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By Anne Austin.

CHAPTER XXVIL:

Author of The Black Pigeon ".

THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1929.

own hand unflinchingly when Morsion, had not heard the shot, but gan performed the introduction: had been aroused at five minutes "My law partner and my wife, to 2 by the sound of a car on the, Mrs. Morgan'

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Ironic, Nan thought, that the first time those words," "my wife," passed his lips in reference to her, they should be addressed to a boy suspected of the murder of his father.

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He said that the car was David Blackhull's, and the next morn-| fng, when he want to notify the boy that his father had been "Well. I made it, sir," David murdered, the boy was missing, Blackhull said, with just a trace had not slept in his room that af boyish bravado, "But I can't night. Naturally, the police had blame the police for not spotting been searching the country for me right off. I look too much like the missing son,' with warrants) offices. They did not even pauso most other fellows. I wasn't, in out for his arrest for Nan in get her first prideful hiding air. I-I didn't know my And now he sat in John Curtis "Stole a march on you!" John glimpse of her own private office.

father had been-killed unt!! I saw Morgan's office, telling his own Curtis Morgan exulted, as he After working hours the night a paper this morning. I've been up story of that last day and night Inld a hand upon the knob of the before" and while she was being

north in the woods with a pal of of his father's life. outer door of sulte 718. "We're married this morning-Nan had mine. He has a hunting lodge and “He didn't kill his father, but all moved without your knowing gone direct from her little apart when he came in at dawn this ho's holding something back," thing about it-unless your wonment to City Hall-the move had morning from Mountain View-that Nan told herself, as her pencil an's intuition, of which you are sin been almost miraculously BCCOM-

is the nearest town to his lodge-flow. At last she could` kesp fully proud, by the way, gave you plished. Everything from the old with a paper, why, of course, there silent no longer. With an an inkling of what we were up to." offices was in place, even to tele was nothing to do but to come and audacity excused by her now

"No, I never had the faintest sub-phones.

give myself up, but I wanted to status as Morgan's law partner, picion," Nan confessed, "But be

As a matter of course, Nan Bec you first."

she interrupted: fore we go in-and face everyone,

"And dropped into the stenographer's

the plane." Morgan "Mr. Blackhull, was your father, tell me And she laid a restrain-chair drawn up to the side of the prompted, after he had acated the happily married to your young ing hand on his.

With a muttered excuse to which big desk, and Morgan took the young man in the armchair across stepmother

The painful blush which `auf- the newly married couple paid not swivel chair. It was as if nothing the desk.

"Oh, he bas a moth monoplane fused the boy's face told her that the slightest attention, the sign-had occurred to change the old re-

that he buzzes around in," this son she was on the right track. painter abruptly left his job. Mor-lationship of employer and secre-

of wealth explained easily. "Ste- "sho-they” David Black- gan's oyes were twinkling, but they tary.

phen Grant's his name. Maybe | huli - stammered. "Sha⋅ was were suspiciously moist as ho

you've heard of the family 7" At much younger than Dad, you amiled down upon the girl who had been his accretary for four years even if I did, I wouldn't take Morgan's nod, the boy went on cag-know--just 22 to his 64. But if and was now his law partner and it today of all days" Morgan boerly: "He offered to bring me in you'res--suspecting Nina-I

gan firmly.

and we stopped just once on the mean, my stopmother-she loft for "Of course, I've had this in mind "Because everything points to

way, to telephone. I put the call Chicago the day before-before it: since long before you were admit- the boy's being guilty 7" Nan chal-through a pay station in a village, happened." ted to the bar," he explained. "The lenged him tensely. "I don't be using Grant's name, but when I

"But after she left for Chicago. sign, however, is a rather recent lieve he is! I don't care if he did

got your office 1 told who I was your father made a will in which inspiration," and he pointed to the seem to be in hiding while the po- thought maybe the police would he gave her nearly everything, words, "Morgon & Morgan, Attor- lice searched for him! He's com- have the operators listening in, but leaving you only $10,000 Nan HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK. neys-at-Law. "I gave the order ing forward now, voluntarily, to it looks as if they didn't

told him quietly. "Do you know: The Diatom of the abeys Bank for it three days ago when we took give himself up for questioning. If

"Your luck was certainly with why

dicted by the HONGKONG AND BHANGHAI out our marriage. license. The he does reach this office without be

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obtained on syplastics. was signed a month ago, on the to ace him. Please give him ve very day you were admitted to the minutes. If he isn't here by then, Nan aprang to her feet, excused

FOR THR HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI accounts opened and Fixed De- BANKING CORPORATION. bar. The old lease expires today we can still make our train--" and I wanted. the move and the "You've always put business be-out of the office, to return a minute new sign to be my wedding pres fore pleasure, haven't you, Nan?" ent to you. There's another sign Morgan asked, with a queer smile inside, on the door of my new law turning down a corner of his mouth. For a moment Nan had a fleeting, partner's private office."

heart-twisting fear that he was burt.

his wife.

