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tions to my ellents?"
firiff smiled at him.
"I think not," he said.
The two men shook handa. Griff went at once to A public telephone, called the office of Dr. P. C. Cooper and explained to the nurse
Bureau sho doubtless will be able to sce me."
"Perhaps," Racine sald.
When DAN BLEEKER, pubisher of The Blade, tearns that CHARLES MORDEN, DOS reporter, he been myster.oly killed be dear min to ampio SIDNEY ORIFF, tama criminolog'st, to solve the murder.
Mordens and bevo Asigned to sear all, ha esd about FRANK D. CATHAY, wealthy and prominent, who had tarekaned to us, that it was quite important that bojon?"! Kneine askod, The Binde because the newspaper report talk with Doctor Cooper upon a per Cathey had been arrested. Laser 12 w
Droven that the man arrested, giving the | vonal matter.
hame of Cathay and accompanied by a girl A moment later he hoard Doctor called MARY BRIOGS, mà an imposior. Coupar's voice on the wire,
"This is Griff, Doctor Cooper," he
The Dinde published a retraction.
The Marilen a found dead, and a few hours
pow powded.
IE
There was a moment of silenco, "I wonder if you can tell me just what ang.o of this case you're working "How many angles has it?" Griff countered.
buc.he frowned Impatiently, "Ob," he said, "I'm just a square- toed dick. 1 can't match, with with latar, comes news that Callky w dead-Rald, "the criminologist who called on you if it comes to a matter of being
you carlier this morning."
indefinite in conversation. You don't bdely Urf undertakes the case, is calls
"Yes," Balų Doctor Cooper in a tone have to teli me if you don't want to, on Cathay's doctors and then goes, to, an CHABLES FISHER, Cathay's friend and that was calm and wary. "What is but don't be so
damned superior. Lawyer.
you wish, Mr. Griff?"
alter sat you're only human, you Just wanted to tell you," Griff know, even if you are Sidney C. Griff, sald, "that I have been in communica-the great criminologist." tion with the counsel who is represent- Griff said nothing. His eyes köld Griff had been listening to the ing Mrz, Frank B. Cathay, and that a twinkle of amusement. lawyer intently. "How long he the Cathays are planning to have you asked, “was this reporter in River-cited before the medical board because view in
of the statements you made concern. Just a day I think. Perhaps not a ing the symptoms of Mr. Frank B. day. I don't know. He made some Cathay." investigation and made some com. mante. Ho spent most of his time in the office of The Riverview Chroniclo, newspaper, by the way, which has been hostile to Mr. Cathay's political candidacy for membership in the city council."
CHAPTER XIII
"Did that man," asked GriT, "call on you, counsellor?"
"On me?" "Yes."
"No, certainly not. He was collect-; ting evidence which would have, a ten- dency to undermine my client's reputa- tion. Naturaly, he would hardly have called upon me."
"You didn't know him then?” **No."
"Perhaps then," said the crimino- logist, "you entirely missed the signl- Seance of the account in The Blade this morning of the murder of one of Ita_reporters."
"Yos?" said Doctor Cooper In the tone of voice one unos in making a courteous question.
"I thought," Racino said, "that you might like a chance to pool informa- tion on this.”.
"Sure," said Griff, "that's fair You start off. You tell mo enough. something, then I'll tell you some- thing."
"That's a bargain," Racino sald "Who are you working for"?
"Yes," Grif said, "and I just thought, Doctor Cooper, that if a Griff's laugh was almost sarcastic, post-mortem should disclose that your "So that was the way you wanted to diagnosis was correct and that of pool information, was it Racine?" Doctor Amstead incorrect, it might go A smoo.h running motor alid into a long ways toward chminaung the view, stopped where the side steps necessity for any defence upon your, of the porch met the driveway. The Cathay chauffeur slid from behind the Griff ceased talking and held the wheel, opened the rear door of the telephone to his ear. For a moment car and stared steadily at the wo there was only the buzzing noise of here is," said Griff musingly, the wire. Then Doctor Cooper's voice sald in the same cautious, thoughtful tone, "Thank you."
part."
