •klMnt nMwwt • tnupn * I eeked ndu t the * wnn nsnldh yww me T" i *t#% Met he leak N ft* dV****d thdl ‘ f naa dniHy, an I dot fid wf him. "Well, there aln‘t ntu«4i a lawyer i could do yet. 1*11 dig up one when | we need him. fyall la not priaalhle In ; n murder case, so there is nothing for you to do hut to sit tight and take It as easy as you can. By the way, have you heard anything front old Gaston since you were arrested?" r* “Not a word.” 1 answered. “I have not the least idea where he Is or how to reach him.” “Humph, that’s funny.” said Gor man abstractedly. “Good-by, I’ll see you again tomorrow.” He pounded on the cell door, and a guard released him, leaving me alone to ponder over my plight, and espe cially over his last question. What had he meant by it? Where was old Rufus Gaston? Once more suspicion of my aged relative shot through my brain. Was It possible that his was the master mind behind all this plotting? Gor man had Insisted that the arch crim inal behind Wick and the others must he some man of lntell«1. My great- unci# Rufus had brains Out of a | clear sky he had summoned me to live | In th# Grandderk and then had mys teriously disappeared. Certainly he had had «*pf*»cinnltlew for knowing 1 W|rh and th# tetephaa# girt. Bar bar# had recmtlud aac# hating hewf*l her father •gumk mt him Mi dtemarng t£tg f MUmI If tNMPf} ft* • rh4B • i pM^tiag again* the tf #«u and I hnd kmonBhi am ma* the ran* an a sraaummM ” a a# aBd L 4tew iksaSea thu ma** n* in at TW truwMM was nm* lately WltUnai Wltnewaan i Ng M>»ro* I (is«*•#*'• wherei»h»wits rttll netaaiued | S n»t«|efV , If we ‘iflnr-mef a Me I IP Mine, we ttoi’d si l»M*l etplein *al l*f.M torilt ih% pi-*•*#•♦»*# In <tie (ini*el f «hM*k • it nil estnl*U*li Mist I **• 1 . I iiui the fn»iin*i« , >s. |ietiiit|eMs iiigrsnt they would try to prove me. Th«* S longer old Rufus remained in hiding, •the stronger became my sustdeton that hf might t>e ir %otiu t\a; ltiv.«lved ’iltjltejijlot. His action In keeping his address a secret from me s«MMiied to have f been with deliberate Intent. After some discussion Gorman and I had agreed not to mention either of the Bradford girls. “If one word about either of them slips out In court,” said Gorman, “they’ll be in for-lL The papers will jump to It and print their pictures and all that. We’d better leave them out of It” With this I heartily concurred. I was determined that Barbara Brad ford must be In no way Involve, come what may. 1 knew that she her self would he apt to he restrained from attempting to communicate with me by the fact that her sister’s mar riage was set for the day after to morrow. Her loyalty to her family I was such that she would not risk scan dal by trying to aid me. at least not 1 until her sister was married and the future for Claire and her mother aa- I aured. Turn small rays of aun«hlne light ened th# gloom of my cell—th# fact that the newspaper mention of the uni MG Dim ALL HEALED SPEECH [Elm ADMINISTRATION FORCKt ARI APPARENTLY IN FULL CON- TROL OF CONVENTION. ROBINSON MME CHMRMM Anti-Wilson Contests Were Swept Away With Ruthlsss But Good- Natured Haste and Ridicula. I *#♦ t i flP» . % ^ ” • w tNMP mK0 s£bp mm • hu mm* *^*ru a %*g mmi* ha MSUmS <• %0 4Mai* M#* k#MS 4k San Francisco. — The democratU national convention wound up ita pre liminaries and prepared to get dowx to business. With administration forces eon tinning in aparnntly com plat# cot* trol. It perfected its orgsnlxatton, sc cepting Senator Joseph T. Roblason oi Arkansas, as Its permanent ehalr man; permitted states to npset thi unit rule; provided for taking wo men on the democratic national com mlttee. and prepared for the buslneti which will permit the delivery ot nominating speeches before the plat form te brought tp Balloting for a nominee, howwrer will not he permitted before the plat form bae been adopted by the coe seat loa With the elate (hue cleered ef pre lamBaartue. end erreagumuate eek f« th# pnaetpal M##t##ea. th# cuaeua Una •fkur a thruohemr aaaalua. ad paaraud la ruewme #t morwu mare lag "Were la aaathar latiav eays i •'**•«•» *f t*«l tbat I wouig rather have the# a daBava ' Moaay la#*t avarytaHig Mi thta wa«kg. Thera is many a htg haartad. rtrh man who would giv# alt ha baa nm aartb ta hs *M# to produra a ramady wttk auah tntghty healing power aa Peteraon a CMate mant. to aell at all druggtata for •• canta a large bos." I>aar HI r*: — * . ”1 waa an untold suffaror from old nsn- , nlng tore and ulrars. 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K%ni ; t\ 1 have *-#»e t# 1 be ► e*e# trtr •hoati M thet he *nsdv “BO apology ft# rlfl | f»H| 9 imir 1 *#r than hive her fi nr tu mi# Afl'cl e X” of tha l#agts# eovsoieat gATONic iS**r que* but hr'a <mly a (•ntl.” "tt 14 k hes U.4ir llamT I •*H«»w d>4 y**t» flr»«l th.it « ha%r you l.