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'I • nnuam nnsuoMul ' XiMfe Bfw* M OBk CHAPTER XIV—Continued. —17— “I have,” she answered, looking at him steadily in the eye, but speaking with a slight tremor In her tones. I wondered to what It might be due. Was It because she feared the conse quences of the revelation as to her identity, or was It that she feared she might be trapped by his questions? "Now toll me, Mrs. Moore," he shot at her explosively, "who really mur dered Daisy LutanT* —^lenry Kent," she answered quick ly, before the district attorney had time to stop her. “What's this?” exclaimed the Judge. "What did you say?" "Object 1 object!“ vociferated the district attorney, striving In vain to catch the attention of the Judge pre siding. McGregor, apparently well satisfied with the results of his qoew Hen. stood there, sailing assurance at ae “Toaag wnaaa." directed the Judge “will ywn gladly repeal year last auteeseet—loader Who dM yah ay fcglil fxeloy Lacesr TW gin fore ad a fare the fedpo ■or ape ware art ae tf dhe had deter* •toad hi carry eat tatne teed pAea. sea aim ■ aaght "Inter Looaa dha rapaetadL *wae the Osaarthseh Ha s nasiy QretBa • Ha haah psaasiaat aha gas • ear eaa etphs haadsert hhatHhad HMaaea oert aea soar ta s<e asecacade faoea * Thasa aaa o sanaMsana hi the seas td Ha rnmmtmm h dhgHdo HHa aa gsaaaeasa ahMsaeee ease m aaa ... ■ • i aaa ■ aaro tpsasp toaawt tNa. apoaea ed taw eart gHasaart taa ta Ha ggHH neahaag •* 4 OBi •sms Ha h h aaas Ha hhaa aad taaH warti la lad taaa *' Hf if had lai* fan rf Ha rtslaa asaey aa aaa lafl la hiH. ho had raaw ta Roa Tart ta tM galao of a prosperous Western investor sad. purchasing a plot of land, had erected the Oraoddeck apartments, designed for the occupancy of the wealthiest class of tenants. In this building, sitting like a little white spider In his web, he planned to prey secretly on all who came to. live there. Every attendant In the build ing was either s criminal or an associ ate of criminals, reporting to him dally all that went on. and obeying his orders implicitly. A special switch board In his apartment enabled him to listen In at will on all telephone con versations that went on. Every letter delivered at the Granddeck went throngh his hands before reaching tho tenants. For every wall safe In the building he held a master combination and his pass-key would unlock every door there was. And In addition to all this— HE HAD BUILT A SECRET PAS SAGEWAY. We found It that night and ex plored It, familiarising ourselves with all Its exits, greatly to the amasemeot and coo founding of Gorman. Coo- aacting with the service elevator by s masked opening it ran along tho hnU of each apartment, with run tooled la wall peseta ft Grangers la wonder nt wtll tho apartmenta at night, leaving myo lorteoe notes m terrify hfta leooncn prying mm the aarrem hidden te Hear well safes ueMosog when he Heap m Hear mam psveom asneetoacman «a amdamg Ho nsnaanm ef thsar peswsn Ae in md giaaaed Ham dm angm eeng he ps wed m Has «say mns% m •eemaman tho* he won nhSs Uhrti maort tmit kwH At in«HA HHmiA ngogvot HO ggrtgrit phqh got ■ > • gmannag and had mrnm % emsd Am tone «aa «f Hrt ngimasn mdheensmen amesssi mgegeoeoe wessen in hsd gHiHHMHy wmmmtmm m ngnssn o%* ensns mmrnmmm am essoam os i WNhws %e qgmmmt sod m mam am msenos • wnp 1 e • e> ae as pdHw p i (m*% • <*.• • SMS i ne# • fee mp esenpong *qy gp noa an sgaamnA nan HH mmmm mmmmm o agf penmen on m nig in MM fOan Lense end Hs anenea He mairt knee ssnansrt Hna mem masHrtn nenag in ^HmiHOHH an • me meenes eporumee* •m eesg wv% smf psmrthe aHgmgeo af Ho Am pmmh ond nnssonas meeo ead Am rtsnamy and heen soeenaed ip Ho fin mse MdegAeae gtrt And Heso m Ho agonment —j ^p wove mg Maher. Qerssna. Mrflrsgef and ip my earprme and dsttght. Bnr- hers Amdfisrd After her meter's weddmg R appeared. Aarhara • amth* or had gene sway for a brief real. Having her alone In the apartment with the servants. She Hod wslcomsd the opportunity to work undisturbed on the mystery that had landed me be hind the ban. Thinking that at Rufus Gaston's funeral she might pick up some clue that would be of service In mrsveNng the tangled skein that held her and roe together, she had gone thither, and seeing my mother there, and suspecting at once who she might be. had Introduced herself. Quickly they had become good friends and she It was who had informed my mother ef my plight. Present also with ns, despite the lateness of the hour, was the district attorney and two of his aides, and Nellie Kelly, or aa she much preferred to be called* Mrs. Moore. The girl was technically a prisoner, but her services In bringing the real criminals to book had been so exceptional that she had p'been released on her own recogniz ance. Hither s^e had been brought that the district attorney might check vp with her the marvelous tale of criminal conspiracy that she had un folded to my counsel la tho brief re- cose ef the court Hut duj. Orville Orenfieru H sppionrt hod I ieeo He umrtev-minfi Hoi imtf AHurt eg ml He psertmg, A enoo at yeore f irtHee is Imfi Soso yewmieec of oos | at Ho meerngoOrt mopees loogo Hs hmf *evo gmomeeert m *-• oggoo omg osgggf g hAHh HsHsh Hs HH I MlOg sort g Hs Had Built a Secret Passageway. Osr—a. my Tbvr* are etlll two things I ruaoot understand.'’ I mid, as wo sat talking It over. "The first Is"—end I turned to Barbara—"what was your sister do ing In this apartment on the night of the first murder? When I came up from the Lutan apartment I caught her Just coming out of my door. I could not help wondering Jf they had made her plant the revolver." Barbara started up, blushing. "Oh, no," she cried, “It was nothing like that. Yon remember a few mo ments before you and I had been In your room, looking at the secret pam NO COONH10 Mil OOUS Federal Aid, aa Now Granted Offers a Grant Stimulus which, If Withdrawn Could Only Result in Injury nw»v m lie MHggMSrtem <Mmmrte' grpaif if ffBgMgrt* wrti •uirtugfi 1 limrt li 4e igstMM eves Huso tman ' Mr, AHIeg eeutertis thm mmm tie g»t sm meat teei over tit rail way Uses, and alien the America* Aa!) way Kxpraee compaav H aa egrtit af the government, the property of the •xpiesi company, la not laaabla. The tax conimtaslon has takes the matter i under advisement and will render a decision later. ' Columbia. South Carolina good roads enthusi asts are to a large extent opposed to the Towpsend highway act to be considered by congress at its next session, according to the opinions ex pressed by a number of well known men in the state. The Townsend act, it is claimed, would mean several great national highways that would be of immense value to the sections they passed through, yet would not benefit the state as a whole. 11 this act is passed it would mean that a large amount of federal aid to tne counties would of necessity be withdrawn to go into the national system, those who have followed the bid say And agam It would sot al low county te couaty roads, such as are badly needed la aa agricultural •tale Uhe South CarollaA hut au the coatrary weald teed ta eoatmllso Ha roafio hi eae ef two er maybe more Mg aatteeal highway* Thgaral aid aa A as aew greeted te He varteua eeaasiee ogees a gmat rtf melee la mart mesh gave gaed teegs weei ead tf Hfts a eeMseeu g msggf be geBrtmeedai la Aoett Cay * 4» * * • « 4 . • First Deeth of fimsllpox The first death from smallpox that has occurred in South Carolina In 1920 was reported to the state health office from Scranton, Florence coun ty. J. A. Law telegraphed the health department that the oaee that had been pronounced smallpox in Scran ton had died, and he added that few precautions were being taken. More Recruits for the Navy Twenty-two men have been accept- td by the Columbia recruiting office for the United States navy in the past fiscal week. The boys have been •eat te different points and ships for trailing and travel. it was aaa ous cod that there Is • great meed for men for the hospital ewrpe. which H sold ta be a good braach of the service sad esc el lest ckeaee for ■ to sttmct si they Appear ta tioa which threatens their In certain districts. This. H a good Htag. for at their beat they have not beerf much of u scenic attraction and at their wont they have been pretty bad. In Chicago, where a good deal of thought has been given to city plan ning, an ordinance was passed pro hibiting signboards on roofs of build ings and requiring majority consent for permission to erect signboards In residence districts. The signboard people fought 'this ordinance to the United • States Supreme court and were worsted. And the decision gave the people the right to have no sign boards in the neighborhood of their homes If the majority agreed. It is Interesting to note that tba. arguments on which this case was de fended by the people had to do rather with public safety and health than esthetic consider*tlona The boards ware to be kept from the roofs for fear ef theftr falling Into Ho street, end the charge we* mode Hat Hep were a Are menace pnd a irnet—lent ambmrt far rubbers la rertgnru rtm- trtftSL Fwbepe Haas prarfHgi ptmeae ef face He mam emrmartMi point at ap ,T NASOUS * «• Hag as Ha hmhi •mm m egg t) am* Hn Asww rth* Sort wa§ mam I hrth ggg rtrtmg | taa ama [ mrtHHBHrth At fimt es* fins 6 Amd i bn And Oh* emH^e wgpi pnartas rt mm aamta tunw vwrtemg I 1 rtm' arnmma e gMmawrt So He* mg ana at age •■rt Sr aa# 4 ■ A • i mm ^ 1 ■ • •* • # H Ha from I b» t Mam ao | amHrtl Ham one as m* •< Ha aa eHtHaaaum Hrtmaa maMHg ’ t ■ s*«a *• aaa Warn rthsas HaA.