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soft Talbot's voice Was menacingly soft-as he spoke "Why not. Brownie?"

You!

"I wouldn't say I do and wouldn't say I don't. Hamill said. "It's been seventeen years

and you've changed.” "Yes," Talbot said, "I've chang

Brownie, shook his head. Hejed."

"But I will say,” Hamill continu drank the whisky he had poured out-as-if-it-were so much watered, "I will say that you've got that and set his glass down. He stood same scar that John T. Cutter up and, taking the jug in both had. And the same way of strak- hands, carefully poured out other half-tumblerful. He down again carefully.

an-ling it."

· zat

"What do I do now?" he asked the surrogate.

"Come in here to-morrow morn- "I don't want to talk about it.” he said. "I won't go back there.ing," Hamill said. "Tll have the Talbot sat down at the table papers and the executors here. If and picked up the pen that Brow-the executors are satisfied that nie had used and began to write you're John T. Cutter, that's all the signature Brownie had writ-here is to it.”

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His frst attempt at imita4; When Talbot entered the surro- tion was good enough to satisfy gate's office the next morning a most bank tellers. - But Talbot young man jumped up and held out wasn't satisfied. He kept on writ-this hand and said, “Hello, John.” ing the signature over and over again

Talbot shook hands with him gravely. He reflected that the "young man must have been a boy Brownie raised his head mean I won't have anything to do seventeen years ago. "I'm afraid ||

"That's flat."I don't remember you, sir," he with it." he said. He saw the paper on which Talbot said. He smiled. had been writing his signature. He saw what it meant. He jump fed up.

The latest move in internt-

is the ap tional statesmanship

Hoffman Philip pointment of (above), of New York, as Am- bassador to Chile. He succeeds

Hal H. Sevier of Texas

to do something and she was re- fusing. You and she got into a boat and went out on the river. I

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"Should I remember you" The young man grinned. “No he said. "I never saw you before "You aren't going to do any-jîn my life.” thing about it either." he shout-The young man introduced him waited until dawn and then I went

to the others as Mr. Catter. There home.

* You were at the hotel the next ed.

Brownie reached for the shot-were three executors of Hadley's gun on the wall Talbot hit him estate, and the sheriff and, the morning as usual. You behind-the ear as his hand reach-surrogate and the young man, who astounded when I told you Edith ing about it. 1 told no one else ed the gun. Brownie went down. did not state his interest in the chad disappeared. You knew noth-

about it-then. When he got up Talbot had the casion.

execu- "Mr. Cutter," one of the poker. His first blow broke Brownie's arm. His second blow tors said, "we wish knocked him unconscious Brow-would write your signature nie slumped down on the cabin us.” floor.

"Talbot • worked fast.

that you

"I knew who had taken the fore the grand jury and gave evi- for bonds out of my safe. I went be "I'd be glad to," Talbot said. dence and they indicted you I never did find out how you He *If you'll give me pen and papermanaged to get them back. But

got a piece of light line from the I write my signature.” deck and a chunk of iron with a

The surrogate asked Talbot to you managed it. So that's that

You left town a free man...

I found Edith's body. I was hole in it that they had used as sit at his desk. He laid out a

an anchor for the skiff which lay clean sheet of paper and a palone I cut the rope. I never told |

alongside. Talbot tied the free and a bottle of ink.

and anyone that when I found her

end of the line around Brownie's Talbot picked up the pen ankles. He dragged Brownie ontwrote "John T. Cutter" in an there was a rope around, her on desk and rolled him overboard faltering hand. One of the execu(ankles with twenty pounds of iron and threw the piece, of iron inters looked over his shoulder in 9, the other end I couldn't en- his eagerness to see the signature. dare to have the world know the lafter him

The surrogate took up the sheet story of her infidelity. But I can

endure it when I am desd. It wasn't a one-man job to get! the shanty boat out into the river on which he had written but he did it He dropped down executors compared it with the Therefore, I am leaving you the river twenty miles into an-signatures they had. They look-a hundred thousand dollars on one other bayou and anchored at darked at one another and nodded well out of sight of the river traf One of them spoke:

순다

.

He whetted his jack-knife to a razor edge. Then deliberately, precisely, he made a deep cut across his cheek. When he had. drawn the cut together with sur- geon's tape and stopped the bleed- ing as well as he could, he drank a point of corn whisky and went to bed.

The

"We're satisfed, Mr. Cutter. I believe we shall have to call in a handwriting expert before we can actually give you the money. But we believe that will be nothing more than a formality."

Talbot smiled. It was too easy. "Surrogate the man continued, think you might read the com- munication of Arthur Wakefield

Hadley."

The surrogate took an envelopej out of his safe.

..

condition. That condition is that you convince a jury that you are innocent of Edith's murder.””

Talbot 'jumped up. "It's a lie." "I'm not John be said hoarsely: T. Cutter." "The sheriff took him by the arm "You'll have plenty of! who you are,} chances to prove Mr. Cutter," he said.

"But just now you'd better come with me." "Unless, the surrogate said. Mr. Cutter would rather listen to the affidavits Arthur Wakefield Hadley left"

Talbot stayed in the bayou for three weeks until the cut had

The young man who had called healed He ran down the river

What I am about to read. be Talbot "John" got up. “I think until he came to a town. He tied said, "is a letter from Arthur the sheriff has the right idea," he the skiff up to the dock and walk-Wakefield Hadley to John T. Cat said. He turned to Talbot. “I'm

ed to the railway station and bought a ticket for Louisville.

He bought a small open road- ster and drove with the top down,

He ter.

paused and looked

room/ sound the

He read "Dear John: *I am leaving you a hundred condi-

by leisurely ways, to Chicago. thousand dollars on one

He could afford to take his time, tion. But before I state that con- if he lived economically. He dition I wish to go back a little. could wait..

**You will remember the night

the prosecuting attorney," he said. you will hear the evidence later -in court"

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Oriental Institute for When the scar was a white line that Edith disappeared. She had An across a cheek tanned by long confessed to me that evening. We study of eastern languages and exposure to the sun and wind be talked until long after midnight. problems is to be founded in drove to Albany. He got a South I forgave her. I loved her. Berlin and will be opened in Granby telephone book. He made had to forgive her. She went to October. discret inquiries. When he was bed in her bedroom and I in mine. South I couldn't sleep. I heard your ready he drove. Granby and called at the surro-whistle outside. I heard her come gate's office...

into my bedroom to see if I was Is asleep. I closed my eyes. She went downstairs When I heard

over to

"My name," Talbot said. John T. Cutter.”

“If you can prove it," the sur-her shut the front door I jumped

collect a out of bed. I followed her. rogate said, "you can hundred thousand dollars”

"She met you and you walked "You don't remember me." Tal- down to the park along the river. bot said. He rubbed the scar on I couldn't hear what you said or his cheek with the gesture that what abe said. But sometimes I Brownie had made so familiar to could hear your tones I knew that you were trying to force ber him

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