-urii*-*! ut*«*uf hi (•oriimn «'niiii«-*l at my < tlgnlng. “I 4jon*t know much shout him yi-r, hut I'm sure he’s an t\\-con. While you wore iu court this rimming,” ho oxiilainod. ‘*1 W4*nt up to tho Grnmi- <lo< k to tako a look nt things for my- solf. Wick showed mo through the Lutnn apartment, thinking 1 was from the coroner’s office. 1 spotted him at once. A crook that has dope time is always sure to give himself away.” “How?” I asked. “Well,” said Gormsiri judicially, “men's businesses leave their marks on them. A clergyman don't have to l>e wearing a high vest for you to spot him, and nobody ever took a dancing teacher for a pugilist. A man that has looked nt ns many cnniks us I have knows them by Instinct, and then there 1 * little ways you can tell. As I was going up to the apartment with Wick he Just naturally fell Into step With me. tliowing he had been Used t# i—rrhlag with other prtwamer* taihM Mma wfibwai aMMiag Me Thai • a mmmm mm* TWp Iwarw “Tat* * • a# ’ f *#M#g *00 *4Ht # Get te Find the Coefc That It If he tUd inti make (lie ■tateui«#)l di re**t. shrew4| questioning on the pnrt of the 4ltatrl4*t atit*rney ctoihl futily make It M|»|tenr that l.lmd Ju-t left the Lilian apartment. Ho%\ could we po—.ihly controvert his testimony? Then, in addition, there U4*re the damaging statements that would lie offered }hy Nellie Kelly. She would swear that the evening before 1 had m-ken her out to dinner and had been questioning her about the other ten ants in the house. Kven though we- knew that She was a tool of Wick and was the wife of Lefty Moore, the bur glar. unless Gorman was able to dis cover that she herself had a criminal record, it seemed utterly hopeless to attempt to confute her statements. It would also militate against me that nt Htc timi*-of v the ttitmler-d wna- out of a Job and almost without funds. They were likely, too. to bring out the fact that I had been discnslltubly diecharged from the only position I load held in New York. The only map who knew anything atarnt th** mutter. Mr. Wo*n| the heed of the firm, had been *udd**ul/ railed to Fran*'# In l*h for Me i Bps 1 - — -— — —■ I a •**f • Me«r* re%«}tMg 1*# mrnmj tbrfB- 1 a04# Was B*l eSpeeteg |* rv4 am 1 awtovBl nwsiB* Th* fart #< f.*r -«a4 i 'h*i I 1 <■## m i**B 1* IB# *>ee < v* Ms# saarB I *#igB eg#*##* as#, baa (Baf | •< mm » MBe** TB# f MMmbmm im 1 »* e*aBa# as «A## fB# anwaasssai t at e mm [ is# Meet# todfae* eA»«»» • I* tot i 4NB MM' ^ • *$ '' 4 a f aa» rBave##*# *iaawa*#* Basg# i Bto**4e# eav ,f is ■ i*>*»** #'*•$ #%«••* | #*i Ml SS*** ##» sas#a#Ai ib taBase# •* IM s*a# i**rB I r mr~* «e*# «a«#* 1 9tm$ *wa* 1* 1 t •#% gNMOn ' wniigM #*<M kk# MVMMWMkNl gMNMB# eaa m»—v #w# eaa v*b •# mm 4M*» B#MBM#e - >. >«• * > Mam — * «bb v -4.00 mmmmm* mm # (HB 4 ms *00 eKtpt m 0- » -*» • , <m*0 In the U-a-t OtMln-bed by iM*»ndal Ik trying to tleft-ml me. She alocie c«hiI4 prove un alibi for me. but no one must ever ktrnw it. * What would m scHodal-lovIng world say if the fact Itecanie public thet she liad h*s*n alone with me In my apartment near midnight? If only by ' the sacrifice of her good name could I go free, then let me stay in my cell. Let me even go to the electric eh air. I would dot have my life at the loae of my beloved’s reputation. One other thing I had kept from my lawyer—my discovery of tlve passage way between the walls in my gre^j- uncle’s apartment. If I could not get Gorman to believe In this secret pass age. which I was convinced had some connection with the mysteries and the \vhisj>erings at the Grunddeck. there was little likelihood that McGregor would believe my tale either. Given one single hour In my quarters at the Grunddeck and I would have discov ered whither It led and who used IL hut 4)tM*# a man is charged with mtir* der. hie hands are tied It was fu- HI# for me ta OMratloa It again. #v«a t#i |b# «brt#rt|v# wr la mj lawyer, until smm I law* ae I *#n>< *b#w it i# ib#ai a#hi rwasMB## 'Ms** (Mat I ka*r4» *bat I aBssea wrnmmm **• ® • « mm|H I a#N*BR# M I B «4N«» Am *-* ! Tv ts*» arc »m**snim#nt of applaae# hs 1am a *d th# sorate under repahll ran leadership for prnr mat I nation 1b dealing with the treaty and for Its * rules that a senator can talk to aucb an extent on any subject that “no body hut God can atop him ” The chairman had gotten the ©on ventlon up to a good pitch by tha* singe and with perspiration rolling down his face, from the effort tc drive his words to the farthest cor ners of the big building, he leaned down over the the roped speaker's Btnnd. * “It Is to the shame of the senate,' he shouted. “ that It took a greatei | time to defeat the treaty than th( army and navy took to win tke war.’ "And they left the treaty rlgh* where it was when the Presldehl brought it hack from Paris.” Failure of the President to takr with him to the peace conference members of the senate had rankled ir aome senatorial hearts. 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