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MORRISON Avenging Parrot
PIANO.
Anne Austin
CHAPTER XXXV. Dundee's quiet queation made [Sevier's jaw drop and a momen; tarily blank look take the place of frenzy In his eyes. Then he made
a superb effort at recovery:
with Cora. But now, Sevier, I'd like you to tell me exactly what you did and saw last Saturday' night after 11 o'clock," he added, so cheerfully that the prisoner was incensed.
"You don't need, to grin at me "I hadn't done anything wrong. like that!" Sevier cried futilely. I had a right to go wbers 1 pleas" tall the truth all right ed. And I came back here as--as whether you believe me or not! soon as I knew the policr were I did go to the Rhodes House looking for ma."
Saturday night, but it wasn't till "You don't really expect me to half-past 11. Right up to the believe that, do you, Sevior?" last minute I didn't have any in- STANDS ALONE Dundee asked reasonably, "You tention of going, but well. I had a ticket to Chlengo. You ran was broke and I'd been fired, and FOR PLEASURE to catch the train. But you left I knew it might be a long time PLAYING AND that train at the first stop, before before I got a job, what with the the conductor had had time to talking movies having their own EDUCATING collect your ticket. You were so musical accompaniment, and all broke that you could not even pay that. I had a notion I might and will fulfil these a three-days; board bill, were com- still persuade Cora to help me-" pelled to live your violin with; "I can't quite understand why your landlady as security. And you needed Corn's help, so badly,"
et you wasted a tirket to Chicago. Dundee interrupted. "It made no effort to cash it in at any rather ticket oflee in the state, although simply |you could have done so if you had sleeping old woman's
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"Now, Sevior, I suggest than you "The plan was for Cora to give tell me the truth about last Satur- her just a tiny bit of chloroform,
enough to
but day night. If some of my con-not
hurt her clusions are wrong, you can enough to keep her asleep while doubtedly ser me straight-by fell-we searched the room." Sevier ex- ing the whole truth. You fled from plained. "Corn used to the Rhodes House gronds that trained nurse when she wight because you knew Mrs. Hoynung girl, and she knew how
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"But I didn't kill her!" Sevier by myself, because I didn't want screamed. “And I don't know who to take any chance on killing the did! But I know who was in onfold lady with an overdone. Cora anid, the smell would blow out of "Whom are you accusing. Se the room by morning, with the vier?"
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several days-long enough I'm accusing," he mimicked
Rive -me-a chance to get dee's grammar. "wouldn't have clear away. And she wouldn't told on her if she hadn't tried to have been able to any just when pin it on me. She wouldn't help it was stolen either." me, after all that had been between us, and after promising once
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"A very elever scheine," Dundee
help me get hold of the money if commented without mallice. "You I'd marry her, but she'd do the job had the chloroform, I suppose?" for somebody else---some New sweetie, I guess," "
For the first time since he had began the inquisition of Emil Sevier Dundee felt a thrill of hope that his cherished theory of the murder was unt yet wholly blasted
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"Well, I came up the alley and by the capture of this suspect. He crawled along the driveway hedge had been willing to acknowledge till 1 got to the greenhouse. I himself in the wrong but now hope wasn't going to try anything till reared it bruised head. For, at Cora
home, because
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"How could you tell?" Dundee "I climbed up as noiseless as Iprodded, "Her back was toward could-1 broke the trellis coming the window." down, not going up-and when I ut onto the porch I saw that Mrs Hogarth's light was ou. If something black-that scarf she special facilities for Hunts Exchange,
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the papers said it was. Tied in a knot at the back of her neek, it was and her head all roll- ed over like her neck was broken." Sevier shivered again and raised his mangled hands to ress them (ainst his trembling mouth.
"And then-you spoke to Cora, "Sure! He'd had plenty of time of course?" Dundee suggested to get to sleep, because he'd turn-quietly.
"You're sure of that?" Dundee Interrupted sharply.
a material witness. The public-front walk clear to the and therefore" Sevier, too, unless he had to wait so long for Cora had since been in communicationta come home that I finally took ed out his light more'n 20 minutes with Com-knew only that Sevier chance and smoked a cigarette, had importunad Cora to help him and I guess I folded that theatre rab Mrs. Hogarth. Not even Cora's programme, just like you fellow-boarders knew she had ad Sevier conceded. "Corn WAN HO mitted to being in the old woman's
Jate that was about to give up. robm after the murder and before and go on to the station, and I the discovery of the body by Dan- WON nervous anyway, because the light was un in the "You say that Corn once agreed corner room-that roam.
I had to help you rob, Mrs. Hogarth ?" when, I boarded at the Rhodes Dunded interrupted. "When" was House and I knew I'd have
pass by Dowd's windows if I went
| dec."
"In May it was when I first got to Cora's or Mrs. Hogarth's room all het up over the idea," Sevier answered readily enough. "Caraway of the upstairs porch. But was named in the old lady's will the light went off finally"
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"I see. to rob Mrs. Hogarth the night—. "What?" Dundes interrupted, a May 18-when she saw you strange exultation in his voice. crawling out of Córa's window." "I didn't know then what it was, Dundes prompted.
but now I mess It must Juve been
B "Yes, but I don't know how that cap of Dusty's, because I
you know so much!" Sevier' agreed didn't have it--never had the sullenly.
thing in my hands or on my head What caused Cora to change in my life. Anyway, somebody her mind about helping you?" threw something from off the up- "The old lady seeing me cometairs porch or out of a window, Font of Cora's room, of COUTHC. for it came railing down into the Cora tried to rush me into getting hedge not far from the green- nervous about Tmarried to her right off. so the house. I was 80
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old lady wouldn't tell tales on what I was planning to do that I her to the other boarders. But didn't sneak out to investigate-- I said we'd get our hands on the thought at the time It didn't money first, beat-il, and then get umount to anything anyway-just married, when it was safe. Cornthip away. Dowd had just tur."
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"It appeared to come from that
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tion of marrying Cora if she did "Yes, but I didn't see it com. help you," Dundee suggested ing. I just heard it. hit the hedve, and I doped it out that it came
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Almost
If ho ware from Dowd's window
hypnotized, Sevier fell in with the Dundee considered for
suggestion."Guess I wouldn't
to ault me."
a mo-
have married her, but I'd have nont, his eyes narrowed to blue split with her all right, Cora alifts, as he pictured the west side was too crazy about love-making of the Rhodes House, If Sevier was telling the truth--and Dundee belfeved he was the cap could" There was a snicker from a policeman, and Sevier whirled have been thrown, so that it would toward the sound with a snarl.strike the hedge, from an one of Dowd's, Dundee spoke quickly to divert Lawrence Sharp's, or Norma him:
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