* Hr anrt *Hha HA g art* I caraag agaea ta HgB m ‘*e s** i »> xeo • i aa^t awr e mm •am -am m ai tA ml feaarg her smsafya^ I had aa mepwm Ham I haari has say Hat aha mvad ha H * * Twi he had to kill them to make his get away. I suppose he had been roaming around so much he had got careless." "How about the revolver?” asked Gorman. "How did he come to plant it in Nelson's room?" "He was puzzled by Mr. Nelson but ting In on the Bradford case, and It msde him sore. I heard him and Wick talking about it one day, and he said that he’d leach Mr. Nelson not to In terfere. ’Howf asked Wick. Til frame him for the goat If anytblog happens.'* “And eras It he who had am dm charged from my eAMv?“ I artMrdL sag •rty "gaw a eae lt« wars# a uoan an Hr Qansrtt m*’ atm*t amsgg Hgf pag |gA AHHH A sgeea sdhsa aw IgA _ .1 gem dm mmd» m Ha am Sw erne aaa gpsgg a* ganasstMT mb m swaw rnaa+am Sm# am imm a- • *< kh m *•*■■*••*■ ■*! i haww g-awd—mmA- sad art at I raaliaad Hal toes waa Ha laAaeaMs In Ha waetdL aa I had Mr McGragae ash tar aa adyaartr- mcat sad Ham—* 9ba slopped la roafartna. the reap Mur bp* once mer* meatllag bar choeha *00 on." 1 Insisted. *! can't tell It" she cried. "You must tell." I urged. "I hsve a right to know it. What did you do?" *T managed to see her alone." Again she hesitated. "What did you say to her?" I de manded. "I Just told her,” she faltered, low ering her eyes as she spoke, "that— that I loved you just as much as she loved her husband, and I begged her for love’s sake not to help send yon to the chair, and she broke down and told everything." “Oh. Barbara, my Barbara!” I cried, springing up and clasping her In my arms. "If only I had something to offer you besides my love—" -**f ■ wuuldu'l worry itboni Ih'aT Just now, Spalding," Interrupted my moth er’s voice. “They found your great- uncle’s will todsy. He made you his sole heir" But Barbara and I hardly heeded her good news. We were too busy tolling each other the world-old story. (THK END) - ■s ema bemdt • • la this ortmmaea. Fsdoeoi Sgewts Aet gway K*4aso! raveoite agaou spool aa uthor bosy seves say*, eoetroytag bum’s ihoa a ball Uttson bg eliua aaa coafiocaiisg outfits la various parts of the stale as well aa la Georgia and I North Carolina. F. J. Coleman, agvni of this district, speai the week in the northern part of the state looking after prohibition violators. Another very constructive piece of work waa the eeixure of 400 pounds of sugar preventing this onne too plentiful commodity from being lost in some concoction of dri&k. Good Crop Proepectc R. H. Sullivan, state meteorologist, said that if three good series of mini fall during August, which would bring the precipitation to its normal six followed by plenty of sunshine, one of the best cotton crops ever raised In South Carolina would be picked this fall. On the other hand, If the customary August drought should set in. the prospects would be materHIky reduced Bo far the ralnfsll Is about fear lichee below the av sanaam en Hnrt wnp after a t •• wit heard ef CAreltnm The tm sad Ella Logue hoik ef Georgia. ~*me to this etty for the purmoe of voUetft- lag futrib for the s tpm*t M aa orjk anage la JacksonvQ't, which orphan age operates under tho title "The Or seeoHe ertev the Hw Leal F. w*e nominated He and la tee to tho vIco Rtaadord Old Saloon Made Over. An. old saloon In the Itnllsa phsnege of the Caere* of God and of Nbw York ha* recently heen taken Saints of Christ, the Daughto-v of ovee by the Y. M. C A. end’ turned Jerusalem and the Sitters of Mercy. What this orphanage, which no doubt Is doing s worthy work lacks la in mates it makes up Ln lengta of title. The institution houses ton orphans. Automobile Records Broksn South Carellalans own mane auto mobiles this year than any previous period in the history of the» state, so- and one-fourth inches for the month, to the number of Heenses isr sued. The license department had issued approximately 84,546 tags. In dicating that this many cats are num being operated In South Carolina. While the exact number of ma chines lg not to .be computed from these figures this Is the nearest ap preach in the correct total Ihefi cm* be bag ai this time Into- a community center for Itmltnm women and gtolb. The brown wood- woolt has heen painted blue and llvety chintz has been hang at the window*. The old piaco- Is hardly PtcogolzaMn. This center l» being used during thn day ns a nuwery for children whose. _ mothers are- working, for a babiest etlnic, and fee mothers' chib meetings; In the evenings for social times for girls who work during the day. Why the Buffs Is WaHow. The water buffalo ef China, wilteg C. O. levlne. assocHte professor off animal hosbandry, Chmton Christ ten college. In the Jonruel off Heredity (Washington), has few swear I* Its akin, end far this rvnnon endure herd work In the ami for e en leas Re body la TV • •f-v-;- *•