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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
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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 *
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td Ha rnmmtmm h dhgHdo HHa aa
gsaaaeasa
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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
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•eemaman tho* he won nhSs
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•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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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