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"I don't want the case, Nan, and

herself with a word and rap

Inter, breathless. Jerking out the stenographer's leaf of the desk, sho flung open her notebook and began

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and bewildered "young man left

with the senior member of the firm of Morgan & Morgan to give himself up for arrest.

There would be no honeymoon for Nan Carroll Morgan. Alone in Morgan's office she broke into to take rapid shorthand notes of a hysterical laugh, thon bowing her bead upon her husband's desk "Oh!" Nam choked and raised

the boy's story. trembling hands to hide har face

In spite of her half-fearful, half-she released the flood of tears from him. From behind the screen There was a knock on the door, joyful absorption in her approach that had awollen her sore heart. of her ley fingers she murmured immediately followed by Kathleening wedding, Nan had taken an almost to bursting,

(To Be Continued.) brokenly: "Thank you-John. O'Hara's vivid, excited little face. "lo's hero!" she gasped in a shall do my best to deserve

"You've already deserved a part thrilled whisper. "And he doesn't nership and more," Morgan Inter-look like a murderer at all! Isn't rupted huskily. Want to run it marvellous that the police didn't away now-or do you want to face catch him before he got here? Shall the music and see your new office!" I show him in 7"

"Yes," Morgan answered "I-please" Nan began, but was interrupted by the opening of Then, to Nan, in a low voice: "We *** can take a later train, I suppose.” the door,

"Oh, it in you, Mr. Morgan! I Kathleen O'Hara was right. No thought I recognized your shadow one could have looked less like a against the glass pane of the door," patricide than David Blackhull. A a blithe, axelted young voice cried. slender, well-groomed boy of about

"That's one of the cursea of be-20, with wavy nut-brown hair, frankery of the weapon, had told of the frat six months of the year ing so tall," Morgan admitted rue-eyes, a fair, frecked skin, he might fully. "What is it, Miss O'Hara? have posed for a pleture to be en- Mies Carroll-I mean, Mrs. Mor-tiled, "Composite Portrait of gan" he Boundered, his austers American College Youth," face flushing darkly-"and I are Nan liked the way he thrust out about to catch a train-"

The pretty Miss O'Hara clasped her handa and glowed her pleasure. "So you're actually mar- ried! I'm too thrilled for words. "I do hope 'Mrs. Morgan decides to let me stay en- But what am I thinking of?" she broke off with charming contrition. "Mr. Blake wanted to go right over to City Hall to make sure of finding you before you left on your honeymoon, but I said that would be simply terrible, and I know anyway that you would want to show Mr. Mor- gan the new officca and the sign and everything-"

Morgan cut short lar breathless rush of words. "Just what has happened, Miss O'Hara?"

"Oh, I am dumb, but I'm so ex- cited!" Kathleen O'Hara excused horself with a bubble of laughter. "Well, just about 10 minutes after you left this morning, Mr. Morgan, a long distance telephone call came for you. I took It, of course, and it was. David Blackhull that the papera-"

"David Blackhull?" Nan and her new husband cried in chorus.

Kathleen O'Hara's face glowed. "I knew you'd be absolutely dumb- founded! Imagine it! The police and the reporters combing the coun try for him and he telephones jou long distance! You know, it gave me the oddest feeling-actually talking to a murderer-

"We don't know that he is a mur-

derer, Morgan reminded her curtly. "What did he say? Please be as brief as possible. We have a train to catch-"

"Oh, I'm sorry!" Miss O'Harä fluttered. Nan wondered if she had acted so silly, so hero-worshipping, when she first came to work for John Curtis Morgan. He said he! was just 'ready to take-off' in a friend's plane, and would be here by 11 o'clock, and it's 10 minutes after 11 now, and---"

"He wants me to defend him?" Morgan Interrupted again.

"Oh, of course, and when I told him you and Miss Carroll were he ing married and were going to leave at 11:30 on your honeymoon, ho said, 'Ask him for God's sakó to wait till I see him'

Nan

"Well, I can't see himthal's final," Morgan decided flatly, "Please, Mr. Morgan!" broke in "Shall we go into your office and talk it over for a minute? There's time enough, I'm gure,"

Neither sho nor her husband noticed that she had called him by the old familiar dille. They were again chief and trusted subordinate! -husband-and-wife. relationship temporarily forgotten-as Morgan led the way into the new suite," of

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