There was a click at the end of the line.
Grau slipped the receiver back on its hook,
•
•
Sidney Griff's taxical deposited him.
"something strange about that chauf- feur, Itacine. Turn around and take look at him. He wears the livery of a servant but notice the expressioni on his face. He's evidently very much irritated because we're taking to- gether."
Racine did not turn, but ho Charles Fisher gripped the edges at the wide entrance to the Cathay straightened abruptly and his tone of his dusk. He head was thrust mansion. Griff Inspected the well became formal. forward. His eyes fastened upon the kupt grounds, the buge building which, "He's in a hurry," he said. "Ho'n criminologist's face and gradually, despite its magnitude, seemed to blend under instructions to get me to A grew wider and wider.
In the grounds with such perfect certain place. I've gol to start.
harmony. "The building looked as Goodbye, Grift.", though it might have grown there, Ravine crossed the porch with long, "You want me to wait ? asked the strides. The chauffeur stood at rig.il eab driver.
attention, his face a mask. As the dettetive entered the ear, the chauf four slammed the door, turned to face Sidney Griff.
"Gond heavens!" he said. "You don't mean to tell me. It can't be... it isn't, that is, it wasn't the same man7"
Griff nodded.
Charles Fisher got slowly to his feet. He mopped his forehead with A handkerchief, regneded Griff with, wide, startled eyes.
"Good henvens!" he said. Griff said nothing. "Now," suld Fisher slowly, "I can understand your interest in the mat- I understand who is employing you."
Griff remained silent.
ter,
The attorney looked at his watch, went to the window and atood with his back to Griff, looking down at the street. He turned at length to the criminologist,
"Has the newspaper," he asked, "any idea of the motive for the murder?"
Grift shrugged his shoulders. "Really, counsellor," he said, "I can't tell yo
just what the newspaper knows or what it suspects."
Charles Fisher made clucking noises with, his-tanguo-against-the-roof of his mouth and shook his head from side to side, after the manner of one who has heard mest disagreeable
news.
This," he said, "is very likely to complicate the situation, to complicate; it most dreadfully,"
Griff got to his feet.
"Well," he said, "I've enjoyed nieet- ing you, counsellor. I just dropped in to say hello. This is Saturday and I prosume you'll observe the usual half holiday."
"Yes," Griff_kald, and started up' the long cement wak which led from the ornamental wrought-iron gate to the porch on the front of the houre,
"You can't seo Mrs. Cathay," he
He had almost reached the porch' said, jerking open the front door of when the door upened Brad Las the car. He did not wait for a reply, man with broad shoulders and a slight nor did he turn back for any instruc pausen widen bulged out his waist- tions from the detective. coat stepped with quick vigour from
(To Be Continued, I the house and turned sharply to the right, walking across the porch to In the next instalment Griff calls stairs which led to a driveway, that on a rank Cathay, beneficiary came from the garage.
of her husband's million-dollar inkur ance policies.
Griff entled a low comment: "Hallo, Kacine," he said. "You going to pass me up?"
The man whirled at the round of the voice. His eyes atared at Sidney Griff with an expresston of quick recognition which speedily gave way to wary appraisal. He turned and walked back toward Griff with a Jetsurely manner. The quick, purpose, i ful vigour of his stride was entirely absent.
now
Griff watched him with open that twinkled with amusement, yot-were cautiously, watchful.
"Business here, Racine ?" he asked. Carl Racine stood with his feet pinated slightly apart, his big shoulders squared, his eyes staring steadily at the criminologist.
"Business here, Griff?" he asked mockingly.
Griff nodded. "Yes," he said. "I want to soe Mrs. Cathay."
"Hardly a time for social visits,” | Racine pointed out.
Griff shrugged. His shoulders in a polite gesture of dismissal.
"Is there," asked Fisher with a force attempt at his old cordiality, "After all, Racine," ho sald, "that' "anything I can do to assist you, is a matter for Mrs. Cathay to deteri Mr. Griff, which will not in any way mine. If she has been able to neo, conillet with my professional obliga- Carl Racing of the Racine Detective
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